Mark Kiszla: After winning NBA and Olympic championships, Colorado hooper Derrick White had a better summer than you. Or anybody.

PLUS | Broncos at Colts: 3 takeaways; Update on Amara annexation and more. [View in browser]( [Share with a friend]( Springs PM Update Good evening! Today is Sunday, August 11, 2024. Catch up on everything going on in Colorado in 5 minutes. [Mark Kiszla: After winning NBA and Olympic championships, Colorado hooper Derrick White had a better summer than you. Or anybody.]( After grabbing Olympic gold and winning the NBA championship in a sweet span of 55 days, who's had a better summer than proud-to-be-Coloradan Derrick White? Nobody. Well duh. [Read More]( [Broncos at Colts: 3 takeaways from Denver's 34-30 preseason win over Indianapolis]( The Broncos defeated the Colts, 34-30, in their preseason opener at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Here are three takeaways from the victory. [Read More]( [A'ja Wilson, US women hold off France to win eighth straight Olympic basketball gold medal]( The U.S. women's basketball team had never been challenged during its 32-year run in the Olympics like the Americans were Sunday by France. They met the moment and made history, winning an eighth consecutive Olympic gold medal. It was the closest — and maybe sweetest win — of any during the streak. [Read More]( [Jordan Chiles has been stripped of a gymnastics bronze medal, but the USOPC says it will appeal]( U.S. Olympic officials say they will appeal a court ruling that resulted in American gymnast Jordan Chiles being asked to return the bronze medal she won in the Paris Olympics floor exercise. [Read More]( [Idaho Springs' new golden opportunity: scenic gondola and 'world-class' mountain biking]( In early 2018 from her home in Idaho Springs, Mary Jane Loevlie was enjoying wine with a neighbor and looking up the mountainside from the Argo Mill and Tunnel, the historic tourist destination she owns. “Out of the blue, I said, ‘Gosh, I wonder if we could put a gondola up there,” Loevlie said. [Read More]( [The biggest winner in the Paris Olympics? The Sisterhood | Vince Bzdek]( At the first modern Olympiad in Greece in 1896, an athletic woman from Syros seeking to improve her fortunes walked 6 miles to Athens in hopes of competing in the marathon. But women were barred from those first Olympics because Pierre de Coubertin, their founder, believed "an Olympiad with females would be impractical, uninteresting, unaesthetic and improper." [Read More]( [Amara annexation: City Council girds for possible final vote amid intense debate]( Impassioned debate continues over the projected impact of the Amara annexation on municipal utility ratepayers, as Colorado Springs City Council's second and possibly final vote on the massive development approaches Tuesday. [Read More]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( [YouTube]( Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up [here.]( Engage in the conversation in [today's eEdition]( Interested in podcasts? Check out ours [here]( Manage your email preferences or unsubscribe [here.]( 30 East Pikes Peak Avenue, Suite 100 Colorado Springs, CO 80903