🏈 How the Coach Prime hype fizzled

🏈 Is the Deion Sanders Hype Past Its Prime?

The CU Buffs season opener is Thursday night, but for the first time in Coach Prime’s time with CU, the home game is not sold out. After going 4-8 last year and spending the off-season fighting with local media and CU administrators, public enthusiasm for the coach appears to be waning. [City Cast Denver 🎧]

🌡️ Denver Braces for a Hot Future

With experts predicting that scorching summer heat waves are the new norm for Denver, city officials are considering creative solutions — from new styles of architecture to mobile cooling stations — to protect vulnerable community members from the extreme elements. [CPR]

⚕️ Harm Reduction Advocates Announce ‘Overdose Grief Day’

Local harm reduction advocates are rebranding International Overdose Awareness Day on Aug. 31 as “Overdose Grief Day” to call attention to the reality of Denver’s current overdose crisis and continue pushing city leaders to consider supporting supervised injection sites. [Axios Denver]

• Why the time is now: John Walsh, the unopposed candidate running to be Denver’s new District Attorney this fall, has said he would support a supervised injection site in the form of a “carefully controlled pilot” program. [City Cast Denver 🎧]