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NFL expects full stadiums this season, remains cautious

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says the league expects full stadiums this season and players and staff are being encouraged to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. “One of the things we’ve obviousl...

DATE: May. 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Lock, Bridgewater kick off Broncos' latest QB competition

ENGLEWOOD – First came the buzz that young star Deshaun Watson was coming for his job in Denver. Then it was veteran Matthew Stafford, then rookie Justin Fields and finally reigning MVP Aar...

DATE: May. 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Broncos promote Darren Mougey to player personnel director

ENGLEWOOD – The Denver Broncos have promoted Darren Mougey to Matt Russell’s former position as director of player personnel. Mougey, 36, will oversee the day-to-day operations of the pro an...

DATE: May. 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Center of attention: Durango’s Joshua Bates raking in big college football offers

Colorado, Colorado State and Oregon already calling 2023 prospect

DATE: May. 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Tim Tebow signs with Jaguars, rejoins coach Meyer as tight end

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. –The Jacksonville Jaguars are, at the very least, no longer the NFL’s most irrelevant franchise. Urban Meyer. Trevor Lawrence. Tim Tebow. The rebuilding Jaguars now have t...

DATE: May. 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Broncos make Kleine highest-ranking female scouting

GM Paton has worked with Kleine before

DATE: May. 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Broncos waive 2nd veteran who got hurt training on own

Denver wanted to trade Hamilton before the injury ENGLEWOOD – The Denver Broncos waived receiver DaeSean Hamilton on Tuesday, four days after he seriously injured a knee while working out on...

DATE: May. 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Broncos WR DaeSean Hamilton injures knee offsite

Denver adds two tackles to roster

DATE: May. 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Fifth-year options a good measure of NFL draft classes

DENVER – Most NFL teams are getting their first glimpse of their 2021 draft class at rookie minicamps over the weekend. This year's draft class is more intriguing than usual because of...

DATE: May. 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Broncos opening on road, not showing on Monday Night Football

Denver meets AFC West foes at tail end of season

DATE: May. 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Broncos place Ja'Wuan James on non-football injury list

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos placed right tackle Ja’Wuan James on the non-football injury list Friday, two days after he tore an Achilles tendon working out away from the team’s facilities, imperiling his paychecks for the upcoming season.

DATE: May. 7, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Denver Broncos tackle Ja’Wuan James tears Achilles

Massive contract hasn’t paid off for Broncos

DATE: May. 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Dylan Redwine’s friends testify on second day of jury trialFriends describe boy’s habit of quickly responding to texts, and alarm when he stopped communicating

Several of Dylan Redwine’s friends testified Tuesday about his habit of virtually instantaneouslyquickly returning text messages, and their puzzlement that grew to concern and eventually to alarm after he suddenly stopped communicating the night on Nov. 18, 2012.The testimony came during the second day of the trial of Dylan’s father, Mark Redwine, who is charged with second-degree murder and child abuse resulting in Dylan’s death while the boy was on a court-ordered 2012 Thanksgiving holiday visit to his father in Vallecito.Ryan Nava, now 22, and one of Dylan’s best friends in the Vallecito area, said Dylan initially wanted to stay overnight at his grandmother’s house the night of the Nov. 18, the first night he arrived in Vallecito. Instead, when his father rejected the overnight stay, he planned to be at Nava’s grandmother’s house at 6:30 a.m. Nov. 19.Nava directed Dylan to come to the house through a sliding door that led to the room where he was sleeping, and Nava set his alarm to 6:30 a.m. – expecting to see Dylan when he awoke.The next morning, Nava went outside to look for Dylan, and when he didn’t find him he texted him “where are you” expecting an immediate reply. He never got a return text.Nava followed up with further futile texts. He wanted to let Dylan know he would be at the home of another of their friends, Fernando Stubbs, during the day so he could join them later to “hangout.” But again, he heard no reply.Later, after Mark Redwine stopped by the Stubbs’ house in search of Dylan, Nava said he grew increasingly concerned. “Dude, your dad’s looking for you,” he texted Dylan.When Dylan’s mother, Elaine Hall, called Nava to see if Dylan had been with him, Nava said he grew further alarmed.His last futile text to Dylan, “Dude, you need to call someone as soon as possible. We’re all worried about you.”

Nava’s testimony was followed by three more childhood friends who gave varying descriptions of their 13-year-old friend: “happy,” “funny,” “outgoing,” “a prankster.”Hall, the boy’s mother, has sat in the courtroom gallery for both days of the trial, surrounded by a half dozen or so friends.Television coverage of the trial has been light, a vast difference compared with the reporting about Dylan’s death.The boy’s disappearance and subsequent discovery of his death was the focus of national attention.Hall and Mark Redwine appeared on an episode of “Dr. Phil,” a top daytime talk show hosted by Phil McGraw. And former prosecutor and television legal analyst Nance Grace featured the case on multiple episodes.

Nava downplayed reports that Dylan liked to hitchhike – saying the only time he knew of Dylan hitchhiking was during a cold snowy day when Dylan, Nava and another friend were caught walking wearing only light clothing.“It started almost as a joke,” he said.But the cold, wet boys managed to get a short ride to their friend’s house. “We were surprised it worked,” Nava said of their hitchhiking effort.Under questioning from Justin Bogan, one of Redwine’s defense attorneys, Nava testified that his impression was that Dylan and his father were “best friends.”Nava also said during a sleepover with Dylan at Redwine’s house in late summer or early fall 2012, he got the impression Dylan was excited to go on a cross country trip with his dad to watch Major League Baseball games.“He was a sports guy,” Nava said. “He was going to see baseball. He wanted to see some stadiums, some games, the spectacle of professional sports.”But Joseph Ceballos, 21, a friend of Dylan’s from Colorado Springs, said Dylan never mentioned his father and was leery of going to Durango.“He absolutely didn’t want to visit his father,” Ceballos said.

Amanda Saxton, 22, another of Dylan’s Durango-area friends, whom Dylan called “Sissy,” said Dylan would normally return texts instantaneously, and if not immediately, texts were almost always returned within 30 minutes.Dylan and Saxton had plans to meet the day after Thanksgiving in the Durango Community Recreation Center, another plan for Dylan’s visit that never came to fruition.

Cristen Baird, who lived across the street from Dylan when he moved with his mom to Colorado Springs, testified that Dylan and she were discussing if they should still consider each other a couple and stay together, because Dylan was planning to move again to go Monument.Like others, she said Dylan’s habit was to return text messages virtually instantly.Baird took several photos of Dylan with his Colorado Springs friends Adam Harvey and Joseph Ceballos within days of his departure for Durango.The photos were placed in evidence by Michael Dougherty, special district attorney. Baird testified that they showed Dylan did not have a sore on his lip or other cuts that might have explained the blood found in the living room of Redwine’s Vallecito home.Harvey said his impression was that Dylan was not excited to see his father during the visit, but wanted to see his old friends.Harvey under cross examination from John Moran, Redwine’s attorney, said Dylan was a gifted athlete who wouldn’t hesitate to dive for a catch in touch football games the boys played in the street.In opening statements, the defense noted the blood found in Redwine’s living room was a small amount, an amount that could be explained by skinned knees or a sore on the mouth.In other testimony Tuesday, jurors watched videos from the Durango-La Plata County Airport and the Durango Walmart that showed Dylan and Mark Redwine upon his arrival and in a subsequent trip to the store.parmijo@durangoherald.com