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Courtland Sutton’s offseason away from the Broncos continues. The veteran wide receiver was not in Denver for the first week of organized team activities. He also skipped the opening phases of the Broncos’ offseason workouts, which began in mid-April. Head coach Sean Payton on Thursday again downplayed Sutton’s absence. “Listen, there isn’t any concern and here’s why: I know Courtland well,” Payton said.

Aurora police shot and injured a man suspected in an attempted homicide at a condo complex near Expo Park on Thursday. Aurora Police Department’s SWAT team was helping the Denver Police Department’s fugitive unit arrest the man suspected in a May 5 attempted homicide in Denver when an Aurora officer shot the man, Aurora Division Chief Kevin Barnes said at a news briefing Thursday. Aurora and Denver officers had tracked the man to 384 South Ironton St.

Zach Wilson’s second act has begun. The No. 2 overall pick in the 2021 draft is off and running with the Broncos and now, like the rest of his teammates, is through the first week of organized team activities. Wilson will compete for Denver’s starting job with Jarrett Stidham and first-round draft pick Bo Nix, but in his first chat with reporters since getting traded here last month, he expressed excitement about having a chance to re-set his career. “I feel like you learn the most when things don’t always go the best,” Wilson said on a sun-splashed Front Range afternoon.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis put his signature on a sweeping school finance bill Thursday, changing the formula that funds the state’s public schools for the first time in decades and providing more than $80 million to districts in the next year. That cash influx will gradually increase over the next six years to half a billion dollars annually. “I am thrilled that today we have updated the school finance formula for the first time in 30 years, ensuring that Colorado schools and students have the resources they need to succeed,” the governor said in a statement.

Gabe Landeskog is confident he’ll return … at some point. When that will be remains very much to be determined. At one point during an end-of-season press conference sitting alongside general manager Chris MacFarland, the Colorado Avalanche captain asked when training camp for the 2024-25 season is going to start. “Between mid-September and the start of April,” Landeskog joked. Landeskog and MacFarland met with the media for nearly an hour Thursday.

By DYLAN LOVAN (Associated Press) LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky police officer who arrested top-ranked golfer Scottie Scheffler outside the PGA Championship is receiving “corrective action” for not having his body-worn camera activated when he approached the golfer’s vehicle — an interaction that allegedly resulted in the officer being dragged to the ground, authorities said Thursday. Louisville officials said during a news conference that they are not aware of any video footage of the initial interaction last Friday between Scheffler and Louisville Detective Bryan Gillis outside the gates of Valhalla Golf Club on a dark and rainy morning.