A Colorado entrepreneur created a game he hopes can help others get sober

This story first appeared in The Outsider, the premium outdoor newsletter by Jason Blevins.

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Ed McCaffrey has never been much of a drinker, but on a steamy recent summer evening at his home, the legendary Denver Broncos receiver was playing a drinking game with his 85-year-old mother-in-law, Betty Conroy.

Actually, it was a game for not drinking. Or, as Pepper Pong creator Tom Filippini said: “It’s a game that can maybe help someone who’s trying not to drink stop drinking” by focusing on something frivolous created by someone like them. 

McCaffrey and Filippini are friends, and like McCaffrey, Filippini has been very successful. In 2016, the…