Commentary: Immigrant students aren’t stealing anything from Utahns
Many folks know that the idea of undocumented/DACAmented students “stealing” scholarships or college admissions from US-born applicants is not based in reality. Still, it’s worth exploring just a...
View ArticleLive: Utes hit fourth FG of the game, lead BYU 19-6 in fourth quarter
Rivals Utah and BYU meet at LaVell Edwards Stadium on Saturday starting at 8:30 p.m. Can the Utes extend a recent dominant streak to seven straight victories over the Cougars? Or will Kalani Sitake get...
View ArticlePrep football: Alta's offense struggles to gain traction in loss to Nevada power
Las Vegas • Alta football’s offensive prowess hit a brick wall Saturday against Las Vegas’ Liberty, which many consider to be the second-best team in Nevada, behind national powerhouse Bishop...
View ArticleMike Petke says RSL, Vancouver have changed greatly since his snowy debut
The last time Mike Petke went up against Vancouver, the snow blanketed Rio Tinto Stadium and refused to let up for his Real Salt Lake coaching debut.Bundled in his coat with the collar popped, Petke...
View ArticleHurricane Irma pounds Cuba's north coast
Hurricane Irma lingered along Cuba’s north coast Friday, swamping seaside towns and shredding the island’s rickety infrastructure, though there were no reports of deaths or injuries.Cuban authorities...
View ArticleMayfield throws for 3 TDs as No. 5 Oklahoma tops No. 2 Ohio St 31-16
Columbus, Ohio • Baker Mayfield threw for 386 yards and three touchdowns as No. 5 Oklahoma pulled ahead in the second half to knock off No. 2 Ohio State 31-16 on Saturday night to give first-year head...
View ArticleReal Salt Lake dealt hammer blow to playoff chances with loss at Vancouver
Everyone gets a helpful bounce once in a while. In Real Salt Lake’s 3-2 loss at Vancouver on Saturday night, that went both ways.The Whitcaps took a 2-1 lead when Tim Parker’s header sent RSL goalie...
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Led by a U. grad, dozens of sailors are set to descend on SLC for Navy Week
There will be a rare sight in northern Utah this week: dozens of sailors. Salt Lake City is one of 15 host cities this year for Navy Week, in which the U.S. Navy drops in to meet local officials and...
View ArticleNo. 6 USC routs No. 14 Stanford 42-24 for 11th straight win
Los Angeles • Steven Mitchell and Deontay Burnett caught two touchdown passes apiece from Sam Darnold, and No. 6 Southern California extended its winning streak to 11 games with a bruising 42-24...
View ArticleBYU football: Vandals caught red-handed painting U logos on cougar statue
Provo • A statue of a cougar on BYU’s campus was vandalized Saturday morning, and police say the suspects were literally caught red-handed.The statue, near LaVell Edwards Stadium, was spray-painted...
View ArticleUtes senior Sunia Tauteoli ejected in the first half for hit on Tanner Mangum
The officials ejected Utes starting linebacker Sunia Tauteoli from Saturday night’s game for targeting on a hit on BYU quarterback Tanner Mangum in the first minute of the second quarter.Tauteoli...
View ArticleLetter: Family's experience left us grateful to Sheriff Arpaio
After my mentally ill brother was arrested for injuring a police officer during a welfare check, he was held in the Maricopa County jail in downtown Phoenix.Hoping that the judge would sentence him to...
View ArticleMonson: BYU is tortured again by a Utah team it cannot beat
Provo • So, the suffering continues.The mountain BYU looked forward to climbing — or did it, really? — on Saturday night against its rival offered a wicked ascent. Everybody, including the Cougars...
View ArticleKragthorpe: Ute defense overcomes offense’s shortcomings
ProvoUtah coach Kyle Whittingham made yet another change of offensive coordinators after last season for one basic reason: The Utes kicked too many field goals.The same issue surfaced Saturday night,...
View ArticlePrep football: Bingham defense hands Hawaiian foe its first shutout since 2008
Las Vegas • Honolulu Kahuku’s may have had more fans at Sam Boyd Stadium than UNLV did in its historic home loss to Howard last week, but it was Bingham’s football team that made the loudest statement...
View Article‘I’m scared to death’: Hurricane Irma’s life-threatening winds, storm surges...
St. Petersburg, Fla. • Hurricane Irma closed in on the Florida Keys with top winds of near 130 mph early Sunday as forecasters monitored a crucial shift in its trajectory — just a few more miles to the...
View ArticleTyler Huntley carried the offense, but Utes can’t afford for that to last...
Even in those moments when a few low snaps went rolling around the grass or Tyler Huntley turned the wrong way to hand the ball off, he still made it work more often than not for the Utes in a hostile...
View ArticleBYU still on prowl for answers as Cougar offense continues to sputter
Provo • Tanner Mangum dropped to one knee, his uniform stained green from taking knock after knock from Utah’s defense, as one fan on the east side of LaVell Edwards Stadium screamed out in...
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Leonard Pitts: Nothing to see here, say the climate deniers
Katia and Jose? Seriously?As if it were not bad enough that Houston is still drying out from Hurricane Harvey and South Florida is hunkered down in the face of Hurricane Irma, last week found the newly...
View ArticleCommentary: The future rests with Utah’s youngest residents — so expand the...
With tax reform shaping up as the next big debate on Capitol Hill, the conversation to date has primarily focused on closing loopholes and lowering rates. But with a common goal of using reform to...
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