OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Steven Verplancken Jr. scored 19 points as Weber State beat Portland State 84-68 on Thursday night. Verplancken shot 6 for 10, including 5 for 6 from beyond the arc for the Wildcats (9-10, 4-2 Big Sky Conference). Dillon Jones scored 17 points and added 14 rebounds, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Branden Carlson scored a career-high 28 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead Utah to a 77-63 victory over Washington State on Thursday night to end a three-game losing streak. Utah (13-7, 6-3 Pac-12) never trailed and held a double-digit lead for most of the […]
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The Sundance Film Festival met the moment by going virtual for the past two years because of the coronavirus pandemic. Thursday, there was a palpable sense of relief from the festival’s leadership team at being in-person again. Sundance Institute CEO Joana Vicente, director of programming […]
PARIS (AP) — Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo has passed Brooklyn’s Kevin Durant for the All-Star Game voting lead among Eastern Conference players, now putting him on track to be a captain for the Feb. 19 game in Salt Lake City. Antetokounmpo had 5,970,196 votes entering Thursday, the NBA said in the […]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday will announce $930 million for reducing wildfire dangers in 10 western states by clearing trees and underbrush from national forests, as officials struggle to contain destructive infernos that are being made worse by climate change. Under a strategy now entering its second year, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Lauri Markkanen had 34 points and 12 rebounds to help the Utah Jazz beat the short-handed Los Angeles Clippers 126-103 on Wednesday night. Markkanen returned after missing two games because of a bruised hip. He made six 3-pointers and had his 11th game with at […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Rayshon Harrison’s 38 points led Grand Canyon over Utah Tech 89-85 on Wednesday. Harrison added six rebounds for the Antelopes (13-6, 4-2 Western Athletic Conference). Gabe McGlothan added 15 points while shooting 4 of 9 from the field and 6 for 6 from the line, and he […]
OREM, Utah (AP) — Tahj Small’s 13 points helped Utah Valley defeat Abilene Christian 84-54 on Wednesday night. Small shot 6 of 9 from the field for the Wolverines (15-5, 6-1 Western Athletic Conference). Justin Harmon scored 12 points and added seven assists. Tim Ceaser finished 5 of 7 from […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-Los Angeles Clippers (23-23, seventh in the Western Conference) vs. Utah Jazz (23-24, eighth in the Western Conference) Salt Lake City; Wednesday, 7 p.m. MST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NBA LINE: Jazz -6.5 BOTTOM LINE: Los Angeles visits Utah looking to stop its four-game road losing streak. The Jazz […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers wasted no time this week before returning to an issue that has become a popular topic in GOP-led statehouses: Trying to limit medical options doctors are allowed to provide transgender youth. On the second day of the legislative session, a committee begun considering […]
