When Gavin Holmes weaved through the defense past would-be tacklers and broke free for the end zone on a punt return in the season opener, his Baylor teammates couldn’t contain their excitement. More than the 72-yard touchdown return, this celebration was about the sixth-year player who scored it. Holmes missed all […]
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. government has joined a ski resort and others that have quit using a racist term for a Native American woman by renaming hundreds of peaks, lakes, streams and other geographical features on federal lands in the West and elsewhere. New names for nearly 650 places bearing […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A former Utah city mayor and bishop with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been arrested on accusations he sexually abused at least three children decades ago. Carl Matthew Johnson, 77, was arrested Wednesday and booked into the Davis County jail in […]
A Utah lawmaker and prominent attorney for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints advised a church bishop not to report a confession of child sex abuse to authorities, a decision that allowed the abuse to continue for years, according to records filed in a lawsuit. The records — two […]
The marquee matchup featuring No. 9 Baylor and No. 21 BYU will be a loud one and a late one. Not to mention the last one as nonconference adversaries. To prepare for BYU on Saturday night (kickoff: 10:15 p.m. EDT) and the thunderous clatter inside LaVell Edwards Stadium, the Bears […]
JAY, Vt. (AP) — Utah-based Pacific Group Resorts, Inc. has won the auction to buy Jay Peak Resort, the Vermont ski resort that was rocked by a massive fraud case involving its former owner and president. The court-appointed receiver who has been overseeing Jay Peak for more than six years announced Thursday […]
No. 9 Baylor (1-0) at No. 21 BYU (1-0), 10:15 p.m. ET (ESPN) Line: BYU by 3 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Series record: Baylor leads 2-1. WHAT’S AT STAKE? Baylor and BYU meet as nonconference foes for the final time, with the Cougars set to join the Big 12 next […]
Southern Utah (1-0) at No. 13 Utah (0-1), 1:30 p.m. ET. (Pac-12 Networks) Line: No early line on FanDuel Sportsbook Series record: Utah leads 1-0. WHAT’S AT STAKE? A 29-26 loss at Florida dropped No. 13 Utah six spots in this week’s Top 25. The Utes will try to bounce back […]
Here are some things to watch this week in the Pac-12 Conference: GAME OF THE WEEK No. 10 Southern California at Stanford, Saturday. The first game of the Pac-12 season should be a good one. The Trojans kicked off the Lincoln Riley era with a 66-11 rout over Rice behind […]
ELY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada state police have seized 56 pounds (25.4 kilograms) of suspected Fentanyl with an estimated street value of $3.6 million from a vehicle a trooper stopped for an equipment violation north of Ely near the Utah line. One man arrested Monday at the scene on U.S […]
