DALLAS (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 30 of his 32 points after halftime, Bojan Bogdanovic finished with 26 and the Utah Jazz opened the playoffs with a 99-93 victory Saturday over the Dallas Mavericks, who were without injured All-Star guard Luka Doncic. Bogdanovic had Utah’s only two 3-pointers before halftime, […]
DALLAS (AP) — Luka Doncic won’t play for the Dallas Mavericks in Game 1 of their playoff series against Utah on Saturday because of the left calf strain the All-Star guard suffered in the regular-season finale. Mavericks coach Jason Kidd said before the opener of the best-of-seven series that Doncic […]
Zach LaVine has an Olympic gold medal. What he doesn’t have is NBA playoff experience. At last, that part is about to change. No active NBA player has been in more regular-season games without making his playoff debut than LaVine, who has appeared in 478 games with the Chicago Bulls. […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Eric Thames homered and the Las Vegas Aviators repelled a late Salt Lake surge to prevail 8-5 over the Bees Friday at Smith’s Ballpark. The Aviators built an insurmountable 6-1 lead in the 5th Inning which included Thames’ home run and an RBI single from Nate Mondou. Norge […]
Baseball Region 9 PROVO, Utah-Payton Swapp homered twice, including a 7th Inning grand slam, and the Wasatch Wasps routed Provo 10-0 in Region 9 baseball play Friday. The win improves the Wasps to 8-8 and 5-1 in Region 9 play. The Wasps have won seven of their last eight games […]
DALLAS (AP) — Just when the Dallas Mavericks finally earned home-court advantage in the playoffs for the first time since winning the NBA title 11 years ago, they could face multiple games without their top player. Star point guard Luka Doncic strained his left calf in the regular-season finale and didn’t […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Matt Thaiss, Luis Rengifo and Dillon Thomas each homered and the Salt Lake Bees edged Las Vegas 5-4 Thursday at Smith’s Ballpark in Pacific Coast League play. Andrew Wantz earned the win on the mound for the Bees, as he improved to 1-1 on the season. The Bees […]
Baseball Region 9 HEBER CITY, Utah-Tragun Shaw and Jaxon Sorenson drove in three runs apiece and the Wasatch Wasps bested Provo 10-6 in Region 9 baseball play Thursday. Casey Anderson earned the win on the mound for the Wasps, posting five strikeouts in 4.1 innings of work. With the win, […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Thursday, Utah men’s basketball ensued in its busy week by signing former Wasatch Academy star center Keba Keita. The 6-8 225-pound Keita is a near consensus four-star recruit and a Top 100 (No. 84) recruit by ESPN. In National Interscholastic Basketball Conference (Wasatch Academy’s conference), Keita averaged 11.6 […]
DENVER-Thursday, the Western Athletic Conference announced the 2021-22 Academic All-WAC honorees for fall and winter sports. The Dixie State football players and Dixie State and UVU men’s basketball players who received these honors are listed below: Dixie State Football All-WAC Academic Team Recipients junior defensive tackle Nathan Anderson sophomore placekicker […]
