NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball is creating a minor league for top eligible prospects leading to the summer draft. The wood-bat MLB Draft League is launching with five teams and could add a sixth, MLB said Monday. Teams will play a 68-game regular season that includes an All-Star […]
Monday, University of Utah and Utah State University student-athletes received prestigious honors for their performances on the gridiron. Utes junior linebacker Devin Lloyd was named as one of 16 semifinalists for the 2020 Butkus Award. This award is annually bestowed upon the nation’s best linebackers at the collegiate and high […]
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have no idea where they’ll be living, practicing or playing next week, thanks to new coronavirus restrictions issued in Santa Clara County while the team was on its flight to Los Angeles. With the latest wave of turmoil in a season rocked […]
DENVER — (AP) — Taysom Hill’s two touchdown runs led the New Orleans Saints to a 31-3 win Sunday over the Denver Broncos, who were thrust into a quarterback quandary when their passers failed to wear masks as mandated by the NFL’s COVID-19 protocols. In a grind-it-out slugfest like from pro football’s early […]
ATLANTA (AP) —Deion Jones returned an interception 67 yards for a touchdown, Matt Ryan threw a pair of short scoring passes, and the Atlanta Falcons thoroughly dominated Derek Carr and the bumbling Las Vegas Raiders 43-6 on Sunday. The Raiders (6-5) lost their second in a row and looked very much like a pretender […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP)–The Charlotte Hornets have acquired forward Gordon Hayward and unprotected 2023 and 2024 second-round draft picks from the Boston Celtics in exchange for a heavily protected 2022 second-round draft pick as part of a sign-and-trade transaction. The Celtics will only get Charlotte’s draft pick if the Hornets finish […]
Alabama is the unanimous No. 1 again in The Associated Press college football poll as the top eight teams in the rankings held steady for the fourth week in a row. The Crimson Tide got 62 first-place votes for the second consecutive week and are followed by No. 2 Notre […]
PROVO, Utah-Alex Barcello posted 20 points and 7 rebounds on 7-12 from the field and 5-6 behind the arc as the BYU Cougars bested Utah Valley 82-60 Saturday evening at the Marriott Center. The Cougars (3-0) played their third game in four nights and shot 52.6 (30-57) percent from the […]
SEATTLE (AP) — Dylan Morris hit Cade Otton on a 16-yard touchdown pass with 36 seconds left and Washington rallied from a 21-point halftime deficit to beat Utah 24-21 on Saturday night. Morris was brilliant on Washington’s final drive, taking the Huskies 88 yards in less than four minutes, capping […]
CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP) — Tevian Jones made 9 of 10 shots for a career-high 22 points as Southern Utah rolled past Saint Katherine College 95-47 on Saturday. Jones has scored 39 points in two games. Dre Marin added 15 points for Southern Utah (1-1). John Knight III added 12 […]
