SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-Donovan Mitchell scored 30 points, including eight down the stretch as the Utah Jazz closed the game with a 19-5 run for a 109-102 win over the Orlando Magic. With the 15-11 Jazz trailing 97-90, Mitchell awoke a moribund offense and energized the crowd with a highlight-reel […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Jerrick Harding tossed in 22 points and Weber State rolled to a 109-62 victory over Bethesda on Tuesday night. Harding hit 4 of 6 from 3-point range and all five of his shots inside the arc for the Wildcats (4-6). Cody John added 17 points, while […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-A Utah Jazz fan is suing for $100 million after being banned for life from Vivint Smart Home Arena over what were called racial taunts directed at then-Oklahoma City point guard Russell Westbrook. The lawsuit says Shane Keisel denies making racial remarks while heckling Westbrook during a […]
HEBER CITY, Utah-Tuesday, the Wasatch High School football team was well-represented on the all 5-A state football squad as announced by the Deseret News. Making the first team squad were tailback Zak Thacker (317 car, 1,543 yards, 15 TD’s; 22 rec, 262 yards, TD) defensive lineman Braxton Turner (12 tackles, […]
HEBER CITY, Utah-Kaija Glasker posted 16 points and the Highland Rams surged past Wasatch 47-40 Tuesday in non-region girls basketball action at the Nest. Aspyn Neumann had 25 points and 6 rebounds in the loss for the Wasps as they fell to 4-5 on the season. Head coach Norm Hayter’s […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP)-Drew Brees became the NFL’s all-time leader in touchdown passes, throwing for four scores to lead the New Orleans Saints to a 34-7 victory over the Indianapolis Colts. The scoring strike that broke Peyton Manning’s record of 539 career touchdown passes was a 5-yarder to Josh Hill in […]
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP)-U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy says NCAA schools need to do more to provide full health care to student-athletes. The Connecticut Democrat co-chairs a bipartisan congressional group on athlete compensation and on Monday released a third in a series of reports on problems in big-time college athletics. Among other […]
NEW YORK-Monday, Southern Utah football center, senior Zach Larsen, was announced as the winner of the 2019 Rimington Award at the NCAA FCS level, awarded to the top center in every level of NCAA football. Larsen is a three-time All-Big Sky Conference honoree for the Thunderbirds and earned unanimous first-team […]
PITTSBURGH (AP)-Josh Allen threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Kroft with 7:55 to play and the Buffalo Bills clinched a playoff spot, beating the Pittsburgh Steelers 17-10. The Bills secured their second playoff berth in three seasons under coach Sean McDermott, a college teammate with Steelers coach Mike Tomlin […]
MESQUITE, Nev.-Saturday, Coach Norm Hayter’s Wasatch High School girls’ basketball team fell to 4-4 with a 48-39 loss to the Dixie Flyers at Virgin Valley High School to conclude their participation at the Bulldog Tournament. Aspyn Neumann’s 16 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists led the Wasps in the loss. […]
