Weber State’s Dillon Jones and UNC Asheville’s Drew Pember had every reason to decide they’d done enough at this level. Yet both returned to school in part because they wanted their college careers to have a better finish. Jones’ team suffered a double-overtime loss in a Big Sky Conference Tournament semifinal. Pember’s […]
Volleyball 5A First Round HEBER CITY, Utah-The No. 17 Cedar Valley Aviators outlasted No. 16 Wasatch 3-2 Tuesday in the first round of the 5A state playoffs at The Nest. The Aviators got past the Wasps 25-23, 27-25, 17-25, 25-27, 15-8 to pull off the upset. The Aviators next face […]
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.-Tuesday, BYU, Utah and Utah State each posted semifinalists on the Burlsworth Award Watch List. This award is annually presented to the most outstanding player in college football whose career began as a walk-on. BYU is represented by sophomore safety Ethan Slade. Utah is represented by junior quarterback Bryson […]
OKLAHOMA CITY-Tuesday, BYU football junior cornerback Jakob Robinson and Utah junior safety Cole Bishop were named as semifinalists for the Jim Thorpe Award by the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame and the Jim Thorpe Association. Robinson has four interceptions and four passes defensed on the season for the Cougars. Bishop […]
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Lions can trace their turnaround to hitting more than missing in the draft. Jahmyr Gibbs and Sam LaPorta are the latest examples. Gibbs ran for a season-high 152 yards and a touchdown, LaPorta had eight receptions for 57 yards with a score, and the rookies […]
UTAH (102) Collins 7-16 0-3 15, Markkanen 10-24 2-2 27, Kessler 10-11 2-3 22, Clarkson 2-10 0-3 4, Horton-Tucker 7-12 0-0 16, Olynyk 0-2 3-4 3, Agbaji 0-5 0-0 0, Dunn 0-2 0-0 0, George 1-6 0-0 3, Sexton 5-10 0-0 12. Totals 42-98 7-15 102. DENVER (110) Gordon 10-12 […]
PROVO, Utah-Monday, BYU football announced future series with Southern Methodist and Weber State. Against the Mustangs, the Cougars will travel to Dallas in 2024 with SMU returning the favor in 2027. BYU faces Weber State with the Wildcats visiting Provo in 2027 and 2030. The Cougars lead the Mustangs 4-0 […]
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Justin Herbert passed for 298 yards and three touchdowns, including a 39-yarder to Austin Ekeler, and the Los Angeles Chargers stopped a two-game slide by routing the Chicago Bears 30-13 on Sunday night. Herbert, who had struggled with accuracy the past two games after breaking the […]
DENVER (AP) — Justin Simmons never paid much attention to the Broncos’ long losing streak to the Kansas City Chiefs or the way Patrick Mahomes had owned them ever since winning in Denver in his first NFL start back in 2017. Simmons won’t have to address — or ignore — […]
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dak Prescott didn’t lean on his defense quite so much this time. Still, it was quite the assist — again — from cornerback DaRon Bland. Prescott threw two of his four touchdown passes to CeeDee Lamb, Bland recorded his NFL-leading third interception return for a score and the […]
