Martellus Bennett focusing on present, getting resettled with Patriots
Boston • Martellus Bennett didn't think he'd play football again this season after his unexpected and contentious exit from the Green Bay Packers last week.The way he tells it, he was contemplating...
View ArticleNFL overreaction: Cowboys can't make playoffs without Zeke
No Zeke means no playoffs for the Dallas Cowboys.Without Ezekiel Elliott, who began serving a six-game suspension for allegations of domestic abuse, the Cowboys (5-4) couldn't do anything on offense in...
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Heroes join forces in ‘Justice League,’ adding excitement to a wildly uneven...
Comic book geeks were surprised in May, when it was announced that Zack Snyder would (for family reasons) step away from finishing his work directing DC’s “Justice League,” and Joss Whedon — who...
View ArticleKragthorpe: Is Utah OC Troy Taylor's first season a failure or a modest...
Utah’s tight end broke free in the back of the end zone and caught a pass for a 2-point conversion, four weeks too late.The work of first-year offensive coordinator Troy Taylor would be judged a lot...
View ArticleNews Roundup: Poll: Biden leads Trump in hypothetical 2020 matchup
Poll: Biden leads Trump in hypothetical 2020 matchup. Hatch aide: Trump may cut Grand Staircase in half. Zinke looks to move BLM headquarters.Happy Wednesday. Former Vice President Joe Biden would lead...
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Salt Lake City police report describes Tom Sizemore sex assault...
The first thing the girl didn’t like, she later told police, were the kisses.Then the girl, 11, had to sit down for another photo. That’s when the actor she was posing with, Tom Sizemore, groped her...
View ArticleWith sexual misconduct allegations rocking the movie industry, Utah Film...
The drumbeat of allegations of sexual misconduct by powerful men in Hollywood is being heard in Utah — and the state agency that oversees movie and TV production here is working to do something about...
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50 years later, Friendship Manor remains a monument to how faith groups can...
It was a 1961 chat between a Unitarian minister and a Westminster College professor that proved the genesis for Salt Lake City’s Friendship Manor retirement community.The Rev. Hugh Gillilan credited...
View ArticleGehrke: Online sex ed isn’t ideal, but we could use it to move beyond...
When I was a kid we didn’t have the option of online sex ed. We got it in dirty magazines like everyone else.Oh, how the times have changed.And now, Rep. Justin Fawson, R-North Ogden, is considering...
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Thanksgiving is a great time to get outdoors and see wild turkeys in Utah
As Thanksgiving approaches, many Utahns think about turkeys. After all, the tasty birds are served as holiday dishes throughout the land.But those who love the outdoors also like to observe, listen to...
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Judge is poised to ‘adjust gerrymandering with gerrymandering,’ giving...
History may be in the making in San Juan County this week when a judge holds hearings that could place the Navajo community in the political driver’s seat — a stark departure from the past century...
View Article5 House Dems introduce impeachment articles against Trump
Washington • Five Democrats have introduced articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, a long-shot effort that stands little chance in the Republican-led House.The five articles accused...
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Dana Milbank: Donald Trump Jr.'s incredible history of dumb decisions
Washington • With all the documentation of Russian collusion piling up, President Trump’s best excuse may be that his people were too incompetent to organize a conspiracy. Luckily for him, an...
View ArticleStrength vs. strength: Utah punter Mitch Wishnowsky vs. Washington return...
On an unseasonably warm mid-November afternoon, Mitch Wishnowsky jogged toward the practice fields behind the Eccles Football Center with a select few special teams associates and did what you’d expect...
View ArticleThanksgiving is the most dangerous time of the year — and not just for turkeys
A week from today is Thanksgiving. In terms of family love, respect, honor and values, it is the most dangerous time of year. Yes, including Christmas.I learned this as a cop. Before then, I thought it...
View ArticleLetters: Cutting protections for most vulnerable shows U.S. is devolving
I’ve known several Asian people, from China and Thailand, who expressed admiration at the way the United States takes care of its elderly citizens. They told me I was lucky, because when I got old I...
View ArticleLetter: Hatch fails on all counts; time for him to go
Wake up, Utah. Old Orrin Hatch is blind, deaf, dumb and an addict.He is blind to the unsustainable past of coal and oil; to carbon gases in Salt Lake City; and to what the majority of Utahns want.He is...
View ArticleLetter: SLC should stop spraying toxic chemicals
Recently, advisory signs by the Salt Lake City Parks Department indicated that both the Avenues cemetery and numerous city parks have been sprayed with chemical herbicides. Why? To “control” weeds, to...
View ArticleLetter: Bears Ears trip proves it's a treasure, and tourism can be a boon
We have returned from one of the more fantastic road trips to the newly founded Bears Ears National Monument, and have experienced views, sights, sounds and vistas that cannot be duplicated in pictures...
View ArticleTask gets considerably taller for Utes with Missouri coming to Salt Lake
The step up in competition will be noticeable even before Thursday’s game tips off.The Utah men’s basketball team started the season with a pair of games against Southwestern Athletic Conference...
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