Utes have come a long way in recruiting since missing on Sam Darnold
Kyle Whittingham knows what USC redshirt sophomore quarterback Sam Darnold can do. The Utah coaching saw the potential when Darnold was a sophomore at San Clemente High School in Southern...
View ArticleEast takes command in opening half to dump Skyridge in 5A girls’ soccer playoff
East and Skyridge were feeling out each other as the first half progressed until lightning struck for the Leopards.East striker Charlie Barta pounced on a turnover deep in Skyridge’s end of the field....
View ArticleU.S. soccer misses World Cup in shocking defeat
Couva, Trinidad • The United States was eliminated from World Cup contention Tuesday night, a shocking loss at Trinidad ending the Americans’ streak of seven straight appearances at soccer’s...
View ArticleBrighton upsets Woods Cross in 5A girls' soccer opener
Woods Cross • The host Woods Cross Wildcats won Region 5 and only suffered two losses during the regular season.That didn’t mean anything Tuesday when the Class 5A girls’ soccer playoffs...
View ArticleSalt Lake City bids $4M to buy back blighted State Street housing project
The rusting bones of a famously stunted downtown housing development may soon come tumbling down.Salt Lake City bid $4 million at a Tuesday foreclosure auction to buy back an acre of property at 255 S....
View ArticleGlenn Fitzgerald honored at Huntsman Games
St. George • Glenn Fitzgerald, donning a red baseball cap and grasping a maroon flag, was wheeled around the track in the opening ceremony of the 31st Huntsman World Senior Games.In what would have...
View ArticleLayton holds on late to end Herriman's season in 6A girls' soccer playoffs
Herriman • Layton knew it needed to come out hot to have a chance at the upset.The Lancers scored two goals in the first half and kept their foot on the gas, outlasting a passionate Herriman team 4-2...
View ArticleSailor Uffens leads Viewmont to shutout win over Alta in girls' soccer...
Bountiful • How Tuesday’s first goal ended up in the back of the net turned into a matter of conjecture for spectators Tuesday.Everyone knew it went off Viewmont forward Sailor Uffens.But where exactly...
View ArticleMitchell shines as Jazz beat Lakers to finish preseason play unbeaten
Los Angeles • If the Utah Jazz were looking for something to warm them up after four easy preseason wins, a date with the Los Angeles Lakers was the ticket.The Jazz played close to a full rotation,...
View ArticleNews Roundup: Trump just can’t stop himself from repeating this lie
Trump just can’t stop himself from repeating this lie. Curtis says he ignores Trump but backs agenda. SLC fires cop in nurse incident.Happy Wednesday. President Donald Trump just can’t help himself....
View ArticleUtah forecast: A warm Wednesday on the Wasatch Front, then comes the 'Big Chill'
Autumn along the Wasatch Front is a fickle thing, where a warm, windy Wednesday will be supplanted by a week-ending “Big Chill.”That’s what the National Weather Service is calling northern Utah’s...
View ArticleTribune Editorial: Birth control is basic medicine
Just when Republicans in Utah are starting to grasp the fact that contraception is a basic and integral part of modern medicine, the Republicans who run the federal government are trying to take an...
View ArticleKragthorpe: The state of the offenses? Utes, Cougars and Aggies have ‘Some...
Any judgment of the offensive coordinators in the state’s three FBS programs leads to this conclusion: Utah and Utah State should meet San Jose State more frequently and BYU needs to play the Spartans...
View ArticleFor Utah’s beautiful autumn leaves, wheelchair access and a living classroom,...
On a fine autumn afternoon this week, loads of multigenerational families were hiking this nature trail, which has been set up with every amenity despite being in a relatively remote part of the...
View ArticleGreg Sargent: As Trump implodes, he threatens to hurt millions — out of pure...
As the implosion of President Donald Trump continues amid the increasingly bitter intraparty war engulfing the GOP, let’s not lose sight of the very real impact this spectacular meltdown could have: It...
View ArticleUtah’s attorney general is fighting to keep legal opinion secret on 3rd...
The Utah attorney general’s office continues fighting to keep out of the public eye a written legal opinion it prepared for the Legislature — then withheld citing ethical concerns — on Gov. Gary...
View ArticleGehrke: There’s some good reasons for Ben McAdams to challenge Rep. Mia Love,...
Ever since Ben McAdams won his Salt Lake County mayoral race in 2012, the political gossip mill has been obsessed with where he would go next. He is, after all, the highest-profile Democrat in the...
View ArticlePaul Waldman: Is it time for the Democratic Party's old guard to step aside?
Senator Dianne Feinstein has announced that she’ll be running in 2018 for a fifth term, and since she’ll be 85 next year, that would mean if she wins she’d serve until the age of 91, putting her in a...
View ArticleLetter: Trump raises a smokescreen of patriotism
To quote Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), “Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” Donald Trump is now trying to appeal to patriotism as a reason for his poor performance as president. The definition...
View ArticleHere’s your chance to be in Kevin Costner’s TV show: ‘Yellowstone’ is looking...
Do you want to work with Kevin Costner? Make that ... do you want to be in the same TV show as Kevin Costner?You could make that dream come true on Saturday. The upcoming series “Yellowstone,” which...
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