Prep sports: This week’s standout performers and key numbers
Each week, the TribPreps staff will choose standout performers and key numbers from the previous week’s action in Utah and showcase them. Here are this week’s picks.Kenadee ChristensenThe Skyridge...
View ArticleCommentary: How BYU football is like dirty air
There is talk that Brigham Young University needs some kind of shakeup in the athletic director’s office or in the coach’s office or maybe even among the on-field talent. They are losing. In one game...
View Article‘It was like waiting for Santa to come’: Incarcerated moms get some extra...
Point of the Mountain • It was the little changes that the mothers noticed first.The son who has grown so tall that, at 14, he towers over his mother’s head.The voice that’s starting to change and...
View ArticleSurrounded by friends in Utah, Jon Huntsman says his goal as the ambassador...
Jon Huntsman capped his first week as U.S. ambassador to Russia with a stop at the Utah State Capitol for a ceremonial swearing-in Saturday afternoon.Well-known Utah Republicans such as Gov. Gary...
View ArticleDarnold, No. 14 USC down Oregon State 38-10
Los Angeles • Sam Darnold threw for 328 yards and three touchdowns, Ronald Jones II rushed for one touchdown and No. 14 Southern California defeated Oregon State 38-10 on Saturday.Wide receiver Tyler...
View ArticleCommentary: What motivates the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya in Myanmar?
The systematic removal of Rohingya Muslims from their homeland, by means of force and intimidation, is a case of ethnic cleansing. The intention to cleanse the ethnic group from Rakhine State, and...
View ArticleHurricane Nate makes landfall near mouth of the Mississippi River as a...
New Orleans • Hurricane Nate came ashore at the mouth of the Mississippi River on Saturday and pelted the central Gulf Coast with wind and rain as the fast-moving storm steamed toward the Mississippi...
View ArticleLive: Unbeaten, nationally-ranked Utah hosts Stanford in Pac-12 action
The Utah football team, ranked No. 20 in The Associated Press poll and unbeaten, hosts Stanford and star running back Bryce Love on Saturday night at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Keep updated on the action...
View ArticleIt’s too little too late for Utah State against Colorado State
Logan • In a way, the Utah State Aggies made some strides and improved both offensively and defensively over the course of Saturday’s game with Colorado State.But, yes, the beginning does matter.The...
View ArticleCommentary: Law protects the rights of parents, surrogates and children
William C. Duncan, Senior Fellow at the Sutherland Institute, in his op-ed dated Sept. 24, “A child is not an entitlement, and a uterus is not a commodity,” argues that same-sex couples should not be...
View ArticleLetter: Shapiro event at U. was a victory for free speech
For anyone familiar with Ben Shapiro’s style and perspectives, the lecture he gave at the University of Utah was nothing unexpected. Shapiro addressed a variety of heated topics in today’s political...
View ArticleHarper, Zimmerman HRs lift Nats past Cubs 6-3 to even NLDS
Washington • Things were looking bleak for the Washington Nationals and their dormant offense until Bryce Harper and Ryan Zimmerman took over.Harper hit a tying two-run homer in the eighth inning and...
View ArticleDana Milbank: Breitbart knows that the deep state is everywhere
Washington • I was on duty in the deep state situation room, in the basement of the Comet Ping Pong pizza restaurant, when the news came in.Alex Jones, the man President Trump has praised for his...
View ArticleLetter: The police union is not backing the ‘good guy’ in this case
I’m dismayed, though not entirely surprised, that Salt Lake City’s police union would make the blatantly bogus assertion that an assault and false arrest ought to be hushed up in the interest of public...
View ArticleAlex Ovechkin gets historic hat trick, Caps beat Canadiens
Washington • Alex Ovechkin scored four goals to become the first player in 100 years with back-to-back hat tricks to open a season, and the Washington Capitals beat the Montreal Canadiens 6-1 on...
View ArticleCommentary: Utah’s war on porn is hurting Utah youths and survivors, not...
Less than a year ago, I wrote a letter to The Salt Lake Tribune pleading with Utah politicians to focus less on anti-porn piety and redirect their efforts toward ending Utah’s rape culture. Yet, here...
View ArticleTackle Garett Bolles credits Utah for his NFL success
Former Utes offensive lineman and current Denver Broncos starting left tackle Garett Bolles spent a large chunk of this weekend on campus for homecoming. The Broncos have a bye this weekend.“I’m just...
View ArticleSouthern Utah tops winless Cal Poly 20-14
Cedar City • Patrick Tyler threw for 223 yards and a touchdown and Southern Utah rolled to a 20-14 victory over winless Cal Poly on Saturday night.Tyler was 23-of-30 passing and connected with Terrance...
View ArticleControversial white nationalist leads another torchlight march in...
Richard Spencer, who in August led white nationalists and white supremacists in a torchlight march across the University of Virginia campus that touched off a weekend of deadly clashes, returned...
View ArticleLogan's Luke Falk has 3 TD passes, No. 11 Washington State beats Oregon
Eugene, Ore. • Luke Falk threw for 282 yards and three touchdowns and No. 11 Washington State held Oregon scoreless after the first quarter for a 33-10 victory Saturday night.The Cougars (6-0, 3-0...
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