(Salt Lake City, UT) — Salt Lake City is more than ready to host the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2030 or 2034. That’s what Governor Spencer Cox and Mayor Erin Mendenhall told reporters this week. Mendenhall said there’s strong public support to bring the games back to the […]
(Switzerland) — Utah officials are coming away from a meeting with the International Olympic Committee with no definitive answers on if the state will host an upcoming Winter Olympics. Members of the committee heading Utah’s bid for the Olympics said yesterday’s meeting in Switzerland was very positive. They were also […]
(Switzerland) — The group seeking to bring the Winter Olympics back to Salt Lake City is in Switzerland to meet with the International Olympic Committee. Representatives for the Utah committee will seek to secure a bid for either the 2030 or 2034 Games. Meetings will break down details about what […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee says it will continue to back Utah’s bid to host the Winter Olympics. The committee’s CEO said yesterday that the effort to bring the Olympics to Utah will go on, despite questions about the state’s recent adoption of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A sledding gold medalist at the 2002 Winter Olympics has been charged with sexual abuse of a child in Utah. Court documents show James “Jimmy” Shea made his first court appearance Monday. Shea’s attorney, Rudy Bautista, said Tuesday that the charges are a result of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A committee preparing a bid for Salt Lake City to host a future Winter Olympics says the desire to bring the Olympics back to Utah in 2030 or 2034 remains firm despite the impact of the coronavirus pandemic upending plans for the Tokyo Games. Salt […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A committee preparing a bid for Salt Lake City to host a future Winter Olympics says the desire to bring the Olympics back to Utah in 2030 or 2034 remains firm despite the impact of the coronavirus pandemic upending plans for the Tokyo Games. Salt […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Pastor Steve Klemz of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Salt Lake City is retiring after 28 years. He has worked tirelessly on social justice issues, including capital punishment, civil rights and immigration reform, as well as helped create the Interfaith Roundtable to bring together […]
Knowing when the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics will be solves one problem for USA Basketball. And it creates a few others. Let’s assume that the 2020-21 NBA season is over by next July, a premise that also assumes some sort of normalcy returns to the sports world and that the global […]
TOKYO (AP) — The Tokyo Olympics will open next year in the same time slot scheduled for this year’s games. Tokyo organizers say the opening ceremony will take place on July 23, 2021. That is almost exactly one year after the games were due to start this year. The IOC […]
