EUGENE, Ore.-Wednesday, the NCAA outdoor track and field national championships commenced at Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon with numerous Utah athletes getting a chance to compete for glory. In the men’s 10,000-meter run, Utah State’s Dillon Maggard placed third overall in a time of 28:38.36 […]
LOGAN, Utah-Utah State’s men’s tennis program, one of the more successful mid-major programs in Division I, will compete in the prestigious 2019 ITA Kickoff Weekend from January 25-28. This commemorates the fifth consecutive season the Aggies have competed at this event while the winner will earn a berth in the […]
PROVO, Utah-Wednesday, as the MLB Draft continued, a pair of BYU players were drafted, keeping their big league dreams alive. Shortstop Daniel Schneeman was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 33rd round with the #1,003rd overall pick. With the Cougars, the Chula Vista, Calif. native has amassed a .288 […]
INDIANAPOLIS-Last week, a Utah State track and field athlete was given the chance to participate in the 2018 NCAA Career in Sports Forum at the NCAA’s headquarters in Indianapolis. The program ran from May 31-June 3 and Aggies junior thrower Michala Zilkey was granted the opportunity to attend by virtue […]
AKRON, Ohio-This past weekend, a pair of Utah Valley wrestlers excelled at the 2018 UWW Cadet and U-23 nationals. Both placing on the podium for the Wolverines were Tate Orndorff and Kimball Bastian. Orndorff, a freshman out of Spokane, Wash., led the way by wrestling his way to a pair […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A Cedar City woman charged in the death of her 14-month-old daughter will stand trial later this year. The Spectrum reports Judge Keith Barnes granted a request for trial in the case against 24-year-old Cherokee Dea on Tuesday. She is charged with first-degree murder and felony child […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Facebook could receive an additional $5.8 million in sales tax breaks on a new data center planned for Utah. Sales tax incentives for the nearly 1-million-square-foot facility would be on top of $150 million in property tax breaks approved by Utah County in May. The […]
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — West Valley City police say a four-year-old girl is in critical condition after being rescued from a pool at an apartment complex. KUTV-TV reports she is the third child to drown or nearly drown in the last four days. Carlos Hernandez, who also lives at the […]
PROVO, Utah-Wednesday, BYU women’s volleyball head coach Heather Olmstead announced the 2018 slate for her squad. Women’s volleyball in recent seasons is among the Cougars’ most successful athletic programs and Olmstead has given her team plenty of chances to test its mettle moving forward. BYU will face five 2017 NCAA […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A judge has ordered a former U.S. intelligence officer charged with attempted espionage to be held without bail pending trial. Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Lund told the court in a memorandum Monday that 58-year-old Ron Rockwell Hansen could be a flight risk because of his […]
