SALT LAKE CITY-Monday, four Utah football star juniors announced they are returning for their senior campaigns in 2019. The returning Utes include defensive end Bradlee Anae, defensive tackle Leki Fotu, running back Zack Moss and cornerback Julian Blackmon, all of whom were named as all Pac-12 performers in 2018. Anae […]
LOGAN, Utah-Monday, Utah State receiver Ron’quavion Tarver accepted an invitation to the 94th East-West Shrine Game slated for January 19 at Tropicana Stadium of St. Petersburg, Fla. The 6-3 215-pound Tarver is the first Aggie to play in this game in the past three years and comes on the heels […]
PROVO, Utah-Monday, BYU center James Empey was named to the 2018 Football Writers Association of America freshman All-American team. The panel voting on Empey’s inclusion consists of nationally-prominent college football experts representing each of the FBS football conferences as well as independent schools. Both true and redshirt freshmen were considered […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert is pitching his plan of adding new sales taxes while cutting the overall rate, an issue that could be contentious during the upcoming legislative session. Herbert told the Utah Taxpayers Association on Monday that economic changes have significantly narrowed the sales […]
MONTICELLO, Utah (AP) — A southeastern Utah county commission is officially majority Native American for the first time after two new Navajo members were sworn in. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Democrats Willie Grayeyes and Kenneth Maryboy took the oath of office Monday in Monticello. That’s the county seat in San […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The first black Republican woman in Congress is joining CNN as a commentator after being unseated by a Democratic challenger in November. Former U.S. Rep. Mia Love of Utah tweeted Monday that she’ll offer a “different, principled and unleashed perspective” on the cable news network. The announcement […]
LOGAN, Utah-Per a Monday report, Utah State’s athletic department confirms the Aggies’ football squad set 34 school records in 2018. Among the records for the 11-2 squad include 10 consecutive wins, a 10-1 start to the season, being ranked in The Associated Press Top 25 for four straight weeks, four […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Monday, Utah head football coach Kyle Whittingham announced former Weber State assistant coach Cole Swan as the Utes’ new linebackers coach. Swan, who had spent the past 15 seasons as a Wildcats’ assistant, had been Weber State’s special teams coordinator/inside linebackers coach for the past two seasons. Swan […]
CEDAR CITY, Utah-Southern Utah football center Zach Larsen was named as a third-team FCS All-American on college football expert Phil Steele’s squads to headline the honors for several Thunderbirds released Monday morning. Prior to this announcement, Larsen, a product of Jordan High School and a Draper native, was named to […]
BRIGHAM CITY, Utah (AP) — The trial of a former Utah State football player accused of sexually assaulting seven women is set to begin. Jurors will hear opening statements Monday in Brigham City in the case against 25-year-old Torrey Green. The former student athlete faces charges of committing rape, kidnapping […]
