Zac Macmath made four saves for Real Salt Lake in a 0-0 draw with Houston on Saturday. The tie moved Houston to 3-4-9, and Real Salt Lake to 5-4-6. RSL is in seventh place in the MLS Western Conference standings with 21 points. Real Salt Lake plays the LA Galaxy […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 58-year-old man was pronounced dead Saturday morning at the Davis County Correctional Facility. The Salt Lake Tribune reported the man was booked into the jail on July 18. According to a news release from the Davis County Sheriff’s Office, the man was found unresponsive […]
Ian MacNicol/Getty Images (TOKYO) — Jamaica swept the women’s 100m at Tokyo 2020 — repeating a feat only the Caribbean island nation has accomplished in Olympic history. Elaine Thompson-Herah defended her 2016 gold medal with an Olympic record and personal best of 10.61 seconds, and assumed the title of world’s fastest […]
WSB-TV (ATLANTA) — A woman and her dog were brutally stabbed to death early Wednesday at Atlanta’s Piedmont Park in what police described as a “gruesome” scene. Katherine Janness, 40, was found dead at the park around 1 a.m., along with her slain dog Bowie. Police said that Janness had been […]
Ezra Shaw/Getty Images (TOKYO) — Female athletes are breaking with their sports’ apparel conventions — if not regulations — to prioritize their comfort during competitions, and making major statements in the process. In Tokyo this week, members of the German women’s gymnastics team sported full-length bodysuits, as opposed to more ubiquitous […]
Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images (TOKYO) — American gymnast Simone Biles has pulled out of the individual competitions in vault and uneven bars, according to USA Gymnastics. Biles was a heavy favorite in the vault event final coming into the Olympics. “Today, after further consultation with medical staff, Simone Biles has decided to […]
Maddie Meyer/Getty Images (TOKYO) — Caeleb Dressel set a new world record in swimming at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Two days after setting an American record in the 100-meter freestyle, Dressel one-upped himself with a world record in winning gold in the 100-meter butterfly. Dressel broke his own world record by […]
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Friday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Final N.Y. Yankees 3 Miami 1 Final St. Louis 5 Minnesota 1 Final Houston 9 San Francisco 6 AMERICAN […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal appeals court has dealt a setback to a Utah death row inmate who saw his conviction overturned in connection with a string of violence at a remote cabin. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that even if Von Lester Taylor did […]
Maddie Meyer/Getty Images (TOKYO) — American backstroke swimmer Ryan Murphy alleged Friday that doping remains a problem in the sport after he lost twice to swimmers on the Russian Olympic Committee. “It is a huge mental drain on me throughout the year to know that I’m swimming in a race […]
