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 […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah-Friday, Dixie State men’s basketball created sports news amid a dead period by announcing a home game against UC Davis in the 2020-21 season. This November 14 date at Burns Arena against the Big West Conference-affiliated Aggies is historic for the Trailblazers. This will be Dixie State’s first […]
Top NBA executives are having their base salaries reduced by 20% for the foreseeable future, a person with knowledge of the details said. The reductions affect the roughly 100 highest-earning executives, as the NBA joins the NHL and NASCAR in cutting salaries while competitions are on hold because of the […]
The NCAA will distribute $225 million to its Division I members in June. That is $375 million less than had been budgeted this year because the coronavirus outbreak forced the cancellation of the men’s basketball tournament. March Madness is among the biggest revenue producers for the NCAA and its schools. […]
LOGAN, Utah-Thursday, Utah State football coach Gary Andersen is advocating for the upcoming college football season to be shortened if players cannot commence some sort of mini-camp by June 1. The Aggies were able to get two spring practices in before the COVID-19 pandemic cancelled the remainder of them earlier […]
PROVO, Utah-This week, BYU head football coach Kalani Sitake stated that he is using such innovations as Zoom video conferencing and Skype calls to keep the Cougars’ football program afloat during the outbreak of COVID-19. When speaking to reporters during a Tuesday conference call, Sitake simply stated “worrying about August […]
EPHRAIM, Utah-Thursday, Snow College women’s basketball announced the signing of German national Jessica Lange to the program. The Munich native averaged 11.2 points and 10.4 rebounds per game for her Women’s National Basketball League (U-18) squad in Germany, TS Jahn Munich. The 6-4 power forward/center shoots 86 percent at the […]
MIDVALE, Utah (March 24, 2020) – The Utah High School Activities Association is announcing an extension to the ongoing suspension of the Association’s spring activities and athletics, due to ongoing statewide prevention efforts with the COVID-19 virus. As a result of Governor Herbert’s directive in a March 23 press conference, the […]
TOKYO (AP) — The Tokyo Olympics have been officially postponed until 2021. The International Olympic Committee along with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and local organizers have decided that the Tokyo Games cannot go ahead as scheduled this year because of the coronavirus outbreak. The IOC says the games will […]
(Undated) — The NBA wants to find a way to resume the suspended season, no matter what. ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne reports that the general sense among owners and players is that they want to complete the season, even if it means stretching into the summer or fall. Shelburne added that […]
