A Pac-12 taskforce on reforming college basketball is recommending an end to the NBA’s one-and-done rule, allowing players to return to school even after they are drafted, and that the NCAA facilitate access to agents for high school players. The Pac-12 announced the recommendations from its task force on Tuesday […]
PLEASANT VIEW, Utah (AP) — A ninth-grade science teacher’s assignment to learn more about her students has gone viral. KSL-TV reported Monday that Alpine School District teacher Skipper Coates passed out a card to each of her students, asking what their parents don’t know about social media. Coates says the […]
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The New York Yankees have acquired another infielder by inking free-agent Neil Walker to a one-year contract. The 32-year-old hit .265 with 14 homers and 49 RBIs last year for the Mets and Milwaukee, who acquired him Aug. 12. Walker likely will start at second base, […]
(Undated) — Both BYU and Utah are set for the NIT. The 24-and-10 Cougars are a six-seed and will visit Stanford tomorrow on KSVC 980 AM and 100.5 FM with an 8:00 PM MDT tip off and 7:30 pregame show. Utah finished the season 19-and-11 and earned a two-seed. The […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Jazz start a four-game homestand tonight against the Pistons. The Suns, Kings and Hawks roll into Salt Lake City during the stretch. Utah has won six in-a-row to improve to 37-and-30. They’re in a three-way tie with the Nuggets and Spurs for the eighth-seed […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Jazz announced point guard Raul Neto is out with a fracture in his left wrist. Neto will be re-evaluated in two weeks. The “Salt Lake Tribune” reports Dante Exum is expected to return to action sometime this week. Exum has been out all season […]
LAS VEGAS – The Utah baseball team had a strong outing against 25th-ranked UNLV on Monday afternoon, falling to the Rebels, 3-1. Both teams avoided big innings, with each run scored in one run innings. Wade Gulden and Matt Richardson each had two hits to lead Utah (1-14). Josh Lapiana […]
Defending the West Coast Conference crown starts this week for the second-consecutive year by BYU’s baseball team as it hosts Loyola Marymount. After hosting Utah Valley (5-9) on Tuesday in the non-league UCCU Crosstown Clash, the Cougars (8-6) have a three-game series in Provo against LMU. “This is an exciting […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Mormon church leader who spoke at an annual anti-pornography conference says while “porn kills love”, love can also kill porn. Speakers at the annual conference by the Utah Coalition Against Pornography in Salt Lake City on Saturday encouraged attendees to take action in their […]
PRESTON, Idaho (AP) — A junior high biology teacher in the small eastern Idaho town of Preston is under investigation by school and law enforcement officials after what school district officials called a “regrettable circumstance” involving biological specimens. Superintendent Marc Gee told the Idaho Statesman that the incident occurred after […]
