One of the most powerful motivators for athletes can be losing. They didn't put in all that time and effort to fail, so the disappointment from coming up short can push them hard to improve and win the next game or show better the next season. That was clearly a factor in BYU football's ...
With the second-most freshman weekly honors in conference history, Delaney Gibb has been dubbed the unanimous Big 12 Conference Freshman of the Year and named to the All-Big 12 Second and All-Freshman teams, the Big 12 announced on Tuesday. Gibb is the third Cougar freshman to earn conference ...
To succeed in the postseason, Amber Whiting and the BYU Cougars have to find a way to turn their discouragement into encouragement. BYU, the No. 12 seed, takes on No. 13 UCF on Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. MT in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City. The ...
There is a scene in the great sports movie "Miracle" where head coach Herb Brooks calls Ralph Cox into his office and informs him that he would be the last player cut from the 1980 Olympic team. "There is no easy way of saying this," Brooks said. "The rules say we've got to be down to 20 men ...
BYU’s Richie Saunders was named the Big 12 Player of the Week for a second consecutive week, the league announced on Monday. In Wednesday’s 91-81 victory at Arizona State, Saunders became the first Cougar to score 20-plus in three consecutive games since 2018, finishing with a game-high 26 ...
The BYU-West Virginia meeting on Saturday was two types of games in one. The second type of game was the right one for the Cougars. For most of the first half, the Mountaineers had BYU right where they wanted them: In a physical, slow-paced defensive struggle. It appeared the game would be ...
