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LOVB Salt Lake falls in five-set thriller against Atlanta

LOVB Salt Lake (8-5) endured a heart-breaking five-set loss to LOVB Atlanta (20-25, 25-20, 25-23, 17-25, 18-16) on Thursday night at BYU’s Smith Fieldhouse. Despite the result, Salt Lake still sits atop the league standings, tied with LOVB Houston. It was a back-and-forth battle with ...

Three for three: Former Cougars come back to Fieldhouse with LOVB Salt Lake

Former BYU women’s volleyball All-Americans Roni Jones-Perry, Mary Lake and Alex Gray found themselves in familiar territory. All three are members of LOVB Salt Lake, now in its second season in the League One Volleyball professional league. Jones-Perry and Lake played for the club in the ...

Who are the Utahns to root for at the 2026 Winter Olympics?

The state of Utah will be represented by 81 athletes who qualified or were named to compete at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic Winter Games in Italy. Given the state's world-class facilities for winter sports, several non-Utah natives now call the state home or attended college in Utah. For ...

Movie review: Life story of former UVU wrestler Ben Kjar is a ‘Standout’

It can’t be said any more directly: “Standout: The Ben Kjar Story” is a must-see movie documentary. Director Tanner Christensen, son of prominent filmmaker T.C. Christensen, who produced the project with Kjar himself, constructed a masterpiece. Standout isn’t just a feel-good story ...

Pro Roundup: Brooklyn’s Demin sets NBA rookie record

SALT LAKE CITY — Brooklyn Nets guard Egor Demin set an NBA rookie record Friday night by making a 3-pointer in his 34th straight game. Demin. who played his freshman season in college at BYU, set the record on the first basket for the Nets against the Utah Jazz. He finished 6 for 12 from ...

LOVB Salt Lake rallies for five-set win vs. LOVB Austin

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – January 29, 2026 – LOVB Salt Lake extended their home winning streak at the Bruin Arena Thursday night, coming back from a two-set deficit to defeat LOVB Austin in a five-set marathon (20-25, 23-25, 25-19, 25-20, 15-10). “A deep team win,” Salt Lake head ...

Brilliance on the mat: Top 10 Utah wrestling stories for 2025

This past year was another significant one in prep and collegiate wrestling in Utah County. Here are the top ten wrestling stories for Utah County for 2025. 10. Charity duals The 2025-26 season started off with a bang as Provo High School hosted the 15th Annual Wrestling Against Cancer ...

Spanning all sports: The top 10 2025 sports stories within the state of Utah

Coaching changes, or perhaps better stated, coaching developments came often and unexpectedly late in the 2025 calendar year and necessarily garnered a lot of attention when considering all of it was on the college football front, the top sport in the state. It's a topic that necessarily ...

Back in blue: Whittingham hired as new head coach at Michigan

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The University of Michigan's Donald R. Shepherd Director of Athletics Warde Manuel announced Friday the hiring of Kyle Whittingham as the 22nd head football coach in the 146-year history of the Michigan program. Whittingham signed a five-year contract with the Wolverines ...

Pro Roundup: Jazz bounce Rockets, 133-125

SALT LAKE CITY — Lauri Markkanen scored 29 points and Keyonte George added 28 as the Utah Jazz outlasted the Houston Rockets 133-125 on Monday night. Kevin Durant, off target much of the game, scored 16 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter for Houston. Alperin Sengun had 31 points and tied ...