Prep football: Alta defense clamps down on Taylorsville in lopsided win
Taylorsville • One of the highest-scoring teams in the state proved it can do more than play offense.Alta forced four turnovers and scored two defensive touchdowns in a convincing 63-26 victory against...
View ArticleSalt Lake Bees lose to Fresno Grizzlies, 5-2, to open final series of regular...
Fresno Grizzlies starting pitcher Rogelio Amenteros hadn’t allowed a run in his previous 17 innings entering Friday night The Salt Lake Bees scored in the first inning to snap that streak, but that...
View ArticleUtah State can’t maintain fast start, loses opener to No. 9 Wisconsin 59-10
Madison, Wis. • It started so promising.Utah State held a 10-0 first-half lead and was keeping No. 9 Wisconsin’s offense in check. However, the Badgers scored 31 unanswered points in a span of 9...
View ArticlePrep football: Lone Peak rebounds to blast Lehi
Highland • If a Class 4A team could beat Lone Peak last week, Lehi must have reasoned that the top-ranked squad in Class 5A could do it, too.But the Knights, smarting from a road loss to Dixie, had...
View ArticlePrep football: Highland, Hillcrest honor Huskies coach Cazzie Brown before...
Midvale • “Family on three,” Bishop Brown yelled from the middle of the huddle, surrounded by his Hillcrest teammates. “One, two, three”“Family.”Hillcrest had just lost to Highland 31-6, but none of...
View ArticlePrep football: Kick return sparks Weber past Clearfield
Clearfield • One play oftentimes can change the direction of a game.It may have taken the Weber Warriors a while to find that big play. But once they found it, it turned the direction of their Region 1...
View ArticlePrep football: Week 3 scores
ThursdayStansbury 28, Grantsville 7FridayWest Side (Idaho) 38, Rich, 16Milford 42, Layton Christian 0Altamont 41, West Wendover (Nev.) 0Sky View 33, Springville 14Servite (Calif.) 38, American Fork...
View ArticlePrep football: Juan Diego rallies to squeak past Skyline
Juan Diego was driving against host Skyline, but time was running out.Quarterback Zachary Hoffman, who scored twice on the ground, was guiding his club down the field. A touchdown pass to Rylan Davis...
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‘Hamilton’ star Renee Elise Goldsberry will sing at BYU
Another September, another Tony Award-winning “Hamilton” star for Brigham Young University’s Bravo concert series.Renée Elise Goldsberry, the 2016 Best Featured Actress in a Musical winner for her...
View ArticleCommentary: Congress must end the Cadillac tax before it’s too late
There’s nothing worse than being tricked. That’s exactly what the so-called “Cadillac tax” is: a deceptively named trick that will utterly destroy what is left of America’s private employer-based...
View ArticleLetter: Combating credit card fraud with technology
Two years ago I had dinner in a sushi restaurant: the server takes my credit card on a plastic tray, brings me my receipt — to which I add gratuity — then my card and final receipt are left for me on...
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Book world hopes for literary breakthrough in the fall that cuts through the...
As the book world’s most literary season approaches, the industry still awaits the year’s big literary publication.While critics have celebrated Mohsin Hamid’s “Exit West,” George Saunders’ “Lincoln in...
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Appellate attorney withdraws from Utah death penalty case, saying, ‘I had to...
A judge last week granted a lawyer’s request to withdraw from representing a Utah death row inmate after the appellate attorney said payment issues were causing a conflict of interest.Attorney Samuel...
View ArticleLetter: Political correctness over privilege has reached Orwellian levels
I must have missed the notice, but apparently it was “check your privilege” week at The Tribune.Mary Jane Taylor, (Public Forum, Aug. 9) assails Garrison Keillor (a true liberal) for encouraging people...
View ArticleGomberg: Name change after marriage or not, isn’t it the choice that makes it...
When my wife and I married in 2009, we had decided that we’d each keep our own surnames. We’re modern, independent feminist women. It’s how we roll, and that was that.Or so we thought.She was already...
View ArticleLetter: Socialism doesn't work? Tell that to European countries
On Aug. 9. David W. Haughey writes, “Socialism, widely espoused by the left, simply doesn’t work and never has.”Tell that to our Norwegian friends and their neighbors in Scandinavia. And because it is...
View ArticleTrump seeks an initial $7.9 billion in Harvey aid
Washington • President Donald Trump has sent lawmakers an initial request for a $7.9 billion down payment toward Harvey relief and recovery efforts.The request, expected to be swiftly approved by...
View ArticleWrong-way driver killed, two others injured in Friday night crash on I-215
A wrong-way driver was killed and two others riding in a separate vehicle were in critical condition following a head-on crash on Interstate 215 Friday night, authorities said.About 11 p.m. a Utah...
View ArticleCommentary: The EPA continues to run amok
Think the days of over-regulation are numbered? Not so fast. State and local governments face severe economic penalties if they fail to comply with a recently issued national ambient air-quality...
View ArticleLetter: Trump voters, this is on you
It doesn’t matter if you’re an independent, moderate Democrat, any flavor of Republican or a member of the alt-right; if you voted for Donald Trump, this is on you.The fact you couldn’t see it coming...
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