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Utah Football: Quinton Pedroza dismissed for violating team rules

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:54:48 MDT

Utah Football: Quinton Pedroza dismissed for violating team rules

by Tony Jones The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 18, 2013 11:54PM MDT

Two months remain until Utah makes its football season debut against Utah State. But the Utes are already thinner at wide receiver. Receiver Quinton Pedroza was dismissed from Utah for a violation of team rules, university officials told The Salt Lake Tribune. The 6-foot-2 California native had been poised to have a big junior season in Dennis Erickson’s new pass-oriented offense. Instead, this could turn out to be a big loss. Pedroza played sparingly in his first two years in the program, mos...

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Women’s volleyball: Utes to appear at least 11 times on Pac-12 Networks

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:06:04 MDT

Women’s volleyball: Utes to appear at least 11 times on Pac-12 Networks

The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 17, 2013 11:06AM MDT

Utah women’s volleyball will appear on the Pac-12 Networks at least 11 times next season as the broadcast schedule was released Monday. This includes 17 appearances for the returning conference champion Stanford. Additionally, 11 of the 12 Pac-12 rivalry matchups will air on Pac-12 Networks with Utah, Arizona State, Oregon State, California and Washington State opening Conference play at home against their regional rival Sept. 24-25, then close out the season as the visiting team Nov. 27-29. The...

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Sex abuse charges dropped against former Utah swim coach

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:19:36 MDT

Sex abuse charges dropped against former Utah swim coach

by Aaron Falk The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 13, 2013 05:19PM MDT

Former Utah swim coach Greg Winslow will not face criminal charges in Arizona, where he was accused of kissing and fondling a 15-year-old swimmer he coached six years ago. An Arizona State University police investigation recommended Winslow, now 38, face charges for sexually abusing a swimmer during his time as coach of the Sun Devils Aquatics Club. But Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery announced this week that his office would not file. “After a careful review of the information containe...

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Utah football: Summer vacation means work for football players

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:26:55 MDT

Utah football: Summer vacation means work for football players

by Lya Wodraska The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 11, 2013 11:26PM MDT

Utah football coach Kyle Whittingham is fond of calling Utah’s offseason conditioning program one of the most crucial times for player development, as his athletes pack on muscle and work on individual skills. The idea is to get bigger, faster and stronger so preseason camp is focused more on football than getting into shape. But here is the catch: No matter how important football coaches such as Whittingham believe summer workouts are, they are still considered voluntary and coaches still can’t...

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Utah men’s basketball: Chris Burgess returns as undergrad assistant

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:32:02 MDT

Utah men’s basketball: Chris Burgess returns as undergrad assistant

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Published Jun 11, 2013 12:32PM MDT

Utah men’s basketball head coach Larry Krystkowiak announced Tuesday that former Runnin’ Ute Chris Burgess will return to the program as an undergraduate assistant coach. “We are very pleased to have Chris Burgess return to the Utah basketball program,” Krystkowiak said. “This is a classic win-win scenario whereby Chris will be able to get his feet wet as an undergraduate student coach and at the same time, obtaining his degree in speech communication.” Burgess transferred to the University of ...

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Utah athletics: After 2 years in Pac-12, Utes struggle to deliver

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 08:20:26 MDT

Utah athletics: After 2 years in Pac-12, Utes struggle to deliver

by Lya Wodraska The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 10, 2013 08:20AM MDT

Utah athletic director Chris Hill has his own version of that adage from “Field of Dreams.” Build it and they will win — and soon. With facility upgrades either in the works or planned for virtually every sport the school sponsors, totaling about $64.2 million in financial commitments, Utah’s transition to the Pac-12 is moving to its next phase — from getting spendy to getting competitive. Two years into the Pac-12, the Utes are still languishing behind the majority of their foes in conference r...

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Kragthorpe: Time for Utes to do more than wear Pac-12 patch

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 18:20:56 MDT

Kragthorpe: Time for Utes to do more than wear Pac-12 patch

by Kurt Kragthorpe the Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 8, 2013 06:20PM MDT

On that June afternoon in 2010 when Rose Bowl organizers delivered flowers to the University of Utah’s president at Rice-Eccles Stadium, welcoming the Utes into the Pac-12 Conference, this became the inevitable question: When will the novelty wear off? That’s worth asking now. So is this: Am I the only one who overestimated Utah’s ability to win a bunch of Pac-12 football games, right from the start? In two seasons, the Utes have gone 7-11 in conference play, including 3-7 against Pac-12 South ...

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Utah athletics: TCU also feeling growing pains

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 16:47:02 MDT

Utah athletics: TCU also feeling growing pains

by Lya Wodraska The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 8, 2013 04:47PM MDT

Remember the good ole days of the Mountain West Conference? When Utah and TCU often slugged it out for top honors? Well, Utah isn’t the only athletic program getting a slice of humble pie. Like Utah, TCU learned in its first year of Big 12 play that moving up and into the big leagues isn’t so easy. TCU failed to win any league titles in its first year, a notable absence particularly in football and baseball, where it was a regular victor in the MWC. After finishing the 2011-12 season undefeated ...

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Utah gymnastics: Utes earn NCAA recognition for academics

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:27:03 MDT

Utah gymnastics: Utes earn NCAA recognition for academics

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Published Jun 5, 2013 12:27PM MDT

Indianapolis • The Utah gymnastics team was recognized Wednesday with an NCAA Division I Academic Performance Program Public Recognition Announcement for earning a multiyear Academic Performance Report (APR) in the top 10 percent of all gymnastics teams. The latest multiyear APR is based on measurements from 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12. The APR accounts for eligibility, retention and graduation and in measuring of each team’s academic performance. The NCAA Public Recognition Announce...

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Feds now investigating alleged abuses on University of Utah swim team

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 08:48:43 MDT

Feds now investigating alleged abuses on University of Utah swim team

by Aaron Falk The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 5, 2013 08:48AM MDT

While a group appointed by the University of Utah continues to look at the school’s swim team and how the athletics department handled ongoing reports of physical and psychological abuse of student athletes, federal investigators have begun to scrutinize as well. The Office of Civil Rights is investigating a complaint involving “allegations of Title VI [race] and Title IX [sex] discrimination relative to the University of Utah swim team,” a Department of Education spokesman confirmed to The Sal...

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Pac-12 tackles head trauma concerns with initiative

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 22:13:55 MDT

Pac-12 tackles head trauma concerns with initiative

by Lya Wodraska The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 3, 2013 10:13PM MDT

Amid concerns over the continuing high rate of head trauma in college athletics, Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott and the league’s presidents and chancellors put their heads together at the league’s annual summer meetings and decided something should be done to improve athletes’ safety. The result is the creation of the Student Athlete Health and Well-Being Initiative, Scott announced on Monday. The initiative, which will start with the 2013-14 academic year and commit $3.5 million in research gr...

Women’s basketball: Sweden trip propels Utes towards next season

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:50:27 MDT

Women’s basketball: Sweden trip propels Utes towards next season

by Tony Jones The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 3, 2013 03:50PM MDT

On each possession they played basketball at breakneck speed. Yes, the 24-second shot clock women’s hoops are played with in Sweden helped the pace. But the philosophy was different during that week for the Utah women. In what will be the third year for the Utes in the Pac-12, basketball will be played differently at the Huntsman Center — at least on paper in June. Buoyed by a successful postseason trip abroad, coach Anthony Levrets is determined to play faster in 2013-14. If he has his way, gon...

Utah football: Pac-12 announces start times for Utes

Wed, 29 May 2013 17:19:37 MDT

Utah football: Pac-12 announces start times for Utes

by Lya Wodraska The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 29, 2013 05:19PM MDT

Utah fans had better get accustomed to late kickoffs in the Pac-12, as it appears the Utes are destined to play several late games in 2013 just as they did a year ago. The league announced Wednesday that Utah’s home games against Oregon State on Sept. 14 and UCLA on Thursday, Oct. 3 will kick off at 8 p.m. Both will be televised by FOX Sports 1, FOX’s new national network that will replace the Speed Channel in the cable and satellite lineups in August. The league also announced Utah’s home game ...

Utah baseball: Carroll brothers eager to help turn around program

Wed, 29 May 2013 14:04:02 MDT

Utah baseball: Carroll brothers eager to help turn around program

by Jennifer Gustavson Special To The Tribune

Published May 29, 2013 02:04PM MDT

Dalton and Dallas Carroll learned to play baseball together in their backyard. Baseball was just one of many things the twins, born within minutes of each other, learned simultaneously. As identical twins, they’ve always been reflections of each other, and baseball was no different. So when it came time to decide where to compete at the collegiate level, the choice was easy for the former Taylorsville High stars. “It was hard to imagine not being on the same team,” said right-handed pitcher Dal...

Utah Utes: Academics improve again for spring semester

Tue, 28 May 2013 15:49:03 MDT

Utah Utes: Academics improve again for spring semester

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Published May 28, 2013 03:49PM MDT

It seems even as the spring blooms around them, the Utes student athletes are hitting the books. The University of Utah’s athletic teams set a department record for the highest cumulative grade point average for the spring semester for the second straight year. Utah’s teams averaged a 3.153 GPA for the spring, besting the previous record of 3.136 from the spring of 2012. Utah has now posted six consecutive semesters with an athletic department GPA of 3.0 or better, another school first. More th...