SPORTS - The Salt Lake Tribune

Utah State golfer Tanner Higham was selected to the College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-District VIII men’s at-large first-team. Higham, a junior from Shelley, Idaho, has a cumulative 3.98 grade point average. He majors in nutrition, dietetics and food sciences. District VIII is made up of schools from Arizona, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Utah and Washington, and the men’s at-large team includes the sports of fencing, golf, hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming, tenn...

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Photos of the Day - May 16, 2013

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:41:02 MDT

Photos of the Day - May 16, 2013

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 16, 2013 11:41AM MDT

A collection of some of the best photos of the day, from throughout the world.

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Photos of the day - May 15, 2013

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:02:02 MDT

Photos of the day - May 15, 2013

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 15, 2013 05:02PM MDT

A collection of some of the best photos of the day, from throughout the world.

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Mountain West, Root Sports reach regional TV deal

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:03:57 MDT

Mountain West, Root Sports reach regional TV deal

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 15, 2013 05:03PM MDT

The Mountain West has agreed to a multi-year deal with Direct TV to air approximately 10 football games and no fewer than 25 men's basketball games starting next season. The conference announced the deal Wednesday afternoon, giving the conference an additional regional imprint to its national deals with CBS Sports Network and ESPN. Root Sports reaches an estimated 2.5 million households across nine states in the Rocky Mountain region. The Tribune's Scott Pierce predicted a regional deal was fort...

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Mountain West Conference signs on with ROOT Sports

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:43:02 MDT

Mountain West Conference signs on with ROOT Sports

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 15, 2013 01:43PM MDT

The Mountain West Conference has named its regional television partner for football and men's basketball and, as expected, it's ROOT Sports. ROOT will air about 10 football games and a minimum of 25 basketball games per season. And, no doubt, some of those games will feature new MWC member Utah State. This deal is in addition to the Mountain West's national deals with the CBS Sports Network and ESPN. Here's the MWC/ROOT release: DIRECTV Sports Networks and the Mountain West Conference have enter...

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Photos of the Day - May 14, 2013

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:35:03 MDT

Photos of the Day - May 14, 2013

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 14, 2013 03:35PM MDT

A collection of some of the best photos of the day, from throughout the world.

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Soccer parents

Tue, 14 May 2013 01:01:04 MDT

Soccer parents

By XXXXXX The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 14, 2013 01:01AM MDT

Kudos to Tribune sports writer Kurt Kragthorpe for expressing so well in “The death of respect” (Tribune, May 7) what many of us in the sports officiating world have said many times to each other. When things do not go well for a parent’s child or the team, parents often see officials as targets for their frustrations. In my four decades of umpiring baseball, from Little League through Division 1 NCAA and some minor league pro games, I have never been physically assaulted. However, I have had ...

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Photo gallery: The weekend in sports

Mon, 13 May 2013 05:55:22 MDT

Photo gallery: The weekend in sports

The Associated Press

Updated May 13, 2013 05:55AM MDT

A look at some of the best sports photos of the weekend of May 10-12, 2013.

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Utah State football: Aggies’ big (TV) moment has arrived

Sat, 11 May 2013 23:30:34 MDT

Utah State football: Aggies’ big (TV) moment has arrived

By Kyle Goon The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 11, 2013 11:30PM MDT

There’s nothing quite like having your feet planted in the stands at Romney Stadium, with hard-hitting football in front of you and a raucous crowd around you. Official visits on game days have an effect on Utah State recruits that can’t be replicated. Young fans who experience the sport there for the first time often find themselves Aggies for life. Now, USU has an opportunity to extend that outreach to a much larger audience. With no fewer than six games on national television this fall — the ...

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Photos of the day - May 11, 2013

Sat, 11 May 2013 21:28:02 MDT

Photos of the day - May 11, 2013

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 11, 2013 09:28PM MDT

A collection of some of the best photos of the day, from throughout the world.

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Photos of the day - May 10, 2013

Fri, 10 May 2013 23:22:02 MDT

Photos of the day - May 10, 2013

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 10, 2013 11:22PM MDT

A collection of some of the best photos of the day, from throughout the world.

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Hodges: Still on God’s team, Tebow is doing his Christian duty

Mon, 13 May 2013 09:34:45 MDT

Hodges: Still on God’s team, Tebow is doing his Christian duty

By Corey J. Hodges Special to The Tribune

Updated May 13, 2013 09:34AM MDT

NFL quarterback Tim Tebow has been released from the New York Jets. With his future in professional sports uncertain, the Heisman Trophy winner tweeted a biblical passage from Proverbs: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will direct your paths straight.” In a major-league sport frequently characterized by sex and self-indulgence, the 25-year-old is a role model for many young people. He stands out not only b...

Photos of the day - May 9, 2013

Thu, 09 May 2013 15:12:02 MDT

Photos of the day - May 9, 2013

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 9, 2013 03:12PM MDT

A collection of some of the best photos of the day, from throughout the world.

Sports violence

Thu, 09 May 2013 01:01:05 MDT

Sports violence

Updated May 9, 2013 01:01AM MDT

If one lesson can be taken from the tragic death of a volunteer soccer referee this week, it is that violence cannot be tolerated in organized youth athletics. Not by players, coaches, parents, officials or spectators. A culture that emphasizes competition, not recreation, is too pervasive, and it is dangerous. In the most recent incident, a 17-year-old soccer player has been charged with third-degree felony homicide by assault after he reportedly punched Ricardo Portillo, an experienced volunt...

Photos of the day - May 8, 2013

Wed, 08 May 2013 19:01:40 MDT

Photos of the day - May 8, 2013

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 8, 2013 07:01PM MDT

A collection of some of the best photos of the day, from throughout the world.

Not enough Rockies

Wed, 08 May 2013 01:01:03 MDT

Not enough Rockies

Updated May 8, 2013 01:01AM MDT

Tribune TV columnist Scott Pierce encouraged Utahns to adopt the Colorado Rockies as their home team and to watch the Rockies on ROOT Sports (“Watch TV and root for the (Colorado) home team?” Tribune, April 17). However, The Tribune does little to encourage this. If this situation is to improve, the Sports section must cover major league baseball better; it must cover the Colorado Rockies much better. Thus far, coverage of the Rockies during spring training and into the season has been pathetic...

Monson: Soccer referee’s family wants us to learn — and live

Wed, 08 May 2013 00:05:13 MDT

Monson: Soccer referee’s family wants us to learn — and live

By Gordon Monson Tribune columnist

Updated May 8, 2013 12:05AM MDT

Most of us never knew Ricardo Portillo. From what I’ve read about him, he seemed like a terrific human being. The sad emphasis there on the past tense. And that past tense carries with it an important lesson. He was the father of three daughters, a sportsman, a lover of the beautiful game, a volunteer soccer referee. And when he issued a yellow card on a 17-year-old goalkeeper during a game last week in Taylorsville and wrote the infraction in his notebook, it was the last thing he ever conscio...

Photos of the day - May 7, 2013

Tue, 07 May 2013 11:58:02 MDT

Photos of the day - May 7, 2013

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 7, 2013 11:58AM MDT

A collection of some of the best photos of the day, from throughout the world.