Gordon Monson

Sports columnist

Gordon Monson has been a columnist at The Salt Lake Tribune since 1993. Before coming to Utah, he was a sports and feature writer at the Los Angeles Times and the Los Angeles Daily News. He's hosted a sports-talk radio show in Salt Lake City for 22 years, the past 16 years at 1280 AM/97.5 FM The Zone.

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Columnist Gordon Monson

Gordon Monson: If you’re faking your Latter-day Saint faith … why?

By Gordon Monson | May 16, 2022, 12:00 p.m.

(Courtesy Lance Beckert) Former Utah State basketball assistant Lance Beckert had long been in need of a life-saving kidney transplant. When an old high school friend, Matt Bryant, right, read Beckert's story in The Tribune, he reached out to see if he might be a match.

Gordon Monson: Matt Bryant gives, Lance Beckert lives! How bad news sparked a life-saving reconnection of old friends

By Gordon Monson | May 16, 2022, 1:13 p.m.

(Mark Humphrey | AP) Fans watch the Tennessee Titans and the Indianapolis Colts play in an NFL football game in Nissan Stadium, Sept. 26, 2021, in Nashville, Tenn.

Gordon Monson: If an NFL team landed in Salt Lake City, would you attend Sunday games?

By Gordon Monson | May 10, 2022, 3:49 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Jazz head coach Quin Snyder calls a time out during Game 4 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series on April 23. As the Jazz front office considers its offseason moves, Tribune columnist Gordon Monson believes keeping Snyder happy and in Utah will be key.

Gordon Monson: Utah Jazz should make Quin Snyder an offer he can’t refuse

By Gordon Monson | May 3, 2022, 2:28 a.m.

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The Rio de Janeiro Temple in Brazil. Salt Lake Tribune Gordon Monson questions the use of worthiness interviews for gaining temple entrance by members.

Gordon Monson: If the LDS Church has made you or others around you feel guilty or shamed, think about this

By Gordon Monson | May 1, 2022, 2:09 p.m.

(Rachel Rydalch | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rudy Gobert, left, and Donovan Mitchell, right, talk mid-game versus the Dallas Mavericks in Salt Lake City on Friday, Feb. 25, 2022.

Gordon Monson: Will the Utah Jazz now blow their team up or just twist a few nuts and bolts? Should they ignite the bombs or crank a wrench?

By Gordon Monson | April 29, 2022, 4:20 p.m.

Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) and guard Mike Conley (11) stand on the court during the second half of Game 5 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series against the Dallas Mavericks, Monday, April 25, 2022, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Gordon Monson: Embarrassed and badly outplayed, the Utah Jazz are now one loss away from elimination and an ominous offseason

By Gordon Monson | April 27, 2022, 12:20 a.m.

(Douglas C. Pizac | AP) Utah Jazz forward Karl Malone, right, has fun with Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, second from left, during a fund-raising event at a bed and breakfast inn owned by Malone's wife Thursday, Aug. 19, 1999, in Salt Lake City. Hatch, accompanied by his wife Elaine, left, was making a bid for president under the GOP ticket.

Gordon Monson: Sen. Orrin Hatch cheered hard for his teams, just like you. Unlike you, he once almost killed a BYU football player

By Gordon Monson | April 26, 2022, 2:57 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert (27) reacts to his block over Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic (77) during Game 4 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series, Saturday, April 23, 2022, in Salt Lake City.

Gordon Monson: Utah Jazz’s Rudy Gobert says it best: ‘Everything’s going right when we share the ball’

By Gordon Monson | April 24, 2022, 2:10 a.m.

(Tony Gutierrez | AP) Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) defends as Dallas Mavericks guard Jalen Brunson (13) works to the basket in the second half of Game 2 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Dallas.

Gordon Monson: After giving the Doncic-less Mavericks life, can the Utah Jazz chase away their playoff ghosts?

By Gordon Monson | April 23, 2022, 3:56 p.m.