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.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) as the Utah Jazz host the Minnesota Timberwolves, NBA basketball in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020.

Gordon Monson: Donovan Mitchell leads the Utah Jazz, and he could lead an entire generation

By Gordon Monson | April 9, 2021, 5:00 p.m.

Utah Jazz forward Georges Niang (31) pulls down a rebound over Phoenix Suns forward Torrey Craig (12) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, April 7, 2021, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Gordon Monson: The Good Book and a Greek tragedy foretold the Utah Jazz’s fortune and fate two thousand seasons ago

By Gordon Monson | April 8, 2021, 10:04 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Kyle Whittingham as Utah faces Oregon in the Pac-12 football championship game in Santa Clara, Calif., on Friday Dec. 6, 2019.

Gordon Monson: Utah football is flawed at its core. But it can change — and it should.

By Gordon Monson | April 2, 2021, 2:21 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Delta Flight 2020, is the first flight out of the new terminal at the Salt Lake City International Airport on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. The Utah Jazz's departing Delta charter flight struck a flock of birds on Tuesday, necessitating a return to the airport — and several minutes of terror for Jazz coaches, staff and players.

Gordon Monson: As Donovan Mitchell and the Utah Jazz know, sometimes leaving on a jet plane is nobody’s idea of a good time

By Gordon Monson | April 1, 2021, 10:04 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Quin Snyder, jazz huddle as the Utah Jazz host the Houston Rockets, NBA basketball in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 12, 2021. Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert (27) Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45), Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles (2), Utah Jazz forward Royce O'Neale (23), Utah Jazz guard Jordan Clarkson (00), Utah Jazz center Derrick Favors (15)

Gordon Monson: Nobody believes in the Jazz, so their mission is to shock the world and prove it wrong

By Gordon Monson | March 30, 2021, 2:49 p.m.

Utah State head coach Craig Smith instructs his team during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against UNLV in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Conference men's tournament Thursday, March 11, 2021, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)

Gordon Monson: Thieving Utah steals away Craig Smith from Utah State — and comes away with a diamond

By Gordon Monson | March 28, 2021, 8:42 p.m.

(Photo courtesy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
This file photo shows Latter-day Saints in Brazil singing during a sacrament meeting before the coronavirus pandemic.

Gordon Monson: When churches — and arenas — fully open up again, will you go?

By Gordon Monson | March 28, 2021, 6:57 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Jazz guard Joe Ingles (2), Utah Jazz forward Georges Niang (31), Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45), and Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert (27) as the Utah Jazz host the Brooklyn Nets, NBA basketball in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, March 24, 2021.

Gordon Monson: Utah Jazz fans are unflaggingly faithful. They deserve a title run. Does this team?

By Gordon Monson | March 26, 2021, 6:10 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A limited number of fans watch the Utah Jazz host the Minnesota Timberwolves, NBA basketball at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020.

Gordon Monson: Make Vernon Maxwell wrong about the state of Utah

By Gordon Monson | March 23, 2021, 2:40 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Shawn Bradley leaves the Delta Center after defeating the Jazz in the first round of the NBA Playoffs in 2001.

Gordon Monson: Shawn Bradley may be paralyzed from his bike accident, but he can stand tall again

By Gordon Monson | March 19, 2021, 2:32 p.m.