‘Mormon Land’: Why LDS meetinghouses have basketball courts — the rise and fall of ‘church ball’
From its beginning as a display of “muscular Christianity” to the expensive era of BYU, NIL and AJ Dybantsa, the sport has held a vaunted place in the faith.
(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Fans fill the stadium during the game between the BYU Cougars and the Arizona State Sun Devils in Provo in early January.