Alex Vejar

Sports Reporter

Alex is an expat from Los Angeles who started his journalism career in 2013 after attempting, and failing, to become the next great rock star. He most recently covered local sports in Chico.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Real Salt Lake defender Aaron Herrera (22) steals the ball as Vancouver Whitecaps defender Cristian Gutierrez (3) leaps over him, in MSL action between Real Salt Lake and the Vancouver Whitecaps at Rio Tinto Stadium, on Friday, June 18, 2021.

Three Points: Albert Rusnák makes plays for RSL, Aaron Herrera throw-ins, and possible correlation between hair bleach and a win

By Alex Vejar | June 19, 2021, 4:00 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Real Salt Lake celebrates the goal by Real Salt Lake defender Erik Holt (20), in MSL action between Real Salt Lake and the Vancouver Whitecaps at Rio Tinto Stadium, on Friday, June 18, 2021.

RSL defender Erik Holt gets redemption, scores game-winner to help beat Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1

By Alex Vejar | June 19, 2021, 5:11 a.m.

(Vancouver Whitecaps/Laura Dearden) Members of the Vancouver Whitecaps stand and listen during the Canadian national anthem. The Whitecaps are currently living in the Salt Lake City area due to travel restrictions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and using Real Salt Lake's facilities.

MLS’s Vancouver Whitecaps have been playing in Utah all season. Inside their home away from home.

By Alex Vejar | June 18, 2021, 2:28 p.m.

(Real Salt Lake) Zack Farnsworth is the newest center back for Real Salt Lake. Farnsworth signed a homegrown contract and is a Sandy, Utah, native.

RSL signs Utah native to homegrown contract

By Alex Vejar | June 17, 2021, 11:06 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) passes as the Utah Jazz host the Los Angeles Clippers in a Game 5 matchup, NBA basketball in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, June 16, 2021.

Donovan Mitchell struggles in Game 5 on injured ankle. He’s frustrated, but says ‘I’m going to have to deal with it.’

By Alex Vejar | June 17, 2021, 7:03 a.m.

(Photo courtesy of Austin Wallace) Skyridge High School's Austin Wallace won the Gatorade Player of the Year award for boys' soccer in Utah. He is the first boy from Skyridge the win the award for the sport.

Skyridge’s Austin Wallace wins Gatorade award for boys’ soccer in Utah

By Alex Vejar | June 15, 2021, 10:30 p.m.

Los Angeles Clippers guard Paul George, left, shoots as Utah Jazz center Derrick Favors defends during the first half in Game 4 of a second-round NBA basketball playoff series Monday, June 14, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Utah Jazz-LA Clippers buzz: Jazz blown out in Game 4, Jerry West eclipses the logo, Kawhi Leonard posterizes Derrick Favors

By Alex Vejar | June 15, 2021, 7:18 a.m.

(Photo courtesy of Salt Lake City Fire Department) A Sugar House office building burns on Sunday, June 13, 2021. The fire forced several people from a nearby apartment complex to evacuate.

Fire burns down Sugar House office building

By Alex Vejar | June 13, 2021, 9:51 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Bear Fire burns in the mountains northwest of Helper on Wednesday, June 9, 2021.

Six Utah wildfires continue to burn, but firefighters are making progress containing them

By Alex Vejar | June 13, 2021, 9:22 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Melanie Wolcott vaccinates Latasha Roddan on the last day the Salt Lake County Health Department's COVID-19 vaccine operation was open at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Saturday, May 29, 2021.

Utah reports 194 new COVID-19 cases, no new deaths as case averages increase

By Alex Vejar | June 13, 2021, 7:18 p.m.