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) makes a flying pass as the Utah Jazz host the New Orleans Pelicans, NBA basketball in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021.

Gordon Monson: Shaq and Chuck dropped bombs on Donovan Mitchell, but their declarations are too eager, too early

By Gordon Monson | January 22, 2021, 5:38 p.m.

FILE - Dalton State coach Tony Ingle directs his team during the second half of the NAIA championship basketball game against Westmont in Kansas City, Mo., in this Tuesday, March 24, 2015, file photo. Dalton State defeated Westmont 71-53. Tony Ingle, who failed to win a game in his tenure as BYU's interim basketball coach but went on to capture lower-division national championships at two Georgia colleges, has died at the age of 68. His son, Izzy, announced on Twitter that Ingle died Monday night, Jan. 18, 2021, of complications from COVID-19.(AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)

Gordon Monson: Listen to the words of former BYU basketball coach Tony Ingle, a man who could talk and teach

By Gordon Monson | January 20, 2021, 10:58 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Larry Krystkowiak as Utah hosts Colorado, NCAA basketball in Salt Lake City on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021.

Gordon Monson: Utah basketball is stuck in an expensive rut

By Gordon Monson | January 16, 2021, 5:00 p.m.

(AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, File) | NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, right, and Ohio State NCAA college football head coach Urban Meyer answer questions during a safety clinic for mothers of youth football players in Columbus, Ohio, in this Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, file photo. Meyer officially became coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars on Thursday, his first foray into the NFL after a successful college coaching career.

Gordon Monson: Urban Meyer can thrive in the NFL, if it doesn’t destroy him

By Gordon Monson | January 15, 2021, 3:11 p.m.

(AP Photo/Kathy Willens) | Brooklyn Nets guard Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot (9) and center Jarrett Allen defend against Oklahoma City Thunder guard George Hill (3) as Hill goes up for a layup during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021, in New York. Hill, a Utah Jazz alum, is an outspoken critic of the new COVID-19 restrictions the NBA handed down this week.

Gordon Monson: Barring hotel guests, playing Yellowstone Christian, wearing masks all part of sports’ ongoing battle with COVID-19

By Gordon Monson | January 14, 2021, 10:51 p.m.

(Photo courtesy of Zack Manasian) Tommy Lasorda, second from left, manager of the 1968 Ogden Dodgers, with first baseman Bill Buckner, third baseman Steve Garvey and outfielder Bobby Valentine.

Gordon Monson: Tommy Lasorda talked his way through Brooklyn, Ogden, Los Angeles, to the Hall of Fame

By Gordon Monson | January 9, 2021, 12:17 a.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: Finding space between the troubles caused by a pandemic and the triumphs created out of sports

By Gordon Monson | January 8, 2021, 8:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Pass game coordinator Aaron Roderick is interviewed by the media as BYU hosts their eighth-annual football media day at the BYU-Broadcasting Building on Friday, June 22, 2018.

Gordon Monson: New coordinator Aaron Roderick now will run the BYU offense like … well, a BYU offense

By Gordon Monson | January 6, 2021, 11:56 p.m.

Supporters of President Donald Trump climb the West wall of the the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Gordon Monson: What is happening to our country?

By Gordon Monson | January 6, 2021, 11:10 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) BYU offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes speaks with the press during BYU football media day at the BYU Broadcasting Building in Provo on Tuesday, June 18, 2019.

Gordon Monson: BYU should take no offense at Jeff Grimes leaving for Baylor. And the Cougars will be fine.

By Gordon Monson | January 4, 2021, 9:12 p.m.