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.

(Carlos Osorio | AP) Tony Finau acknowledges fans after his birdie putt on the eighth green during the first round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic golf tournament, Thursday, July 28, 2022, in Detroit.

Gordon Monson: Golfing gods, we’re begging you, let Utah’s own Tony Finau some day win a major or two or three …

By Gordon Monson | August 2, 2022, 12:00 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah fans cheer for the Utes, in football action between Utah Utes and Ohio State Buckeyes in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, on Saturday, January 1, 2022.

Gordon Monson: Here you have it, lists of Utah, BYU, Utah State football players who are being ‘honored’ for what they haven’t done yet

By Gordon Monson | August 1, 2022, 12:00 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Utes quarterback Cameron Rising (7), runs for a first down, on a quarterback keeper, in football action between Utah Utes and Ohio State Buckeyes in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022.

Gordon Monson: S.O.S — Utah football is in a damaged ship and it needs to save itself

By Gordon Monson | July 28, 2022, 12:00 p.m.

(Al Hartmann | Tribune file photo) Larry and Gail Miller watch a game with Gordon Monson in 2007.

Gordon Monson: Here’s a weird column about … you

By Gordon Monson | July 25, 2022, 12:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gordon Monson.

Gordon Monson: Celestial question — Why would God create children he loves to be what they are and then command them to be what they aren’t?

By Gordon Monson | July 17, 2022, 1:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah football defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley at a Rose Bowl media session in Los Angeles, Calif., on Dec. 29, 2021.

Gordon Monson: When Kyle Whittingham steps down at Utah, this now-wiser man should replace him

By Gordon Monson | July 15, 2022, 12:00 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Utes running back Tavion Thomas (9) celebrates another first down as the University of Utah hosts the UCLA Bruins on Oct. 30, 2021 at Rice-Eccles Stadium. UCLA and USC are leaving the Pac-12 for more lucrative futures in the Big Ten.

Gordon Monson: What’s happening in college sports is what’s happening in our country. Looking out for No. 1

By Gordon Monson | July 11, 2022, 2:15 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert (27) supports his team from the sidelines as the Utah Jazz and the New York Nicks play an NBA basketball game at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City on Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. When Gobert returns to Vivint Arena for the first time after being traded by the Jazz, fans will welcome him with a standing ovation. But, for how long?

Gordon Monson: Listen to the ovation for Rudy Gobert that is sure to come

By Gordon Monson | July 4, 2022, 2:12 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert (27) confers with Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) as the Utah Jazz host the Denver Nuggets, NBA basketball in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021.

Gordon Monson: ‘Why would the Jazz do that?’ Suddenly the entire NBA is focused in on the Utah Jazz

By Gordon Monson | July 1, 2022, 8:33 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Ohio State Buckeyes linebacker Tommy Eichenberg (35) tries to bring down Utah Utes wide receiver Britain Covey (18) in football action between Utah Utes and Ohio State Buckeyes in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022.

Gordon Monson: Four options — two of them decent — for Utah in a ‘new world of college sports’

By Gordon Monson | July 1, 2022, 4:55 p.m.