Utah football: New Ute Darren Carrington reaches plea deal on Oregon DUI
Utah wide receiver Darren Carrington II has reached a plea agreement in the DUI case that led to his dismissal from the University of Oregon earlier this summer.Carrington, 22, appeared in the Eugene,...
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NFL locals: Catching up with Utah, BYU rookies as preseason games begin
The NFL preseason slate begins Wednesday with 16 games through Sunday — the first chance for rookies from Utah and BYU to show their potential in live action. None more so than the highest player from...
View ArticleHandsome Tanielu is looking good for BYU football
Provo • Mafa Tanielu took one look at her newborn son 24 years ago and decided he was the most handsome boy she had ever seen.So she named him that — Handsome Tanielu. He’s now a 6-foot-2, 315-pound...
View ArticleBagley Cartoon: Heating Up in Korea
This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017.You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below. Want more? Become a fan of Bagley on Facebook at...
View ArticleGarrison Keillor: In the republic of marriage
My wife has gone East for a couple weeks and now there is nobody to say, “You’re not wearing that tie with that shirt, are you?” Nobody to point discreetly at her left nostril and hand me a tissue....
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Jennifer Rubin: What Trump's freakout over his VP's ambition tells us
Washington • The New York Times kicked a hornet’s nest with a story suggesting that Vice President Mike Pence is cultivating his own base of support, with an eye toward a 2020 run if President Donald...
View ArticlePacific Islander gallery at Utah Museum of Fine Arts gets blessing
With blasts of a conch shell and chants that bounced off the walls, a group of Pacific Islander elders formally blessed the Utah Museum of Fine Arts’ renovated Arts of the Pacific Gallery.“We believe...
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Dana Milbank: Trump finally starts winning — by copying Obama
Washington • President Trump appears to have found himself a new national security adviser. His name is Barack Obama.Recent days have brought evidence of two foreign policy successes for the Trump...
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Leonid Bershidsky: Why shirtless Putin is having the last laugh
It’s August, and Russian President Vladimir Putin has been to Tuva -- the place where he is usually photographed shirtless. The slow news cycle certainly accounts for some of the attention that the...
View ArticleLetter: Herrod has the credentials for Congress
I firmly support Chris Herrod’s candidacy to replace Jason Chaffetz.I had the opportunity to work with Chris on the Ted Cruz presidential campaign in Utah. Herrod ran Cruz’s campaign here. At the time...
View ArticleUtah man charged with murder after 2 more bodies identified
Boise, Idaho • Prosecutors have charged a missing Utah man with three counts of first-degree murder after two additional bodies found near a rural Idaho farmhouse were identified as 14-year-old Payton...
View ArticleGranite School District extends free lunches to more families
Low-income children in Granite School District who would otherwise pay a reduced cost for school lunches will be able to eat for free during the upcoming school year. Rich Prall, Granite’s food service...
View ArticleHow radio DJs reading ads is leading a law firm to sue the Utah State Bar
You’ve probably seen their ads on television or the radio. They tout themselves as more than just attorneys — they’re “The Advocates.”The TV spots often feature a guy hiking or camping or spending time...
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Robert Hayward, Utah trooper who arrested Ted Bundy, dies at 90
Robert Hayward — a Utah Highway Patrol trooper who took a wrong turn and stumbled upon a suspicious Volkswagen Beetle that happened to be carrying one of the most notorious killers in America history,...
View ArticleHuntsman Cancer Institute controversy still plagues University of Utah Health...
A top University of Utah Health Sciences official said Tuesday the Huntsman Cancer Institute controversy in April remains a problem for the department — but leaders are pushing forward to regain the...
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'Despacito' opening doors for Spanish songs on English radio
“Despacito” is easily the song of the summer with the success of the hit stretching beyond Spanish-speaking audiences to make it the year’s most recognized song in the U.S. and elsewhere.Luis Fonsi and...
View ArticleKyle Whittingham is not a fan of NCAA’s longer preseason for football
Thanks to the NCAA’s elimination of two-a-day practices, preseason football camp has been extended to five weeks from from four, which Utah coach Kyle Whittingham described as “bordering on ridiculous”...
View ArticleOlympus guard Rylan Jones commits to Utah men’s basketball
Olympus High point guard Rylan Jones, one of the top-rated players in the class of 2019, announced Tuesday on Instagram that he has committed to the University of Utah, where his father is on the...
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Monson: For BYU and Utah football, the truth is ... uh, on its way
Kyle Whittingham was asked the other day about his quarterback situation — for the 15,000th time in the past two weeks. His eyes didn’t roll back in their sockets like a steer hit in the head with a...
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Cougars are serious this time — they'll use tight ends more
Provo • It has become a ritual of preseason training camp for BYU.We are going to throw the football to the tight ends more, they say, and return the position to its glory years when the likes of...
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