Undefeated South Carolina beats Iowa for women’s basketball title
April 7 (UPI) — Physical defense and overwhelming rebounding effort carried South Carolina past Iowa, capping off an undefeated season with a victory in the 2024 Division I NCAA women's basketball tournament finale Sunday in Cleveland.
The Gamecocks (38-0) outrebounded the Hawkeyes 51-29 and totaled 30 second-chance points in the 87-75 victory at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. They are just the...
No attempted murder charge for suspended LSU running back Trey Holly
April 7 (UPI) -- Suspended Louisiana State University running back Trey Holly won't face an attempted murder charge but has been indicted on a felony weapons violation by a grand jury, his lawyer says.
A Louisiana grand jury rejected an attempted second-degree murder charge but indicted Holly on one count of illegal use of a weapon or dangerous instrumentality, attorney Mike...
BYU legend Jimmer Fredette joins Final Four party for 3×3 exhibition
PROVO, Utah, April 6, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — Despite making a first-round exit in the NCAA Tournament, BYU was represented at the Final Four on Saturday in Glendale, Arizona.
Former Cougars star and 2011 National Player of the Year Jimmer Fredette was on the court at State Farm Stadium during halftime of Connecticut's 86-72 victory over Alabama for Team USA's...
BYU assistant Kahil Fennell hired as head basketball coach at UTRGV
PROVO, Utah, April 5, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — Kahil Fennell, an assistant men's basketball coach at BYU the past two seasons, has been hired as the new head coach at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
UTRGV Vice President and Director of Athletics Chasse Conque announced the hiring Friday. Fennell is expected to be formally introduced at the Edinburg, Texas, university...
Racial slurs directed at Utah women’s basketball team audible in recording
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 4, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — Police in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, say they've obtained an audio recording of racial slurs directed at the University of Utah women's basketball team last month.
While in Coeur d'Alene for the NCAA Tournament on March 21, the Utes were walking to dinner from their hotel when the driver of a...
Sorry, Utah: Oakland A’s select Sacramento as temporary home
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 4, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — Sorry, Utah baseball fans: The Oakland Athletics have selected Sacramento as their temporary home ahead of their move to Las Vegas.
Sutter Health Park in west Sacramento — home of the Sacramento River Cats — will host the A's for the 2025-27 seasons ahead of their move to Las Vegas...
Utah State hires veteran assistant to lead women’s basketball program
LOGAN, Utah, April 2, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — Utah State has hired veteran assistant coach Wesley Brooks to lead its women's basketball program.
Brooks brings two decades of college basketball experience to Logan, most recently serving as an assistant for three seasons at Ohio State. He perviously worked as an assistant women's basketball coach at Michigan, Utah, North Texas, Texas...
Utes’ postseason run reaches NIT’s final four, showdown with Sycamores
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 1, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — It may not be the Final Four, but the University of Utah is one of just four teams remaining in the National Invitation Tournament.
The Runnin' Utes (22-14) won three home games to reach Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis and will take on Indiana State (31-6) at 5 p.m. MDT Tuesday...
Jazz GM Justin Zanik shares kidney failure diagnosis, transplant plans
SALT LAKE CITY, April 1, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — Utah Jazz general manager Justin Zanik announced he's been experiencing kidney failure and is scheduled to undergo a transplant from a living donor Tuesday.
Zanik, 50, the Jazz's general manager since 2017, said he got the diagnosis about three weeks ago following repeated urging from his wife, Gina, to see a...
Utah State hires Jerrod Calhoun to take over men’s basketball program
LOGAN, Utah, March 30, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — Utah State wasted little time finding its new head men's basketball coach, luring longtime Youngstown State coach Jerrod Calhoun to Logan.
Calhoun, 42, guided Youngstown State to unprecedented success over the past seven years, including the program's first back-to-back 20-win campaigns the past two seasons.
"I look forward to making Aggie Nation proud...
Idaho governor, other state officials decry ‘racist’ incidents against U of U women’s basketball team members
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho, March 26, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) -- The Governor of Idaho has weighed in after racist incidents allegedly targeting University of Utah Women's Basketball players in the area to compete in the NCAA Tournament, hosted in its Spokane location by Gonzaga University.
An investigative task force released a statement on the case, saying players from Utah and another...
Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani denies betting on sports
March 25 (UPI) — Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani on Monday steadfastly denied any involvement in sports betting or the gambling activities of his friend and former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara.
Appearing on a live video feed set up by the Dodgers as they prepared for their domestic home opener this week, baseball's biggest star declared he had never bet on any sporting events...
Red Rocks earn No. 2 seed at NCAA Regional gymnastics meet in Florida
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 24, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — The University of Utah gymnastics team will be the No. 2 seed at the NCAA Regional in Gainsville, Florida.
The Red Rocks enter the regional meet ranked No. 5 overall and will be in action in the second round beginning at 11 a.m. MDT Friday.
Joining Utah in the afternoon session...
Danny Sprinkle leaving Utah State after 1 season to take Washington job
LOGAN, Utah, March 25, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — Danny Sprinkle is leaving Utah State after just one season to become the head men's basketball coach at the University of Washington.
Sprinkle, who guided Utah State to a Mountain West Conference regular-season title, an NCAA Tournament appearance and the program's first victory in the Big Dance since 2001, was announced as...