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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...

Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell has been fined $25,000 for public criticism of the officiating and his conduct while exiting the playing court and Jazz center Rudy Gobert has been fined $20,000 for public criticism of the officiating, it was announced Friday. 

SALT LAKE CITY, May 21, 2023 (Gephardt Daily) — The University of Utah extended one of the most successful softball seasons in school history and completed an NCAA Regional sweep Sunday with a 4-1 victory over Ole Miss. Utah went 3-0 in its NCAA Regional hosting debut Friday-Sunday at Dumke Family Softball Stadium, where the Utes' stellar season will continue...

Zach LaVine's lavish dunking ability in the 2015 NBA Slam Dunk contest put him on the map, but his most recent video has new jaws dropping.

The death of a Scottish boxer following a fight has prompted one U.K. lawmaker to renew his call for boxing to be banned.

GLENDALE, Ariz. (Gephardt Daily) — Two Salt Lake City police officers and their explosive-detecting K-9 partners are representing Utah while providing security at the Super Bowl. Officers Thad Hansen and John Lynn and K-9s Pongo and Lux have been in Glendale, Arizona, this week as part of an elite group of explosive-detection teams selected to help provide security for the...

PROVO, Utah, April 22, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid reportedly has agreed to a contract extension that makes him the NFL's highest-paid coach and keeps him with the team through 2029. Reid, who played at BYU in 1978-80 and began his coaching career as a graduate assistant with the Cougars in 1982, also is the...

Video shows no love for "Money" Mayweather in his victory over "Pac-Man"

INDIANAPOLIS, March 6, 2023 (Gephardt Daily) — Ten former Utah high school or college football players were among the 319 pro prospects invited to audition at the 2023 NFL Scouting Combine. The University of Utah was well-represented at this year's pre-draft workouts, with four Utes invited to showcase their skills for NFL coaches, talent evaluators and team officials at Lucas...

Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton, who vaulted to stardom in 1984 as the first American woman to win gold in the all-around event, is "fighting for her life" in the intensive care unit, according to her daughter. McKenna Lane Kelley revealed Retton is "not able to breathe on her own" and "has been in the ICU for over...

GLENDALE, Ariz., Feb. 12, 2023 (Gephardt Daily) -- The questions about Andy Reid's coaching future if his Kansas City Chiefs won Super Bowl 57 started even before Sunday's game kicked off. Some NFL insiders have speculated that the Brigham Young University graduate and longtime coach may ride off into the sunset and retire following the Chiefs' 38-35 victory over the...

A pair of Nike basketball shoes, believed to be the earliest NBA game-worn sneakers by Michael Jordan, will be auctioned off next month.

Brigham Young University and Boise State University announced the two schools will play football on Nov. 7.

Utah Jazz guard Jordan Clarkson has been named the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year.