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CHICAGO, April 13, 2016 (The Sports XchangeFormer) -- The Chicago White Sox designated hitter Adam LaRoche, who decided to retire after the team told him to limit the amount of time his 14-year-old son spent in the clubhouse this spring, has opened up about his reasons to walk away from the game. In a lengthy interview with ESPN the Magazine, LaRoche...

A former assistant football coach at Penn State University was awarded more than $7 million because the school defamed him for coming forward about seeing Jerry Sandusky sexually assault a boy in a campus shower.

After public backlash against a promotion criticized for objectifying women, the Ogden Raptors organization has canceled the "Hourglass Appreciation Night" it announced last weekend.

Mike Petke is no longer head coach of Real Salt Lake, the club announced Sunday. Petke's contract has been terminated and assistant coach Freddy Juarez was named interim head coach for the rest of the season.

BYU will open the 2020 football season in a nationally featured game on ESPN against the Naval Academy on Labor Day, it was announced Thursday. 

Paul Westphal, a five-time NBA All-Star and Hall of Fame Guard, has died, according to the Phoenix Suns. He was 70.

Former Real Salt Lake player Kyle Beckerman has been named the new head coach of the Utah Valley University men's soccer program, the school announced Monday.

Like the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo that preceded them, the 2020 Paralympic Games will not allow spectators at any of the events, either, organizers and Japanese officials announced Monday.

University of Utah football wide receiver Britain Covey will declare for the NFL Draft after playing in the Rose Bowl New Year's Day, he announced Friday.

Dixie State University has debut the new logos it will use after its July 1 name change to Utah Tech University.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 12, 2022 (Gephardt Daily) — Seeing 73 points on the scoreboard for the Utes wasn't the most shocking sight Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium for some University of Utah football fans. Police are investigating reports that two women attended Utah's dominating 73-7 victory over Southern Utah wearing only body paint on their torsos, according to a...

NOTE: This story has been updated to include the Buccaneers' 17-16 victory over the Saints on Monday night. BALTIMORE, Dec. 4, 2022 (Gephardt Daily) — If Baltimore Ravens quarterback Tyler Huntley was feeling any pressure about filling in for injured starter Lamar Jackson, he didn't show it. Huntley was pressed into action Sunday against the Denver Broncos after Jackson left the...

U.S. champion freestyle skier Kyle Smaine was killed Sunday after he was swept away in an avalanche while skiing down a mountain in central Japan.

PROVO, Utah, March 13, 2023 (Gephardt Daily) — A weeklong wait to find out whether its season would continue was worth it for the BYU women's basketball team. The Cougars got the news they were hoping for with an at-large selection to the Women's National Invitation Tournament and a first-round game at home. BYU (16-16) will host Rice (22-8) at...