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The Utes' second scheduled game, this one set for Saturday with UCLA Bruins, has been canceled.

Michael Strahan has tested positive for COVID-19.

BYU is planning on a return to full capacity in LaVell Edwards Stadium this fall for the 2021 football season.

The Gold Over America gymnastics tour featuring Simone Biles, as well as the University of Utah's  MyKayla Skinner and Grace McCallum, is coming to West Valley City next week.

Two University of Utah women's basketball games have been postponed due to COVID-19, officials said. 

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 12, 2022 (Gephardt Daily) — After trading away longtime defensive anchor Rudy Gobert, the Utah Jazz are "showing a willingness to listen" to teams interested in acquiring All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell, an NBA insider says. ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski tweeted Tuesday about the Jazz's change of tune on possibly parting with their previously untouchable star, citing...

Brigham Young University Football has released a video to debut uniforms they will wear Saturday in Las Vegas when they play Notre Dame.

Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Brazilian soccer icon Pele has died after battling cancer, his family announced Thursday on social media. He was 82. "Everything we are is thanks to you," Pele's daughter, Kely Nascimento, wrote on Instagram. "We love you infinitely. Rest in peace." Edson Arantes do Nascimento, widely known as Pele, died at the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The hospital said last...

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...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 11, 2023 (Gephardt Daily) — Former University of Utah running back Tavion Thomas faces three felony charges after police say he pulled a knife on his girlfriend and prevented her from leaving a Salt Lake City residence in March. Thomas, 23, was charged Friday with aggravated kidnapping in the course of committing unlawful detention and...

PROVO, Utah, June 4, 2023 (Gephardt Daily) — "Jimmer-mania" reached Vienna, Austria, as former BYU sharpshooter Jimmer Fredette led all players in scoring and helped the U.S. to a silver medal in his FIBA 3×3 World Cup debut. Fredette had an open 3-pointer to win the game, but the ball bounced around the rim and then out in Team USA's 21-19 loss...

July 31 (UPI) -- Seventeen-year-old American cyclist Magnus White died over the weekend in a training accident in Boulder, Colo., USA Cycling said. Magnus, who was in final preparations for next month's Junior Men's Mountain Bike Cross-Country World Championships, was struck by a car and died Saturday in his hometown, the national sporting body said Sunday. "He was a rising star in...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 6, 2023 (Gephardt Daily) — "Banana ball" is coming to Salt Lake City. The Savannah Bananas are bringing their barnstorming baseball circus to Smith's Ballpark for a pair of games vs. the rival Party Animals on Aug. 30-31, 2024. An online lottery for tickets for the 2024 Banana Ball World Tour is underway through Dec. 1...

PROVO, Utah, Nov. 19, 2023 (Gephardt Daily) — Former BYU star Fred Warner celebrated his 27th birthday Sunday with a huge game for the San Francisco 49ers. Warner came up with a strip-sack fumble and finished with a season-high 12 tackles (10 solo) in the 49ers' 27-14 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The All-Pro linebacker added two passes defended...