Prep football: State rankings after Week 3
Class 6A1. Bingham (3-0) • Ryan Wood throws a pair of touchdowns and Miners thump Herriman 34-0.2. East (2-1) • Leopards regroup after Bingham loss and beat Saguaro (Ariz.) 35-14 in Scottsdale.3. Lone...
View ArticleNew Orleans the big winner in relocated BYU-LSU clash
New Orleans • The New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau donated $25,000 to the relief efforts in Houston on Saturday after the AdvoCare Texas Kickoff was moved from Houston to New Orleans last...
View ArticleKevin Harvick takes pole for Southern 500 at Darlington
Darlington, S.C. • Kevin Harvick accomplished his first goal at Darlington Raceway — winning the pole. The next one is to win the Southern 500.Harvick held off defending Darlington champion Martin...
View ArticleLetter: Afghan soldiers need 16 years of training?
Unlike Iraq, Afghanistan has few resources to sell, except poppies for drugs. A little Agent Orange would do the trick to shut down their whole drug-selling operation.Iraq is a whole different dynamic...
View ArticleLetter: Texas knows how to help its own
I understand Pat Bagley doesn’t understand states like Texas that don’t rely on the federal government to solve their problems.His cartoon Sunday morning was a cheap shot at folks who had a natural...
View ArticleLetter: NRA does not belong on a list of dictators
Your Aug. 29 news story, “Sacred sign or Nazi symbol? Swastika provokes uproar,” by Rich Kane was great. I know the history of the “Rolling Log” and its place in old Hindu, Buddhist and American...
View ArticleLetter: Trump is a leader without a clue
With the events of the last two weeks, I’ve come to realize the president could not pass a fifth-grader’s exam. I’m not sure he could pass a third- or fourth-grader exam.He definitely has no clue about...
View ArticleLetter: Romney’s cheap shot
It is sad to see a person whom I once respected and admired, Mitt Romney, embrace the reprehensible tactics of division and race-baiting used by the left. I understand Gov. Romney’s dislike of Donald...
View ArticleLetter: Idea about voting was hardly ‘ethical
There is just so much wrong with the call to “affiliate and vote,” espoused by Mormon Women for Ethical Government.First, the assumption that whoever wins the Republican primary will win the general...
View ArticleNo. 1 Alabama defense smothers No. 3 Florida State 24-7
Atlanta • The Alabama defense turned in a dominating performance, the Florida State special teams endured a terrible night, and one of the most anticipated opening games in college football history...
View ArticleWeber State scores 76 points in opener, crushes Montana Western
Ogden • Stefan Cantwell threw two touchdowns, Kevin Smith ran for two scores and Weber State defeated NAIA-member Montana Western 76-0 Saturday night in the season opener for the Wildcats.The 76 points...
View ArticleMonson: BYU football faces tough reality after LSU shellacking
New Orleans • It’s a tough thing a team must do when it gets crushed, especially in the early part of a season.It has to choose between two unhappy conclusions — either it stares down and blames its...
View ArticleFreeman runs for 4 TDs and Oregon beats Southern Utah 77-21
Eugene, Ore. • The Willie Taggart era at Oregon got off to a fast start with Tony Brooks-James’ 100-yard touchdown return on the opening kickoff against Southern Utah.Fitting for a team that’s (still)...
View ArticleBees lose, trail in division race with two games to go
The Salt Lake Bees’ quest to make the playoffs was delivered a blow by Fresno Grizzlies’ starting pitcher Trent Thorton. Working efficiently and walking none, Thorton held the home team to two runs in...
View ArticleInjuries, targeting ejection, could leave Cougars short-handed for rivalry game
New Orleans • The Cougars not only lost on the scoreboard Saturday night at the Superdome, falling 27-0 to No. 13 LSU, they also suffered some injuries and an ejection that could leave them...
View ArticlePrepared for the worst, a Utah medical team is glad Hurricane Harvey didn’t...
Houston • It could have been worse. The unprecedented flooding in Hurricane Harvey’s wake destroyed about 100,000 homes and killed dozens, but it didn’t create the immense medical need that led federal...
View ArticleMormon fast and testimony meeting is like a box of chocolates. You never know...
Robert Kirby is busy, busy, busy. So don’t bug him, bug him, bug him. This is a reprint of a previous column:It was fast and testimony meeting in my ward last Sunday, as it was in every other Mormon...
View ArticlePope Francis prays for those afflicted by floods in U.S., Asia
Vatican City • Pope Francis has prayed for those afflicted by floods in Texas, Louisiana and southern Asia.Addressing faithful in St. Peter’s Square, Francis on Sunday prayed for comfort for the U.S....
View ArticleAnnual five-day hajj in Saudi Arabia comes to an end
Mecca, Saudi Arabia • The annual five-day Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca known as hajj is officially over.Khalid al-Faisal, governor of Mecca, announced Sunday the formal end of the pilgrimage at a news...
View ArticleThe Muslim hajj pilgrimage by the numbers
The Islamic hajj pilgrimage draws people from around the world to Saudi Arabia each year. The crowds, squeezed shoulder to shoulder in prayer five times a day, fill Mecca and surrounding areas to...
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