Monson: In all the waiting for Hayward’s decision, a bit of hope and...
Over a span of a few hours following the Jazz’s Yalta Conference with star free agent Gordon Hayward at his home in San Diego on Monday afternoon, there was a bit of diversionary relief from all the...
View ArticleMonson: Goodbye, Gordon Hayward, whoever you are
Goodbye, Gordon Hayward, we hardly knew you. Not the real you. Not the you who was ducking out down a back alley, looking for the easier route. People around here only got bits and pieces of the...
View ArticleMonson: Jazz’s secret for future success? Unicorns and hard work
A dark cloud hovering over the Jazz after what happened to them over the past few days is whether they ever can find their way to real contention in the modern NBA, given the league’s allowances for...
View ArticleMonson: Gordon Hayward’s departure disrespected Quin Snyder more than anyone
Of all the people in and around the Jazz organization who are disappointed/disrespected by Gordon Hayward’s move away from the Jazz and to the Celtics, the one at the top of the list is Quin Snyder....
View ArticleMonson: Jazz use a ‘machine’ to make themselves better
Players in the NBA, and more specifically with the Jazz, always have had an opportunity to work to make themselves better. Some take advantage of it, some do not. Just a couple of months ago, former...
View ArticleMonson: The Jazz are now more than Utah’s team, they belong to the world
OK, so we’ve brought this up before, but the Jazz now have gone second level. They’re freaking global, the United Nations of NBA basketball. They are Salt Lake International. If all the players on...
View ArticleMonson: An ode to the fans in Utah, whack-jobs that they are
This is an ode to the sports fans of Utah. And to the state itself. It’s not a poem. Just a column from the heart. In the wake of Gordon Hayward’s departure, a lot of voices from around the country,...
View ArticleMonson: The Jazz’s mysterious new puzzle includes a few new pieces; here’s a...
When the Jazz reassemble themselves in the fall for the onset of the 2017-18 season, there’s bound to be confusion. I mean, who are these guys? Not only does coach Quin Snyder have to find a way to...
View ArticleMonson: Utah, and every other state, shouldn’t freak out over sports gambling
Have any of you puritans out there ever gambled away any money on sports? Yes. Yes, you have. Most of you have, in one way or another. For instance, that office pool you enter every March, the one in...
View ArticleMonson: 3 big questions for BYU, Utah and Utah State football
With football camps starting at Utah, BYU and Utah State, it’s easy to get fired up about the possibilities and ponder the vulnerabilities of these programs. As the offseason work concludes and the...
View ArticleMonson: BYU football embraces the sweetest word
The word that hovers over BYU football, in the run-up to the start of its practices on Thursday, is … the Big O. Opportunity. Kalani Sitake used that word in a conversation we had recently. And it...
View ArticleMonson: How much longer can we love football while ignoring the brain-trauma...
Football is starting and life is about to get a whole lot better, right? Balls spiraling through the air, the competition, the physicality, the running, the action, the teamwork, the grass and the mud...
View ArticleMonson: Mike Petke still reminding Real Salt Lake who they’re supposed to be
Sandy Minute by minute at Rio Tinto Stadium on Saturday night, as Real Salt Lake faced the Columbus Crew, the primary question that came to mind was this: Who are these RSL guys, really? Are they the...
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Concert preview: Brother Ali’s ‘martial arts of the heart’ help him find ‘All...
Rapper Brother Ali doesn't say whether he's ever read the "First Earth Battalion" operations manual written by former U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jim Channon, or the investigative book ("The Men Who Stare at...
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Utah Symphony plans new road trip to showcase state’s natural and cultural...
The Utah Symphony is going on another road trip. Three years after the Mighty 5 Tour took them to the state's five national parks, Thierry Fischer will lead the orchestra in five outdoor performances...
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Movie: Story of ‘Megan Leavey’ is a brothers-in-arms tale that just happens...
As a documentary filmmaker, Gabriela Cowperthwaite had worked on a History Channel series about the lives of Marines. But one perspective was missing."All those years we were doing those documentaries,...
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Cinderella earns her keep at the U. of U. this spring
Get ready for a "Cinderella Spring" on the University of Utah's Presidents Circle. Student companies will present three distinct takes on the familiar tale, starting with Rossini's comic opera "La...
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Movie review: As a thriller, corporate-driven ‘Mummy’ unravels
The action thriller "The Mummy," meant to be the Big Bang of Universal's new "Dark Universe" franchise, is something of a wet firecracker, more a corporate-driven branding exercise than a living,...
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Concert preview: JoJo still has ‘Mad Love’ for making music
EDITOR'S NOTE • Due to laryngitis, JoJo's show scheduled for Monday at The Complex has been postponed. No make-up date has been announced yet.Pop singer JoJo (aka Joanna Levesque) made her triumphant...
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Concert preview: Mastodon get ‘butterflies’ at turning grief and anger into...
Prog-metal leviathans Mastodon have done it all a time or two. "Emperor of Sand," released March 31, is their seventh studio album in 17 years. They've toured the world countless times in that span.But...
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