PASADENA, Calif. — Let's revisit my recent story on the four Ohio State NFL prospects tainting the Rose Bowl by sitting out the game to avoid injury. The red-hot subject touched more than a few nerves, considering the piece settled inside the top 10 most viewed on the state's leading website, KSL.com, for all of 2021. Lead ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit and Mississippi State coach Mike Leach, to...

Six former Utes and their respective teams currently have playoff spots locked up. SALT LAKE CITY – For the first time in NFL history, the league enters week 18 for the regular-season finale. This officially marks the longest season ever and includes a full weekend of games starting with a double-header on Saturday, Jan. 8th, on ESPN.Former MVP Lamar Jackson did not practice on Wednesday for the...

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Tom Chambers will be the ninth former University of Utah men’s basketball star to have his jersey hanging in the Huntsman Center rafters, the school announced Thursday. Chambers will be honored on Feb. 5, just two weeks after the late Wat Misaka has his jersey retired on Jan. 22. The Utes host Oregon on Feb. 5 at 6:30 p.m. MST. “In the tremendous history of the Utah men’s basketball program, Tom...

SALT LAKE CITY — Citing "unfinished business," starting running back Tavion Thomas is staying at Utah. The single-season touchdown record holder at Utah announced Thursday his decision to stay after contemplating a potential move to pursue an NFL career after one season at a Power Five program. Thomas rushed for 1,108 yards and finished the season with 21 rushing touchdowns as the dominant back...

2021 – Redshirt JuniorPlayed in 44 games on the season, starting 41 contestsLed the team and ranked fifth in the Pac-12 with a .360 batting average, adding 10 doubles, a triple, two homers and 28 RBIAlso was seventh in the league in OBP (.451)Hit safely in eight straight games from May 1-15, with five of those contests featuring multiple hitsHad three different three-RBI games, the final coming...

What a year 2021 was for Utah sports, and Deseret News photographers were right there, giving readers a front-row seat, literally, to all the action. It was a welcome contrast to 2020, when photographers needed to maintain their distance at sporting events due to the ongoing pandemic. For most of 2021, fans were back in the stands and our photographers were once again on the sidelines, able to...

SALT LAKE CITY — In the final minutes of the Pac-12 championship game, with Utah securely in the lead over Oregon and a conference title within reach, cornerback Zemaiah Vaughn went down with an injury. The injury itself was an afterthought to the excitement on the field as Utah claimed its first Pac-12 title in program history. Players and coaches hugged and shed happy tears as the team...

THE GAMEThe No. 11 University of Utah Football team will begin 2022 in Pasadena when they take on the No. 6 Ohio State Buckeyes in the 108th Rose Bowl. The game is set for a 2 p.m. PT/3 p.m. MT kick on Saturday, Jan. 1 on ESPN.BOWLINGUtah is 17-6 all-time in bowl games, dating back to 1939 when the Utes beat New Mexico, 26-0, in the Sun Bowl. This will be Utah's third appearance in a New Year's...

Utah’s last bowl victory came way back in 2017 — in the Heart of Dallas Bowl. As Utah gets ready for its first Rose Bowl appearance, against national power Ohio State, coach Kyle Whittingham’s track record in bowl games is well-known. Under Whittingham, the Utes are 11-3 in bowl games, dating back to 2005. He is No. 3 nationally among active coaches in bowl victories, behind only Alabama’s Nick...