When Pomona senior Joevannie Rosales lined up for a game-winning field goal attempt with two seconds left in a tie game, it was an unthinkable moment. Rosales, a soccer player by trade, decided to give football a go with soccer not being played this fall — a decision that paid off with an unforgettable moment […]
Whicker: Walker Buehler’s Octobers belong in an era when people were actually watching
If nobody sees Walker Buehler throw enough heavy baseballs to scatter the Tampa Bay Rays like tenpins, does it still count? The Dodgers think so. They lead this World Series 2-1, thanks to a 6-2 Game 3 win on Friday that continued Buehler’s blossoming into a legend of the fall. It wasn’t just him. Justin […]
Trick or treat? Or neither? Will Utah kids be out gathering candy on Halloween?
Shane Manu, 6, looks at a Halloween decoration at Zurchers, a costume and party supply store, in Salt Lake City on Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. | Yukai Peng, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — To trick or treat or not this year. That is the question. Samantha Lundin said she plans to take her kids […]
Why are politics coming to college football?
President Donald Trump walks off the field following the national anthem before the start of the NCAA National Championship game between Alabama and Georgia at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Monday, Jan. 8, 2018. | Andrew Harnik, Associated Press Trump and Biden both tried using college football as a political tool. It’s a match […]
BYU grad, ‘Educated’ author Tara Westover talks family estrangement, writing memoir
Tara Westover, author of “Educated,” took part in a virtual Q&A session for Utah Valley University’s Presidential Lecture series on Thursday, Oct. 22. | Screenshot “I’m breaking a big rule in the family, which is not to talk about it. I’ve tried to be as sensitive to the discomfort that that has caused as I […]
A Salt Lake City homeless camp cleanup didn’t go as planned. Here’s why
Christopher Hovey wipes his eyes after rinsing his face and hair with a bottle of water at Taufer Park in Salt Lake City on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News A weekslong Salt Lake City initiative to connect the unsheltered with services takes a gentle approach SALT LAKE CITY — Luis Lopez, […]
Colorado high school football: How CHSAANow Top 10 teams fared in Week 3
Class 5A 1. Cherry Creek (3-0) beat Grandview, 37-0. Julian Hammond III threw four touchdown passes — two each to Chase Penry and Gunnar Helm. Next week: at Overland, Oct. 30 2. Valor Christian (3-0) beat Mountain Vista, 46-0. Gavin Sawchuk ran for 249 yards and three touchdowns, putting him at 577 and nine, respectively, […]
Amid COVID-19 outbreak, Drew Moor was called on to serve as Rapids player-coach
In a year of the unexpected, the phone call Drew Moor received from coach Robin Fraser certainly ranks. Fraser had some specifics, but the main question to Moor: “Are you ready?” Moor was ready. And he packed his whistle. For the next few days, Moor pulled into Fraser’s parking spot at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. […]
Trump targets Kamala Harris in sexist rant against the Democratic vice-presidential nominee
Summary List Placement President Donald Trump targeted Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris in a sexist rant during a campaign rally in Florida on Friday. Trump said the US would never see a “socialist” president, “especially a female socialist,” apparently referring to presidential nominee Joe Biden’s running mate. “We’re not supposed to have a socialist […]
Minnesota attorney general says company suspected of recruiting private security to watch polling places on Election Day was misinformed
Summary List Placement A Tennessee-based company accused of recruiting armed men to watch polling places in Minnesota on Election Day caught the attention of the state’s attorney general, Keith Ellison. It turns out, the effort was a misunderstanding, Ellison announced in a press release on Friday. The company, Atlas Aegis, had responded to a request […]
Map: Where the PG&E outages will be
Due to extreme fire weather conditions and a red flag warning running from Sunday to Tuesday across most of Northern California, PG&E announced late Friday that it will be shutting off power to more than 466,000 customers. The outage will the largest ‘public safety power shutoff’ of 2020 so far. Forecasters say winds of up […]
Palo Alto: Police probe ‘rare’ overnight home burglary
PALO ALTO – An investigation is underway into a rare overnight burglary of an occupied residence in Palo Alto, police said. The burglary occurred at a home on the 1100 block of Hamilton Avenue between 4:10 a.m. and 6:15 a.m. Thursday, the Palo Alto Police Department said in a news release Friday. Police said the […]