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• Get up to speed on the Utah State Aggies’ 2022 recruiting class Utah State Aggies players celebrate after Utah State Aggies cornerback Michael Anyanwu (22) returns a fumble for a touchdown during an NCAA football game at Maverik Stadium in Logan on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020. The play was then called back due to an incomplete pass. | Yukai Peng, Deseret NewsWhether it be the middle of the college football season, the dog days of summer or the outset of spring camp, recruiting is an ever present part of college football. There…
• Get up to speed on the Utah Utes’ 2022 recruiting class FILE - Utah Utes linebacker Devin Lloyd (20) leads the Utes onto the field before the start of an NCAA football game against the Arizona State Sun Devils at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019. | Colter Peterson, Deseret NewsWhether it be the middle of the college football season, the dog days of summer or the outset of spring camp, recruiting is an ever present part of college football. There is no such thing as…
• Get up to speed on the BYU Cougars’ 2022 recruiting class The BYU Cougars take the field at a nearly empty LaVell Edwards Stadium before their game against North Alabama in Provo on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. | Steve Griffin, Deseret NewsWhether it be the middle of the college football season, the dog days of summer or the outset of spring camp, recruiting is an ever present part of college football. There is no such thing as an offseason, and for head coach Kalani Sitake and company, finding the next batch…
• Lightfoot denies flip-flop on sports betting BetRivers Sportsbook, the first brick-and-mortar sportsbook approved by the Illinois Gaming Board, opens to the public at Rivers Casino in Des Plaines last March. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-TimesMayor Lori Lightfoot said she would never do anything that would meaningfully compromise the casino revenue needed to shore up police and fire pension funds that are now dangerously close to insolvency. Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday denied doing the flip-flop on sports betting and said there is no hard evidence that allowing sportsbooks…
• Recruiting is heating up for BYU, Utah, Utah State. Here is the latest on 2022 class How is the 2022 recruiting class coming together for BYU’s Kalani Sitake, Utah’s Kyle Whittingham and Utah State’s Blake Anderson? Here’s a look at each school’s reported commits. | Deseret News photosWhether it be the middle of the college football season, the dog days of summer or the outset of spring or fall camp, recruiting is an ever present part of college football. Arguably the most important part. As Georgia head coach Kirby Smart said following the Bulldogs’ victory over…
• Cougars from SoCal and everywhere else are relishing the chance to play USC at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Mascot Tommy Trojan on Traveler, as the University of Utah plays USC at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in the first ever PAC-12 game Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011, in Los Angeles, Calif. (Tom Smart, Deseret News) | Tom Smart, Deseret NewsNo. 13 Cougars have plenty of players and coaches with Los Angeles ties, including star running back Tyler Allgeier, star defender Uriah Leiataua and assistant coach Jernaro Gilford. Gunner Romney didn’t grow up in Southern California, but this week BYU’s…
• Inside the Cougars’ untold connections and history with the Big 12 and its coaches FILE — Baylor’s Head Coach Scott Drew yells out at his players as BYU and Baylor play Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011 in the Marriott Center in Provo. Baylor won 86-83. The Bears and Cougars will soon be conference opponents, once BYU joins the Big 12 Conference. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret NewsThe Deseret News talked to Big 12 coaches about their ties to BYU and how they think the Cougars will fare in the league. KANSAS CITY — Baylor coach…
• The top high school football prospect in Utah just decommitted from USC Corner Canyon quarterback Devin Brown lines up a pass in a 6A football state semifinal game against Weber at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City on Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret NewsThe top college football prospect in Utah is now looking for a school to play for with three weeks to go until the annual early signing period opens. On Wednesday evening, Corner Canyon Chargers quarterback Devin Brown announced via Twitter that he has decommitted from USC,…
• Seminole Tribe asks appeals court for stay in sports betting case The Seminole Tribe has asked a Washington D.C.-based appeals court for a stay of a ruling that rejected a gambling deal allowing sports betting in Florida. Attorneys for the tribe filed the emergency motion Thursday at the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia after U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich ruled that the gambling deal between the state and the tribe violated federal law. Friedrich subsequently refused to stay her ruling as the tribe pursued an appeal.…
• The community service that is helping to provide 600 holiday meals for needy Utahns this Thanksgiving Volunteer Amber Greenwell bags food for those in need at Catholic Community Services Basic Needs Ogden in Ogden on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021. Greenwell is a planning and management manager for America First Credit Union and joined other America First employees for the volunteer opportunity. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News OGDEN — More than 20 volunteers efficiently moved around the pantry inside Catholic Community Services Tuesday, filling bags with holiday food items and placing them into a line of grocery…