Prep football: Jordan QB Crew Wakley helps create Beetdiggers offensive...
Crew Wakley had to wonder how his role would change when he heard his team was about to get a new coach.But given Wakley’s athleticism and productivity as the Jordan Beetdiggers’ quarterback, it wasn’t...
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Prep sports: This week's standout performers and key numbers
Each week, the TribPreps staff will choose standout performers and keynumbers from the previous week’s action in Utah and showcase them. Hereare this week’s picks.Whitney Wansgard, GrantsvilleThe...
View ArticleSurvivor: Reality show becomes possible road to Olympics
Colorado Springs, Colo. • The fact that Josh Williamson hadn’t stepped on ice until about a month ago hardly makes him an ideal candidate to become an Olympic bobsledder.Then again, if Williamson...
View ArticleCommentary: ‘Axes to Taxes’ threatens to chop children
The national “Axes to Taxes Tour” arrived in Utah Saturday with a luncheon event in Midvale featuring Sen. Mike Lee. Many of the goals and ideals of the tour and its sponsors are laudable — broaden the...
View ArticlePrep girls' soccer: State rankings for Aug. 27
Class 6A1. American Fork (6-0) • Survived a scare from Pleasant Grove with a 4-3 win at home. Big week upcoming with Bingham at home before taking a trip to Lone Peak.2. Pleasant Grove (4-2) • Not...
View ArticlePrep volleyball: State rankings for Aug. 27
Class 6A1. Lone Peak • Knights beat Skyline in four to start season; at Park City on Thursday.2. Pleasant Grove • A 3-0 sweep of Brighton to start season for the powerful Vikings.3. Bingham • Miners...
View ArticleSpanish Fork Canyon fire grows to 3,700 acres
A wildfire burning in the Sheep Creek area of Spanish Fork Canyon grew 2,000 acres on Friday, and officials called in 105 more firefighters to help Saturday when the blaze nearly doubled.The fire...
View ArticleKragthorpe: Too much sweating about BYU’s offense makes the season opener...
ProvoLaVell Edwards loved afternoon football, but this was the wrong kind of tribute to the legendary coach in BYU’s first game since his passing in December.The Cougars’ partnership with ESPN...
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Dana Milbank: Trump charts a course to oblivion
Washington • Deep in the heart of Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick must have thought they had a political winner.Patrick, a conservative crusader and talk-radio host, got Abbott to call...
View ArticleLufkin, Texas, rallies to beat Greenville, NC, 6-5 at LLWS
South Williamsport, Pa. • Rounding second base with big strides, Mark Requena knew he had just given his teammates, and all of Texas, something to smile about.Requena hit a two-run, go-ahead home run...
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‘He showed us how to live’: Family lays fallen Utah soldier Aaron Butler to rest
Monticello • If Aaron Butler were to give his own eulogy, his sister said, it would have been simple: “I came. I lived. I killed bad guys. I died.”But Shannon Young had much more than that to say about...
View ArticleLetter: Target white collar crime
After endless information being rained down upon us concerning health care, ACA (Obamacare), Trumpcare, TrumpIdon’tCare, Republicare and the rest, I’ve come to the conclusion that what Obama did with...
View ArticleGeorge F. Will: Trump, the novice protectionist
Washington • Sooner or later, and the later the better, the president’s wandering attention will flit, however briefly, to the subject of trade. So, let us try to think about the problem as he seems...
View ArticleMonson: In the agony of victory, more questions than answers for BYU
ProvoDarn near everyone here was surprised/shocked/freaked out by what happened at LaVell Edwards Stadium on Saturday. And some, while wishing complete safety for the people of Texas, wondered if it...
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Cougars play without several expected contributors
Provo • BYU defeated Portland State 20-6 Saturday at LaVell Edwards Stadium without four players who were expected a few weeks ago to be key contributors this season.Of course, linebacker Francis...
View ArticleJennifer Rubin: Democrats might not lose any ground in the Senate
Conventional wisdom has it that Senate Democrats, who will have to defend 25 seats, including 10 in states that Trump won in 2016, are likely to lose ground in the 2018 midterms. The numbers alone...
View ArticleLetter: Trump is an existential threat to the whole world
“Fire and fury like the world has never seen.” By these words President Trump has shown himself to be an existential threat to the entire bloody world. This is terrifying language from the president of...
View ArticleLetter: Time for the Democrats to buck up and fight
Democrats, you can come out of your hiding places. The election is over, and you lost. This is the time to start rebuilding the Democratic Party.While Trump is dismantling the Republican Party, you...
View ArticleLetter: No mention of Broadway star Cook?
I searched the Aug. 8 Tribune for a few words about the passing of the great Broadway legend Barbara Cook — and nothing.Hey, Tribune readers, she was the first Marian the Librarian in “The Music Man.”...
View ArticleLetter: Congress should protect America from Trump
All members of Congress, please help protect America and the world from Trump’s reaction dealing with North Korea or any international threats. The way that Trump is acting is more dangerous than North...
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