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Men's Hoops: Runnin' Utes survive tough road test
Utah out-rebounds Air Force 36-18 en route to third straight win
Three days after getting a benchmark win at home over then-MWC frontrunner UNLV, the Runnin' Utes made just as strong of a statement on the road.
Shaun Green finished with 10 rebounds -- including five in the second half and four on the offensive glass alone -- as Utah (14-8, 5-4 MWC) out-rebounded Air Force 24-7 in the second half and beat the Falcons 67-59 on the road.…
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Women's Hoops: Utah hits century mark in win over Air Force
Another game, another landmark for the U women's basketball team.
A week after making their Top-25 debut at No. 20, the Utes picked up their 100th win in the Mountain West Conference with a victory over Air Force at the Huntsman Center on Saturday.
Utah, which beat the scrappy Falcons 71-52, is the first MWC team to hit the century mark in wins.…
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Gymnastics: Illnesses, Cougars can't stop No. 2 Red Rocks
PROVO -- Sometimes a win can leave the victor a bit unsatisfied. On Friday night, that was the case for the U gymnastics team.
Utah defeated BYU 196.700-193.925 at the Marriott Center to improve to 5-0 on the season. Despite beating its arch-rival and posting a solid score, Utah knows that a performance riddled with minor mistakes needs evaluating before the team takes to the mats again.…
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Gymnastics: With Postell out, Bijak seizes opportunity
PROVO -- Sometimes an illness can be a blessing in disguise, even when it affects a team's best competitor. Such was the case with the Utah gymnastics team and their top all-around athlete Ashley Postell.
After fighting a case of the stomach flu this week, Postell sat out of the all-around competition for the first time this season as the Red Rocks took on arch-rival BYU.…
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Ute briefs (2/11)
U track comes up short at Mountain State Games Although the Utah women's track team came away from the Mountain State Games with some great individual performances, the Utes were unable to place first in any of the scheduled events. "It was an okay meet for us," Utah head coach Kyle Kepler said.…
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Golf: Utah heads to southern Utah for Pat Hick Invitational
The U golf team will be in action today and Tuesday at the Pat Hicks Invitational in St. George, Utah.
The tournament, hosted by Southern Utah University, will serve as a warm-up before the Utes travel to a tournament with better competition in Hawaii later in the month.…
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Dicou: TV is just not for me
I have no delusions that I'll someday become the next big ESPN analyst. I'm not the next Bob Costas. I'm not even the next Alema Harrington. I simply want to be a humble newspaper reporter. Yet, somehow I ended up on a TV show Friday, staring into the camera like a deer caught in headlights.…
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Softball: Utes dominate weekend softball competition
The U softball team won all five games this weekend in St. George's Red Desert Classic.
New head coach and former U standout Amy Hogue earned her first wins and quickly established a dominating style of play to open the season -- a far cry from last year's losing record of 25-26-1.…
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