Jazz's Carlos Boozer: Utah's Most Hated

Has Boozer eclipsed President Obama as Utahns’ favorite target for conservative bile?

Boozer is the clear front-runner for Utah’s most hated ...

Roller Derby Referee Collin DeShotz

Zebra Rules: How to officiate a "lawless" sport on wheels.

Online Exclusive: Local roller-derby referee Collin DeShotz (aka Niall Wade) officiates games for the Salt City Derby Girls, as well as for other leagues in Utah and across the country ...

Dew Tour Brings Extreme Sports to Utah

Athletes relish the chance to visit Salt Lake City.

Getting athletes to come to the Dew Tour stop in Salt Lake City isn't difficult...

Salt Lake Bees Slugger Has a Swing with Sting

Brandon Wood’s Major-League talent is still on display in a minor-league park.

Brandon Wood's swing is a major-league swing. His hands start low, about chest level, and never vary from that plane as his wrists break and his arms whip around his body.

Rocky Mountain Revue

No Further Revue: Summer pro hoops in Utah becomes a victim of its own success.

It’s a sad situation that occurs over and over: A community builds an alternative, grass-roots scene the locals become passionate about. When it’s hitting its peak, outsiders with big money take notice ...

Out at the Old Ball Game

Pride League softball provides recreation with a unique social function.

At first blush, it seems like any other recreational softball league holding games on the weekend. Teams with names like "The Family," "Softball Heroes" or "Trash Talkers" come and go ...

Nothing But Net

Our state has become a basketball powerhouse— which somehow seems fitting.

We all cringed laughed rejoiced recently when it was announced that Utah is the leader in the entire United States in per-capita online-porn subscriptions. But that’s old news now that Utah can make a claim to being the per-capita leader in something else: the number of teams in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.

Sports | Hell to Pay: A new college football season means new theological fuel for the BYU/Utah rivalry.

As local college football teams get ready to kick off the 2008 season on Saturday, hopes are high for both BYU and the University of Utah. Both teams are ranked in the top 30 in most national polls, and both are being mentioned as having a shot at being...

Sports | Elbow Room: Bob Brown provides a training space for would-be champion arm-wrestlers.

Driving farther and farther into the farmlands that dot the south end of the Salt Lake Valley, you can’t help but notice softball diamonds and rodeo grounds kicking up dust clouds in the retreating heat of a midsummer evening. Deep into those fields...

Motorsports | Speed Dreamin’: Miller Motorsports Park open-track days allow drivers to release their inner NASCAR star

If you show up at EnergySolutions Arena and ask if you and your out-of-shape buddies can play a little three-on-three on the Jazz hardwood floor, you’re likely to get a polite decline. Walk into a Major League stadium on an away day and ask if you...