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The Essentials

Real Salt Lake & Salt Lake Bees

Friday, July 3-Saturday, July 4

By Geoff Griffin
POSTED // Jul 1,2009 - The Independence Day weekend is a time to celebrate all that is America, but we also find ourselves in an increasingly globalized civilization ...

The Essentials

NBA Draft

Thursday, June 25

By Geoff Griffin
POSTED // Jun 24,2009 - The remarkable thing about the Jazz, perhaps the most consistent NBA franchise over the past 25 years, is how little draft order has meant during the past 25 years...

The Essentials

American Indoor Football Association

Saturday, June 13

By Geoff Griffin
POSTED // Jun 10,2009 - Having football from August through February just isn't enough. What are you supposed to do with the other five boring months? The Utah Blaze of the Arena Football League had helped make spring and summer more tolerable...

Books

Longshot

Beyond the Game: Lance Allred covers more interesting ground than the typical athlete bio.

By Geoff Griffin
POSTED // Jun 3,2009 - The category of sports memoir/autobiography isn't generally a place to find good literature. In most cases, the athletes don't do the writing, instead leaving the task to cliché-spewing sportswriters. Terrell Owens once famously alleged he'd been...

The Essentials

WWE Raw Live!

Saturday, May 23

By Geoff Griffin
POSTED // May 20,2009 - The deep questions must be answered. Questions such as, "Do I have to open a can of whoopass on you?" Then again, "Just when you know the answers, I change the questions." Pro wrestlers are coming to town...

Sports

Rocky Mountain Revue

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

By Geoff Griffin
POSTED // May 13,2009 - 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 ...

Get Out

The Great WOWtdoors

A new hiking guidebook conveys a sense of wonder, not just the facts.

By Geoff Griffin
POSTED // May 6,2009 - When looking for a book outlining various hikes in a particular region, the reader will of course want information about what to expect on the trail, how to get there ...

Sports

Out at the Old Ball Game

Pride League softball provides recreation with a unique social function.

By Geoff Griffin
POSTED // Apr 29,2009 - 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 ...

Cover Story

Old Time Religion

Preacher France Davis’ 35 years here have given the city’s African- American community a reason to shout hallelujah.

By Geoff Griffin
POSTED // Apr 22,2009 - There are many ways to measure the three-and-a-half decades France Davis has spent as pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Salt Lake City. At three services per week, he's delivered more than 5,000 sermons to his congregation ...

Cover Story

Utah's Soulful Secret: Calvary's Gospel Choir

By Geoff Griffin
POSTED // Apr 22,2009 - Calvary Baptist Church has experienced many changes during the 35-year tenure of Pastor France Davis. One of the most notable is the growth of its music program. When Davis took over in 1974, the music consisted of two peopleorganist Gladys Hesleph and her teenage son Brian.
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