Brennan Smith
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Salt Lake City, UT, United States
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Utah is using your social-media data to make roads safer for bikers and pedestrians
In a state replete with access to world-class biking trails, Redwood Road between Saratoga Springs and Bluffdale might, in comparison, be seen as a barren wasteland for bicyclists. But thanks to data it started gathering from app users this year, the Utah Department of Transportation now knows that corridor is a popular place to ride on two wheels — and can make it a safer and easier route to… → Read More
NFL locals: Week Ten snaps and stats for Utah, BYU, USU and SUU alumni in the NFL
Each week, we’ll recap notable performances from local BYU, Utes, USU and SUU alumni in the NFL. Here’s what stood out from Week Ten of the 2017 NFL season: → Read More
Utahn Court McGee readies for latest UFC fight Saturday in Virginia
Utahn and UFC fighter Court McGee had fellow welterweight Ben Saunders hurt in a fight last January, but fighting someone he’d trained with and had a “soft spot” for dulled his normal finishing instinct. → Read More
Hundreds of rare Mormon coins and bills sold privately in downtown Salt Lake City
“There’s just a wide variety of things,” Rust said. “Money was issued by Mormons before they made it to Salt Lake, and then things that were issued once they were in Salt Lake.” → Read More
Former Jazz ball boy selling ‘magical’ shoes given to him by Michael Jordan in 1993
Utah Jazz ball boy Alex Rodriguez wouldn’t take money from Michael Jordan, so MJ came up with another way to pay him for two tickets to a sold-out Jazz-Chicago Bulls game in 1993: His shoes. → Read More
Prank Mormon mission calls ‘send’ some to ‘Star Wars’ moons or Middle-earth
Standing in front of a group of close friends and family members, Mormon-missionaries-to-be eagerly tear into a letter postmarked from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that will determine where they’ll serve for the next 18 months to two years. → Read More
NFL locals: Week Eight snaps and stats for Utah, BYU, USU and SUU alumni in the NFL
Each week, we’ll recap notable performances from local BYU, Utes, USU and SUU alumni in the NFL. Here’s what stood out from Week Eight of the 2017 NFL season: → Read More
NFL locals: Week Seven snaps and stats for Utah, BYU, USU and SUU alumni in the NFL
Each week, we’ll recap notable performances from local BYU, Utes, USU and SUU alumni in the NFL. Here’s what stood out from Week Seven of the 2017 NFL season: → Read More
John Stockton, Karl Malone and their flip phones hung out together at the LSU game Saturday
John Stockton and Karl Malone were dialed in throughout their Utah Jazz careers together, amassing a combined 24 All Star selections and two MVP awards. → Read More
Utah falls out of Coaches Poll, is unranked in AP Poll after close loss to USC
Utah has dropped out of the Amway Coaches Poll and is unranked in the AP Top 25 after a failed two-point conversion attempt resulted in a 28-27 loss to USC Saturday night. → Read More
Smallpools moves on from 'Dreaming' to 'chilling' in new EP ahead of Salt Lake City show
Smallpools frontman Sean Scanlon has “chilled out” and so has his band’s sound. The indie outfit that caught fire in 2013 with debut frenetic electro pop single “Dreaming” left their original label RCA, moved into the Los Angeles suburbs and recorded a new EP titled “The Science of Letting Go” — featuring five more subdued tunes recored by five different producers. → Read More
Utah football: Utes rise one spot to No. 18 in latest Coaches Poll, stay at No. 20 in AP Top 25
On the team’s bye week, undefeated Utah rose one spot in the Amway Coaches Poll to No. 18 and remained at No. 20 in the AP Top 25. → Read More
Provo’s 2 bars had their best weekend ever thanks to beer-loving Wisconsin fans in town for BYU game
Gary Whiting spent his Monday morning doing inventory and replenishing his stock of hamburgers, Pabst Blue Ribbon and Miller High Life. → Read More
Legendary journalist Bob Woodward to lecture at the University of Utah in November
Bob Woodward, who broke and chronicled the news of the Watergate scandal in the 1970s, is coming to the University of Utah to give a Hinckley Institute of Politics lecture in November. → Read More
Utah air quality is getting worse and worse, thanks to wildfires in the north
Air quality has worsened rapidly across the Wasatch Front in recent days, leading state regulators to warn Utahns against prolonged exertion outdoors. → Read More
In its first full deployment, elite Utah medical team heads to Houston
The call came a few days ago to prepare as Hurricane Harvey gathered strength before deluging Houston with rain and destruction → Read More
Indian speedskater chases Pyeongchang 2018 dream at the Utah Olympic Oval
Kearns • Lap after lap, day after day, Stephen Paul looks up and hopes he’ll soon see the orange, green and white stripes of the Indian flag high above his head. In his four and a half years training at the Utah Olympic Oval, he’s moved from an inline skating background to learning speedskating to training six to eight hours per day for a shot at the 2018 Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South… → Read More
Seven kittens rescued from inside a construction loader in Spanish Fork
Elise Lane has helped rescue numerous feral kittens before, but saving seven kittens straight out of a CAT construction loader certainly ranks among the most memorable. On Wednesday night, Lane, the founder of Ashley Valley Community Cats, got a call from an employee at Green Forest Landscaping who had a problem. “He said: ‘Hey, I found these baby kittens in my bobcat, can you please help me?’”… → Read More
NFL locals: Catching up with Utah, BYU rookies as preseason games begin
The NFL preseason slate begins Wednesday with 16 games through Sunday — the first chance for rookies from Utah and BYU to show their potential in live action. None more so than the highest player from a Utah school drafted in April: Denver Broncos left tackle Garett Bolles. Bolles’ ascension in Broncos camp has been swift and the former Ute was named the starter at left tackle in the team’s… → Read More
Carving turns at Snowbird in July and at age 100? Skiing is believing for this centenarian
Snowbird • George Jedenoff asked his new co-workers for recommendations on a hobby to take up when he relocated to Utah in 1960. There was bowling, they said, and bridge. But what captured his attention ... → Read More