Deseret News

When Mark Harlan’s number popped up on Alex Smith’s phone, the former Ute quarterback initially thought Utah’s athletic director was calling to ask for money.
By the end of the call, Smith was in tears.
Harlan phoned Smith to inform him Utah was creating a Ring of Honor at Rice-Eccles Stadium, and he would be the first inductee....

Just about everything went according to plan for Cam Rising in his first action since Jan. 2, 2023.
Before the game, he took a little time to take in the moment and look at the crowd, but once the coin toss happened it was time for a mindset shift.
“It was special, but all that focus kind of goes out of the way once I say, ‘set, go’ and just really get the game going and just focused on winning,” Rising said....

Congress will need to pass a bill in September to fund the government to stave off a potential shutdown. Utah Sen. Mike Lee wants House Speaker Mike Johnson to attach a voter ID bill to the must-pass spending bill, and Johnson is reportedly considering...

Box score
Twice Olympus’ coaches tried to ice Bountiful kicker Landon Zayas with consecutive timeouts just prior to his last-second field goal attempt. Each time, Bountiful coach Jason Freckleton could hear Zayas muttering to his kicking coach, “oh, it don’t matter...