Reading Time: 2 minutes The Utah Valley Thunder picked up their first franchise win after coming back from a 12-point deficit and scoring 32 unanswered points, leaving the New Mexico Wildcats in the dust, 55-34 in the McKay Events Center. The Thunder found that they were in a hole early, but managed to dig out starting with defense, headed by veteran Antar Brame and rookie Duane Paul, which halted the Wildcats’ air attack.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Fairbanks Named Honorable Mention AP All-American Utah Valley University senior Robyn Fairbanks has received honorable mention All-America recognition by the Associated Press, it was announced on Tuesday. It’s the second consecutive year that she has garnered the honor.

Reading Time: < 1 minute The lady Wolverines took on in-state rival Utah State last Tuesday for a doubleheader taking game one, but letting game two slide. Game one started with Utah State stepping up to bat first and scoring a quick two runs as the Wolverines followed with one run in the first inning and sophomore Megan Woodworth hitting a home run to get the game going.

Reading Time: < 1 minute Real Salt Lake soccer club started things off at home right with a 4 to 1 win Thursday night at Rio Tinto Statium in Sandy vs. the Columbus Crew. The season opener couldn’t have gone any better with three goals by Robbie Findley in minutes 2, 29 and 62 of the home opener.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Before apple pie, before baseball, there was the old west and rodeo. Could there be anything more American than rodeo? Rodeo is a compilation of all of the skills required to survive in the rugged old west. If you didn’t perfect those skills, quite simply, you could die.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Every April, golf’s greatest players meet at Augusta National Golf Course in Georgia to compete on the most majestic course this country has to offer. In other words, the Masters tournament will be played this weekend, and the favorite to win it all is none other than Tiger Woods.

Reading Time: < 1 minute Calipari accepts Kentucky job Not only did former Memphis coach John Calipari accept the vacant head-coaching job at Kentucky, he also accepted the richest contract of any NCAA coach to-date. His 8-year $31.65 million contract suggests, contrary to Calipari’s opinion, that he is the “Man” in Lexington and the coach who is expected to quickly resurrect the Wildcat basketball program.

Reading Time: < 1 minute Jace Brinkerhoff… The former 5A MVP at Spanish Fork High School has been a bright spot in the Wolverine lineup in his third season at UVU. The junior third baseman is currently second on the team with a .404 batting average. He has also hit two home runs and has recorded 17 RBIs on the young season.

Reading Time: < 1 minute Shortly before a bad April-fools-joke blanketed the outfield grass with a thin, yet frigid layer of snow, the UVU baseball team fell short in its quest to knock off the University of Utah 9-6 at Brent Brown Ballpark in Orem. The game, which was supposed to be held in Salt Lake, was moved to Utah Valley.