Danny White resigned from the position of Utah Blaze head coach with a 21-30 record after his third season, a season that failed once again to net a single playoff win. His replacement will be former assistant coach Ron James, who served as defensive coordinator for the past two seasons. James has spent 11 years in the Arena Football League and was head coach of the Las Vegas Gladiators for two seasons.
Utah Valley baseball coach Eric Madsen has announced the hiring of assistant coaches Dave Carter and Casey Nelson. Both Carter and Nelson have coached at Utah Valley in the past and rejoin the staff as Madsen, who took over the head coach position on July 1, becomes the fourth head coach in the program’s 36-year history.
Real Salt Lake took a break from MLS action and celebrated Pioneer Day with a not-so-friendly visit from Costa Rica’s Deportivo Saprissa, Costa Rica’s premier soccer club. After a strong showing early by RSL, Saprissa showed its dominance in the second half as they pulled away with a 2-1 victory.
UVU athletics has joined the Great West Conference in a move that now opens up the possibility for post-season play.
The transition to university status has been the propelling force for UVU athletics, as the program joins other schools in the transition to the previously football-only conference.
In a press conference held in the McKay Center on Thursday afternoon, UVU Director of Athletics Mike Jacobsen announced that UVU would be joining the Great West Conference. The announcement marks just how far the athletic program has come since competing at the junior college level six years ago.
As RSL continues to give up that late goal, squash that perfect touch and tie that would-be win, it’s no wonder that Kyle Beckerman’s shot in the 23rd minute was a perfect metaphor for his team’s season in a scoreless draw with the Houston Dynamo.
The Orem Owlz came out with a rough start in their seven-game series at home.
Favre coming back?
As UVSC undergoes its proverbial name change and becomes UVU, students and fans alike are curious to find out what this will mean on the field, court, pitch and track. While the uniforms will be fresh out of the box with “UVU” emblazoned across each chest, and with the new logos adorning the athlete’s warm-ups, the question remains if the product on display will be just as fresh?
In a monumental run the Fresno State Bulldogs pulled off the impossible by winning the College World as a fourth seed, and became the highest seeded team to win a championship in any sport. A four seed in the College World series would be comparable to a 15th or 16th seeded team winning the NCAA basketball tournament.
Orem faced off with the Ogden Raptors Sunday afternoon in the last game of a 6-game series, only to come off victorious once again 8-4.
For a split second, Real Salt Lake thought they had battled themselves into second place in the Western Conference with a win over the San Jose Earthquakes. Midfielder Kyle Beckerman knocked a loose ball into the back of the net off a Javier Morales corner kick to take a 1-0 lead in the 72nd minute. While the celebration ensued, the referee called a late offside on Beckerman annulling the goal and a RSL win.
Former Utah Valley pitcher Marcus Moore signed a deal on Thursday with the Baltimore Orioles and will begin his professional career in Sarasota, Florida as a member of the Gulf Coast League Orioles.
The crack of the bat and the pop of the ball pounding the catcher’s mitt are sounds that have become all too familiar to Steve Gardner, UVSC’s baseball coach of the past 18 years.
After a coaching run with the Wolverines that lasted nearly two decades, Gardner decided to pursue other endeavors and announced his retirement before the 2008 season.
Ken Griffey Jr. just moved into hallowed company with the swing of his bat. In front of only a few thousand fans at Dolphin Stadium in Miami, Griffey hit home run number 600.
