Reading Time: 3 minutes In late April I was able to attend a Utah Jazz game as they hosted the Phoenix Suns in a game that would secure their eighth place seed in the NBA Playoffs. It wasn’t a typical game for me however. Rather then the usual nosebleeds that I deal with, I had a media pass. I […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The UVU men’s lacrosse team played their first divisional game of the season Saturday afternoon when they took their in-state rivals, the fifth-ranked Griffins of Westminster in Salt Lake City. The Griffins would go on to beat the Wolverines by a final score of 18-3. With the tough loss the Wolverines have lost three […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Come Friday’s semifinal game against NJIT, the Utah Valley women’s basketball team try to do what they’ve managed just once in conference play. Beat a team for the second time. That team was Houston Baptist, an injury-riddled tragedy that ended at the hands of NJIT on Thursday. The Huskies ended the season 1-27 […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Entering the 2011-12 campaign, seniors Isiah Williams and Geddes Robinson were the headliners garnering all the attention. Williams was the returning All-American Honorable Mention, a scorer capable of 20-plus points on any given night. Robinson brought an elite level of defense and rebounding, heightened after a rigid offseason workout regime. With the media […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tebow sucks, and Jimmer is what he is, but Linsanity is one hype train I’m happy to jump on. Each has their own “thing” that distinguishes them. Jimmer is the nice boy from up-state New York with unlimited range and played basketball with prison inmates. Tebow is the son of Christian missionaries. He will […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Dreams mean nothing without work, even for a five-year-old. Competition brings out that sentiment better than anything, and it’s far too common that it comes from driven parents. Now step aside from the vision of two dads coming to blows over whose boy should be pitching, and imagine it’s the five-year-old telling his father to […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Few things capture the feel of the holiday season like the smell and taste of good food. Whether it’s your homemade southern specialty deep-fried turkey and sweet potato casserole or a store bought honey baked ham, the holidays are the holidays because of the way family is brought together by good food. When the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Colleges throughout the nation have mascots, bands and clubs to help support the school they are a part of. With all the support from these outlets, what really makes a student body care about their school? Many people grew up loving certain schools because of where their parents graduated from or the town they […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Head coach Sam Atoa kept his fingers crossed the entire season, hoping his team’s health would hold. It did – until it mattered most. Middle blocker Erica Nish tore her ACL early in Tuesday’s game against Southern Utah after making a play at the net and coming down hard. She immediately grabbed her right […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes With everything happening in the lives of UVU students, it’s easy to miss some of the events happening on and off campus, and hard to keep an eye on the calendar. UVU Sports UVU Arts UVU Service The Valley Along with these event calendars, here are some things that you may have missed […]