Saints & Sports
BYU's star Fredette on Mormon rap and playing with inmates
Jimmer Fredette came to the Ford Center on Thursday morning with more weight than anyone from a small town in upstate New York should be expected to carry. How much does the Mormon religion weigh? Every Mormon basketball fan pointed to Fredette to end Brigham Young's eight-game NCAA Tournament...
BYU Wins! 99-92 in first NCAA March Madness game
Mormon Life says: Looks like the cougars are "one and done" no more.
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Jimmer Fredette scored 37 points, including two 3-pointers in double overtime, to seal BYU's thrilling 99-92 win over 10th-seeded Florida on Thursday in the first round of the NCAA...
Ward organist named Utah's Ms. Basketball
Lexi Eaton was born to be a basketball player. The problem was, she didn't really feel like one until she was about 14 years old. "She started playing probably in the fifth or sixth grade," said her father, Alan Eaton. "But she really didn't like it. She was really into soccer. ... But we're a...
Experts weigh in on BYU tournament chances
By now, most of Cougar Nation knows that the BYU men’s basketball team received a No. 7 seed in the NCAA Tournament and will play No. 10 seed Florida in Oklahoma City in the first round on Thursday. There is no doubt the more ambitious Cougar fans have also already filled out their brackets for...
BYU football: Riley Nelson aims to win heated BYU QB battle
Mormon Life says: This quarterback battle is going to be fun.
BYU junior quarterback Riley Nelson was the first to emerge from the locker room Monday, jogging alone onto the practice field for the first day of spring practice. As one of three contenders,...
To BYU fan haters
Mormon Life says: This is in response to a debate that resulted from BYU fans throwing trash on the basketball court after an upsetting home loss. Should our behavior at sporting events be tempered due to our beliefs?
I am speaking on behalf of all the loyal BYU sports fans. There have been complaints by some of our fellow students on campus, including a letter to the editor on March 2, that BYU has “some of...
Who will be BYU's starting quarterback this fall?
For the first time in three years, there's a quarterback competition at BYU. Spring practices get underway Monday afternoon for the Cougars, but the task of finding a replacement for three-year starter Max Hall probably won't be resolved anytime soon. "In this particular quarterback battle, it...
Can you still argue this BYU basketball team is the best ever?
The instant Noah Hartsock's shot went rocketing back from whence it came on Feb. 27 — compliments of New Mexico's Darington Hobson — the argument lost a little steam: Is this year's BYU team the greatest ever? Until then, the Cougars were making a nice case. They still can, if they make a long...
BYU women's basketball team shows they don't have to play on Sundays to win
Huddled in a news conference on a Sunday afternoon in a basketball arena in Ames, Iowa, a handful of reporters from around the country were stunned -- eyebrows raised and mouths agape. They couldn't believe what they were hearing on that March day in 2002. Dressed in Sunday-best attire, a couple...
BYU basketball: Jimmer Fredette named third-team All-American, player of year for District 8
Mormon Life says: Congrats to BYU's star player!
Brigham Young junior guard Jimmer Fredette was named third-team All-American on Tuesday by the Sporting News, and also received the U.S. Basketball Writers Association player of the year award for...
NBA team puts on 'LDS Family Night'
Mormon Life says: I just think it would be so cool to be at an NBA game where missionaries are singing the National Anthem.
In an effort to increase attendance, the National Basketball Association's Golden State Warriors wanted to know how they could draw Latter-day Saint families and their friends to a game. Some Church...
2 Olympics medals for Mormon athletes
Seven Mormon athletes competing in the 2010 Winter Olympics accounted for one gold medal, one bronze medal and a fourth-place finish. * Torah Bright of Australia took first place in women's snowboard halfpipe. The 23-year-old, who trains in Utah, has become a media star in Australia, and...
Fans love to remember the villains in Utah-BYU rivalry
Back in 1996 when Utah and BYU played in the Huntsman Center, Cougar freshman Nathan Cooper got in a little skirmish with Ute star Keith Van Horn under the east basket. Cooper fouled Van Horn a little too hard for Van Horn's liking as well as the fans in the sold-out arena. Van Horn came up...
When BYU was closer to joining the Pac-10
Mormon Life says: Why the Sabbath day might be the key point to keep BYU out of bigger conferences.
With Utah and BYU being mentioned in conference expansion stories, I got wondering just how close that came to happening in years past. Was either of them ever truly poised to move to a bigger...
LDS 4-man bobsledder ready for Olympic Games
Mormon Life says: A good profile into one of the final LDS athletes to compete in the Olympics.
Chris Fogt was running track for Utah Valley University in Orem when a couple of men approached him and asked him a question that would take his well-planned life in a totally different...
