Utah Utes

Eagles' drafting of USC's Matt Barkley? Lane Kiffin saw it coming

2013-05-07 05:10:00

Matt Barkley gets his first real taste of the NFL when the Philadelphia Eagles' rookie mini-camp opens Friday. Many fans and NFL draft prognosticators were shocked when new Eagles Coach Chip Kelly drafted the former USC quarterback. But USC Coach Lane...

Grizzlies' Marc Gasol chosen NBA defensive player of the year

2013-04-24 22:41:00

Memphis Grizzlies center Marc Gasol won his first NBA defensive player of the year award after anchoring the league's stingiest defense. Gasol received 212 points and 30 first-place votes to beat the Miami Heat's LeBron James, who had 149 points and...

Florida wins its first NCAA women's gymnastics title

2013-04-20 20:36:00

It was Pauley Pavilion. Yet hearing shouts of "Roll Tide Roll," of seeing a section of fans wearing Florida orange and doing the Gator "chomp," needing to plug one's ears to avoid the hollers of "Boomer Sooner," made it seem as if a series of football...

Florida, LSU, Georgia advance to NCAA women's gymnastics final

2013-04-19 15:50:00

Florida, led by 2008 Olympian Bridget Sloan, Georgia and Louisiana State had the three highest team scores in the first of two six-team semifinal sessions Friday at the NCAA women's gymnastics championships at Pauley Pavilion. Those three teams will...

UCLA's Vanessa Zamarripa back from injury, ready for NCAA finals

2013-04-19 00:00:00

Vanessa Zamarripa, the Pac-12 Conference gymnast of the year, is a fifth-year senior at UCLA who has steadied the Bruins as three key team members suffered season-ending injuries. Hers was a voice of experience based on how she dealt with her own serious...

USC basketball: Spokane police identify at least two players in fight

2013-03-18 18:16:00

Police in Spokane, Wash., have identified at least two USC basketball players who were allegedly involved in fights in the downtown area last week, a police spokeswoman said Monday. Neither the police nor USC have released the players’ names,...

Andy Enfield is USC's choice as new coach

2013-04-01 23:18:00

USC's 2 1/2-month search for a basketball coach ended Monday when the school hired Florida Gulf Coast Coach Andy Enfield, who took the 15th-seeded Eagles to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament last month. USC spokesman Tim Tessalone confirmed the hiring...

Arizona fans travel well, T-shirts and all, at Pac-12 tournament

2013-03-15 15:40:00

LAS VEGAS -- It’s Arizona in a rout at the Pac-12 Conference basketball tournament. That's not a prediction for tonight’s semifinal game against UCLA. It's based on a highly unscientific poll to determine the conference’s best fans....

UCLA clinches Pac-12 Conference regular-season title

2013-03-09 13:47:00

UCLA shook off a disappointing loss Wednesday at last-place Washington State to secure the Pac-12 Conference regular-season title with a 61-54 victory over Washington on Saturday. The Bruins (23-8, 13-5 in Pac-12 play), who won in Seattle for the...

Utah's Star Lotulelei sidelined by heart condition at NFL combine

2013-02-25 10:19:00

Utah defensive end Star Lotulelei has been told by the NFL he can't participate in Monday's workouts at the scouting combine due to a heart condition that requires further attention, ESPN's Chris Mortensen first reported. Lotulelei, a first-team All...

Dennis Erickson hired as co-offensive coordinator at Utah

2013-02-11 09:32:00

Dennis Erickson is back in college football -- but not as head coach of his seventh NCAA team. The former two-time national championship winner has been hired as the co-offensive coordinator at Utah, the school announced Monday. That's right, co-...

Bill Walton never takes a timeout from talking

2013-01-19 17:23:00

In a week when you thought you might have heard it all, I present to you Bill Walton speaking to USC students and bashing UCLA basketball. "I never knew they had pretty girls here at USC," began Walton, one of UCLA's all-time greats, after being...

Record: 20-11. How they got here: At-large bid. Strengths: They have one of the Pac-12's toughest defenses, allowing a league-low 39.6 field-goal percentage entering the conference tournament. Weaknesses: A poor 3-point shooting team, Cal started 5-5 in Pac-12 play because of breakdowns on

2013-03-14 00:00:00

Oregon State's Joe Burton says goodnight to his grandfather, Charles Silvas, after the Beavers beat the Utah Utes, 82-64, at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis.

2013-02-06 00:00:00

UCLA forward Travis Wear battles Utah center Jason Washburn for a rebound during a Pac-12 Conference game alst week.

2013-01-10 00:00:00