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March Madness- Taking a Breath To Enjoy The Pac-12 Tourney

Seriously, how fantastic has the Pac-12 basketball tournament been.  EVERY SINGLE GAME has been close, either down to the end or overtime. Second, it’s nice for Utah Basketball to be fun again,…Read More

SHOCKING Allegations of Utah Swim Team Abuses Ignored by Chris Hill

Eric Adelson of Yahoo Sports has written a lengthy column concerning five years of abuses by recently dismissed Utah swim coach Greg Winslow, ignored by Dr. Chris Hill and the Utah Athletic Department. Please…Read More

Can February Be Kinder to Utah Basketball

Utah Utes Basketball started the month of January off on what seemed like a decent note.  Three competitive losses to what have turned into three very good teams in the Arizona Wildcats, Arizona St. Sun…Read More

A Final Look Back at Rick Majerus

Below is a link to a couple of my Majerus Columns, which link to several other Majerus columns.  It seems appropriate to take one final look back at the big man. Majerus Column with links to Multiple…Read More

Thursday’s With Raider: Special Edition, A Tribute to Rick Majerus

Editors Note: Sorry I should have gotten this posted last week.  But I couldn’t seem to get it done.  Like all things we have to say goodbye to Rick and move on and posting this would be doing…Read More

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Utah Basketball: One For the Big Man, Now What…

Holy Crap… I don’t think any of us saw that coming. Utah simply came out and exploded.  By…Read More

Utah Basketball and Rick Majerus: What is left to say?

At some point I’ll have to write about something besides Rick Majerus. Our basketball team is going…Read More

Rick Majerus, the Doug Gottlieb Column and the 2002/03 Runnin’ Utes

I know there have been a lot of columns about Rick Majerus (here is my column linking to several others),…Read More

Utah Basketball: Majerus’ Passing Presents Rare Opportunity

Everyone knows there isn’t much love between me and Utah hoops right about now.  Even Saturday…Read More

Majerus Thoughts…

Majerus’ passing seems to hit me a bit harder than I thought it would.  I mean I didn’t…Read More

RIP Rick Majerus

I suppose as we all know by now, Rick Majerus has passed away. Things weren’t always perfect with…Read More

Utah Utes Football- Afternoon Tidbits (Plus One Basketball)

I thought I’d throw out a couple of tidbits I heard that might be food for thought. 1. According…Read More

Rick Majerus: The Time To Retire the Sweater Has Arrived

I had hoped it wouldn’t come this way. I had hoped it wouldn’t come this soon. But we need…Read More

Rick Majerus Resigns From Saint Louis Because of Serious Heart Issues

UPDATE: Was just told by a source that Majerus had an L-VAD put in.  L-VAD stands for Left Ventricular…Read More

Some Final Penn St. Thoughts…

The final two points I’d issue before we can hopefully take it’s lessons and move on are: 1.…Read More

Utah Utes Basketball: A Day Later, Dumping Hearlihy Still Was a Really Stupid Idea

So we’re 24 hours after we all found out that Utah was doing all it could to get out of the LOI…Read More

Utah Utes Basketball: What Do These Names Have In Common?

If you can tell me what all these names have in common, you can win a prize. 1. Tony Walker 2. Thomas…Read More

Utah Always a Bridesmaid in Basketball Recruiting…

This is a topic that has come up among several different people that I know.  But Utah has for two decades…Read More

A Look at Some Teams Still Playing Basketball

Hey kids, just thought I’d hit on a few of the NCAA teams we’re following to show you where…Read More

Since Its Really Over Tonight, Cheer For One of These Teams…

Dear Ute Fans… Our regular season ended last Saturday not with a bang but with the smallest of…Read More