Austin Eames

Golfing sometimes gets a bad rap. From debates about whether or not golfers are athletes to criticisms that the sport is slow-paced and boring, the game of golf is far more polarizing than other physical activities of its kind.  Despite these debates, arguably the most dividing golf issue does not pertain to the game itself, but...

  University of Utah baseball (16-7, 5-4 Pac-12) had an eventful week, winning four of five games. The five contests were spread across two series: the first at home against the Northern Colorado Bears and the second a Pac-12 conference series at the California Golden Bears.  Game One — Northern Colorado  Utah’s first game of...

  Despite a rather unfortunate ending, the University of Utah’s final game of the 2023 college football season was one for the history books.   Although no statistical records were broken and no attendance record was set, the Utes were a part of history, as the NCAA made a significant leap in advancing collegiate football. Specifically,...

  On Aug. 4, 2023, the college sports world erupted after the University of Utah formally accepted an invitation to join the Big 12 Conference beginning with the 2024-25 academic year. Utah found themselves among a slew of Pac-12 schools trying to stay ahead of the curve, abandoning their former conference before its inevitable demise....

  After a short week of rest following their fourth-place finish at the Oregon State Invitational in Corvallis, the Utah Men’s Golf team traveled to Stockton, California to participate in the Stockton Pacific Invitational at The Reserve at Spanos Park.  Competition at the three-day invitational began on Monday, Oct. 16, with a lone opening round...

The Utes improved on their standing from the day before, rising from fifth to a tied-4th place finish out of the 14-team field.

  “If you see this face, that means I scored.” “Ice up, son.” These are some of the most notable quotes from one of the NFL’s greatest all-time trash-talkers, Steve Smith Sr. Throughout a 16-season career in the NFL, Smith put together a plethora of highlights worthy of backing up his taunts. A competitor known...

  On June 5th, 2023, the National Football Foundation released its 2024 College Football Hall of Fame ballot. Out of over 5 million athletes to ever play the sport, only 1,074 have met the mark and achieved CFB Hall of Fame honors. This year, two of the University of Utah’s most accomplished athletes have a chance...

  After three straight competitions on the West Coast, the Utah men’s golf team traveled to Arizona this past weekend, April 14 and 15, to compete in the Thunderbird Collegiate golf tournament hosted by Arizona State.  The 2023 Thunderbird was a two-day tournament in Phoenix that took place at Papago Golf Course. As a collegiate...

  Some of the most prolific members of the University of Utah men’s swimming and diving team traveled to Minneapolis, Minnesota from March 22-25 to compete in the NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships at the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center. The University of Utah team traveled with four of its most accomplished athletes from...

From March 15-18, two of Utah’s best aquatic athletes took to the pools of Knoxville, Tennessee to compete in the 2023 Women’s NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. NCAA Diving Zone E Championships Both Holly Waxman and Kathryn Grant had superb individual seasons for the Utah women’s diving program. The culmination of which was the NCAA Diving Zone E...

  The pools at Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center weren’t left vacant for long, as the Pac-12 Swimming and Diving Championships continued with men’s swimming on Wednesday, March 1.   The championship marked the men’s first competition since a narrow loss to USC on Feb. 10. Despite the loss, the Utes’ men have put together several...

  On Friday, Feb. 10, the Utah men’s swim and dive team traveled to Uytengsu Aquatics Center to take on USC in the team’s final meet before conference championships. Despite less than favorable results, as the Utes fell to USC 161-139, the team collected 8 wins and improved on several personal best times. This year’s...

  This past weekend, Jan. 13-15, the University of Utah diving team took a road trip to not-so-sunny Southern California to compete in the UCLA Diving Invitational at Spieker Aquatic Center. Even the worst of weather couldn’t stop the Utes from putting together several strong finishes throughout the weekend. The competition began on Friday with...