The Salt Lake Tribune

Provo • BYU football coach Kalani Sitake told me last week that he expects his coaching staff to stay intact this offseason.

Provo • Yoeli Childs wasn’t feeling or playing like his usual self Wednesday night, so TJ Haws continued the junior forward’s torrid scoring streak.

Back on Aug. 31, the day before BYU upset Arizona on the football field in Tucson, the Cougar women’s volleyball team stunned No. 1 Stanford 3-2 in a five-set thriller at Smith Fieldhouse.

Sarah Porter's parents claim to have seen this coming. Listening to her argue with her brother, they just knew she someday would become a lawyer.

The solution is right there, in the same building. The issue for the Utah men's basketball team is how to develop the traits that are creating offensive success for the other squad that operates in the Jon M. and Karen Huntsman Basketball Facility.

The Utah gymnastics team opened at No. 5 Monday in the first Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) poll of the season.

Utah football coach Kyle Whittingham's history of dealing with staff vacancies is either to fill them immediately or wait until recruiting ends in early February.

Real Salt Lake protected 11 of players for Tuesday’s MLS expansion draft, the team announced Monday. An additional five players are exempt from selection due to their homegrown status.

Utah athletic director Mark Harlan stood on the Levi's Stadium sideline during the Pac-12 football championship game, with several thousand Ute fans behind him. In the third quarter of a tie game with Washington, Harlan could picture those people following the team to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.

The Utah women’s basketball team remained undefeated on the season with a 78-67 win over the BYU Cougars on Saturday at the Jon M. Huntsman Center.

Provo • BYU messed with Texas again.

Utah lost to BYU by 19 points at home in the early stages of a 2011-12 season that’s generally not even counted toward coach Larry Krystkowiak’s record, considering the state of the basketball program that he took over.

When Gary Andersen first arrived in Logan exactly 10 years ago, the engaging, player-first defensive mind provided a jolt of infusion into the Cache Valley, one that immediately captivated those who bled Aggie blue. Andersen made Utah State believe again. After 14 consecutive losing seasons that spanned throughout various conferences, the Aggies found that someone to change just about everything.

There were no opponents on the floor with Utah’s gymnastics team Friday at the Huntsman Center but the Utes still thought their Red Rocks preview was a win.

Provo * Fourth-seeded BYU and fifth-seeded Texas will battle at 6 p.m. MST Saturday night in an NCAA Women’s Volleyball regional final after the Cougars rolled past Florida 3-1 and the Longhorns dropped Michigan 3-1 Friday at BYU’s Smith Fieldhouse in Round of 16 matches.