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Dario Costa of Italy flying through dual Catalca Tunnels in Istanbul, Turkey on September 4, 2021 /...

Lilit Marcus, CNN

Watch a Red Bull plane fly through a tunnel — and set a Guinness World Record at the same time

Some pilots focus on flying high, but Dario Costa's success at flying low has landed him in the Guinness Book of World Records.

5 years ago

Amanda Dickson

Greg Wrubell on BYU at Allegiant Stadium: “It’s like a big time prize fight!”

KSL Newsradio host Amanda Dickson spoke with BYU announcer Greg Wrubell about Saturday's game and the upcoming rivalry game with Utah.

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Becky Bruce

Can’t go to Vegas? Follow BYU / Arizona on KSL NewsRadio

You don't have to be in Las Vegas on Saturday to follow every bit of the action as BYU kicks off its football season against Arizona.

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A severe thunderstorm rolled through Salt Lake County on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. It caused a nearl...

Mark Jones

Lightning delays Utah-Weber State game

A severe thunderstorm caused a weather delay in the Utah-Weber State football game.

5 years ago

United States's Susannah Scaroni competes in the women's 5000-meters T54 final during the 2020 Para...

STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer

2020 Paralympics Roundup: Sitting volleyball, hand cycling, taekwondo

A daily roundup of the inspirational stories happening at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo.

5 years ago

Becky Bruce

Basketball star Brock Miller launches new social campaign to help kids with alopecia

Brock Miller, the Utah State basketball star, wants to take his work and outreach with kids with alopecia to the next level.

5 years ago

Paul Nelson

No mask requirement for University of Utah football home opener, officials still urge masks

The University of Utah is hosting the first full-stadium game since the start of the pandemic, they won't require masks in the stadium but are highly encouraging it.

5 years ago

A general view of Game Two of the Western Conference first-round playoff series between the Utah Ja...

Mark Jones

Utah Jazz announce 2021-22 regular-season schedule

The Utah Jazz announced the 2021-22 regular-season schedule Friday.

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FILE - New York Jets first round draft pick Zach Wilson (2) works out during NFL football rookie ca...

Mark Jones

Zach Wilson interacts with Aaron Rodgers

PROVO, Utah — Former BYU quarterback Zach Wilson is still getting used to life in the NFL. And during his rookie season, there is undoubtedly going to be a lot of firsts for the quarterback taken second overall by the New York Jets in last spring’s NFL Draft. This week, Wilson had a chance to […]

5 years ago

Nick Wyatt

BYU cancels Cougar Kickoff fan event over bad air quality

The 16th annual Brigham Young University (BYU) Cougar Kickoff fan event scheduled for Tuesday evening has been canceled due to poor air quality.

5 years ago

Mark Jones

Jazz sign Baylor rookie MaCio Teague

The Utah Jazz signed Baylor rookie MaCio Teague

5 years ago

Mark Jones

Are you ready for some football? BYU’s 10 top wins in program history

PROVO, Utah — The BYU Cougars are less than three weeks away from opening the 2021 football season, with a matchup against the Arizona Wildcats in Las Vegas. BYU has had its good years, and its down years in recent times. Make no mistake about it, though, there are games that will live on forever […]

5 years ago

Lindsay Aerts

Highland, Bountiful football game canceled after COVID-19 test

A football game between Highland and Bountiful High Schools is canceled after a player tested positive for COVID-19.

5 years ago

Mark Jones

Murray to honor silver medalist winner

MURRAY, Utah — Olympic silver medalist Nathaniel Coleman will be honored with a parade this evening in his hometown of Murray. Coleman won silver in the Sport Climbing event during the Tokyo Olympics. And he told Utah’s Morning News that he is far from being done with the sport. “I’ve been competing since pretty much […]

5 years ago

Mark Jones

Ten things you may not know about Jazz owner Ryan Smith

Ryan Smith made a name for himself in the tech industry before he bought the Utah Jazz -- but here are a few other things you might not know about him.

5 years ago

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Curt Gresseth

Olympics: Looking back at Tokyo and ahead to Beijing

One of the leaders of Utah's Olympic Games in 2002 joins the conversation to look back on the Tokyo Olympics and peer forward to the Winter Games in China.

5 years ago

Athletes arrive during the closing ceremony in the Olympic Stadium at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sun...

Ted Anthony AP National Writer

Despite pandemic challenges, Tokyo Olympics comes to an end

TOKYO (AP) — It began with a virus and a yearlong pause. It ended with a typhoon blowing through and, still, a virus. In between just about everything. The Tokyo Olympics, christened with “2020” but held in mid-2021 after being interrupted for a year by the coronavirus, glided to their conclusion in a COVID-emptied stadium Sunday […]

5 years ago

EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer

Allyson Felix’s 11th Olympic medal comes in US 4×400 relay

Felix has now passed Carl Lewis with the most track medals of any U.S. athlete. Seven of her 11 medals are gold.

5 years ago

Associated Press (AP)

Good day on beach and courts for US women in Tokyo

TOKYO (AP) — American women had a good day at the beach and on the courts in Tokyo on Friday, with one Olympic gold medal won and a couple more set up for the taking. The United States beach volleyball team of April Ross and Alix Klineman won gold in beach volleyball and the American […]

5 years ago

Mark Jones and Becky Bruce

Coach responds to Utah climber winning Olympic silver

Nathaniel Coleman, a climber from Murray, Utah, won silver in the men's combined final of sport climbing Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021 at the Tokyo Olympics.

5 years ago

Associated Press (AP)

Olympics Latest: After drama, Belarus is last in 4×400 relay

TOKYO (AP) — After days of drama, the Belarus women’s 4×400-meter relay team finished last in its first-round heat at the Olympics. The team was embroiled in controversy when sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya criticized officials on social media for putting her in the relay — an event she’d never raced — setting off a massive backlash […]

5 years ago

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Karilyn Frazier

Olympics Latest: Iran’s Geraei wins Greco-Roman 67kg gold

TOKYO (AP) — Iran’s Mohammadreza Geraei beat Ukraine’s Parviz Nasibov 9-1 to win gold in the men’s Greco-Roman 67-kilogram class. Germany’s Frank Staebler defeated Georgia’s Ramaz Zoidze 5-4 in one of the bronze medal matches. Staebler had previously announced he would retire after the Olympics. The 32-year-old is a three-time world champion who ended his […]

5 years ago

Amanda Dickson

Opinion: I watch the Olympics with my whole body

KSL NewsRadio's Amanda Dickson explains what it is like to watch the Olympics with her whole body, not just her eyes.

5 years ago

Olympics, Simone Biles, bronze medal beam...

Associated Press (AP)

Olympics Latest: Aussie athletes in ‘unacceptable behavior’

TOKYO (AP) — The Australian Olympic team says some of its athletes were responsible for “unacceptable behavior” on a Japan Airlines flight to Sydney last Friday. Australian Olympic Committee chief executive Matt Carroll says rugby and soccer officials “have told me that such behavior is certainly not acceptable within their sports.” Australian teams in men’s […]