Jay Drew

Park City's Arden Louchheim, a University of Nebraska, defeats Crimson Cliffs High senior Kate Walker 7 and 6 to win the 119th Utah Women's State Amateur on Thursday at Wasatch Mountain State Park Golf Course.

BYU men's basketball has added 6-4 guard Aleksej Kostic, currently a member of the Austrian Men's National Team.

Someone fell off the raft when the Browns did the helmet reveal. I just can’t 😂😂

Six-time champion Kelsey Chugg chasing history at 119th Utah Women’s State Amateur this week Story by @drewjay deseret.com/sports/2025/07…

2 former BYU Cougars met up after the game in Cleveland. Justin Sterner & Daniel Schneemann. @BYUBaseball.

Congrats to our Senior Associate Athletic Director/Senior Woman Administrator, Liz Darger, on being elected chair of the 2026-27 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Committee.

Utah coach Kyle Whittingham on October's BYU-Utah football game: “That game could and should be instrumental in who ends up winning the Big 12 (championship)."

I asked BYU DL Keanu Tanuvasa what was the strangest question he was asked today and he said someone asked him how often he changes the sheets on his bed. His answer was that he doesn't know because his wife handles that household task.

Kalani Sitake says he won’t campaign for BYU to have a high preseason ranking. He said his job is to have his team ready to compete in every game.

Kalani Sitake on the Jake Retzlaff situation: "We love Jake Retzlaff. ... It would be inappropriate for me to make a statement on his behalf. I'm going to give him the opportunity to do that."

BYU coach Kalani Sitake just fielded a question about Jake Retzlaff's situation. He said he doesn't want to speak for the QB and will allow Jake to make a statement about his future when he is ready to do that.

Yormark on football games in Dublin, Ireland, this year and next: "I want this conference to be a global conference .. .. It is critical to our conference."

Yormark says the 5-11 model for the CFP is the best playoff model for college football right now. "We want to earn it on the field. We are not the NFL."

Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark announces that BYU's Meghan Hunter (track and field) and Colorado's Travis Hunter (football) are the recipients of the third annual Bob Bowlsby Award.

Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark announces that Arizona State has won the first-ever Big 12 Commissioners Cup for overall athletic excellence in 2024-25.

Arkansas linebacker Braxton Lindsey commits to BYU Story by @jackson5payne deseret.com/sports/2025/07…

A few good tidbits here, including a Big 12 source denying the On3.com report that the decision to allow Retzlaff to transfer is in BYU's hands. It's absolutely not. BYU is not standing in the way, per a source.

BYU QB Jake Retzlaff still plans to transfer, is drawing interest from several Power 4 programs Story by @drewjay deseret.com/sports/2025/07…

My wife Lesa wrote a book she spent 7 years on & the DesNews captured it perfectly. From giving birth in Turkey to raising 5 kids while we lived around the world — this is her story. Proud doesn’t begin to describe how I feel. 💙

Special on special teams: BYU kicker Will Ferrin and punt returner Parker Kingston have been named to the Athlon Sports Preseason All-American Team for the 2025 football season.