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2025

March 6 Tournament teams no one wants to play (big16)
March 5 Here we are, in the most emotional month of the year (words)
February 18 March arrives early this year (big16, utes)
February 15 “Machine Gun” Molly Bolin among final candidates for induction to Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame (professional)
January 22 The game of public and media relations (media, professional)
January 20 How much do we miss Kennady McQueen (big16, huskies, numbers, sun devils, utes, wildcats)
January 16 We really miss Kennady McQueen, don’t we (utes)
January 8 I used to be a journalist (beavers, big16, utes)

2024

December 30 What I’d share with Wembanyama (words)
December 21 The players who are first on the floor for pregame introductions (pregame)
December 6 By the way, did you notice Utah beat #3 Notre Dame, and convincingly (utes)
December 6 Who are “we” (valkyries, wnba)
December 2 Two events I cannot miss (valkyries)
November 24 Two who sparked upward motion for Coach Roberts as players, then staff (pacific)
November 22 Hello, new readers? (utes, wnba)
November 14 At Northwestern today (cougars, utes)
November 5 Here we go again (sun devils, utes)
October 22 How times change (professional, wnba)
October 8 Welcome to the machine (valkyries)
August 19 Golden State Valkyries open the Chase Center to prospective season ticket buyers, even those with chess teacher money (valkyries, wnba, words)
August 16 Five-star recruit Leah Macy, granddaughter of UK star Kyle, commits to Notre Dame (words)
May 18 Golden State Valkyries ‘Block Party’ (professional, words)
April 25 If she wants to get started on that, I’ll work with her (words)
April 25 Junior guard Kemery Martin to transfer from Cal (words)
April 23 Forward Chyra Evans arrives through transfer portal (words)
April 16 Pyew-ortal (words)
April 15 Until Iowa’s Kate Martin went at #18… (words)
April 15 Nailed it (words)
April 14 The Utegon Utevers (words)
April 13 Lani, we hardly knew ye (words)
April 13 This sat on my desktop for a week (words)
April 6 What the referee saw (words)
April 5 Coeur d’Alene (words)
April 5 First and second NCAA rounds in Spokane (words)
March 25 3 mins. until game time (words)
March 25 22 minutes before tipoff at Gonzaga (words)
March 25 At 5:24 in the morning, don’t believe anything I say (words)
March 25 Sunday (words)
March 24 Sleeping until hotel breakfast before noon, then press conference at 1:25 (words)
March 19 Yeah, OK, that’s kinda funny, basketball gods (words)
March 18 Pac-12 could put 7 teams in the round of 8. (words)
March 9 The oldest conference in D1 is too dumb to introduce Caitlin Clark last (words)
March 8 “Don’t I wish.” (words)
March 7 Day 1 (words)
March 6 Ready or not (words)
February 29 In Leap Years, the madness begins a little later (words)
February 26 Imagining one end-of-season scenario (words)
February 25 I could get in my car, and make it to the Galen Center in time for the 1 p.m. tip. (words)
February 25 Not yet next year’s team (utes)
February 24 It’s not impossible that any team in the nation wins 13 games in a row from here (words)
February 22 Big game tonight, eh? (bruins, cougars, ducks, golden bears, huskies, utes, wildcats)
February 19 Oregon St. 79 UCLA 77 (beavers, bruins)
February 15 Aw, snap! (words)
February 14 Games of 2/11-12 (beavers, big10, buffaloes, ducks, trojans, utes, wildcats)
February 11 It’s 2:28 a.m. before Sunday game day (beavers, utes)
February 9 There were games last week (buffaloes, cougars, golden bears, huskies, trojans, utes)
January 28 Off-target at Oregon, Utah next visits Oregon St., who just upset Colorado (beavers, buffaloes, ducks, utes, words)
January 23 Utah 94 UCLA 81 OT (bruins, utes)
January 20 If these four teams were the semifinalists in the tournament, I’d be OK with that (bruins, buffaloes, trojans, utes)
January 18 Buffalo roam (bruins, buffaloes, cardinal, golden bears, trojans, utes)
January 12 What is it? (words)
January 9 It only makes sense for Caitlin Clark to play for WNBA San Francisco in 2025 (words)
January 5 Happy new year? (words)

2023

December 31 Dec. 30 happened (bruins, buffaloes, cardinal, golden bears, trojans, utes)
December 24 Coach Roberts and media relations (utes)
December 22 Invasion (home games, really) of the Mountain People (buffaloes, utes)
December 20 12/20 (cougars, huskies)
December 19 Utah coach Roberts named the state’s sportsperson of the year (utes)
December 19 Utah Tech makes 21 threes, beats Oregon 92-86. That’s Utah *Tech*. (ducks)
December 19 Young again (utes)
December 18 With the choice of Christmas or conference play coming first, I’ll take conference play (big west, bruins, cougars, sun devils, trojans, wildcats)
December 16 Cars and school buses (golden bears, huskies, utes, west coast, wildcats)
December 10 A heartening loss to no. 1 South Carolina (bruins, cougars, huskies, utes)
December 9 12/9 (beavers, golden bears)
December 8 Worst case, part one (golden bears, utes, west coast)
December 7 Harsh media light (utes)
December 7 Life goes on (buffaloes, cougars)
December 4 12/3 (cardinal, trojans, utes)
December 3 December 2 (beavers, buffaloes, utes)
December 2 Games of 11/30 and 12/1 (big west, cardinal, cougars, ducks, sun devils, west coast)
November 30 That was the easy part (ncaa)
November 29 Oregon St. 79 Weber St. 53 (beavers)
November 29 Utah 100, Carroll College 44 on kids’ day, and how I love kids’ day (words)
November 26 Nov. 26 (big west, cardinal, huskies)
November 26 Nov. 25 (words)
November 22 Oregon St. 88 Maryland at Baltimore County 52 (beavers)
November 22 National sidelines reporter fabricates coaches’ quotes, because she could (words)
November 20 Utah 218 Opponents 129 at Great Alaska Shootout (utes)
November 19 Last-second pressure (words)
November 19 Quiet (words)
November 19 Utah 101 Alaska-Anchorage 57 in Great Alaska Shootout semifinal (utes)
November 16 Oregon 64 Grand Canyon 56 (ducks)
November 16 Washington 81 Pacific 64 (huskies, west coast)
November 16 The loss at Baylor could be a good thing if the Utes regain focus, said Utah coach Roberts (utes)
November 14 Baylor 84 Utah 77 (utes)
November 14 Welcome to THE YEAR (words)
October 8 My friend Rebecca is a Liberty fan in Wizard Mode (words)
May 20 Washington 80 New York 64 (professional)
May 19 If WNBA expansion means more like Indiana, it can wait (professional)
May 15 The portal taketh away and the portal giveth (words)
May 5 Ten to transfer from Mississippi Valley State (words)
May 5 Four to beam down (words)
April 2 In a national championship game with record-setting offense, (words)
April 2 On the last day of the season (words)
March 25 Oregon at Washington in the WNIT round of 8 (words)
March 24 Tigers and more Tigers (words)
March 21 Colorado 61 Duke 53 OT (words)
March 19 Utah 44 Princeton 38 1:54 3d (words)
March 18 “You’re the basketball guy!” (words)
March 9 “This numeric conference…” (words)
March 7 Portland 63 Gonzaga 60 (words)
March 7 Portland 61 Gonzaga 59 0:37.0 (words)
March 7 Portland 58 Gonzaga 55 2:15 (words)
March 6 Portland 75 Pacific 72 (words)
March 6 #6 Pacific 46 #2 Portland 41 6:02 3d (words)
March 5 What if Leger-Walker hadn’t missed those four games? (words)
March 3 Hm. (words)
March 3 Lindsay Gottlieb, come home (words)
March 3 Bright side (words)
March 2 The Pac-12 tournament is tougher than the NCAA tournament (words)
March 2 Quack (words)
March 2 Pick your poison (words)
March 2 10 (words)
March 2 Northern Cal is done; Southern Cal waits for their NCAA seeding (words)
February 28 You can’t spell ‘Unstoppable’ without Utes (utes)
February 28 What Rudy T said (words)
February 28 Layover (words)
February 27 NET (words)
February 25 Gonzaga 58 Brigham Young 51 (words)
February 25 UCLA 49 Washington 44 1:51 (words)
February 25 Utah 84 Stanford 78 (words)
February 25 Utah 71 Stanford 64 4:56 (words)
February 25 11 (words)
February 24 Not game night (utes)
February 23 Tiebreaking (words)
February 23 Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow… you know the rest (words)
February 20 Cal n USC n-2 OT (golden bears, trojans)
February 19 Safe travels, USC. (trojans)
February 18 The sportswriter’s golf bag of clichés (words)
February 17 UCLA 35 Cal 20 half (bruins, golden bears)
February 16 Here we are (utes, words)
February 13 Big Southeastern Conference showdown (words)
February 12 UCLA, USC, Utah are closer to a state of March-readiness. (beavers, bruins, ducks, huskies, trojans, utes, words)
February 10 ESPN was at its best Thursday (cardinal, words)
February 10 Stanford 60 Arizona 35 2:17 3d (words)
February 9 Untitled (utes)
February 8 First place problems (words)
February 7 Tuesday, Feb. 7 (words)
February 5 Cal 28 Washington St. 26 half (golden bears)
February 5 Cal 4 Washington St. 0 8:33 (words)
February 4 Friday 2/3 (beavers, bruins, cardinal, cougars, postgame, utes, wildcats)
February 2 Santa Clara 77 Gonzaga 72 (west coast)
February 1 How cool and warm is this hat? (words)
January 30 Here, Bulldogs (west coast, words)
January 30 Told you (beavers, bruins, cardinal, ducks, golden bears, postgame, utes, words)
January 29 Scoreboard watching (words)
January 28 A long Friday night (beavers, bruins, buffaloes, cardinal, ducks, golden bears, postgame, utes, words)
January 27 Unlike professionals, I don’t have to venture forecasts or predictions for every pregame (ducks, golden bears, pregame, trojans, utes, words)
January 27 Brynna Maxwell forms a personal subchapter of the 1800 Club (numbers, west coast, words)
January 26 Utah 87 California 62 (golden bears, numbers, postgame, utes, words)
January 22 Utah at California, 4 p.m. Pacific (golden bears, pregame, utes, words)
January 22 Oregon State: Conceivably the best 3-11 team in the history of team sports (beavers, ducks, words)
January 21 Stanford 74 Utah 62, drearily (cardinal, utes, words)
January 20 UC Santa Barbara 70, CS Northridge 45 (big west, numbers, words)
January 20 #8 Utah at #4 Stanford, 7 p.m . Pacific (cardinal, numbers, pregame, utes, words)
January 19 Perish the thought (cardinal, words)
January 17 Brynna Maxwell is the West Coast Conference player of the week (west coast, words)
January 16 Dru Gylten, a model of consistency (numbers, summit)
January 15 Stanford loses, Utah wins, and Colorado is idle, making a three-way tie atop the Pac-12 standings (bruins, cardinal, golden bears, numbers, postgame, trojans, utes, wildcats, words)
January 15 #14 Arizona at #10 Utah, 11 a.m. Pacific (pregame, utes, wildcats, words)
January 14 Three lackluster games (bruins, buffaloes, cardinal, west coast, wildcats, words)
January 13 Which ranking best describes UCLA? (bruins)
January 12 UC Santa Barbara 63 Cal State Bakersfield 62 (big west, words)
January 12 Sheryl Swoopes was a contestant on Name That Tune (professional, words)
January 9 Oregon St. 69 Arizona St. 59 (beavers, numbers, postgame, sun devils)
January 9 We love having Kathleen Hutchens in our program, said UC Santa Barbara coach (big west)
January 9 Stanford 60 Cal 56 (cardinal, golden bears, postgame)
January 8 Arizona 72 Oregon State 69 (beavers, postgame, wildcats)
January 6 Utah at Colorado, 7 p.m. Mountain Time (buffaloes, pregame, utes)
January 6 All aboard the bandwagon (words)