Basketball

Jimmer Fredette came back to American soil to ball and it was like he never left. The former national player of the year at BYU scored 32 points in 36 minutes and displayed his vintage long-range, 3-point abilities to lift two-seed Team Fredette to an 88-80 win over 15-seed Peoria All-Stars on...

OGDEN — Weber State University made history with its hire of the school’s sixth women’s basketball head coach. Velaida Harris, a former University of Utah assistant coach, will lead the Wildcats as the first black woman to be the head coach of any Division-I sport at any college...

Mazzie Melaney started for Fremont soccer, was a key starter for the school’s state girls basketball championship and excelled in track and cross country — the sport that earned her a college scholarship. She’s the Standard-Examiner’s Female Athlete of the Year for the 2017-...

Jake Dahle excelled at basketball and stuck with it — with some goods stats — to give his Division-I pitching arm a rest. His play has made him the Standard-Examiner’s Male Athlete of the Year for the 2017-18 school year.

Five weeks after former Davis High basketball standout Jesse Wade announced he was leaving Gonzaga, he announced his plans for where to play next. Wade tweeted Wednesday he will transfer to BYU and join the Cougars. From Kaysville to France to Spokane, I’m extremely grateful for the places...

The Utah Jazz opened a roster spot Saturday morning by announcing the team had waived forward Jonas Jerebko. Jerebko, an eight-year veteran, signed a two-year contract with Utah ahead of the 2017-18 season, but the second year was not guaranteed. The Jazz made the move before the second year,...

Rather than spend time and money trying to make a splash by bringing in a high-profile free agent, the Utah Jazz are banking on continued internal development and continuity to boost a team that finished the 2017-18 season on a tear.

The Utah Jazz of the 2018-19 season will look much the same as last season.

LeBron James is leaving home for Hollywood and an iconic team.

Dakarai Tucker was sensational, but couldn’t make one last play to win the game for Team Utah in The Basketball Tournament.