Message to Donovan Mitchell:

The once-fierce lion’s eyes are tired now.

The world is laughing at Utah right now.

In a newly surfaced video, Utah Senate President Stuart Adams says lawmakers have "work to do" to "educate" Mitchell about critical race theory. In a more enlightened world, columnist Gordon Monson...

A bill before the Utah Legislature would form an appointed committee to take measurements of transgender girls and make those judgments as to who is eligible to play girls high school sports and who...

Tradition is being disrespected by the powers that be at the University of Utah.

Salt Lake Tribune columnist Gordon Monson calls on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to disclose its finances and urges it to spend more on charity.

Tribune columnist Gordon Monson sees an anti-Trump message in the recent letter from Utah LDS Church leaders urging members to vote for candidates of integrity and set aside party politics.

LDS Church leader Jeffrey Holland's recent remarks could adversely affect BYU in future attempts to associate with other athletic conferences, Tribune columnist Gordon Monson says.

Kyle Korver has always been the kind of player, when you ask him even what seems like a routine question, he thinks it through, pausing before and as he answers, allowing all kinds of considerations...

Salt Lake Tribune columnist Gordon Monson denounces Sen. Mike Lee's condemnation of Burning Man and his insistence that flooding at the even is the result of God's wrath.

Could Utah be home to an NFL franchise some day? Tribune columnist Gordon Monson believes so.

Tribune sports columnist Gordon Monson was ousted from his spot on The Zone's afternoon drive time show after 20 years behind the mic. But Monson still has hope for what the station can be in the...

“This team likes playing with and for each other. They play with a kind of happiness. It’s a connected group. They rely on one another. They have to.”

Two truths are on a collision course in the weeks ahead:

You know by now that Rudy Gobert was not named as an All-Star reserve by NBA coaches, the announcement made an hour or so ago — and much of the response from people who study the game, beyond those...

It was supposed to be the most anticipated game of the year.

This isn’t one of those weak open letters to some Joe Blow, helping him out, giving him unsolicited advice, telling him what to do and what not to do.

Logan

Salt Lake Tribune columnist Gordon Monson outlines 20 changes he would like to see made in his faith, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

BYU needs to change its honor code, and the way its honor code is enforced.

Salt Lake Tribune columnist Gordon Monson discussed the controversy surrounding Utah Latter-day Saint leaders endorsing a celebration of the Constitution, including ties to a group with far-right...

Utah graduate Holly Rowe's journey has taken her from Salt Lake City, to the heights of national television, and back home again.

Last season, Quin Snyder said he wasn’t hung up on superfluous things, such as focusing on day-to-day scores and numerical results, such as closely watching the Western Conference standings, such as...

Legendary Utah Jazz center Mark Eaton spent his post-NBA career not only as a successful business owner and motivational speaker, but giving to others, especially kids.

All the games have been postponed or canceled in and through nearly every sport due to the concern over the spread of COVID-19, except for one.

Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell continues to face vitriol from the far-right as he speaks out in favor of social justice and critical race theory in schools.

Jerry Sloan can coach the angels now.

Jay Hill was running routes with his receivers at practice the other day, galloping like a horse over short stretches of turf, showing them how it’s done all proper.

Allowing transgender girls to play high school sports is about opportunities for a small number of kids to belong to a team that wants them and accepts them, Tribune columnist Gordon Monson writes,...

The tragic story of Izzy Tichenor shows we have work to do to wipe out racism, says Salt Lake Tribune columnist Gordon Monson.

It wasn’t quite an expression of complete devastation that creased Donovan Mitchell’s face as he left the floor late Saturday night, his team having lost to the Rockets by the count of 104-101. It...

Cam Rising is an All-Pac-12 quarterback. So Tribune columnist Gordon Monson is apologizing.

Wade, whose daughter Zaya is transgender, recently revealed that their family moved out of Florida in part because of the state’s anti-LGBTQ legislation.

Many people have criticized BYU football’s move to independence, as other sports at the school were stashed — and in some cases, left to suffer — in the West Coast Conference.

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In the aftermath of BYU’s 30-12 loss to Utah, evidence of Cougar football’s problems are scattered in pieces on the ground, like a weather balloon crashing on the LES field, taken down by lightning...

Not so long ago, after a Jazz win, Rudy Gobert gave away the team’s blueprint for the future. If we’d paid closer attention to his words, we might have known all along who Utah was going to draft...

What the hell’s wrong with LeBron James?

Ricky Rubio left the floor after Game 3 on Saturday night with a half-grin on his face, half-satisfied at the halfway juncture of eliminating the Thunder in the Jazz’s first-round playoff series —...

Thomas S. Monson sat over on the end of the small bleachers, watching his grandson play tennis. I wasn’t surprised to see him at a sporting event since he quite publicly had attended a lot of...

Donovan Mitchell has said it. Rudy Gobert has said it. Now, in a most specific way, Gail Miller has said it, too.

Tribune columnist Gordon Monson comments on a classic painting that was altered by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to cover up a hint of cleavage on the Virgin Mary.

Some might think it’s time to completely turn either the page or their backs on Gordon Hayward and his time in Utah, especially after the Jazz’s trip to Boston last week, when Hayward spoke to the...

How did the Pitt transfer look in spring camp? “Kedon’s almost too good to be true, so far,” the Cougars’ offensive coordinator says.

It’s hard to believe now, but there was a time when nobody wanted Jordan Love, when he got love in name only. Not a single Division I team in the land recruited him — except for the one in Logan. No...

With 22 teams, including the Jazz, now inside the NBA’s strange kind of bio-dome in Orlando, it’s become apparent that some players have reacted negatively to the initial days of bubble life.

Provo • Zach Wilson stood on the field in the aftermath of BYU’s 49-23 win over Hawaii, sweating and beaming, as his teammates walked by, patting him on the head, acknowledging his first start, his...

People can be idiots. Especially when they pay hard-earned cash to buy a ticket to get a seat in an arena to watch their team play — and root it on — against dastardly infidels, decked out in...

For months, Dennis Lindsey has said he was going to sell what the Jazz have to offer.

Provo • When BYU’s late, legendary football coach LaVell Edwards was asked once if he preferred speed or quickness in his wide receivers, he answered: “I’d like to have both, but if they had both,...

Salt Lake Tribune columnist Gordon Monson says goodbye to the woman who taught him to swing a bat and have a strong opinion. Wilma Mooring Monson died Sunday night. She was 97.

Utah Jazz hall-of-famer John Stockton has sullied his reputation and cost himself a lot of goodwill in this community with an anti-vax video that is harmful in multiple ways.

Just as the Jazz were trying to get a handle on themselves, trying to make the most of a season of adversity and fluidity and recalibration and, most significantly, necessary change, who rolled into...

Salt Lake Tribune columnist Gordon Monson explores policies for faith-promoting research and teaching at BYU.

As Dante Exum took the floor in live action for the first time in what seemed like forever on Thursday night, his presence in some measure mirrored the rise of his team in his absence.

The Utah Way too often becomes the way of protecting those who already are in power and kicking aside those who could use more representation and a little help, Tribune columnist Gordon Monson writes.

In an era of the NBA when every team, if it had its druthers, would be the equal of the Golden State Warriors, not just in overall team quality, but in exciting style of pinball play, the Jazz are...

I interviewed Frank Martin once but don’t know the South Carolina basketball coach, don’t know what the man is like to play for, how he treats his players and assistants and fans and reporters who...

Borrowing words from that great guitar-strumming football fan, Jimmy Buffett, around these parts, there have been changes in football latitudes, changes in football attitudes.

Tribune columnist Gordon Monson explains why it's OK — even as a believer — to criticize his church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

One of the questions that bubbled up after the Jazz on Sunday got that X next to their name, qualifying for the playoffs by winning 28 of their past 33 games, was this: How would they react now —...

So much for the Jazz standing fat and firm, falling foolishly in love with their recent success.

When was the last time you heard a Jazz player talk like that?

Kyle Van Noy has found a place in life occupied and enjoyed only by those who have faced and surmounted challenges that others either could not or would not, and who help those others aspire to do...

Notice to voters: Rudy Gobert should be an NBA All-Star.

Sometimes, life is too cruel.

A relieved version of the Jazz took the floor against the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday afternoon — a first for the team since Thursday’s traumatic trade deadline — and the meaning of that R-word...

A friend of mine from Chicago once said that anytime anyone criticizes the city in which you live, your town, just put a bow on it, like a prized Berkshire hog at the county fair. Place it on the...

A lot of fans think they know the Jazz because they watch Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert play, they see Quin Snyder coach, they hear Dennis Lindsey speak, and they’re aware of and appreciate Gail...

The Utah Jazz have the NBA's best record, but skeptics abound around the league. There's only one way to convince them.

Karl Malone will be a judge in the Slam-Dunk Contest at the NBA's All-Star Weekend, but the Hall of Famer's past shouldn't be forgotten, Tribune columnist Gordon Monson writes.

Tribune columnist Gordon Monson on whether aging Latter-day Saint apostles should be granted emeritus status.

Point guard Mike Conley is too valuable to the Utah Jazz's success to simply let him walk away in free agency, Tribune columnist Gordon Monson says.

Dalton Kincaid and Clark Phillips III are among the standouts who won't be on the field for the Rose Bowl. Utah fans should support them in that choice, Tribune columnist Gordon Monson writes.

An email recently arrived in my inbox from a longtime Utah Jazz fan concerned and distressed by the team’s support for the Black Lives Matter movement. He said he’s been a Jazz fan for decades, but...

From the start, Donovan Mitchell came across as a different kind of star player.

With all the attention being paid to new hires among college football coaches in recent days, and how much money they’re being paid, we should compliment the coaches among the three FBS programs in...