Tagged with "Sports"
Church Ball: A hard lesson learned
MR says: "Broken teeth and bloody knuckles leave scars that are reminders of our inability to keep our priorities clear after the opening whistle. After the final buzzer sounds, the score will soon be forgotten, but the scars may last a lifetime." My high school class ring was all bling. BHS, for Bountiful...
Going the extra mile
MR says: BYU runner Miles Batty is headed for the Olympics. In August 2008, Miles Batty had not run for two years. Just back from his mission in Belém, Brazil, he walked into his second year as a member of the Brigham Young University track team—with which he had run during his first year of...
Free Bibles for Olympic athletes
MR says: What a neat idea to give away a free Bible to all of the London Olympic athletes. The Bible Society is readying thousands of copies of the Bible for distribution among athletes at the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Olympic Village Religious Services Centre will be handing out 3,000 copies of...
Mormon athletes must consider taking a different path at 19
MR says: This article features LDS athletes who chose to serve missions before entering college sports. Jordan Bachynski must have been quite the sight. In the two years before he arrived at Arizona State, Bachynski put his college basketball ambitions on hold to serve a mission in Miami, Fla. for The...
Utah and BYU football: Utes, Cougars Rivalry Game to take hiatus in 2014, 2015
MR says: This is sad news for football fans. Utah athletics director Chris Hill has announced that the football rivalry game between the Utes and BYU will not be played in 2014 and 2015 — interrupting a series that has been played each year since 1946. During an informal gathering with the media on...
17 LDS athletes qualify for Olympics and Paralympics
MR says: Two more athletes have qualified since our last update. The 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will open in London in about three weeks. At least 17 athletes who are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have qualified to...
LDS basketball star Jabari Parker lists top 10 schools
MR says: And guess which Utah school made the cut... Jabari Parker, the Class of 2013 high school basketball star whom Sports Illustrated recently labled the top prep talent since LeBron James, released a list of 10 colleges he was considering over Twitter on Wednesday night, and somewhat surprisingly the...
BYU football: Riley Nelson named to Maxwel Award preseason watch list
BYU senior quarterback Riley Nelson has been named to the 2012 Maxwell Award preseason watch list. The Maxwell Award is given to America's most outstanding college football...
No 2022 bid for SLC Winter Olympics
MR says: This is kind of a bummer. Utah's hopes of hosting another Winter Games are on hold with the U.S. Olympic Committee's surprise announcement Tuesday that there will not be an American bid for the 2022 Winter Games. Members of Utah's Olympic Exploratory Committee, who just hours earlier were...
Michelle King: An interview with a 2008 LDS Olympian, on 'Mormon Times TV'
The year was 1972, and Munich, Germany, played host to the Summer Olympics. Sadly, the games were marred by Palestinian terrorists killing two Israeli athletes and taking nine hostage. But some memorable moments and names also emerged—with the likes of Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut and U.S. swimmer...
Rugby-playing Mormon family from Zimbabwe relishes reunion in Utah
Although Zimbabwe trailed Canada by a large deficit and the rugby match was almost over, one small group of loyal supporters continued to wave their nation’s colorful flag and cheer with enthusiasm last Tuesday, June 26. For the Van Heerdens, the 36-hour trip from Africa to Utah was mostly...
15 LDS athletes qualify for Olympics
MR says: Congrats and good luck to these athletes! The 2012 Olympic Games will open in London in about three weeks. At least 15 athletes who are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have qualified to compete. United States: John Nunn, racewalking; Tumua Anae, water polo; Sarah...
Pres. Uchtdorf throws first pitch at Dodgers' Mormon Night
MR says: The look on his face just makes us smile. President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, second counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), threw out the first pitch at a recent Los Angeles Dodgers baseball game. In what has become an annual tradition, more...
BYU swimmer makes Bolivian Olympic team
MR says: Congrats to Andrew. Senior Andrew Rutherfurd is going to the Olympics as a member of the Bolivian Olympic swimming team. He will compete in the 100-yard freestyle against the best in the world this month in London. “I recently got that rush and that feeling of wanting to be there,” Rutherfurd...
Two BYU Cougars advance at Olympic Trials
MR says: Congratulations to these two women! Nachelle Mackie and Katie Palmeradvanced to the 800 meter semifinals at the USA Track & Field Olympic Trials on Friday. Both athletes are battling for a spot on the U.S. Track & Field Team that will compete in the 2012 London Olympics. Palmer earned an automatic...
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