Who's excited for the Utah Utes to play Penn State in the Rose Bowl on Monday? ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit certainly is. The analyst lauded the program, coach Kyle Whittingham and quarterback Cam Rising in a teleconference with reporters ahead of the Rose Bowl.
“I’ve tried to stand on mountaintops and tried to explain to people their brand of football and how consistent it’s been over the years," he said.
The Utes already won back-to-back Pac-12 championships. Can they win their first Rose Bowl?
Hundreds of unclaimed bags sit at Salt Lake City's airport as Southwest promises return to normal
In the aftermath of the thousands of Southwest Airlines cancellations, hundreds of unclaimed checked bags wait for their owners in the Salt Lake City airport. Passengers were able to search the sea of luggage to find their belongings on Friday.
Among the hundreds of bags was the suitcase of a Houston man that didn't even know his suitcase was in Salt Lake City until KSL's Alex Cabrero called the number written on the bag.
Salt Lake City International Airport spokeswoman Nancy Volmer said no flights were canceled at the airport on Friday. Volmer thanked passengers for their patience.
On Friday, the House of Representatives released former President Donald Trump's tax returns to the public. The release consisted of 6,000 pages of documents, including former first lady Melania Trump's tax returns.
Trump paid the following in federal income taxes:
2015: $641,931.
2016: $750.
2017: $750.
2018: almost $1 million.
2019: $133,445.
2020: $0.
“The Democrats should have never done it, the Supreme Court should have never approved it, and it’s going to lead to horrible things for so many people,” Trump said in a statement to CBS News.
Tony Finau is ranked first in scoring average on the PGA Tour for the 2022-2023 season. The Utah native reflected on last season and his goals for 2023 in a recent episode of the “Beyond the Clubhouse” podcast.
He talked about how he devoted a lot of time to improving his weaknesses, especially putting.
"I look at myself as a great ball striker, but I also spend my time on the things I need to work on, that is right now putting and short putting," he said. "I just put a lot more time into the weaknesses of my game than I ever have, without trying to lose the strengths."
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