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This year's Monster Jam World Finals XXIV and Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship Final generated $149 million in economic impact, attracting over 109k fans to the state.

TKO, Utah Sports Commission, and Smith Entertainment Group announced an agreement to bring three highly anticipated WWE and UFC events to Delta Center in Salt Lake City…

By Jay Drew, Deseret News — The 2025 Utah Championship exemption and BYU freshman Kihei Akina made history as the youngest champion in the 99-year history of…

By Jay Drew, Deseret News — Julian Suri won the 34th Utah Championship, the first held in Ogden, moving to 16th on the Korn Ferry Tour points…

By Sean Walker, KSL.com — Brett Dobson called his shot, and made good on his promise. The Utah Archers raised another banner at Zions Bank Stadium, celebrating…

By Monster Energy — Fifteen-year-old Arisa Trew continued her dominance at Tony Hawk's Vert Alert, winning both Women's Vert and Best Trick to become a three-time consecutive…

By Brandon Judd, Deseret News — Two former college basketball stars in the state of Utah—Weber State’s Dillon Jones and Utah’s Branden Carlson—earned an NBA championship with…

Over 50,000 gathered at the Utah State Capitol Grounds to witness daredevils and their impressively outrageous homemade soapbox carts race downtown.

By Jay Drew, Deseret News — After battling through the losers bracket and toppling the No. 1 seed, the underdog Bruins made history as the lowest seed…

By Greg Wyshynski, ESPN — After a 13-month process that included more than 850,000 ballots cast by fans in multiple rounds of voting, Utah Mammoth was revealed…

The Utah Sports Commission marks a historic milestone with the event that started it all.

By Caleb Turner, KSL.com — On the 20th anniversary of its inaugural season, Real Salt Lake finally got a representative in the National Soccer Hall of Fame.

By Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune — The Miller family is back in major league sports. Five years after selling Utah Jazz, the Larry H. Miller…

By Jackson Payne, Deseret News — The Bees wasted no time welcoming themselves into the new stadium as J.D. smashed the first-ever ball out of the new…

The 13th Annual State of Sport Awards celebrated the athletes, teams, and milestones shaping Utah's sports culture, with a special appearance by Andy Reid.

By Alixel Cabrera, Utah News Dispatch — Utah Governor Spencer Cox and U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee CEO Sarah Hirshland jointly announced the leadership and board of…

The world's wildest downhill race coming to downtown Salt Lake City on June 14 for the first time.

By Sean Walker, KSL.com — For Dani Drews, there was nothing like making her professional volleyball debut on home soil, in front of a sold-out crowd in…

Utah has spent the last 25 years proving why it's The State of Sport.

Utah set to host over a dozen events across ten international sport federations and national governing bodies during its first winter season as the official host of…

By Rosael Torres-Davis, Bicycling — Women's sports took a giant leap at Red Bull Rampage as seven of the world's top female freeriders descended on the iconic,…

By Sean Walker, KSL.com — UFC now owns the top-three grossing events at the Delta Center, and there appears to be no stopping for the promotion based…

By Brogan Houston, Deseret News — On September 23, the Delta Center was sold out, and from the moment security started letting fans into the building until…

By Sean Walker, KSL.com — In the first year with "Utah" emblazoned across their jerseys, Utah Archers became just the second Premier Lacrosse League team in history…

Among the athletes with Utah ties heading to Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics are several medalists from Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020.

By Jared Page, Gephardt Daily — It was a successful Summer Games for Olympians with Utah ties who collectively won eight medals—three silver and five bronze—in Paris.

By PGATOUR.com — Karl Vilips, 22, earned his first Korn Ferry Tour title in just his fourth professional start, winning the Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank…

By Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune — Go ahead, throw on that old volunteer jacket, dust off the red beret, and shine up those vintage pins.…

International Olympic Committee announces a decision two decades in the making.

By Lois M. Collins, Deseret News — The roar in Salt Lake City’s Washington Square as the International Olympic Committee awarded it the 2034 Olympics and Paralympics…

By Lois M. Collins, Deseret News — When then-Governor Gary Herbert set up the structure for Utah to bid for another Olympics and Paralympics a decade after…

Nearly forty athletes with Utah ties earn tickets to Paris 2024 Summer Olympics.