Dana Greene

1 week ago | sports.yahoo.com | Dana Greene

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4 Sports) – The ping pong ball bounced Utah’s way at the NHL Lottery Monday night. Slotted to pick 14th, Utah moved all the way up to the 4th pick after the ping pong balls bounced their way. Advertisement“We were here like, ‘oh, my God, like, what just happened to us?” said Utah general manager Bill Armstrong. “So it’s just an amazing moment, and it really hasn’t sunk in, to be honest with you.” Did the Utah Hockey Club accidentally leak their new name?

1 week ago | abc4.com | Dana Greene

IVINS, Utah (ABC4 Sports) – Haeran Ryu made an 8-foot eagle putt during a flawless back nine that allowed her to pull away Sunday with an 8-under 64, giving her a five-shot victory at the inaugural Black Desert Championship in the LPGA Tour’s return to Utah after a 61-year absence. Ryu became the second player to go wire-to-wire on the LPGA Tour this year, and it was her second time winning a new event. She won the FM Championship at the TPC Boston last year.

1 week ago | sports.yahoo.com | Dana Greene

IVINS, Utah (ABC4 Sports) – Haeran Ryu made an 8-foot eagle putt during a flawless back nine that allowed her to pull away Sunday with an 8-under 64, giving her a five-shot victory at the inaugural Black Desert Championship in the LPGA Tour’s return to Utah after a 61-year absence. Ryu became the second player to go wire-to-wire on the LPGA Tour this year, and it was her second time winning a new event. She won the FM Championship at the TPC Boston last year.

1 week ago | abc4.com | Dana Greene

VANCOUVER, B.C. (AP) – Despite missing key attacker Brian White (hamstring injury), the Vancouver Whitecaps defeated Real Salt Lake 2-1 to run their unbeaten streak to six matches. Jayden Nelson and Tristan Blackmon provided the goals for Vancouver (8-1-2, 26 points). Salt Lake (4-7-0, 12 points) has lost three of its last four matches. Its goal came on a penalty kick by Diego Luna, his team-leading sixth goal of the season. Vancouver opened the scoring in the 20th minute.

2 weeks ago | abc4.com | Dana Greene

HERRIMAN, Utah (ABC4 Sports) – Diego Luna wasn’t even supposed to play against San Diego FC. Luna received a red card in Real Salt Lake’s last game at Toronto, but it was rescinded by MLS, freeing Luna to play last Saturday, and he took advantage. Luna scored two goals, his second brace of the season, as RSL pulled out a crucial 3-1 victory over San Diego. “It was big,” Luna said about RSL’s second win in the last six games. “The fans felt felt it. I think the team felt it. Everybody felt it.