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Gordon Monson

Salt Lake City

Sports Columnist at The Salt Lake Tribune

What we've got here is a failure to communicate.

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  • Blow the roof off the Delta Center? I could almost imagine it happening.

    2 weeks ago | sltrib.com | Gordon Monson

    I did something last week that I haven't done in a long, long time. I connected with you, the fan, by going to a game that I wasn't - technically, at least - covering. I just went - with no notebook, no pen, no computer, no column in mind, no deadline to meet, no nothing. Just an idea to do what most normal people do - enjoy a sport for that sport's sake, and for my own. My wife, Lisa, and grandson, Brody, went along. It was, in part, a celebration of Brody's 13th birthday.

  • A proud, loud and vulgar voice from the past cries out to the Utah Jazz

    2 weeks ago | sltrib.com | Gordon Monson

    It's not easy being what the Utah Jazz are. And what exactly are they, what's the right word? Pick out your favorite. Lousy. Awful. Horrible. Pathetic. Terrible. Lame. Brutal. Dreadful. Wretched. Inferior. Abysmal. Crappy. Atrocious. Odious. Ugly. Sad. Bad. Miserable. Maybe that last one is more what the fans are, but it probably fits most of the players' and coaches', too. Nobody likes to lose. Even worse, nobody likes to try to lose. Nobody, at least, with any self-respect and pride.

  • Latter-day Saint culture has its flaws, but here are 8 things the church gets right

    2 weeks ago | sltrib.com | Gordon Monson

    In the past, I've chided and maybe even ridiculed some of the peculiar cultural aspects of my religion, a religion in which I mostly find rock-solid faith and good comfort in spiritual matters. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, indeed, has its standards and its weird adorning quirks, even a few that have leaned with harder edges toward doctrine.

  • Despite getting crushed by Alabama, Kevin Young calls BYU's future 'incredibly bright'

    3 weeks ago | sltrib.com | Gordon Monson

    What do you tell a group of players that tried - and badly failed - to ascend to a height that only one other team in school history has reached - namely, the Elite Eight in the NCAA Tournament? You wrap them in your arms, like a puppy that had been hit by a truck, hold them and heal them, and tell them exactly what BYU coach Kevin Young told his Cougars on Thursday night in Newark, NJ. "I'm extremely proud of my guys," he said.

  • Turns out, BYU is a big boost to the Big 12, and to college sports as a whole

    4 weeks ago | sltrib.com | Gordon Monson

    Never been much of a cheerleader for any team, any school, any franchise. Being a homer, at least from this job, this corner, does nobody a bit of good. Criticism comes easy around here. But, on the other hand, praising a sports enterprise when it deserves it stirs no hesitation, causes no consternation either. And it's time to hand out a major compliment to ... drumroll please ... BYU.

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Gordon Monson @GordonMonson
8 Apr 25

Why this LDS General Conference talk stands out -- in all the right ways: https://t.co/MJgJSBxlGQ

Gordon Monson
Gordon Monson @GordonMonson
7 Apr 25

Blow the roof off the Delta Center? I could almost imagine it happening: https://t.co/seyE4i4c97

Gordon Monson
Gordon Monson @GordonMonson
4 Apr 25

A proud, loud, vulgar voice from the past cries out to the Utah Jazz: https://t.co/trsU22i3QS