Kevin Reynolds

Dallas, Salt Lake City

Reporter at The Salt Lake Tribune

BYU and college athletics reporter @sltrib // Email me: [email protected]

Articles

Here's how to watch the NBA draft lottery, Utah Jazz fans

2 days ago | sltrib.com | Kevin Reynolds
Utah Jazz fans are praying

2 days ago | sltrib.com | Kevin Reynolds

Ben Brimhall has been through this long enough to know his team needs a little extra help when those lottery balls start bouncing. As a diehard Utah Jazz fan, faithfully peering out from the first row of the second deck every game for the last decade, Brimhall is all too familiar with the pain his franchise has put fans through recently: 65 losses this year; 51 the year before that. All in the hope that the No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft awaits. But the Jazz never get lucky.
What does BYU's rotation look like as Kevin Young rounds out his 2025 roster?

2 weeks ago | sltrib.com | Kevin Reynolds

AJ Dybantsa is undoubtedly BYU's best player going into next season. But head coach Kevin Young may have just secured his most impactful piece. Richie Saunders, the veteran first-team all-Big 12 player, is coming back for his senior season. Saunders contemplated heading to the NBA, but will take a leading role in what the Cougars believe could be a Final Four run. With his addition, BYU vaulted into the top 10 of most preseason metrics.
Utah's Black Desert is offering something seldom done on the LPGA Tour

2 weeks ago | sltrib.com | Kevin Reynolds

When the first major of the LPGA Tour season came to a close in Houston this Sunday, seven private jets were waiting to take off for Utah. The Black Desert Championship - the first LPGA Tour event in the Beehive State since 1964 - is trying to roll out the red carpet for its players. That includes airfare to the course, something seldom offered on tour. "I thought it was important to go a little bit over the top," Patrick Manning, the resort's managing partner, said last week.
A sports and entertainment district in Sandy? Real Salt Lake's new owners are making plans.

3 weeks ago | sltrib.com | Kevin Reynolds |Andy Larsen

Sandy * Is another Utah sports and entertainment district on the way? The Larry H. Miller Co. - as of Friday, new owners of Real Salt Lake and the Utah Royals - plans to further develop the area around the team's stadium in Sandy with more restaurants and other entertainment options for the team's fans.
Real Salt Lake and the Utah Royals have new, familiar owners

3 weeks ago | sltrib.com | Kevin Reynolds

The Miller family is back in major league sports. Five years after selling the Utah Jazz, the Larry H. Miller Co. has taken control of the Real Salt Lake and the Utah Royals soccer clubs in a deal worth $600 million, The Athletic reported Friday morning. New York-based private equity investor David Blitzer will transition into a minority ownership role with the clubs. But the Millers will have final decision-making power, ensuring the team will once again be controlled by a local group.
BYU's Egor Demin explains his decision to head to the NBA

1 month ago | sltrib.com | Kevin Reynolds

BYU fans had their hopes up. Could their star point guard come back to Provo for one more season? But Egor Demin will enter the NBA Draft this summer after seriously considering a return for his sophomore season. The possibility of playing alongside the No. 1 recruit in the country, AJ Dybantsa, and chasing the Cougars' first Final Four appearance intrigued Demin. He also liked living at BYU and playing in head coach Kevin Young's program. He once joked with Young that he could play 10 years at BYU.
Behind Duke's run to the Final Four, there are many NBA voices, including Jazz coach Will Hardy

1 month ago | sltrib.com | Kevin Reynolds

As Jon Scheyer was busy remodeling Duke's program to fit Cooper Flagg's superstar specifications this summer, the head coach received an unfamiliar visitor. The two had just met through a mutual friend in the coaching industry, but Scheyer figured an extra set of eyes on the Blue Devil roster couldn't hurt. He was chasing a championship in Flagg's lone season of college hoops, and every detail mattered. The visitor? Utah Jazz head coach Will Hardy.
BYU is losing talented players to the portal

1 month ago | sltrib.com | Kevin Reynolds

The roster reshuffle has already started in Provo. Less than a week after the Cougars played in the Sweet 16, head coach Kevin Young's staff is busy adding and subtracting to their program for 2026. Veteran guard Dallin Hall announced he was entering the transfer portal this week. The other notable departures so far are former four-star guards Kanon Catchings and Elijah Crawford. Both were expected to leave following the end of the season - and didn't crack Young's 10-man rotation in March.
Utah Jazz fans are clamoring for Cooper Flagg. To those who've tried to stop him, he's worth the tank

1 month ago | sltrib.com | Kevin Reynolds

Newark, N.J. * Three years ago, a future Virginia Gatorade Player of the Year walked into a gym and saw Cooper Flagg do Cooper Flagg things. The first play he witnessed: the 6-foot-9 Flagg, masquerading as a guard, hit his primary defender with an in-and-out, dispatched of the oncoming help with a crossover, and spun into the lane for two. A dizzyingly good introduction. "I just looked back, I was like, 'Yeah, he's definitely the truth,'" Duke guard Darren Harris recalled.