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The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

Sports

Utes ready for tough home-opener competition

By By Paige Fieldsted, Staff Writer August 29, 2008

After completing a road trip in which the Utes were forced to endure back-to-back overtime games in the same weekend, head coach Rich Manning and the Utes will now turn all their attention to the 2008 home opener against the Arizona Wildcats.

Setters continue to battle for starting position

By By Paige Fieldsted, Staff Writer August 27, 2008

The U women's volleyball team will soon be able to switch from slamming volleyballs at one another to aiming their efforts at battling actual opponents. In the meantime, an intersquad battle for the starting setter position has intensified.

Tiger Woods’ accomplishments are nothing short of amazing

By By Marco Villano, Staff Writer August 27, 2008

Phelps' performance in the Olympics this year was one of the best in sports history, but Woods has done this virtually every season he's played competitive golf. He has put himself on a pedestal that might be unreachable by any athlete in all of sports.

Golf team set to tee off in two weeks

By By Marco Villano, Staff Writer August 27, 2008

The Utes will tee off their season during the first month of the Fall Semester, on Sept. 6. They will be traveling to Colorado Springs, Colo., for the Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational. The highlight of the schedule will be the University of Hawaii Kauai Invitational in November.

Fourteen golds have allowed Phelps to emerge as a legend

By By Bryan Chouinard, Staff Writer August 27, 2008

We were forced to ask ourselves the question when Phelps won six golds in Athens. He gave us the answer in Beijing and he will prove all the doubters wrong in London in 2012 that he is in fact the greatest athlete alive.

Pappas: U will crash “Big House” party

By By Nick Pappas August 27, 2008

More than their on-field Michigan opponents, the U must defeat a crowd of 111,000 fans spitting golden bile this Saturday. The Wolverines will be looking to not only beat the Utes, but also avenge a loss that occurred one year earlier.

Utes looks to crash another Michigan ‘house’ party

Following an extremely displeasing season to Michigan football standards8212;three home losses, most painfully to rival Ohio State8212; Wolverine fans might be biting their lips in anticipation for the Utes.

Toone back and better than ever

By By Paige Fieldsted, Staff Writer August 27, 2008

Ever since she was a freshman in high school, Emillie Toone knew she would play college volleyball. The number of college coaches that came to recruit her told her as much.

U marathoner blogs her Beijing experience

You might not be able to keep up with Olympic marathon runner and U student Zuzana Tomas in a race, but friends, family and fellow Utes have been able to follow her experiences in Beijing by reading her blog.

Isleib Leads Utes to 1-1 Start

By Bryan Chouinard, Staff WriterThe women's soccer team capped off a two game road trip to North Carolina Sunday by knocking off the Spartans of UNC Greensboro 2-1 in double overtime."We had an overtime...