The Daily Utah Chronicle

MUSS is a fan group done right

By By Tony Pizza • April 23, 2009

The MUSS might merely hold a candle to tradition-rich programs such as Penn State, Michigan, Florida and LSU as far as size is concerned, but atmosphere is a different story.

Smith will do well in the NFL

By By Tony Pizza • March 11, 2009

He's got the abilities to help a team right now. I said before, he's got a ton to learn. From what scouts and experts say, he opens up his hips well, and he's got great ball instincts. He also has great closing speed, which he displayed in the Sugar Bowl.

Utes in brief

By By Tony Pizza • February 24, 2009

By Tony PizzaSwimmingSitting at 11-2-1, the Utah women's swimming team has been eyeing this weekend since the season began in September. The men and women will begin competing for the conference championships...

Runnin? Utes show promise, might not be enough

By By Tony Pizza • December 8, 2008

If the first seven games of the Runnin' Utes season were a bath full of water, the temperature would be lukewarm at best.

Twas a Black Friday indeed

By By Tony Pizza • December 5, 2008

Let one good thing come of Damour's untimely departure from this earth and remember that no matter how bright the billboard, or how enticing that extra 15 percent off is, this season is still about something that goes beyond price tags.

Utah needs to be more than perfect to get a chance

By By Tony Pizza • December 3, 2008

Instead of boring you with the fairly obvious argument about why Utah doesn't deserve to play in the national championship, I'd rather tell you a different kind of story. It's about this one time when Kirk Herbstreit, Chris Fowler, Mark Schlabach and I were judges for a beauty pageant8212;and not just any pageant, but Miss College USA.

Tennis

By By Tony Pizza • October 20, 2008

By Tony PizzaAndrea Maughan made an impressive run through the Wilson/ITA Central Regional Tournament taking place at the Rice-Eccles Tennis Center. The run ended Saturday, in the semifinal consolation...

MWC Rankings

By By Tony Pizza • September 5, 2008

MWC Rankings for the second week of the season are out.

Offensive struggles have Salt Lake Real-ing

By By Tony Pizza • June 18, 2007

In just more than two years as a soccer club, Real Salt Lake has set new levels of mediocrity in the MLS. Now RSL is coming dangerously close to falling in a hole it may have a hard time digging itself out of. Real Salt Lake is the only team in MLS history to fail to make the postseason in its first two years of existence, and the team is currently on its way to making that three years.

Pizza’s Deliveries: Making a molehill out of a mtn.

By By Tony Pizza • June 14, 2007

I can't predict how many fans of teams in the Mountain West Conference wish they were flies on the wall when the MWC tied the knot with the mtn. television network, but I don't think I'd be going out on a limb if I said, "A lot." At this point, it's not even clear if the people present in that conference room know what prompted the move.