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The Daily Utah Chronicle

Pac-12 conference comissioner Larry Scott, Friday, March 11, 2016. (Mike Sheehan, Daily Utah Chronicle)

Pac-12 Announces Partnership with Quidel for Rapid COVID-19 Testing

By Sammy Mora, Sports Editor September 5, 2020

  On Thursday, Sept. 3, the Pac-12 Conference announced a partnership with the Quidel Corporation, who is helping lead the charge for rapid COVID-19 testing. The partnership will allow the conference...

The University of Utah Football team charge onto the field in an NCAA Football game vs. Arizona State University at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, UT on Saturday October 19, 2019.(Photo by Curtis Lin | Daily Utah Chronicle)

McGrath: Football Season Is Off – So Pac-12 Teams Have Time to Make Changes

By Mackenzie McGrath, Opinion Writer August 12, 2020

  Both the Big Ten and Pac-12 athletic conferences announced this week that they would cancel their fall football seasons due to the coronavirus pandemic. Prior to those decisions, though, and...

The University of Utahs Football Team stormed onto the field in an NCAA Football game vs. BYU at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, UT on Saturday November 24, 2018.(Photo by Curtis Lin | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Pac-12 Unanimously Votes to Postpone All Fall Sports

August 11, 2020

  On Tuesday, August 11, the Pac-12 CEO group announced the decision to cancel all fall sports. This comes in response to the lingering questions and concerns surrounding COVID-19, and how the...

University of Utah sophomore offensive lineman Nick Ford (55) gets pumped up prior to the start of the game in an NCAA Football game vs. University of California at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, UT on Saturday October 26, 2019.

(Photo by Curtis Lin | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Pac-12 Student Athletes Look to Opt-Out of Upcoming Season if COVID-19 and Social Justice Concerns are Not Met

By Sammy Mora, Sports Editor August 2, 2020

  A group of players from the Pac-12 released a list of demands for the conference to meet or else they will be opting-out of the 2020 season due to the coronavirus pandemic. The movement, which...

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A Pac-12 Bubble? The Logistics Seem Impossible

By Eric Jensen, Sports Writer July 18, 2020

  A return to sports as we've known them in the Fall 2020 semester is up in the air. On July 8, the Ivy League announced it was pushing all fall sports to the spring. The likelihood of that...

Levis Stadium, the site of the Pac12 Championship Football game in Santa Clara, CA on Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. (Photo by: Justin Prather | The Daily Utah Chronicle).

Pac-12 Announces Plan to Conduct Conference-Only Seasons for Fall Sports

By Cole Bagley, Sports Editor July 12, 2020

  On July 10 the Pac-12 CEO Group announced the decision to schedule conference-only play for multiple Fall sports and to delay the start of mandatory athletic activities. This decision will impact...

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The fall semester is up in the air amidst COVID-19 pandemic

By Natalie Colby, Editor-in-Chief April 20, 2020

  Fall semester registration opened on April 13, and with the summer semester fully online and changes being constantly made to the University of Utah, a level of uncertainty remains for students...

University of Utah Utes Women’s Basketball Team Forward Lola Pendande (12) scores from a free throw during an NCAA Basketball match vs. the South Dakota Coyotes at the Jon M. Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City, Utah on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019. (Photo by Abu Asib | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Pendande’s Potential in First Season at the U

By Ethan Pearce, Sports Editor April 3, 2020

  This article was originally published in print on March 3, 2020. Lola Pendande, a freshman on the Utah women’s basketball team, is showing her worth in her first season with the Utes. Pendande...

Canceled and Postponed: How the Coronavirus is Changing Sports

Canceled and Postponed: How the Coronavirus is Changing Sports

By Casey Overfield and Sammy Mora March 12, 2020

  If you were excited for classes to be canceled so that you could focus your time and energy on watching sports, then you’re out of luck. With the recently heightened concerns over COVID-19,...

The University of Utah Womens Basketball team plays against Stanford University in the Huntsman Center, University of Utah Campus, Salt Lake City, on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020. (Photo by Mark Draper | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Women’s Basketball Splits Final Weekend at Home, Wins on Senior Day

By Ethan Pearce, Sports Editor February 23, 2020

  The University of Utah women’s basketball team (13-14, 6-10 Pac-12) split two home games this weekend as the regular season winds down. In their final homestand of the regular season, the...