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Utah State to make eight national TV appearances in 2025 football season | Sports

LOGAN — Utah State football will appear on national television eight times this fall, including a home finale broadcast on CBS, the program announced Thursday. The Aggies’ 2025 broadcast schedule includes five home games and three road matchups slated for national distribution, with two Friday night contests on Merlin Olsen Field in Logan. Highlighting the slate is Utah State’s Mountain West matchup against Boise State, which will air on CBS on Friday, Nov. 28 at 2 p.m. It marks the third time in five years the rivalry has received national CBS coverage, including previous broadcasts from Logan in 2021 and Boise in 2022. Five of Utah State’s games will air on CBS Sports Network. That coverage begins with the season and home opener against UTEP on Saturday, Aug. 30 at 5:30 p.m., followed by home matchups against San José State on Friday, Oct. 17 (7 p.m.) and Nevada on Saturday, Nov. 8 (5:30 p.m.). The Aggies’ road games at UNLV (Nov. 15) and Fresno State (Nov. 22) will also air on CBSSN. Utah State’s non-conference game at Texas A&M on Sept. 6 will be televised on the SEC Network at 10:45 a.m. Mountain Time. The Aggies will host Air Force

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Wes Brooks brings international transfer recruit, new assistant coach | Sports

Utah State women’s basketball made two additions this week, one player and one coach. The former is international signee, Saskia Krüger who played in Germany last year. The latter is Quim Gomez, a native of Spain who joins the USU coaching staff after two seasons at Western Michigan. Krüger played last season at the second level of pro basketball in Germany, the German 2 Bundesliga. She appeared in 18 games for ASC Theresianum Mainz and averaged 6.9 points, 5.8 rebounds. She recorded four double-digit scoring games and two double-digit rebounding outings. Prior to playing for ASC Theresianum Mainz, she attended Baobob College in Lusaka, Zambia. Krüger was the youngest-ever player to compete in the Zambian national league and was a two-time MVP in nationals. “Saskia gives us a post player who perfectly fits our style of play with her ability to play inside out,” USU head coach Wes Brooks said. “She embraces the physicality that is needed to play the position.  She has good hands, as well as good footwork. She runs the floor well and can step outside to hit the 3 and can attack from the perimeter. Saskia is a good post defender who will continue to grow and develop in

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Utah Mammoth sign top prospects Simashev and But to their entry-level NHL contracts | Sports

The Utah Mammoth are bringing over two of their top prospects from Russia in time for next season, signing defenseman Dmitri Simashev and forward Daniil But to three-year entry-level contracts. FILE – Daniil But poses with Arizona Coyotes officials after being picked by the team during the first round of the NHL hockey draft, June 28, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, file) George Walker IV General manager Bill Armstrong announced the deals Wednesday, the latest bit of good news for the club that just got its full-time name and is going into its second season in Salt Lake City. Simashev was the sixth pick and But was taken 12th in the 2023 draft when the team was known as the Arizona Coyotes. Each of the 20-year-olds spent this past season in the KHL with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl and won the Gagarin Cup. “Dmitri has established himself as one of the top defenseman prospects in the NHL,” Armstrong said. “Daniil is a highly skilled forward with a great shot and playmaking skills who is coming off a career season.” Getting them signed allows Utah to play them in the NHL or the American Hockey League next season. It was

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Former Utah State football WR is leading UFL in receiving yards | Sports

Nearly six years after he wore a Utah State jersey, Siaosi Mariner is still finding ways to dominate on the football field. Mariner, currently a member of the Michigan Panthers of the United Football league, or UFL, is the leading receiver for both his team and the league as a whole. His play has helped lead Michigan to a 6-3 overall record ahead of its regular season finale against the Houston Roughnecks. Mariner currently has 528 total receiving yards, ranking first among all players. His 31 receptions ranks eighth, his yards per game and yards per reception rank second behind Deon Cain, the former Clemson receiver and five-year NFL veteran. For reference, Mariner’s 58.7 yards per game would put him right on the brink of a 1,000-yard campaign in a 17-game NFL season. According to James Larsen of Pro Football Newsroom, Mariner said he feels as though he’s one of the best pass-catchers in the UFL. “I feel like my name doesn’t get brought up enough. I think I’ve put myself in a position to be All-UFL. Our team success has triumphed a lot of that, and that’s fine,” Mariner said. “But I think I’m definitely one of the best,

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Utah State Track & Field sending 21 student-athletes to NCAA West First Rounds | Sports

LOGAN, Utah – Utah State track & field will be represented by 21 student-athletes at the 2025 NCAA West First Rounds in College Station, Texas, from Wednesday to Saturday, May 28-31.  Utah State will be sending 16 men and five women to the prelims. The Aggies’ 21 qualifying athletes for the preliminary round are the program’s most since a school-record 22 student-athletes were invited in 2018. Athletes who ranked among the top 48 in the East or West regions in their respective event earned berths to the NCAA First Rounds. Athletes with the top-12 times/marks and the 12 best relay teams at both the East and West First Rounds will advance to the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, which are being held June 11-14, in Eugene, Oregon. Three men’s pole vaulters, who collectively swept the podium at last week’s 2025 Mountain West Outdoor Track and Field Championships, qualified for the prelims. Junior Logan Hammer, a two-time All-American and five-time conference champion, leads the trio with a school-record clearance of 5.70 meters (18-8.25), set at the Beach Invitational, that also ranks second in the nation. Junior Javin Richards, the MW bronze medalist, advanced with a height of 5.30 meters (17-4.5), which

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Aggies in OTAs: which USU football players are in NFL training camps | Sports

Offseason training camp for the NFL is getting underway and there is a decent handful of former Utah State football stars that are participating. Some have roster spots nailed down while others are fighting for a spot on the depth chart, or even to make the roster altogether. Six former Aggies in total can be found on offseason rosters. Several recent Aggies in the NFL are no longer on this list. Firstly, there were a couple players who were invited to rookie camps that have not apparently made it to OTAs with those respective teams. Spencer Petras (QB), was invited to both the Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Chargers rookie camps, but is listed on neither of their OTA rosters. Jacob Garcia (LS) was at the Miami Dolphins’ rookie camp, but is not on their 90-man OTA roster. As for veterans, Deven Thompkins (WR), Nick Vigil (LB) and Patrick Scales (LS) all played in the league last year, but are not on any OTA roster. Vigil (31 years old) and Scales (37) appear to have reached the end of relatively long careers. Scales played nine seasons, eight of those with the Chicago Bears. Vigil spent time with five teams

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Pac-12 is reaching make-or-break stretch with mediation, TV deal, expansion on its plate | Sports

The Pac-12 and Mountain West have begun their announced mediation, seeking a resolution to multiple lawsuits brought on by the Pac-12 and some of its member schools in an attempt to lower what they feel is an extortionate amount of fees — nearly $150 million — for poaching five teams from the Mountain West in an attempt to rebuild their own conference. It could be an incredibly lengthy process or a short one depending on whether compromises can be found. But while it was the Mountain West that initiated the mediation, indicating it could be a little more eager to get all of this legal nonsense over with, the Pac-12 has plenty riding on this mediation. Along with that, these next few weeks are set to determine the long term fate of the 110-year old conference. Ultimately, the goal for the Pac-12 is clear: become the preeminent non-Power 4 conference. They want to stand above both the Mountain West and AAC which have fought over the title of “best of the rest” for years. Bringing in the undisputed top football teams in the Mountain West over the last 10 years, along with the majority of basketball powers, was a good

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White has 2 goals, Vite scores in the 90th minute as Whitecaps beat RSL 3-2 | Sports

SANDY, Utah (AP) — Brian White scored two goals — his second multi-goal game in his last three and third this season — and Pedro Vite scored from just outside the area in the 90th minute to help the Vancouver Whitecaps rally and beat Real Salt Lake 3-2 on Saturday night. Vancouver (10-1-4) is unbeaten in nine consecutive games dating to a 3-1 loss to Chicago on March 22. Vite bent a shot inside the back post to give the Whitecaps their first lead. Zavier Gozo scored his first career goal in the first minute. The 18-year-old in his third MLS season ran onto a ball played ahead by Diego Luna and, from the left side of the area, slipped a shot between the legs of defender Tristan Blackmon and inside the near post. Luna made it 2-0 when he scored his fifth goal in the last six games in the 4th minute. Dominik Marczuk played a cross from the right side that was deflected by goalkeeper Yohei Takaoka, but Luna was there to put away the rebound with a one-touch finish to make it 2-0. Salt Lake scored two goals in the first five minutes of a match for

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What a Bryson Barnes-led Utah State offense could look like | Sports

The coaching staff for Utah State have kept things pretty close to the chest with its roster, schemes, depth chart and other player personnel info. Though one of the few assumptions that has been made is that returning quarterback Bryson Barnes will earn his way into being the week one starter for the Aggies. The senior has actually never been a week one starter in his collegiate career, but despite that fact has been a consistent feature for both USU and at his previous stop with the University of Utah. If Barnes does end up taking the reins of the offense under first-year head coach Bronco Mendenhall and returning (from a two year stint in 2012 and 2013) offensive coordinator Kevin McGiven, how different will the unit be from recent years? Well, the Aggies haven’t really had a QB like Barnes playing full time. Key words being “full time.” Utah State has had running QBs — Levi Williams and Andrew Peasley the most recent examples of impactful runners at the position — but those two combined for 208 passes in six combined seasons spent in Logan. The main quarterbacks have mainly been guys that were decently mobile, but not true

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