After a brief hiatus, BYU football is back with spring camp. The first day brought an unseasonably warm practice held outdoors.
One of the main objectives is to get the roster down to 105 players before the opener against Portland State on Aug. 30.
All told, there are 113 players on the roster distributed by BYU officials Thursday, with more scheduled to join the team — mainly freshmen who aren’t going on church missions — this summer, Jay Drew reported.
Here's what three members of the team had to say about the first practice back:
Quarterback Jake Retzlaff: "This year we have such a solid foundation, built by the seniors from last year, built by the core guys coming back. So many veterans coming back on both sides of the ball. We are moving faster. I mean, we got done early today, according to the clock, which never happens in a football practice, ever. So that’s pretty impressive.”
Safety Tanner Wall: “We have been getting after it in the weight room. Our strength staff has done a great job getting us ready for spring ball and starting this offseason the right way. We have been … getting bigger, faster and stronger.”
Coach Kalani Sitake: “From Day 1, I like the talent on the team, and the potential. But that’s all it is right now, is potential. We gotta keep putting in the work. I thought today the effort was awesome. So as long as we keep the effort going, I think we will be in a really good spot.”
🏈 Read more about what stood out from the first day of spring camp.
Utah lawmakers address ‘turmoil’ businesses feel related to Trump tariff plans
As President Donald Trump continues to threaten to increase tariffs on goods from several countries, including Mexico and Canada, Sen. John Curtis and Rep. Blake Moore met with Utah business leaders on Thursday to talk about how the confusion swirling around trade is affecting them.
In a Truth Social post, Trump blamed the two countries for the “very high and unacceptable levels” of fentanyl flowing into the U.S., Gitanjali Poonia reported.
What tariffs are included in his plan?
25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada
10% tariffs on goods imported from China
10% tariff on energy resources from Canada
Here's what two Utah lawmakers said about the tariffs and their potential impact.
Sen. John Curtis: “I was in Congress seven years ago under Trump 1 and still have scars from the tariffs. I remember the phone calls, the letters, the pleas of our small businesses. The smaller you are, the more difficult it is to navigate tariffs. It’s not that we don’t also feel sorry for large business, but they have more ability to switch supply chains, rely on different products and shift that burden around, and a lot of our small businesses don’t."
Rep. Blake Moore: “I love the tariff concept. I understand why President Trump says, ‘tariffs are my favorite word.' The only problem is there’s more to deal with Mexico right now. Canada — they’re already working with us on all these things."
Amos Guiora, a University of Utah law professor, recently received four leather-bound books belonging to his paternal grandfather who died in Auschwitz.
How the books made their way from his grandfather’s suitcase confiscated in the selection line at the infamous death camp in Poland into the hands of a notorious Nazi in Germany is a mystery, Dennis Romboy writes.
Getting the books back to the rightful heir
A man named Leibl Rosenberg has dedicated his life to finding descendants of the rightful owners of 9,000 books looted from victims of the Nazi regime and discovered in Julius Streicher’s library at the end of the war.
When Guiora was at his house outside Jerusalem, he received an email from the Looted Books project with a subject line that caught his attention: Shlomo Natan Goldberg, his grandfather's name.
The email and subsequent emails contained a series of questions to verify Guiora’s identity and relationship to Goldberg.
Receiving the books
Once he confirmed his identity, the books were sent to his home.
“To tell you that I am eternally grateful would be an all-time understatement. This is the only thing I have of him, of my grandfather,” Guiora said.
Read more about the incredible story of the stolen books and how they were returned to the rightful heir.
Ridgeline Riverhawks guard Abbey Hobbs (3) smiles after the Riverhawks won the 4A Girls Basketball State Championship, scoring 65-46 over the Snow Canyon Warriors, at America First Event Center in Cedar City on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025.
🗓️ Events Calendar
We put together a calendar list of events and activities going on around the state of Utah during the next month. Check it out and let us know if we are missing anything!
Here are some highlights for events in Utah today:
“Million Dollar Quartet” | Festival Hall and Heritage Theater, Cedar City
“Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” | Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre, Salt Lake City
Utah Jazz vs. Minnesota Timberwolves | 7:30 p.m.
BYU women’s gymnastics vs. Arizona State | 7 p.m.
UVU baseball vs. UC Davis | 4:05 p.m.
Please reach out to me at sgambles@deseretnews.com if you have any thoughts, feedback or ideas you would like to share!
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