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Friday, December 23, 2011

Nobody's perfect
ESPN
By Rick Reilly Rocky Widner/NBAE/Getty Images It's early in his NBA career but Jimmer Fredette has quickly dispelled the idea that his game peaked at BYU. It takes me 16 minutes to do Eight Minute Abs. I once asked the ship's captain what time the ...

ESPN's Rick Reilly Pays 5K Over Slamming Kings' Jimmer Fredette
A Royal Pain
Though, I did find one glaring issue with Reilly's article, as he mentions that Fredette and fiance Whitney Wonnacott plan to marry June 1st in Colorado. My question is, how's Jimmer going to get Finals MVP and make it to the wedding on time?

BYU basketball: Cougars take awhile to take care of the task at hand
Deseret News
BYU's Matt Carlino makes a thrre-point-shot in the final seconds of the first half as Brigham Young University plays UC Santa Barbara in men's basketball Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, in Provo, Utah. UCSB came out firing, taking a 14-9 lead four

Mendenhall's bowl memories mostly fond
Las Vegas Review - Journal
By DAVE MCCANN Bronco Mendenhall has guided Brigham Young to seven bowl games in seven seasons as coach. The Cougars will meet Tulsa on Dec. 30 in the Armed Forces Bowl in Dallas. Mendenhall is 4-2 in bowl games and has played five times in the Las

BYU women's hoops runs win streak to 10 with blowout of Nevada
Daily Herald
BYU's Kristen Riley puts up a shot during the game against Southern Utah at the Marriott Center in Provo on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011. SPENSER HEAPS/Daily Herald After the first three games of the 2011-12 season, the BYU women's basketball team had a

Franchuk: Rock Chalk "Jake" Hawk, baby...maybe
Daily Herald
BYU quarterback Jake Heaps looks to pass during a game against New Mexico State during the ... Jason Franchuk can be reached at jfranchuk@heraldextra.com.

Jake Heaps transferring from BYU to Kansas
The Seattle Times
Jake Heaps, former Skyline High School and Brigham Young quarterback, announced Thursday he is transferring to Kansas. The sophomore, who asked BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall to be released from his scholarship Dec. 5, took a visit to Lawrence, Kan.,

BYU football: BYU in the process of signing Marques Johnson
Deseret News
By Brandon Gurney, Deseret News PROVO — Sources at BYU indicate that BYU is in the process of signing junior college defensive tackle Marques Johnson, a 6-foot-2, 305-pound prospect from El Camino Junior College in Torrance, Calif.

Twin Falls Star Runner Harris Commits to BYU
Twin Falls Times-News
Twin Falls High School senior distance runner Erik Harris has committed to run at Brigham Young University. Harris will run track and cross country for the Cougars. In his four years of cross country at Twin Falls, Harris never finished below 11th at

Chow emotional as he returns to Hawaii
The Associated Press
"No more. We're going to tell them to stay home and make us proud. I'll have to change my recruiting pitch a little bit." Chow got his coaching start at Waialua High and Intermediate School before becoming a graduate assistant at BYU in 1973