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Muslims attending BYU find similarities between Islam, LDS tenets
Mormon Life says: What is the thing this Muslim student finds odd about BYU? All the people trying to get married. (Funny.)
He's been to LDS general conference and sacrament meeting, given a family home evening lesson and shared his beliefs during fast and testimony meeting. But the one thing that still puzzles Talha...
BYU football notebook: Heaps, Apo make it official, sign with Cougars
A little more than six months after they orchestrated a press conference at a sports bar in Salt Lake City to announce their verbal commitments to BYU, quarterback Jake Heaps and wide receiver Ross Apo have signed scholarship agreements to enroll in January. Now, they're officially Cougars. Four...
BYU football seniors see a new side to Bronco
Since becoming BYU's head coach on Dec. 13, 2004, Bronco Mendenhall has experienced a transformation, just like the program he oversees. Nobody knows that better than his seniors, several of whom have been with Mendenhall from the time he took the reins of the Cougar football program. Many of the...
The top 10 BYU stories of the decade
Mormon Life says: A very interesting look back at the last 10 years.
Over the past decade, the world has changed dramatically as the economy took a roller-coaster ride, technology developed exponentially and nations went to war. While these events affected our daily...
BYU football: Bronco weighs in on Max Hall
BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall said quarterback Max Hall "didn't use great judgment" when he unleashed a tirade against the University of Utah after the Cougars defeated the Utes, 26-23, on Nov. 28. At the same time, Mendenhall doesn't believe Hall should receive any more punishment than he already...
Utah/BYU rivalry can be more civil
Harold Christensen has bled blue his whole life. He grew up in Provo, where his father was a beloved English professor at BYU for more than 30 years. He was a starter for the 1951 NIT-winning BYU basketball team. He was inducted into the BYU athletic Hall of Fame in 1978. Three of his sons have...
Renowned BYU religion professor killed in crash
Mormon Life says: A beautiful tribute to a faithful saint. I love this: "What my dad taught is what he lived."
On a day in June 1978 in Johannesburg, South Africa, a black man named Moses ran down a long set of church steps, while a white man in his mid-thirties ran up. They met in the middle and embraced. ...
BYU a cappella group to compete in a television, holiday, sing-off show
Mormon Life says: This show sounds like a fun time.
A BYU a cappella group will compete in the upcoming singing competition series "The Sing-Off," a four-night holiday event premiering Dec. 14 (8-10 p.m. ET). The battle of voices will continue on...
BYU professor is named one of '100 Top Global Thinkers'
The work that earned a BYU political science professor a spot on the list of the "100 Top Global Thinkers of 2009" was repeatedly turned down before it was published. Valerie Hudson, who was number 97 in Foreign Policy magazine's year-end collection, sent her study, "Bare Branches," to several...
Why is BYU ignoring Hall's spew of hatred?
Mormon Life says: The whole Max Hall incident is kind of old news at this point but this article is interesting from the perspective of questioning BYU's responsibility and involvement in punishment.
I am not surprised that the BYU-Utah football rivalry caused BYU quarterback Max Hall to go all Three Mile Island on us last Saturday. Such a meltdown has been brewing for years. It was bound to...
BYU says Hall incident has been resolved
As far as BYU and its athletic department are concerned, the incident surrounding quarterback Max Hall's inflammatory comments directed at the University of Utah has been resolved. Apparently satisfied with Hall's public apology, the university "plans no additional action and will have no further...
BYU-Utah rivalry hints of religious rift
Mormon Life says: How can you call it a holy war when so many players and coaches on both teams share the same religion?
As a BYU football player competing against Utah, Aaron Roderick remembers the derisive signs and religious taunts of fans -- likely the same fans who now support him as a Ute assistant coach. Much...
BYU football players express desire for rivalry to be friendlier
As BYU linebacker Matt Bauman trudged off the field at Rice-Eccles Stadium last November, a delirious Utah fan accosted him and threw a cup of beer in his face, Bauman says. As if losing to the arch-rival Utes, 48-24, and watching them celebrate an outright Mountain West Conference championship,...
Even BYU & Utah football coaches are in the rivalry
Something's got to give when BYU and Utah square off Saturday at LaVell Edwards Stadium. For the second time in their careers as head coaches, Bronco Mendenhall and Kyle Whittingham will match wits in a rubber match. Each has two wins, including one apiece on the opposing field, in head-to-head...
The conversion of two BYU football teammates
Mormon Life says: Ty Detmer is able to stand in the circle to confirm his old teammate. Pretty cool story.
While quarterback Ty Detmer was playing through his stellar, Heisman Trophy-winning career at BYU, Garrett Tujague stood up for him as an offensive lineman. When Garett Tujague was baptized in...
