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Unseen kindness: Stories from a walker crossing America

Sep 04, 2024 02:51PM ● By Julie Slama

After a successful career that led him to being able to travel and stay in fancy hotels, Mike Bassett is walking the simplified life, pushing a converted jogging stroller across America.

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Special Olympics TopGolf: Championing inclusion for all athletes

Oct 09, 2023 03:46PM ● By Julie Slama

“The athletes are practicing their accuracy, but they’re also developing skills and forging friendships.”

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Local skaters’ revolutionary skateboard brake changes the game

Sep 11, 2023 03:13PM ● By Peri Kinder

Local skaters create a braking device for skateboards that provide control and safety.

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USA Rugby to host International Friendly in Utah

Sep 11, 2023 02:56PM ● By Daniel Olsen

They also hope to break the biggest scrum in the world record on Sept. 16.

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Utah’s first, only boxing woman referee ‘knows the ropes’

Aug 10, 2023 11:02AM ● By Julie Slama

“I’m the only woman referee in Utah, period. I’m the first. I’m the first Latina. When I leave there, we don’t have a woman who will step in and that’s the saddest part. There’s no one to pass the baton to.”

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SLCC exercise science student Erin Jackson aiming to repeat speedskating gold medal at 2026 Olympics

Aug 10, 2023 10:59AM ● By Julie Slama

The 2012 and 2013 Female Athlete of the Year for Roller Skates turned speedskater is the first Black American woman to win the World Cup and the Olympic gold in the 500 meters. She also is a Salt Lake Community College student.

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