(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Southern Utah Thunderbirds safety Rodrick Ward (3) closes in on Utah Utes running back Tavion Thomas (9), in football action between the Utah Utes and the Southern Utah Thunderbirds, at Rice-Eccles Stadium, on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022.
Josh Newman began covering the University of Utah for The Tribune in 2019. A Long Island, N.Y. native, he covered Rutgers University and Monmouth University for the Asbury Park Press in New Jersey for 15 years. Basketball remains his first love, a cold IPA coming in a close second.