(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utes defensive tackle Junior Tafuna (58) celebrates after intercepting a pass for Utah, in football action at Rice-Eccles Stadium between the Utah Utes and the Southern Utah Thunderbirds 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.