On Labor Day, Monday, 7 September 2020, history will be made as the BYU Cougars and the Navy Midshipmen football teams kick off the season by squaring off on the gridiron at the Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland. This will be the first time in...
William Bradford, governor of the Plymouth colony for 30 years, is quoted as having said, “Thus out of small beginnings greater things have been produced by His hand that made all things of nothing, and gives being to all things that are; and, as one small candle may...
Jonny Stott is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often referred to as “the Mormon Church”) and a senior at Green Canyon High School in North Logan, Utah. Ever since Jonny was a little boy he has always wanted to play football. However, he...
Tanner McKee, a Division I athlete and an elite college quarterback signee, grew up in Corona, California, and is the second of four children. He played baseball, basketball, volleyball, and football. He also grew up listening to the stories about his dad’s missionary...
Ken Niumatalolo is the well-known head coach of the United States Navy football team. To say that he is accustomed to winning is an understatement. He had led his team to bowl games, been welcomed to the White House, gleaned coaching honors and — most importantly to...
Fred Warner Jr. is a 22-year-old (19 November 1966) American Football linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He was born to Laura and Fred Warner and has two siblings. His younger brother, Troy, is a defensive back for Brigham...
Elder Larry Carr, a former BYU linebacker, and his wife, Sister Laurie Carr, were 60-something senior missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often mistakenly referred to as “The Mormon Church”). They had been sent to Boston in October 2016...
Superbowl LIII was played in Atlanta, Georgia, on Sunday, 3 February 2019, with the New England Patriots defeating the Los Angeles Rams with a score of 13-3. The game will long be remembered as the lowest scoring game in Super Bowl history. However, New England’s...
Chase Roberts is a 6-4, 185-pound Wide Receiver on the American Fork High School football team in American Fork, Utah. He has been nominated to play in the ESPN All-American football game to be televised on ESPN on Thursday, 3 January 2019. Only the nation’s elite are...
Taysom Hill sat down with Dick Harmon in an interview with the Deseret News. During the interview, he reflected on his time as an athlete, his time at BYU, and where he is now. His NFL career started off with the Green Bay Packers. He said in the interview that when...
In Annapolis, Ken Niumatalolo (who you may remember from the documentary Meet the Mormons) has a coveted job as the Navy head football coach, but there’s another Mormon at the Academy with a sweet role. Latter-day Saint returned missionary, Midshipman Cathryn...
Navy Coach Ken Niumatalolo and Baltimore Ravens’ defensive end Bronson Kaufusi have more than just the game of football in common—they’re both LDS, and they’ve established the kind of bond that can only be described by the word “family.”...
BYU football quarterback Tanner Mangum has been opening up about his battle with depression in the hope that he can help change the stigma surrounding mental health. Mangum first disclosed that he has been dealing with depression and all its effects in some social...
Taysom Hill is an NFL quarterback for the Green Bay Packers. He played football in college while attending Brigham Young University. While attending high school in Pocatello, Idaho, Hill was a letterman in football, basketball and track. He earned the All-Idaho Player...
While playing in the fourth annual Jordy Nelson Charity Softball game, a Green Bay Packers quarterback and former BYU quarterback Taysom Hill hit 19 home runs. One stray ball made contact with a car in the parking lot and broke the windshield. The game took place on...
Kyle Van Noy is an outside linebacker for the New England Patriots, an American Football team. His wife, Marissa Powell, is a former Miss Utah and came in third runner-up in the 2013 Miss USA pageant. Together, the couple founded the Van Noy Valor Foundation, which...
