John Leone✓

2,000 followers!!! When I was making my goals for the 2026 calendar year, I wrote down 2,000 as the number I hoped to achieve by 2027. Never in a million years did I think it would happen in May. As I was sitting in my Las Vegas hotel room following Utah's bowl victory, I thought that number was way too high. At the time, I had 288 followers and was determined to build a following. That feels like a long time ago now. I've mentioned it before, but as an aspiring sports media personality, I recognize how much building a social media presence matters. None of this happens without the people who read my stuff, share it, argue with me about it, and keep coming back. I am so unbelievably grateful for every single one of you. I know 2,000 might not seem like much of a milestone, but seeing others genuinely enjoy the content I produce — the recaps, the transfer portal breakdowns, player analyses — means more to me than I can really put into words. This is what I want to do with my life, and knowing there's an audience that's along for the ride makes all the late nights worth it. I want to give a huge shoutout to the select people in the Utah athletics world who have led me in the right direction through this past year. I hope you all know who you are. Here's to the next 2,000! I can't wait for another year of covering Utah athletics as the Sports Editor of the Daily Utah Chronicle. Thank you. Genuinely. It is, and forever will be, Go Utes!

Hahaha shocker

NEW: Optimism continues to grow that BYU star RB LJ Martin can return for its game against Utah, @PeteNakos reports😼

Move over Luka

OFFICIAL: Lakers sign Lawson Lovering to a two-way contract.

Need suggestions on things to do/see in Cincinnati. So far the list consists of skyline chili.

Update on the petition: Over 16,000 signatures.

There is a petition with over 10,000 signatures to move the Holy War out of the 10:00 A.M. local slot. Not sure it’s possible to change at this point but it’s pretty clear what the people want.

Just to clear things up… I know the petition very likely isn’t going to do anything. I’m not complaining about the time. I’m just reporting on how many people have signed it lol

SCORE PREDICTION TIME Give me your guess for the final score between Utah and Cincinnati on Saturday. Prize pool has been carried over each of the last three weeks. 42-17 Utes

Let’s goooooo!!!!

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Bumping this. Standing my ground

I don’t mean to be negative, but Halloween has got to be the most overrated holiday of all time. It’s not particularly close either

Utah’s equipment staff has been firing on all cylinders this season🔥

𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒆 travels ⚪️🪶 #GoUtes | #RSNB | @UofUHealth

There’s no way people actually think cricket is harder than baseball, right?

“There are a lot of people that don’t have super high expectations for us, but within our circle and within our locker room we know that we can win every single game this year. If we do that this building will be packed.” - Jaxon Johnson

“It’s definitely been brought up a few times. Ultimately the way to pack the Huntsman again is to win. That’s our focus. We’ve got to come out, we’ve got to compete, and we’ve got to prove everyone wrong.” - Jaxon Johnson

Utah forward Jaxon Johnson on the goal of becoming the team to bring back Utah basketball “That’s the goal. That’s why I committed here three years ago. Growing up, having season tickets, coming to the games, watching my favorite players play in this building. It would mean everything to pack the Huntsman again and earn the fans’ trust and bring back that environment.”

“I’m a big believer that it builds chemistry when you get to know someone on a personal level. You start to trust them more, and when you translate that to the court, good things happen for you and your teammates.” - Jaxon Johnson

“I’ve never been on a team like this. After practice we’re in the locker room for an hour, hour and a half, just talking and cracking jokes. We really are best friends. We love being around each other and we love hanging out outside of basketball.” - Jaxon Johnson

“We have a lot of things that we need to work on. I think we’ve shown flashes of the team that we can be, and we’ve also shown flashes of the team that we shouldn’t be. The coaches have done a great job of taking us into film and showing us things to clean up. In practice we get after it and clean those things up.” - Jaxon Johnson

“The coaches always tell me that I need to shoot the ball when I’m open. As a stretch forward that’s the dream. I feel like I’m settling in pretty well.” - Jaxon Johnson

“I feel like my legs are finally getting back under me. There are a few things that I still need to get back, but for the most part I would say that I’m back feeling good.” - Jaxon Johnson

“Playing these last three games has reminded me how much I really did miss basketball. I also learned that I can compete at this level.” - Jaxon Johnson