http://www.deseretnews.com/home/ Vai Sikahema en-us Copyright 2013, Deseret News Publishing Company Sat, 25 May 2013 00:00:01 MDT Sat, 25 May 2013 13:43:36 MDT Newspapers http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765629284/A-tribute-to-Mom.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765629284/A-tribute-to-Mom.html My dear mother, Ruby Sikahema, passed away peacefully in her sleep last month after a long battle with diabetes. Her funeral... Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765607749/Golden-Tate-not-so-golden-in-moment-of-truth.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765607749/Golden-Tate-not-so-golden-in-moment-of-truth.html There's a popular public service announcement I see fairly regularly on every network and cable channel that draws my... Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765605860/BYU-performance-is-not-what-ESPN-signed-up-for.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765605860/BYU-performance-is-not-what-ESPN-signed-up-for.html Whenever BYU plays on Thursday nights, which lately seems quite often, my sports staff knows it's a matter of great importance. Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765604179/Im-not-checking-my-religion-at-BYU-Utah-rivalrys-door.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765604179/Im-not-checking-my-religion-at-BYU-Utah-rivalrys-door.html "Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sports — the thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat... Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765602471/Time-is-right-for-BYU-to-honor-Jim-McMahon.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765602471/Time-is-right-for-BYU-to-honor-Jim-McMahon.html Jim McMahon is on the cover of Sports Illustrated this week for the seventh time in his life Fri, 07 Sep 2012 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765600811/Heres-hoping-my-next-fiddy-years-are-as-good-as-the-first-50.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765600811/Heres-hoping-my-next-fiddy-years-are-as-good-as-the-first-50.html This past Monday, my youngest, Lana, started school at BYU. A couple of days later, on Wednesday, I turned 50. Or as my... Fri, 31 Aug 2012 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765599163/Vais-View-Polished-quarterback-won-me-over-to-BYU.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765599163/Vais-View-Polished-quarterback-won-me-over-to-BYU.html As a 15-year-old high school sophomore in 1977, my relationship with my inactive-LDS father wasn't great, in part because I... Fri, 24 Aug 2012 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765597689/Vais-View-Farewell-to-Tom-Mazza-a-friend-who-told-it-like-it-was.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765597689/Vais-View-Farewell-to-Tom-Mazza-a-friend-who-told-it-like-it-was.html While in London earlier this week, I received word that my dear and close friend Tom Mazza had passed away back home in... Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765596671/Olympics-filled-with-inspiring-moments-2-on-and-off-the-court.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765596671/Olympics-filled-with-inspiring-moments-2-on-and-off-the-court.html The Games of the 30th Olympiad are in the books. London is the seventh Olympics I've covered. I've come to regard the... Sun, 12 Aug 2012 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765595632/Vais-View-Reid-family-receives-support-strength-at-funeral.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765595632/Vais-View-Reid-family-receives-support-strength-at-funeral.html My wife Keala and oldest son Landon represented our family at Garrett Reid's funeral Tuesday morning, as I am in London... Wed, 08 Aug 2012 00:00:00 MDT