Amy Donaldson
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Amy Donaldson covers high school sports, winter and Olympic sports, as well as outdoor and recreation. She manages the Deseret News' Reasons to Run blog, as well as writes a twice-a-month fitness column. She also writes a weekly general sports column each Monday. Donaldson was born in Utah, but graduated from Robert Service High School in Anchorage, Alaska. She graduated from Snow College and the University of Utah (Communications). She started at the Deseret News in 1991 covering night police/corrections and switched to sports in January of 2000.

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Jordan High junior-to-be, Austin Kafentzis, unexpectedly committed to Gary Andersen's Wisconsin Badgers on Tuesday afternoon. He is the reigning Mr. Football in Utah
A group of parents will run the Wasatch Back Ragnar Relay in honor of their children who are battling cancer. They hope to raise awareness and offer their children support.
The Utah High School Rodeo Finals begins Wednesday morning in Heber City. The competition continues through Saturday night when the National High School Finals team will be named.
A South Jordan man hopes to compete in the Ironman World Championship this fall despite his battle with brain cancer.
Like most people who watched the video of Rutgers men's basketball coach Mike Rice pushing, kicking and berating players, Joe Cravens felt the coach's behavior was clearly unacceptable.
The UHSAA's executive committee won't decide until August whether to use two or three officials for high school basketball games. They also asked the Board of Trustees to decide whether or not to change the sta...
Bountiful native and two-time Olympian Jake Gibb returns to Utah to welcome the first AVP tour event in the state.
National Running Day is a chance to express gratitude for a transformative sport, while enticing others to give it a try. In celebration, the Deseret News Classic Marathon is giving away race entries to the 201...
A North Las Vegas runner continues to run despite a debilitating disease because it helps him hold on to the best parts of who he is. He will run 19.1 miles in the Wasatch Back Relay later this month as part of...
The U.S. Ski Team's new TEAM Academy honors its first graduating class Saturday in Park City.