News about Brigham Young

Each of Duquesne's players received a new pair of NBA superstar LeBron James' shoes before playing in its first NCAA Tournament game in nearly 50 years against Brigham Young. Duquesne had to win the Atlantic-10 Conference Tournament to secure a spot in March Madness, and had done so by winning four games in a row, including over Dayton, the conference's regular-season champions. James' gift to Duquesne was not out of appreciation. Keith Dambrot, the Dukes' first high school coach at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, is in charge.

During the third quarter, the teams were tied at 17 about halfway through the third quarter, when BYU was less than ten yards away from their end zone. Bowman Jr.'s timing in intercepting BYU quarterback Jake Retzlaff's pass to wide receiver Kody Epps could not have been more perfect. Bowman Jr. was able to complete the 100-yard dash with ease. Despite Retzlaff's last-ditch attempt to stop the game, Bowman Jr.'s front turned away from him and into the end zone. The audience at LaVell Edwards Stadium in BYU was stunned into silence. Meanwhile, the Sooners commemorated the astonishing touchdown.

According to a bill that was signed into law in March, a redesigned flag would replace the state flag from 1911, sparking a controversy over the new flag's design. It replaces a 'cr*p' flag, according to proponents, while critics are frantically trying to get the decision reversed.

In an unearthed exception to his 2000 memoir, Melinda Gates' rumored new husband confessed to verbally insulting his ex-wife while pregnant. According to a recent TMZ survey, Melinda, 58, who is newly single following Bill Gates' departure, is secretly dating former Fox News reporter Jon Du Pre, 68, 'for months.' Du Pre, a television presenter who has worked in many towns around the country, was previously married to Miss Utah Gina Larsen, 1985. Both were studying journalism at Brigham Young College. In his autobiography, The Prosecutors Father tells the tale of their tumultuous marriages. Du Pre wrote a scathing passage: "She was disarmed and I was laden with explosive rage, she didn't have a chance."

During a College Football game between the two schools on Saturday, the University of Oregon issued a statement condemning 'offensive and disgraceful' chants directed at Brigham Young University. Footage of a crowd of supporters shouting 'f*** the Mormons' as Oregon defeated BYU at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, OR, has surfaced. Oregon issued a statement on Sunday expressing their disapproving of the chanting.

The Mormon-sponsored university cited a desire for faculty and equipment to point to its Office of Belonging, which was established last year. In the past, BYU faced similar resistance about its stance on gay rights. Maddison Tenney, a BYU undergraduate, admitted that she was the one behind the pamphlets' creation after experiencing loneliness at the Mormon-influenced university. 'I remember sitting in my white dorm room with these cement walls and crumbling,' Tenney said. "I didn't know anyone who was like me, who wanted to be faithful and embrace the fullness of themselves." According to Fox News, students are still forbidden to participate in "same-sex dating activities" or risk being unenrolled.