BURNSY

Rustyn Burnside has been covering the local sports scene here in Southern Utah since 2017. A fan of all things Utah sports, Rustyn is honored to bring you weekly updates, news and topics in regards to High School, Collegiate and Professional Sports every weekday, 4-6 on the Andy Thompson Show as a co-host, and through written media on sportsradio977.com. A graduate of Utah Tech University, Rustyn and his family are glad to be a part of the St. George Community and the chance to grow alongside it.

EA Sports Gives Utah Hockey Fans First Taste of New Uniforms on Ice

Today, EA Sports, developer and publisher of widely known and somewhat accepted sports games, released details on “NHL 25”, their newest iteration of their hockey franchise. The game, set to release on October 4th, dropped it’s reveal trailer and within it can be found glimpses of the Utah Hockey Club.

Utah State QB Listed in Mountain West Preseason Top 5 Ranking

It only makes sense that the Aggies gunslinger would crack the preseason ranking of top 5 quarterbacks in the Mountain West Conference.

It Will Cost Utah How Much To Watch Live Out of Market NFL Games?

In case you were not quite aware, Utah does not have an NFL team. The NBA, check, the NHL, check, the MLB, pending, the NFL, not even a chance right now. With no local allegiances, fans of football in the beehive state have connections tying them to all 32 NFL teams...

Betting Odds Tab BYU’s Kalani Sitake as a Hot Seat Candidate

The new college football season is ripe with projections. Top 25 polls and conference champion guesses, who’s most likely to make the playoffs, who will be bowl eligible and what player will run for the Heisman Trophy. Those are the fun “popular” things to guess, and while those are good for some water cooler banter, it can be fun to get into the nitty gritty. The ugly stuf...

Region 9 Football Kicks off Tomorrow: Here’s What You Need to Know

Tomorrow is the much anticipated day in which Region 9 High School Football returns here in the beehive state. The helmets are buffed, the playlist is saved, the cleats shined and the paint sits fresh on the gridiron. The Friday night lights may not kick on until about 9:00 this time of year, but that wont stop the celebration of football being back in action for our Region 9 family...

Utah Signs NBA Champion

Between Dante Exum and Joe Ingles the Utah Jazz have rostered a player from Australia throughout 2014 to 2022. The last couple of seasons have lacked that Utah Jazz Aussie, alongside hideous uniforms and poor play. Two of those three things are now being righted...

Utah’s Recent Roster Moves Have a Catch

The Utah Jazz have been very busy filling out their roster as of late. As soon as the ink dried on Lauri Markkanen’s 5 year, $238 million contract, Utah finally had the clarity needed to finalize the rest of the 2024-2025 Utah Jazz squad. T...

Utah Utes Ranked Yet Again in AP Top 25

Utah Utes Ranked Yet Again in AP Top 25 With only 11 days standing between ravenous fans and the kickoff of college football, the predictions and estimations for who will stand among the college football elite are ramping up. None of these estimates hold as much power as the Associated Press and their Top 25 preseason poll...

WATCH: Utah, BYU Make Brief Appearances In ESPN CFB Anthem

Any new college football season wouldn't be truly ready to start without a big time anthem. A song, mixed with video clips of highlights, stadium entrances and screaming fans intended to hype up whoever lays eyes upon it. As is tradition, ESPN released their College Football Anthem for the 2024-2025 season via social media today, replacing last year’s version involving Post Malone. T...

Weber State Represents Utah in the FCS Preseason Top 25

When the casual football fan thinks of FCS football, they often have their mind navigate towards the Dakota’s and rightfully so. Between last year’s champion, the South Dakota State Jackrabbits, and the North Dakota State Bison, the FCS title has ended up In one of the Dakota’s for 11 of the last 14 seasons. Only Eastern ...