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A jogger runs near downtown Houston on Monday, Jan. 12, 2009. Exercise is beneficial to health and overall well-being at any time of the day, so does it really matter whether you work out in the morning or at night? Here’s what research has to say about the benefits of both.David J. Phillip, Associated Press Exercise is beneficial to health and overall well-being at any time of the day, so does it really matter whether you work out in the morning or at night? Here’s what research has to say about the benefits of both.What are the pros of a morning workout? The early bird gets the gains! First of all, scheduling a workout first thing in the morning leaves less room for plans to get in the way. Evening workouts may get pushed back if last-minute invites or work meetings arise. Exercising in the morning is also beneficial to your sleep cycle. According to a study in The Journal of Physiology, creating a morning workout habit can shift your body’s circadian rhythm, resulting in increased alertness during the day and more feelings of tiredness at night, per CNET.Morning workouts can also help when it comes to weight loss and strength-based goals:According to a study published online in the British Journal of Nutrition, people who exercised in a “fasted state,” meaning that they hadn’t eaten before working out, burned almost 20% more fat compared to those who had eaten before their workout, Science Daily reported. Working out in the morning may help you burn more calories. A study in science journal Cell Metabolism “indicated that exercising around mid-morning results in more oxygen being delivered to cells and yields a more rejuvenating effect on the body than exercising in the evening,” per News Medical.Your workout “afterburn” also may last longer after morning workouts over afternoon workouts, Men’s Health reports. Known as Excess Post-Exercise Oxygen Consumption, or EPOC, afterburn allows your body to continue to “blast fat and calories long after you’ve left the gym,” per Genesis Health Clubs.What are the pros of an evening workout? If working out in the morning isn’t your jam, there’s still plenty of pros to getting a pump in at night. For one, you typically have more energy in the evening than when you first wake up, resulting in higher levels of endurance and power. This is especially great for cardio, as “research shows people who work out in the evening take up to 20% longer to reach exhaustion, so you can run, ride or swim for longer,” Men’s Health reported.Evening workouts offer more flexibility because of their later time, resulting in:Longer or better workouts. A study published in the Journal of Sports Science & Medicine found evening workouts yielded stronger and better performances than morning workouts, since the body’s core temperature was up after a day’s worth of tasks.More opportunities to hold yourself accountable, Shape reports. It’s a lot easier to meet someone for a workout class in the evening than it is at 6 a.m. Plus, there isn’t a chance of hitting the snooze button on your alarm at night.A way to unwind from the day. Exercise releases endorphins, relieving stress and improving your overall mood, per Nivea. Fitness guru Jillian Michaels told Shape, “When I train in the evening, it helps me blow off some of the stress that has accumulated over the course (of the day).”The bottom line So which is better, working out in the morning or evening? Above all, the best time to work out is the time you can actually commit to and stick to each day. Find what works best for you and your personal routine and own it.

Illustration by Zoë Petersen, Deseret News I’m a singer living in Nashville, Tennessee — Music City, USA. But at age 64, you won’t find me singing at the honky-tonks. You’re much more likely to hear me singing in my church choir or perhaps a ballpark.That’s because I’ve sung the national anthem in public for 20 years. I even accomplished one of my lifelong dreams: to sing for my beloved Chicago Cubs and nearly 40,000 fans at a packed Wrigley Field.That single performance turned into multiyear, cross-country quest to sing the anthem at all the ballparks in the Chicago Cubs organization, which I completed in 2018.Most of my performances were good; a few were really good. But the performances that taught me the most were the ones in which something went wrong.In Jackson, Tennessee, for example, I was halfway through the song when my mind went blank. I could not think of the next phrase. “Just keep singing,” I told myself, and the words flowed out correctly.In Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, I was not in the right mindset before singing, and I ended up repeating one of the first phrases. But singing in Boise, Idaho, turned out to be my the biggest challenge.I was there singing for the Boise Hawks, then the Class A (short season) minor league team for the Cubs. As was customary, a staff member turned on the microphone and handed it to me near home plate just as the announcer introduced me.I blew the starting note on my pitch pipe and started singing, “O say, can you see …” However, I couldn’t hear my voice over the public-address system. The battery in the microphone apparently died.After a few moments of waiting to see if it could be fixed, I handed the mic back and stepped closer to the stands. “Everyone,” I said, as loudly as I could, “please join me in singing this song together.” I raised my arm as a signal to start the song again, and everyone began singing. Louder and louder, we sang. I could feel the energy spread throughout the ballpark as the crowd sang, finishing with a strong and powerful crescendo. It was no longer a soloist singing; we were a full-throated choir.Afterwards, as I walked off the field, the Hawks’ manager reached out and gave me a fist bump. “Way to make something good out of a bad situation,” he said.That’s what singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” can do — unite everyone in a common purpose. But I think it does more than that.The theologian and philosopher Augustine of Hippo once wrote a statement that has been translated to read, “The one who sings prays twice.” Whatever I sing, I focus on the lyrics and try to “feel” the song that I’m singing. Knowing the history behind the song also makes the lyrics much more meaningful.The national anthem, of course, comes from the Francis Scott Key poem “Defence of Fort M’Henry.” Key was a witness to the the bombardment of American forces by the British during the War of 1812 — and the flag still flying proudly above Fort McHenry in Baltimore after a harrowing night. Pay close attention to the lyrics while you’re singing, and you can feel what Key felt when he penned those powerful words. You can feel what I felt that night in Boise, Idaho.I’ve thought of that moment often over the years, especially when the national anthem is in the spotlight for someone using it as a form of protest. Most recently, San Francisco Giants’ manager Gabe Kapler said he was not comfortable being on the field during the anthem. Staying in the dugout was his way of expressing that he was “not OK with the state of this country” in the aftermath of the mass shootings in Buffalo, Uvalde and others.Others, of course, have also objected to the anthem as well, and either knelt or been absent during the singing. Related How the national anthem became part of the culture war An Olympian turned her back on the flag. Should she be allowed to compete in Tokyo? I certainly respect someone’s individual freedom to make a statement, spoken or otherwise, while our national anthem is being played or sung. One is free to sing along, not sing along, not be present for it, take a knee during it, or even raise a closed fist during it. I personally don’t see these actions as disrespectful to our country or our military. They are simply someone’s statement that is guaranteed by our freedom of speech.However, I think that making a statement during the anthem is a wasted opportunity. Instead, we have the chance to create greater unity in our country by singing the song along with everyone else.During my many years of singing in a choir, I learned that it takes different voices to make beautiful music. There are sopranos, altos, tenors and bass singers, along with others playing a variety of instruments. Each participant must listen to everyone else involved, and while our individual voice may be singing a different part, it’s the unifying blend that creates the great music.It is the same in our country, which welcomes to our shores and through our gates people of different races, creeds, genders and political beliefs “yearning to be free.” We each have our own voice, but when we listen to each other and respectfully acknowledge the other voices, we can harmonize and form a more perfect union.So the next time you are at the stadium, ballpark, or Little League field, don’t just listen — sing along with the national anthem. It’s one more way we can unite as “one nation, under God, with liberty and justice for all.” Ultimately, we’re all on the same team — even if you don’t cheer for the Cubs.Christopher Fenoglio is the digital content specialist for Ardent Health Services in Nashville, Tennessee. His inspirational columns have been honored by the Catholic Press Association and the United Methodist Association of Communicators. He is the author of “The Secret of the Santa Box,” an illustrated poem that helps parents talk to their children about the true meaning of Christmas, and videos of his national anthem performances can be seen at www.christopherfenoglio.com.

The signing of the Constitution of the United States at the Constitutional Convention of 1787.GraphicaArtis/Getty Images At the end of the American Revolution, Gen. George Washington — still this nation’s greatest warrior for liberty — had a vital message for the fledgling country. In a letter sent to all the states announcing his retirement from military service, he offered an “earnest prayer” that God “would incline the hearts of the Citizens to ... entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another.” Without “these things” he declared, “we can never hope to be a happy nation.” He might have said, “We could never hope to be a nation, period.” Eliza Anderson, Deseret News Just a few years later, in the summer of 1787 when 55 delegates from Maine to Georgia crowded into the Pennsylvania State House for the Constitutional Convention, things were hot, humid and tense. Doors and windows remained shut to deter eavesdroppers, and men with vastly different opinions, priorities and constituencies deliberated for four to six hours each day, six days a week. Despite strenuous debate and divergent interests, flashes of incivility proved the exception rather than the rule. Benjamin Franklin praised the “great coolness & temper” he saw prevail among delegates. And Washington himself, who served as president of the convention, would later write that this “spirit of amity” and “mutual deference” were essential to producing the Constitution.*Such a spirit remains vital to the continuing health of our country’s constitutional order. Yet, we live in contested times, rife with statistically established markers of increased partisanship and observable increases in rancor. The evidence of this hardly needs recounting. The presence of it is most alarming. Those seeking to follow Jesus Christ should understand that reversing this contagion of political contempt begins with the two great commandments, to love God with all your heart, and to love your neighbor as yourself (Matthew 22:36-40). In the scriptures, these two commandments are summarized in a single word: charity. The apostle Paul admonished, “let all your things be done with charity” (1 Corinthians 16:13). Presumably, “all your things” is encompassing enough to include even politics. Related The U.S. Supreme Court is not a puppet of the party system Five years ago, Utah passed landmark legislation on LGBTQ and religious rights. Why didn’t other states follow its lead? As a graduate student and later as a professor, I developed a profound appreciation for the way that Christian charity fostered a broad civic virtue that greatly influenced some of the most critical moments in the development of this country. Eliza Anderson, Deseret News Civic charity stresses the public importance of the love of neighbor, and even our enemies, as inspired by a wide range of religious perspectives. This thread, which began even before the nation’s founding, and influenced Washington and the miracle in Philadelphia, also influenced key elements in the political thought of Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and many others.The contest for the presidency between John Adams and Jefferson was as bitter as, or worse than, any election we have seen here in modern times. To unite the divided nation, newly elected Jefferson famously declared in his first inaugural, “We are all republicans, we are all federalists.” During the campaign Jefferson was attacked for his less-than-orthodox religious views, and some New Englanders reportedly hid their Bibles for fear of confiscation under his administration. Ironically, throughout this period, including his presidency, Jefferson was assiduously studying the New Testament trying to glean moral precepts taught by Jesus that he found “more pure and perfect than those of the most correct of the philosophers.” During his inaugural, Jefferson made it point to praise “religion” for inculcating throughout the Republic “honesty, truth, temperance, gratitude, and the love of man” (emphasis added). Following the speech, reports indicate that old friends who had long been divided over partisan differences were reunited. Eliza Anderson, Deseret News More than half a century later, and only a month before his assassination, Lincoln used his second inaugural address to speak to a nation boiling with the acids of human hatred spawned by civil war. In an unmistakably biblical voice, Lincoln urged “malice toward none” and “charity for all,” as America’s bloodiest conflict neared its conclusion. By resisting the great temptation to focus on his own magnificent accomplishments as a leader, by implicating both the North and the South as contributing to God’s wrath over the injustice of more than two centuries of human slavery, and by calling for care for all the soldiers, widows and orphans across the country, Lincoln’s speech reduced many to tears and began to do just as he asked, to “bind up the nation’s wounds.” The great, black abolitionist Fredrick Douglass called it a “sacred effort.”Importantly, during this speech Lincoln also reminds us that “charity for all” does not preclude “firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right.” To the extent civic charity asks us not only to love our neighbor but also to love God, we must “strive on” to cherish, honor and defend those things God tells us are good, right and true. It was in this very spirit that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. bravely denounced and tirelessly worked to unwind the injustices of the segregated South and elsewhere but always did so through peaceful means and with a generous spirit toward those who opposed or failed to help. To borrow his own phrase, he embodied “a tough mind and a tender heart.”God’s love for all of his children, and his invitation for us to love each other, must continue to inspire our own efforts to foster cooperation and civic charity between different groups, even — perhaps especially — when those groups have past or present points of divergence. Such has been the aspiration of recent efforts between the NAACP and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 2018, NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson first met with a member of the church’s Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in Jackson, Mississippi, where together they honored the legacy of Medgar Evers, the great civil rights martyr. They went to Evers’ home and visited the NAACP office where Evers once walked the halls. After the visit, Latter-day Saints and members of the NAACP began laboring together in a joint project to refresh and refurbish the Medgar Evers’ NAACP office.Later that year, NAACP President Johnson and church President Russell M. Nelson took the bold step of establishing a relationship of cooperation between the two organizations. In 2021, they jointly announced that the church, working with the NAACP, would support humanitarian efforts in key cities across America, fund a significant number of academic scholarships administered by the United Negro College Fund, and organize a fellowship — named in honor of prominent civil rights leader the Rev. Amos C. Brown — for young people to travel to Ghana to learn about African history and the trans-Atlantic slave trade.This same spirit of civic charity has also guided the church in engaging with religious freedom advocates and members of the LGBTQ community to find common ground. In Utah, representatives of the LGBTQ community and leaders of the church worked to advance nondiscrimination protections for members of the LGBTQ community in employment and housing while also securing religious freedom protections. The 2015 Utah legislation has served as a model for similar collaborative efforts in other states and at the federal level. This year, the church worked with a broad coalition of religious and civic leaders to introduce similar legislation in Arizona. And, at the federal level, the church has worked alongside various LGBTQ leaders and other religious organizations to support the Fairness for All Act.As Elder David A. Bednar, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, recently said at the National Press Club in Washington, “We are proud to stand with our LGBTQ brothers and sisters. While we may not agree on everything, we surely are building a foundation of mutual respect and understanding.” We have a responsibility to be peacemakers. This does not mean a posture that is passive or weak. Quite the opposite — it takes steady courage, initiative, discipline, and prudence to foster unity in an era of so much strong disagreement. But followers of Jesus Christ are always called to a higher way — one inspired by genuine charity, the “greatest” of all the Christian virtues (1 Corinthians 13). In the past, America has asked for the “better angels of our nature” in moments of peril. This means reaching into places where hope and social harmony sometimes feel lost. As Christ himself reminds us, no citizen is beyond the reach of love’s long arm. The times today call for nothing less.*See the work of Derek Webb, particularly his 2012 article in the South Carolina Law Review “The Original Meaning of Civility: Democratic Deliberation at the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention,” as well as the writings of retired federal Judge Thomas B. Griffith, including his 2020 Harvard Law Review article “The Degradation of Civic Charity.”Matthew S. Holland is a General Authority Seventy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was previously a professor of political science and the president of Utah Valley UniversityThis story appears in the July/August issue of Deseret Magazine. Learn more about how to subscribe.

Attendees wave flags as music is played before then-Vice President Mike Pence made comments at First Baptist Church Dallas during a Celebrate Freedom Rally in Dallas, Sunday, June 28, 2020. Tony Gutierrez, Associated Press More than half of Protestant pastors in the United States say it’s important to recognize the Fourth of July holiday during worship services, but a sizable minority — 38% — worries their congregation’s love for America is sometimes greater than its love for God, according to a new survey from Lifeway Research. The report showed that young pastors, in particular, wonder about the wisdom of encouraging patriotism from the pulpit. Nearly two-thirds of Protestant leaders younger than 45 said church services don’t need “patriotic additions,” researchers found. The survey comes at a time when faith leaders from a variety of traditions are reconsidering the relationship between religion and patriotism. Some have been sounding the alarm about Christian nationalism, a belief system that includes the idea that you have to be Christian to be truly American, among other things. Although Lifeway Research found that support for observing the Fourth of July in churches has declined slightly since 2016, activities such as recognizing veterans from the pulpit or playing patriotic music remain the rule, not the exception. “While not a date on the Christian calendar, most Protestant churches adjust their worship services to acknowledge the birth of the United States each July,” said Scott McConnell, executive director of Lifeway Research, in a press release. “For most churches, it isn’t just tradition. The majority of pastors agree it’s important to incorporate it into the worship experience.” Related Why these Christian leaders want churches to celebrate Juneteenth How the Fourth of July combines patriotism and faith Over the same time period, pastors grew less concerned about their congregation loving America more than God. In 2021, 38% of Protestant leaders said worshippers’ love for America sometimes seems greater than their love for God, compared to 53% in 2016. “In the last six years, many pastors’ concerns about patriotic idolatry in their congregations have faded,” McConnell said.Lifeway Research also found that Protestant interest in patriotic displays doesn’t end after the Fourth of July. Most pastors (67%) said it’s appropriate for churches to display the American flag all year round. “Pastors 65 and older (81%) and those with no college degree (79%) are among the most likely to see year-round American flag displays as acceptable,” the study said. Overall, Protestant leaders generally agree that churches can embrace patriotism without putting congregants’ spiritual lives at risk. But McConnell noted that they also seem to recognize that it’s important to stay on guard. “Like any idol, the temptation to prioritize, worship or depend on our nation over God can resurface at any time,” he said. The survey was conducted in September 2021 among 1,000 Protestant pastors. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.2 percentage points.

FILE — Minnesota United FC forward Luis Amarilla (9) moves the ball past Austin FC defender Julio Cascante (18) during the second half of an MLS soccer match, Sunday, April 10, 2022, in San Antonio. Eric Gay, Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Luis Amarilla scored the deciding goal in a 3-2 win for Minnesota United over Real Salt Lake on Sunday.Amarilla’s game-winner came in the 61st minute to put United (7-8-3) on top 3-0. Emanuel Reynoso had an assist on the goal.United also got two goals from Reynoso.Jefferson Savarino and Anderson Julio scored one goal each for RSL (8-5-5).United outshot RSL 19-11, with eight shots on goal to three for RSL.Dayne St. Clair saved one of the three shots he faced for United. Zac MacMath saved five of the eight shots he faced for RSL.Up next for United is a matchup Friday against the Vancouver Whitecaps on the road, while RSL plays the Colorado Rapids on Saturday.

Megan Grass laughs while looking through her photos and videos of her at the Australia Zoo at home in Cottonwood Heights on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Grass posted a TikTok video, that has gone viral, of her asking Robert Irwin, son of “The Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin, for his number.Kristin Murphy, Deseret News Megan Grass stood on the edge of the precipice and decided to go for it. Why not? She’d done scarier things. She’d auditioned to get accepted into one of the most prestigious music theater schools in America, hadn’t she? She could do this. She looked down into the croc pit and said, “I think you’re so cute, and I was wondering if I could have your number?”The object of her attention was not a 15-foot crocodile, it was the young man standing next to the crocs: Robert Irwin, the 18-year-old son of the late great Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter himself. Megan Grass poses with a poster of Robert Irwin while visiting the Australia Zoo with her family in Beerwah, Australia, on June 12, 2022. Grass posted a TikTok video, that has gone viral, of her asking Robert Irwin, son of “The Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin, for his number.Leslie Grass Robert had just finished starring, along with the crocs, in a show in the main arena of the Australia Zoo, located an hour north of Brisbane on the Sunshine Coast. Megan and her family, nearing the end of their two-week summer vacation Down Under, had watched the show in the stands. Afterward, Megan’s dad, Mike, had taken a roundabout route to avoid the crowds and there, unexpectedly, he was.When she’d entered the zoo, Megan, who is 19 and something of an admirer of the youngest Irwin, told her family, “If I see Robert I’m going to ask for his number.”They rolled their eyes. I mean, what were the odds he’d even be there; or that she’d actually do it?But now …Robert looked up when he heard his name. When she asked for his number he spoke.“Well, I’m very flattered,” he said, “Thank you — uh, where are you from?”“America,” said Megan.“Oh great, where abouts?”“Utah.”“Cool. Oh, Utah’s great.”And so it went. Robert explaining that he likes people to message him on Instagram so his people can screen the messages and Megan saying she’d already direct-messaged him the night before and Robert saying, “OK, well what was your name?”“Megan Grass.”“I’ll look it up.”“Perfect.”“No worries.”The conversation lasted 36 seconds. Megan left satisfied. She accomplished what she came for. She’d asked for his number — and in truth, he hadn’t exactly said no.Megan and her family drifted back into the crowd, as anonymous as when they came in. They were halfway around the globe, 8,000 miles from home. Who would ever know what she just did?That is, if Megan’s mom, Leslie, hadn’t filmed it on her phone.* * * Megan Grass shows her TikTok account which, at the time of the photo, has 1.7 million likes and 17.7 thousand followers, at home in Cottonwood Heights on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Grass posted a TikTok video, that has gone viral, of her asking Robert Irwin, son of “The Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin, for his number.Kristin Murphy, Deseret News When Megan saw her mother’s video she posted it on her TikTok account so her followers — about 200 of them, mostly her friends — could see that she had actual proof.When she went to sleep the video had 330 views.When she woke up the next morning it had 400,000.An hour later, 500,000. By noontime, over a million. An average of 1,500 people per minute were watching the video.“Just for funsies I looked up ‘Megan Grass Robert Irwin’ on the internet,” says Megan, “and there were already articles written about it; lots of them.”Articles with headlines such as “Woman goes viral on TikTok for asking Steve Irwin’s son out,” “Daring Tourist Asks Steve Irwin’s Son For His Number at the Zoo,” “Fans are going wild for the sweet way Robert Irwin reacted to an American tourist hitting on him.”Megan’s dad, whose career is public relations, told her, “You know the media, this is like a current trend, a hot topic, it’ll fizzle out.” Related #ConventLife, TikTok Nuns go viral But it didn’t fizzle out. It turned out Megan wasn’t the only one interested in Robert Irwin. “I knew he was popular,” she laughs, “but we didn’t realize he’s considered royalty in Australia.”The “Today” show of Australia tracked the Grasses down in Port Douglas and sent a camera crew to do an interview with the “besotted American tourist.”Asked live on Australian national TV if she had a message for Robert, Megan said, “I would just tell Robert thank you so much for being so sweet about it; I think he’s such a cool guy; and if he’s ever in need of someone to hold a koala, I’m his girl.”The next day, Robert went on national TV and thanked her: “A big thank you to Megan, wherever she is. Kudos for the confidence to ask that. That made my entire day. That was incredibly kind. That really meant a lot, it really did.”By the time Megan flew home to Utah, her video had 7 million views. A week later, it passed 12 million, with 2.1 million likes, and no end in sight. (You can watch the video on TikTok at @megangrass12).Megan now has over 25,000 TikTok followers.Alas, Robert Irwin isn’t one of them. At least not yet.But the Aussie media is keeping the story alive by pointing out that Steve Irwin met his American wife, Terri, when she visited the Australia Zoo as a tourist from Oregon AND that Bindi, Robert’s older sister, met her husband, Chandler Powell, an American from Florida, when he visited the zoo and went on a tour she conducted.  “Will Lightning Strike Three Times?” the Aussies want to know.As for Megan, her plans are to resume her studies this August at Marymount Manhattan College in New York City, the prestigious liberal arts school she successfully auditioned for a year ago. The Brighton High School graduate’s dream is to sing on Broadway one day. She’s already sung in ensembles in Carnegie Hall and the Lincoln Center.And if this thing with the Irwin boy goes anywhere?Yep, she’s thought of that.“They have Broadway shows in Sydney,” she says, “If one of us is going to have to compromise, I’d do that.” Related How do you know if you’re addicted to TikTok? Here are the signs This bride’s video went viral after discovering leeches on her leg on her wedding day

A view of police at Field’s shopping center in Copenhagen, Denmark, Sunday July 3, 2022. Danish police say several people have been shot at a Copenhagen shopping mall. Claus Bech/Ritzau Scanpix, Associated Press A gunman killed three people and wounded three others at a shopping mall in Copenhagen, Denmark on Sunday, The Associated Press reported. Danish police announced they had arrested a 22-year-old Danish man for the attack, adding that they were not ruling out the possibility that it was an “act of terrorism,” according to Reuters. The shooting occurred in the afternoon at Field’s, “one of the biggest shopping malls in Scandinavia,” per The Associated Press. A Harry Styles concert was scheduled for Sunday nigh at a nearby arena, but it has reportedly been cancelled due to the attack, BBC reported. The victims were a man in his 40’s and “two young people,” Copenhagen police inspector Søren Thomassen said, according to The Associated Press.

BYU quarterback Jaren Hall laughs during an interview during BYU football media day in Provo on Wednesday, June 22, 2022. Friends, teammates, family members and those who have coached Hall since his youth football, basketball and baseball days say the talented athlete who will forever be known as the first African American to start a football game as quarterback for BYU is actually reserved, even a little bit shy.Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News BYU quarterback Jaren Hall doesn’t particularly like being in the spotlight, and he certainly doesn’t seek it out.Friends, teammates, family members and those who have coached him since his youth football, basketball and baseball days say the talented athlete who will forever be known as the first African American quarterback to start a football game for BYU is actually reserved, even a bit shy.But that doesn’t mean Hall isn’t enjoying his current status as BYU’s starting QB, status that makes him one of the most recognizable persons in Utah County, maybe even the entire state. “I just feel like I know a lot of people in the community, and then you add playing for BYU as the quarterback, you create a lot more fans among the people you see. It has been really fun for me, being out in the public, seeing so many smiling faces, people who recognize me, and have conversations with them. … People are so kind. It is awesome.” — BYU quarterback Jaren Hall “Seems like I know a lot of people, and a lot of people know me,” Hall told the Deseret News at BYU football media day last week when he was asked what it is like to be the BYU quarterback in this state. “It’s cool. It’s fine. We have the greatest fans in the world.”Having grown up in Utah County the son of one of the better running backs in Cougars football history, Kalin Hall, Jaren Hall knows exactly what that title means. “It means you could probably run for mayor (of Provo) and win,” former BYU QB Tanner Mangum once said, before being the last Cougars signal-caller to lose his starting job, giving way to freshman and future No. 2 NFL draft pick Zach Wilson midway through the 2018 season.Taking the reins full-time last year after Wilson guided the Cougars to an 11-1 record in 2020 and was drafted by the New York Jets, Hall got a taste of it quickly. He was the toast of the town after leading BYU to a 26-17 win over rival Utah last September, ending the Utes’ nine-game winning streak in the rivalry.Even in defeat, that 38-24 loss to Baylor, Hall stood out, passing for 342 yards and breaking off a 56-yard touchdown run.Those performances came after he emerged from a three-way starting QB battle with Jacob Conover and Baylor Romney and proved offensive coordinator Aaron Roderick’s decision correct. Hall also engineered wins over Power Five schools Arizona, Arizona State, Washington State, Virginia and USC.The Cougars went 8-2 in the 10 games in which Hall started, and he finished the season completing 64% of his passes for 2,583 yards and 20 touchdowns with just five interceptions.His efficiency rating was a sparkling 156.1.“He just gets a little better every day. He had a really good year last year. I don’t want to overstate it, but to do what he did last year and get six Power Five wins last year, no BYU quarterback has ever come close to that before,” said Roderick. “So I don’t want to put unrealistic expectations on him, but I do expect him to get better. He has improved since last season. He has improved his body with his physical conditioning. He looks great right now. And his knowledge of our offense is growing.”A popular man of the people Entering the 2022 season, BYU’s final season as a college football independent and almost certainly Hall’s last season in Provo, he is clearly the big man on campus. He said he’s getting used to being a big deal around town, although he would never use that phrase personally to describe himself. Related Hall says he is confident, ready to be first African American to start at QB for BYU Does Jaren Hall have an NFL game? Is Jaren Hall ready to replace the great Zach Wilson? “He is probably the most humble dude I have ever met,” said starting left tackle Blake Freeland. “He’s a really good guy. You will give him a compliment, and he shoots it right back at you. He is really selfless, a good leader. Everybody has a lot of respect for him, and it is not respect that he demands. He doesn’t yell or scream. He is a really good example to me.”If ever a kid was born to be BYU’s starting quarterback, it is this guy. His mother, Hollie, is also a former BYU athlete, having competed in gymnastics for the Cougars. His brother, KJ, played running back for BYU from 2015-17.Jaren Hall served a two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Roseville, California, and played on the BYU baseball team in 2019 and 2020 as an outfielder with legitimate pro potential in that sport before giving it up to concentrate solely on football. He married former Utah Valley University soccer player Breanna McCarter, who gave birth to their daughter, Jayda, last summer. BYU quarterback Jaren Hall laughs with his teammates during baseball practice at the indoor facility on the BYU campus in Provo on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. Hall later chose to walk away from baseball in order to focus on his football future.Steve Griffin, Deseret News Hall is the poster child for the perfectly behaved BYU quarterback that image-conscious school officials dream about.“I just feel like I know a lot of people in the community, and then you add playing for BYU as the quarterback, you create a lot more fans among the people you see,” Hall said. “It has been really fun for me, being out in the public, seeing so many smiling faces, people who recognize me, and have conversations with them. It is a great experience. I have a lot of great interactions. … People are so kind. It is awesome.”Does Hall ever grow weary of the spotlight? Teammates say he can scarcely go out to eat in public in Utah County — Momo’s Gourmet Cheesecake and CHOM Burger are among his favorites — without being asked for autographs, photos, etc. He said it is what he signed up for. No complaints.“It just depends on what you are doing at the time, on the day, on the interaction, where you are at,” Hall said. “Being with the fans as cool as ours is fun. At the end of the day you look back on those interactions and you do it because you know there is a little kid who looks up to you and loves BYU, and you know it would mean a lot to them. It is more about them and their experience than yours.”Receiver Gunner Romney said about the only thing Hall isn’t good at is pingpong.“Jaren is an unreal natural leader,” Romney said. “He commands the room whenever he is there. He is the type of person everybody is going to listen to because of what he has to say, and I think that’s the most underrated part of his game and his personality, is his leadership.” BYU’s quarterback Jaren Hall, right, celebrates with wide receiver Gunner Romney after Romney scored a touchdown against Arizona State game Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021, in Provo, Utah. Rick Bowmer, Associated Press Romney and others said Hall’s celebrity status won’t go to his head because his wife won’t let it happen.“She keeps me on the straight and narrow, I will tell you that,” Hall quipped.Always working to improve Television broadcasters this year will have no shortage of storylines to describe Hall’s tenure at BYU, much like two years ago when Wilson’s 12-hour drives to California to work with former Cougars QB John Beck were frequently mentioned. Yes, Hall has done that as well.“Except I flew out there,” Hall said. “I worked with John three weekends in May, I think it was. And then he comes here (frequently). I will work with him a dozen or so times this summer.”Hall also continues to work with Dustin Smith, a former college baseball player who runs a private QB training company called QB Elite with former BYU star Ty Detmer and others. He was scheduled to work at one of Smith’s camps last weekend.“I am definitively utilizing all I can from everybody who has something great to offer me,” Hall said. “I just think it is important to take a little bit here and there and just find what works best for me.”Hall said he has learned a lot from both Beck and Smith. Beck’s strength is designing drills that improve in-game performance, he said.“Just by taking your throwing mechanics and your style and making everything work in unison, properly,” Hall said. “And then to do that in real game speed (helps) … because I think a lot of quarterbacks find themselves in this rut in the summer where they just find their receivers and go throw and be smooth and easy and feel good about it. But in a game you are going to be sped up, you are going to be off balance and in tight situations, and that is how we train with John.” BYU quarterback Jaren Hall throws a pass during game against Southern California in Los Angeles, Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021. Ashley Landis, Associated Press 1 of 11 BYU quarterback Jaren Hall delivers a pass to Brigham Young Cougars wide receiver Neil Pau’u (2) for a touchdown as BYU and Virginia play at LaVell Edwards stadium in Provo on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021. BYU won 66-49. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News 2 of 11 BYU quarterback Jaren Hall laughs during an interview during BYU football media day in Provo on Wednesday, June 22, 2022. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News 3 of 11 BYU quarterback Jaren Hall talks to members of the media after football practice in the Indoor Practice Facility at BYU in Provo on Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News 4 of 11 BYU quarterbacks Cade Fennegan (#11), Nick Billoups (#15), Jacob Conover (#17), Jaren Hall (#3) and Sol-Jay Maiava-Peters (#10) joke around at the end of football practice in the Indoor Practice Facility at BYU in Provo on Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News 5 of 11

A Netflix logo is displayed on an iPhone in Philadelphia on July 17, 2017. Utah-based home improvement show “Dream Home Makeover” will return to Netflix for a third season.Matt Rourke, Associated Press It’s been over a year and a half since the last episode of the Utah-based home improvement show “Dream Home Makeover” aired on Netflix, and fans are itching for more. Here’s what we know about the upcoming season. Driving the news: According to Cosmopolitan, Netflix confirmed last year that the show would be renewed for another season. People recently reported that the third season will officially hit Netflix on July 27.Season 3 is said to have been filmed while Shea McGee, who stars in the show with her husband, Syd McGee, and was pregnant with the couple’s third child — a baby girl named Margot who joined their family last July, according to People magazine. Related Why the new Magnolia Network pulled a Utah-based home renovation show Related A rare tornado in Utah damaged her home. See what HGTV’s ‘Extreme Makeover’ put in its place This Utah family went from war-torn Congo to HGTV’s ‘Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’ What they’re saying: In March 2021, the McGees posted to their official Studio McGee Facebook account that filming for Season 3 would start very soon, per Glamour.Upcoming episodes will highlight all sorts of renovations, with “... design projects that range from one-room designs to full home builds and renovations, effortlessly applying the same set of principles to every project, creating jaw-dropping interiors that are unfussy, accessible, and breathtakingly simple at any level of the budget ladder,” Cosmopolitan reported.Details: “Dream Home Makeover” already has two seasons on Netflix, with six episodes per season.The show follows Shea and Syd McGee as they tackle home renovations and run their interior design business, Studio McGee, which is located in Holladay, Utah.The couple works on various projects in the show, including “... a 1908 historic home, mountain house, and a manor, and their locations have ranged from Los Angeles, California, to Lehi, Utah,” Looper reported.The couple also released an extended version of their home improvement book, “Make Life Beautiful,” earlier this year.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Deven Thompkins carries a blocking dummy during an NFL football organized team activity Tuesday, May 31, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)AP With report dates for NFL training camps just a few weeks away, ESPN last week conducted a panel in which it asked its beat writers to identify one player from each team who has been “a surprise offseason standout” during the various team camps that are held throughout the offseason.“All 32 of these players have caught the eyes of our reporters — and their teams — this offseason, showing that they could play a bigger role than expected in 2022,” reads the introduction.Two players with Utah ties — both rookies — made the list: Former Murray High and SUU offensive lineman Braxton Jones of the Chicago Bears and former Utah State wide receiver Deven Thompkins of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Related Who’s the better young backup QB option right now, Tyler Huntley or Jordan Love? Wrote Courtney Cronin about Jones: “The fifth-round pick quickly emerged with the first-team offensive line at left tackle during spring practices and supplanted Teven Jenkins, who moved to right tackle with the second-team unit. “Jones admitted he was “a little bit surprised” he was competing with the ones this early but understands the importance of the reps he has gotten, which have helped him create a pre-snap process, learn different cadences and move faster.” Related Why was Eli Manning hanging out with 2 BYU football greats? As for Thompkins, Jenna Laine wrote that the small but productive wideout “caught the attention” of Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles during a minicamp.“At his pro day, he clocked a 4.35 40-yard dash and had the second-most receiving yards in college football with 1,704 yards and 10 touchdowns,” Laine wrote. “But he faces tall odds to make the Bucs’ 53-man roster at 5-foot-7 and 155 pounds and at a position that already has Mike Evans, Chris Godwin and Russell Gage. His ticket would likely come in the form of kick and punt returns, which hasn’t been a strong spot for the Bucs.”

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