The Utah gymnastics team competed in the NCAA championships in Lincoln, NE last weekend. As a team, they finished in third place behind Georgia and Alabama. In the individual competition, senior Kristina Baskett finished in third place in the vault, beam and bars. Junior Daria Bijak finished in fifth place in the floor exercise. Here are some features from the three-day event. Stay tuned for more action pictures.

Here are a few pictures from Miley and Billy Ray Cyrus’ surprise visit to Salt Lake City before a showing of her new movie, “Hannah Montana: The Movie.” Her visit was part of a program by Walt Disney Pictures called “Opening Weekend Surprise,” where different stars and movie talent visit unsuspecting theater audiences during the opening weekend of a show. Utah was picked for a surprise visit, because, as Cyrus put it, “it’s a place no one would suspect.”

Members of the Salt Lake Bees stretch prior to their practice at the Spring Mobile Ballpark Tuesday, April 7, 2009. The Bees’ home opener is against the Reno Aces on Thursday.

Here are a few pictures from Real Salt Lake’s home opener against the Columbus Crew. RSL won the game 4-1.

Hopefully there will still be newspapers around for these kids to read in the future.

Utah fighter DaMarques Johnson is a contestant on the upcoming season of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality TV show. Johnson is the Throwdown ETC welterweight champion and a former Army intelligence analyst who has been training in jiu-jitsu since 2001. He grew up in Utah and moved back after his stint in the Army a few years ago.