Looking for something different to do today?
The Intermountain Lawn Racing Association will host its season opener at 2 p.m. at the Plymouth Rodeo Arena, 21060 N. 5200 West in Plymouth in northern Box Elder County. Admission is $4; and free for the kids. The rodeo arena will serve as the ILRA home in 2010, and plans to host 10 club races June through September.
The ILRA, affiliated with the U.S. Lawn Mower Racing Association, has four clubs in Utah, including the Wasatch Sod Slingers in Ogden.
Not rough enough for you?
How about the mixed martial arts/boxing card tonight at the Ogden Eccles Conference Center. Action begins at 7 p.m. with as many as 40 fights in eight division. The "So You Wanna Fight Cuz Ya Think You're Tuff" card is produced by Don Arnott.
Check out the details at www.soyouwannafight.com.
Rough riders
Seven-time world champion all-around cowboy Trevor Brazile suffered a partially torn tendon in his right elbow and is reportedly undergoing treatment for a partially torn tendon. He might not return to competition before June 18.
Brazile, who earlier this season broke his own all-around record for surpassing the $100,000 earnings milestone at the earliest point in the season, remains atop the PRCA world sstandings in both the all-around ($110,274) and tie-down roping ($71,793). He is also in the top 10 in both steer roping and team roping (heading).
If he wins his eighth all-around gold buckle this season, it will break the record he currently shares with Ty Murray.
Tidbits
The NBA Finals are being be televised to fans in 215 countries and territories and 41 languages. ...
Utah State finished fifth in the Western Athletic Conference Commissioner's Cup standings. Boise State won the title. ...
The new Crane Field Golf Course will stage a demo day and open house today from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The course is located at 2300 N. 3700 West in Clinton. For information, visit www.CraneFieldGolf.com. ...
A bronze statue of the late Chris LeDoux, world champion bareback rider and popular country western musician, will be unveiled next weekend in his hometown of Kaycee, Wyo. The life-size-and-a-half statue, "Good Ride Cowboy," with the base shaped like a guitar was created by sculptor Michael Thomas of Buffalo, Wyo. ...
Another sculptor, former Weber High and BYU running back Blair Buswell, is currently working on Jerry Rice's NFL Hall of Fame bust. The former San Francisco 49ers standout will be inducted on Aug. 7. ...
The U.S. quad men's tennis team won the 2010 Invacare World Team Cup title last month in Antalya, Turkey. The women's team was sixth overall, while the U.S. junior team, led by Ryan Nelson of Salt Lake City, also placed sixth. ...
Utah Flash players Kevin Kruger and Bennet Davis have been invited to attend the 2010 NBA Development League Elite Mini-Camp this weekend in Chantilly, Va.
Chris J. Miller is sports editor for the Standard-Examiner. He can be reached at 801-625-4261 or cmiller@standard.net.
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