My wife grew up and went to college on the West Coast. I grew up in New York, and lived and worked in New Jersey for 15 years, but I never thought our long-term future was in the Northeast. I figured we would head west at some point.
In hindsight, when The Salt Lake Tribune offered me the University of Utah beat, there wasn’t a lot of discussion. Covering a Power Five athletic department for a legacy paper? Yes, please. I get a fresh start, professionally and personally, and I can get my wife closer to where she wants to be?