I’m Chris Holmes, co-host of the Big Picture Morning Show. I also enjoy my work as a sports and news contributor on KSUB. I hold a Masters of Professional Communication degree from Southern Utah University. While at SUU my work received numerous awards including the 2009 King Foundation Best of Festival Award in the National Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts. I live in Cedar City, with wife, Marie.
Chris Holmes
The Transfer Portal Giveth… And…
According to the website verbalcommits.com, Thunderbird sophomore Jason Spurgin has entered the transfer portal with the intent to leave SUU.
Guard Amound Anderson entered the portal before the T-Birds ended play in the College Basketball Invitational...
Roughriders Sign Former T-Bird Kaho’ohanohano-Davis; What’s in a Name?
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed American linebacker La’Akea Kaho’ohanohano-Davis.
Kaho’ohanohano-Davis (6’1-215) attended rookie camp with the Seattle Seahawks following the 2022 NFL Draft. He played five collegiate seasons (2017-21) at Southern Utah University. In 20 games, the former Thunderb...
T-Birds End Season With 2OT Loss to Eastern Kentucky
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. The Southern Utah men's basketball team ran out of steam in a double-overtime thriller as its season came to an end with a 108-106 loss to Eastern Kentucky in the semifinals of the Discount Tire College Basketball Invitational on Tuesday, March 21...
Lightning… eh… Thunder Strikes Twice!! Both Thunderbird Teams Advance
48 hours after SUU's women's basketball team pulled off a most impossible win over New Mexico State, the Thunderbird men, likewise stunned the UVU faithful with an improbable, come-from-23 points-behind victory over the conference champion Wolverines...
SUU to Meet Utah Tech in Rubber Match
During the 2022-23 regular season, each team claimed the win on its home floor. Now the SUU Thunderbirds and Utah Tech Trailblazers will meet at a neutral venue with winner-move-on; loser-go-home implications.
Cameron Gooden led four Trailblazers in double figures with 22 points as No. 11 ...
SUU Women’s Basketball to Face New Mexico State in WAC Quarter Finals
Results from the opening day of play at the Western Athletic Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament are in and Southern Utah's Women's team has its opponent in the quarter-final round.
As the #2 seed in the tournament, SUU drew a first-round bye, awaiting the result of Monday's game between New Mexico State and the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley...
Four SUU Women; 4 SUU Men Receive WAC Honors
CEDAR CITY, Utah - The Southern Utah University women's basketball team had four Thunderbirds selected for All-Conference awards in Southern Utah's inaugural season in the Western Athletic Conference.
Tracy Sanders - Coach of the Year
Sanders is in her fifth year at the helm of the Thunderbirds
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SUU Women’s Basketball Looks to Seal WAC Championship
SUU Women's Basketball looks to lay claim to sole ownership of the Western Athletic Conference Championship as it faces Grand Canyon University, Thursday (3/2/23) in the America First Event Center.
The Thunderbirds clinched at least a share of the WAC regular-season title Tuesday night by taking down California Baptist 83-75. To...
Cedar Visits Desert Hills in First-Round Play (Links Here)
The Cedar Reds travel to Desert Hills to open play in the 4A Boys Basketball post season. The game will be broadcasted on 107.7FM / 590AM KSUB, the Home of the Reds. Chris Holmes will have the play-by-play. The JRI Insurance Pregame begins at 650p. Tip off...
McClain Garners Another Conference Gymnast of the Week Award
SUU gymnast Karley McClain has claimed another Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference Gymnast of the Week honor for week 6.
SUU traveled to BYU and swept the Cougars in each rotation, breaking an SUU school record for highest road score in program history, set last year at BYU, with a final score of 197...