BYU Sports related links To subscribe to this service Click Here <http://www.cougarclicks.com/product/Order-Cougar-Clicks?ID=2641> Friday, April 26, 2013 hbarnett@fiber.net. 801 372 0819 Lions <http://www.detroitlions.com/news/lions-insider/article-1/Twentyman-Is-Ziggy -the-Ansah-for-the-Detroit-Lions-defense/9cf925e4-bef4-47d8-bf30-5fb4f2125a5 1> Explain Why They Took Ziggy (Includes Video) More <http://www.detroitlions.com/news/ohara/article-1/OHara-Ezekiel-Ziggy-Ansah- is-one-of-the-best-draft-day-stories-in-franchise-history/b8346f55-1dd9-4e10 -83ff-758bba5f1e8c> Lions Talk and video Ziggy <http://www.detroitlions.com/news/lions-insider/article-1/Ziggy-Ansah-says-l ack-of-playing-experience-shouldnt-be-a-concern/48200eb3-20b7-4133-b727-3e36 5ce665cc> 's Conference Call with Lion's Media Ziggy <http://www.freep.com/article/20130426/SPORTS01/304260039/nfl-draft-ticker-d etroit-lions-ziggy-ansah-glasses> 's Fashion Statement (Video) <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.freep.com/article/20130426/SPOR TS01/304260042/detroit-lions-nfl-draft-ziggy-ansah-martin-mayhew&ct=ga&cad=C AcQARgBIAAoATAJOAlA4NTpiwVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=ZBmNgEowdwM&usg=AFQjCNHOsceNA bNlMMg2xV3jKj_6sF-zYA> No. 5 pick Ansah impressed Lions at Senior Bowl Detroit Free Press The Lions didn't consider BYU defensive end Ziggy Ansah a consolation prize or a reach with the fifth overall pick in Thursday's NFL draft. "I wouldn't call it that at all," general manager Martin Mayhew said of Ansah being a consolation with the top ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.freep.com/article/20130426/SPOR TS01/304260042/detroit-lions-nfl-draft-ziggy-ansah-martin-mayhew&ct=ga&cad=C AcQARgBIAAoATAJOAlA4NTpiwVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=ZBmNgEowdwM&usg=AFQjCNHOsceNA bNlMMg2xV3jKj_6sF-zYA> No. 5 pick Ansah impressed Lions at Senior Bowl Detroit Free Press The Lions didn't consider BYU defensive end Ziggy Ansah a consolation prize or a reach with the fifth overall pick in Thursday's NFL draft. "I wouldn't call it that at all," general manager Martin Mayhew said of Ansah being a consolation with the top ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.mlive.com/lions/index.ssf/2013/ 04/get_to_know_ezekiel_ziggy_ansa.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATACOAJA9vHoiwV IAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=Ilxv73pNxsY&usg=AFQjCNEMMVoAfnw8dIyVCNJe2c6fV092HQ> Get to know Ezekiel 'Ziggy' Ansah: Detroit Lions' first-round pick more than ... MLive.com Despite having played football for just three years, the Ghanaian-born defensive end out of BYU may have had the longest journey to the NFL of any prospect. Ansah came to the United States in 2008 having never seen the game of football. He wanted to ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/sports/562183 16-77/draft-ansah-byu-lotulelei.html.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABA4NTpi wVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=ZBmNgEowdwM&usg=AFQjCNHDiP4hyXnaojMJCmOJTxxT6StBpA> NFL Draft: Ziggy, Star give state a 1-2 punch in draft Salt Lake Tribune For the first time since Jim McMahon, BYU can boast that it has produced a top-five pick. And for the first time since 2010, a Cougar has heard his name called on draft day, period. Ansah - a cat-quick defensive end - went No. 5 to the Detroit Lions <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8655789 86/Ziggy-Ansah-taken-at-No-5-in-the-2013-NFL-Draft.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIA AoATAAOABA8N3niwVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=k_1yk6BYHys&usg=AFQjCNH32cZoNvpcqxMSMY uSuuHly32yHQ> Ziggy Ansah taken at No. 5 in the 2013 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions Deseret News Ziggy Ansah, defensive end from Brigham Young University, poses for a photograph at Niketown the day before the 2013 NFL Draft, Wednesday, April 24, 2013, in New York City. Ansah was selected fifth in the 2013 NFL draft. John Minchillo, AP Images for ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/sports/562196 84-77/defensive-ansah-offensive-tackle.html.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATACOA JA4NTpiwVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=ZBmNgEowdwM&usg=AFQjCNH1NaVvKXXjTzIIqnl_VMEBrz YC-Q> Monson: History is made by BYU's Ansah and Utah's Lotulelei Salt Lake Tribune The first stages of an NFL Draft that had been derided by some as substandard and considered an absolute snooze-fest by others provided compelling theater for the state's football fans on Thursday night. Nobody around here needed a bunch of sweet-faced ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/cougars/56218 238-88/ucla-byu-cougars-match.html.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABAxZroiwV IAVgBYgVlbi1VUw&cd=-z5JepeakkM&usg=AFQjCNGLvd9j0giUMbOHLwxJ1Fuwq7jukw> Trailing 2-0, No. 1 BYU volleyball rallies to defeat No. 4 UCLA Salt Lake Tribune By Jay Drew Provo . Ben Patch, Taylor Sander and Josue Rivera and Devin Young were the heroes Thursday night, but the BYU men's volleyball players and their ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/cougars/56215 955-88/avca-team-american-patch.html.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABAi9vmi wVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=VYDOdZx76As&usg=AFQjCNGOUEj5F51ppRvPUnVB2KihN-5bGg> BYU men's volleyball: 3 Cougars named All-American Salt Lake Tribune Junior Taylor Sander and freshman Ben Patch were named first-team AVCA All-Americans, while senior Russ Lavaja was named to the second team. BYU hosts the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament, which begins Thursday at the Smith <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/sports/562182 45-77/byu-gonzaga-inning-state.html.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABA1dboiw VIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=42WCeSzZt-8&usg=AFQjCNFcTmo7HSSZkJcZkXmJR8L17-4kiw> State colleges: BYU baseball falls to Gonzaga Salt Lake Tribune Gonzaga scored the eventual game-winners in the seventh and held off BYU's rally attempt in the eighth inning, where BYU scored three runs. California Baptist 6, Dixie State 3 . The Red Storm lost for the fifth time in six games in St. George, falling <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.prepsmag.com/columns/the-great- zuke/the-great-zuke/2013/04/24/sharing-a-smile-with-skyler-halford&ct=ga&cad =CAcQARgBIAEoATABOAFAts_oiwVIAVgAYgVlbi1VUw&cd=Z5UHO0s26RI&usg=AFQjCNF5TKN2T QeH4VNe1qyW3oKZlTAsSw> Sharing a Smile With Skyler Halford - Preps Magazine I could appreciate the excitement Skyler Halford was feeling when he sat at a table and signed on the dotted line. 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Here is one of his highlight <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://blogs.kansas.com/kstated/2013/04/25 /tanner-lancona-to-visit-k-state/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABAtPHmiwVIAVgB YgVlbi1VUw&cd=qhwb43JryfQ&usg=AFQjCNHvKNTJJtNCJl_-tcjSEr5-HQbBBg> Tanner Lancona to visit K-State The Wichita Eagle ... talked with 6-foot-9 power forward Tanner Lancona for more than one hour during an in-school visit. The chat apparently left an impression on Lancona. <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2013/06/ manti-teo-girlfriend-nfl-draft&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAFOAVAreDmiwVIAVAAWAB iBWVuLVVT&cd=vwyFvqSUueU&usg=AFQjCNFmrw99coUqVkXgtTBUFcxd13PcPA> Manti Te'o on the Hoax and Life After: "Honestly, I'm Never Going to Be ... Vanity Fair Pacific Islanders routinely play at the University of Southern California (because of its proximity) and Utah's Brigham Young University (because it's Mormon). And one extended family of Samoans with a large presence in Hawaii-the Tuiasosopos-has ...