{"id":22009830,"date":"2016-10-25T16:47:05","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T16:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/usustatesman.com\/?p=22009830"},"modified":"2016-10-25T16:48:41","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T16:48:41","slug":"salt-lake-tribune-sports-reporter-tells-twitter-he-is-drinking-while-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/salt-lake-tribune-sports-reporter-tells-twitter-he-is-drinking-while-driving\/","title":{"rendered":"Salt Lake Tribune sports reporter tells Twitter he is drinking while driving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0Salt Lake Tribune sports reporter\u00a0tweeted after a Utah State University football game at 1:06 a.m. Sunday morning that he was drinking &#8220;a\u00a0Coors Light while driving in Sardine Canyon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Steve Luhm, who had just left Maverik Stadium following the Aggies&#8217; 38-20 victory over Fresno State University, noted in the tweet that he was celebrating the Chicago Cubs&#8217; first visit to the World Series in more than 70 years.<\/p>\n<p>Luhm&#8217;s followers quickly took screenshots of the tweet and replied in bewilderment that Luhm was admitting to drinking while driving on one of the most dangerous roads in Utah.<\/p>\n<p>Luhm deleted the tweet about 40 minutes later, but not before replying to critics.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sipping one 12-punce beer during a two-hour drive is hardly dangerous,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;I am not stupid. Good grief.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That tweet has also since been deleted.<\/p>\n<p>Followers commented that they hoped the typo for the word &#8220;ounce&#8221; was simply due to the fact that he may have been focusing on the road while tweeting and drinking simultaneously, not because he was also impaired.<\/p>\n<p>Luhm had been representing The Tribune at the Utah State football game. The game ended at approximately\u00a012:16 a.m.\u00a0The following press conference, which Luhm tweeted about, ended at approximately\u00a012:50 a.m.. Tweets from Luhm started coming about\u00a015 minutes later.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are aware of the incident,&#8221; said\u00a0Tribune sports editor Joe Baird, who said he learned of the tweets on Sunday.\u00a0&#8220;It is being handled internally; it&#8217;s a personnel issue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Baird declined to say whether Luhm was still on assignment covering Utah State sports.<\/p>\n<p>Luhm has continued to file stories for The Tribune and tweet, and has blocked several Twitter followers who criticized his actions.<\/p>\n<p>Among other alcohol-related accidents in Sardine Canyon was an incident in which a 57-year-old man was hospitalized after a rollover crash in March. The canyon can be dangerous even when alcohol is not involved, however. In December, Utah State student\u00a0Joshua Diamond was killed in a broadside crash with a semi truck.<\/p>\n<p>Luhm issued a vague apology on Tuesday morning, not mentioning what it was for. \u201cI sincerely apologize for my lapse in judgment Saturday night,&#8221; he tweeted. &#8220;It was a huge mistake. 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