U. player takes plea in confrontation involving racial slurs

SALT LAKE CITY — A University of Utah football player has pleaded guilty to throwing an object at a man who allegedly hurled racial slurs at him first.Keven Christopher Dixon, 21, took a plea in abeyance on Monday to a charge of criminal mischief, a class B misdemeanor. By entering into the plea deal, Dixon's charge will be dismissed if he has no further violations for one year, according to court records.Dixon's odd case started Aug. 16. According to Salt Lake police, another man, James D