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• NHL's new Vegas Golden Knights eyeing the SLC market

  19-08-2017 23:59
  Las Vegas usually tries to entice visitors with drinks, players’ clubs and hot dice. But some of Sin City’s newcomers would like tourists from Utah to make the trip for dekes, power plays and icing, too.Members of the Vegas Golden Knights, the National Hockey League’s newest team, have been road tripping through the West, trying to sow the seeds of fandom ahead of their inaugural season. Their tour bus has gone from Vegas to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, to Whitefish, Mont., and
  
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• Utah football preview: Utes desperately seeking a starting QB

  19-08-2017 23:57
  Troy Williams stood tall inside Rice-Eccles Stadium at the conclusion of another fall practice, his helmet at his feet, answering the same question tossed his way the past three weeks.The senior quarterback, Utah’s starter a year ago and a team captain in Year 1 with the program, hasn’t won the job outright yet.“I’m holding up,” he said. “I’m just trying to focus on myself, be the best guy that I can be.”Over his shoulder on the northeast video boa
  
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• Utah State football preview: Aggies lean on experience as they try to rebound

  19-08-2017 23:48
  Kent Myers’ role with the Utah State football team hasn’t changed much since he was a freshman in 2014.Myers was thrust into the role of starting quarterback when injuries claimed starter Chuckie Keaton and others on the depth chart.But those were carefree days, compared with now. The Aggies finished 10-4, won a bowl game and the only worry boosters had about second-year coach Matt Wells was how long they could keep him in Logan given this kind of success.Now it’s the fifth sea
  
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• Safety Philip Afia says Utes defensive backfield will be “amazing”

  19-08-2017 23:46
  Utah redshirt sophomore safety Philip Afia has been one of the returning players stepping into larger roles in the secondary this preseason. He’s certainly not shy about this year’s group of defensive backs carrying a chip on its collective shoulder.In fact, Afia described playing with a chip on your shoulder as “the best way to play.”“A lot of people are saying we’re a little young and inexperienced, which when it comes to game time we are a little bit inexpe
  
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• Commentary: 37 years later, pain of Liberty Park shooting lingers

  19-08-2017 23:29
  Today is the 37-year anniversary of a terrible crime of white supremacy committed against innocent young Americans who had the nerve to be friends even though their skin tone wasn’t the same.On August 20, 1980, a white supremacist, serial killer by the name of Joseph Paul Franklin came to Utah at the suggestion of a fellow LDS member to “do something about the race mixing in Liberty Park.”Franklin was baptized in the LDS Church under his given name. We spoke before his executio
  
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• [Fadeaway World] - No Man’s Land: 5 NBA Teams That Are Hopelessly Stuck In The Middle

  19-08-2017 23:07 via sportspyder.com
  ... thing. But when Gordon Hayward walked out on the team for a trip Boston, the Jazz’s future walked out with him. Unlike the Magic, Salt Lake City is not a high ...
  
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• Prep cross-country: North Summit's Sadie Sargent is in a league of her own

  19-08-2017 22:58
  Coalville • Cross-country running doesn’t necessarily have to be an isolated experience.But maybe it does for North Summit senior Sadie Sargent.That’s because Sargent is essentially peerless at the Class 2A level and, even at the state championship race last year, she ran alone. Sargent won with a time 37 seconds better than the second-place finisher and a whopping 1 minute, 43 seconds ahead of third.When Sargent crossed the finish line at the Highland High football stadium, eve
  
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• Dashcam video shows white cop punching black man during stop

  19-08-2017 22:51
  Cleveland — A dashcam video of a traffic stop that led to a white police officer with a history of disciplinary issues repeatedly punching a black man and hitting his head on pavement appears to show a different sequence of events than police had originally described.The initial statement from police in the Cleveland suburb of Euclid said Richard Hubbard III, who was pulled over on suspicion of having a suspended driver’s license, had refused Officer Michael Amiott’s orders to
  
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• Tribes hope for renewal in solar eclipse; not all will watch

  19-08-2017 22:00
  Flagstaff, Ariz. — While much of the country gawks at the solar eclipse, Bobbieann Baldwin will be inside with her children, shades drawn.In Navajo culture, the passing of the moon over the sun is an intimate moment in which the sun is reborn and tribal members take time out for themselves. No talking. No eating or drinking. No lying down. No fussing.“It’s a time of renewal,” said Baldwin, a Navajo woman from Fort Defiance, Arizona. “Kind of like pressing the alt, c
  
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• A look at US-S. Korea war games and how North might respond

  19-08-2017 21:59
  Seoul, South Korea — America’s annual joint military exercises with South Korea always frustrate North Korea. The war games set to begin Monday may hold more potential to provoke than ever, given President Donald Trump’s “fire and fury” threats and Pyongyang’s as-yet-unpursued plan to launch missiles close to Guam.Will the allies keep it low-key, or focus on projecting strength? An examination of this year’s drills and how the North might respond to them
  
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• Chris Stewart: Loose lips of press leaks do indeed sink ships

  19-08-2017 21:58
  Loose Lips Sink Ships is a phrase that my father, a WWII air force pilot, heard many times. It was a common and well-accepted attitude during a dangerous and chaotic time. And though our nation has come a long way since the horrors of a world at war, I find this phrase very relevant today.Over the past several years, I have seen an alarming increase in not only the threats our country faces, but also with the number of leaks of classified information. My concerns have been exacerbated over the p
  
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• Prep girls' soccer: State rankings

  19-08-2017 21:57
  Class 6A
  1. American Fork (5-0-0) • The Cavemen have outscored the opposition 24-2, including three shutouts, in an undefeated start to the season. But the Region 4 gauntlet is right around the corner with games against Pleasant Grove, Bingham and Lone Peak up next.2. Davis (2-1-0) • The Darts’ illustrious winning streak finally came to an end at 45 games after a 2-1 loss to Snow Canyon in St. George. They rebounded with a 6-0 win over Dixie with region play getting under way nex
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Top 3 reasons to look forward to 2017-18

  19-08-2017 21:53 via sportspyder.com
  ... Utah Jazz Best Case/Worst Case Scenario Series: Joe Johnson by Jared Woodcox ...
  
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• [Basketball Insiders] - Redemption for Ekpe Udoh

  19-08-2017 21:44 via sportspyder.com
  ... es, they make up a formidable defensive front court. One free agent that the Jazz brought in who should help strengthen the front court defensively is Ekpe Ud ...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Top 3 reasons to look forward to 2017-18

  19-08-2017 21:37
  Even though the Utah Jazz won’t look quite the same in 2017-18 as they did in 2016-17, there are still ample reasons to be excited for the upcoming year. The offseason certainly hasn’t gone exactly how the Utah Jazz had originally planned. Rather than look to improve their already daunting roster and potentially reach new […]
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• Commentary: There is much this native potato can teach us

  19-08-2017 21:13
  Who could imagine that a potato might be one of the most compelling reasons to validate and protect Utah’s two threatened national monuments?A native potato recently discovered by two university researchers is showcasing just how much value and potential there is in listening to Native wisdom as we grapple with the environmental, social, and economic challenges of our times. This native potato tied to indigenous far
  
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• Judge refuses to end Roman Polanski sex assault case

  19-08-2017 21:12
  Los Angeles — A Los Angeles judge on Friday denied the impassioned plea of Roman Polanski’s victim to end a four-decade-old sexual assault case against the fugitive director.Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Scott Gordon ruled that Polanski must return to California if he expects to resolve charges of sexually abusing a teen. The Oscar winner fled the country on the eve of sentencing in 1978.Gordon’s ruling follows a fervent request by Samantha Geimer to end a “40-year sen
  
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• Duke University removes statue of Confederate general

  19-08-2017 20:41
  Durham, N.C. — Duke University removed a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee early Saturday, days after it was vandalized amid a national debate about monuments to the Confederacy.The university said it removed the carved limestone likeness early Saturday morning from Duke Chapel where it stood among 10 historical figures depicted in the entryway. Another statue of Lee was at the heart of a violent protest in Charlottesville, Virginia, that turned deadly a week ago.University president Vincent Pr
  
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• Monson: The most important factor for BYU, Utah, Utah State success rhymes with smuarterback

  19-08-2017 20:22
  One thing has become as clear as any other in modern college football — the game is quarterback-centric. Not exactly a newsflash. It’s always seemed to be that way, but that supposition has spiraled into fact over the past few decades, especially over the past few years.And that fact has been substantiated by both great quarterback play and the lack thereof.It’s certainly true heading into the 2017 season, when Utah, BYU and Utah State will depend on their QBs to lead them thro
  
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• Kragthorpe: Coaches can help, but Gary Andersen is right: ‘Players win games’

  19-08-2017 20:19
  Kalani Sitake watched his Oregon State players allow 674 yards and 52 points to Oregon in his last game as the Beavers’ defensive coordinator. BYU hired him as coach, anyway.Dave Aranda’s Hawaii’s defense gave up 363 yards passing and three touchdowns to BYU’s Riley Nelson in the coach’s final appearance with the Warriors. Gary Andersen brought him to Utah State, anyway. Aranda, who now works for LSU, ranks among the country’s best defensive coordinators.The l
  
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• Footballs will fly under new offensive coordinators at Utah, USU, and return of traditional BYU offense under Detmer

  19-08-2017 20:17
  A week before California’s Troy Taylor and BYU’s Ty Detmer combined for 735 yards passing in rivalry games, walk-on David Yost’s only season of college football ended with his Kent State team going winless in 1989.The stories of the three offensive coordinators in Utah’s FBS programs show that college football coaches can arrive at important positions from different directions. Taylor and Detmer are only two seasons removed from high school coaching jobs, making them high
  
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• Draper man had explosive materials and wires in a 'hidden room,' charges say

  19-08-2017 19:39
  Police searching the home of a Draper man last month discovered a hidden room under a stairway that contained chemicals and other parts used to make explosives, according to charging documents filed Friday.The court documents show police searched the 39-year-old’s residence — located at 15138 South Holly Grove Court, an upscale subdivision in south Draper — on July 31, looking for stolen firearms, evidence of drug distribution and possession of explosives. Officers found severa
  
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• Are you faster than a train? Hundreds race Heber Creeper to find out

  19-08-2017 19:25
  Soldier Hollow • Superman was “more powerful than a locomotive.” On Saturday, 134 Utah runners proved that they are faster than one.Sure, the train they outran is called the “Heber Creeper” by locals, and is known less for blazing speed than for allowing leisurely viewing of pretty mountain scenery.But runners still had to average faster than 10-minute miles over 12 kilometers (7.45 miles) from Deer Creek Dam to Soldier Hollow to beat that train — gaining 1,022
  
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• Commentary: Gene editing in Humans? Proceed with caution

  19-08-2017 19:24
  Recently, a scientific milestone hit the headlines, raising a flurry of excitement and concern.Scientists used a rapidly rising and powerful new gene editingtechnique, CRISPR, to “correct” a genetic mutation linked to aninherited heart condition, in human embryos. The accomplishmentbrings us closer to a day when doctors could eliminate the root causeof certain inherited diseases by modifying human DNA. Along withexcitement, there is a growing awareness of the need to carefullycontrol
  
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• Commentary: Rio Grande cleanup will fail because it addresses symptoms, not cause

  19-08-2017 18:52
  With the inception of Operation Rio Grande, Utah’s politicians and officials are yet again gravely mishandling the opioid and homelessness crisis in Salt Lake City. Police Chief Mike Brown has touted the operation as a “holistic process to heal this community,” but the sentiment only rings true at face value.Though leaders of the operation promised increasing treatment options and jobs for the homeless population, their efforts have produced 37 treatment beds (which are not eve
  
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• Charlottesville exposes new threat for college campuses

  19-08-2017 18:51
  Boston — On college campuses, white supremacists and other far-right extremist groups see fertile ground to spread their messages and recruit followers. But for many colleges, last weekend’s deadly attack at a rally near the University of Virginia exposed a new threat.The rally in Charlottesville left universities across the U.S. bracing for more clashes between extremists and the protesters who oppose them. It also left schools in an increasingly tight bind as they try to ensure cam
  
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• Trump to skip Kennedy Center arts awards

  19-08-2017 18:24
  Bridgewater, N.J. — In a break with tradition, President Donald Trump and the first lady have decided not to participate in events honoring recipients of this year’s Kennedy Center Honors arts awards to “allow the honorees to celebrate without any political distraction,” the White House announced Saturday.The Kennedy Center said it respected Trump’s decision and that the show will go on.Past presidents and first ladies have hosted a White House reception in the hour
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Goodbye Pink Grandma, Keiko Mori

  19-08-2017 18:03 via sportspyder.com
  ... me a staple of every Jazz game. Their legendary pink jerseys, white curly hair, and wonderful smiles m ...
  
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• Prep football: Top recruit Penei Sewell suffers torn labrum

  19-08-2017 17:40
  Desert Hills lineman Penei Sewell, the highest-rated high school football recruit in Utah this year, has suffered a shoulder injury that has cast uncertainty over his senior campaign.“I don’t know at this point,” his father, Gabe Sewell Sr., told The Tribune. “Gonna feel our way through this.”Penei Sewell, 16, suffered a torn left labrum ahead of the Thunder’s season opener. The injury couldn’t keep the 6-foot-5 tackle off the field Friday night —
  
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• Woman suffers major injuries after garbage truck rolls stop sign in Sanpete County

  19-08-2017 17:37
  A 69-year-old woman was seriously injured on State Route 89 on Friday when she crashed into a garbage truck that rolled through a stop sign, police said.The woman was southbound on the highway near the town of Sterling in Sanpete County at about 12:30 p.m. when the crash occurred. Utah Highway Patrol officials said the garbage truck, driven by a 50-year-old man, was eastbound on Gunnison Reservoir Road and failed to stop before entering the highway.The woman’s Cadillac collided with the tr
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The Downbeat: Derrick Favors is working hard this offseason

  19-08-2017 17:35 via sportspyder.com
  ...some time to explore southern Utah in between clinics. Check it out! — Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) It looks like Epke Udoh might be replacing as the mildly eccentr ...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Special-group license plates show Utahns love their colleges, wildlife, pets and veterans

  19-08-2017 17:24 via sportspyder.com
  ... nse plates “and seem to be doing well,” Roberts says. License plate for Utah Jazz A Utah Jazz plate was first offered in 2015 — featuring its signature Jazz n ...
  
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• Utah's eclipse-viewing weather could be a meteorological toss of the dice

  19-08-2017 17:12
  Northern Utahns wanting a glimpse of Monday’s solar eclipse should pray, cross their fingers or perhaps make a wish on the star that is Old Sol that predicted partly cloudy skies will clear for at least 2 minutes and 40 seconds.
  That’s about how long the phenomenon will last as it tracks through the region on a its shadowy course. The eclipse’s totality path enters the U.S. from the Pacific Ocean at 11:16 a.m. MDT in Newport, Ore., continues east through Idaho, Montana, Nebrask
  
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• Utah Museum of Fine Arts reboots, connecting art to people

  19-08-2017 17:12
  After 14 years, Utah’s high desert air was taking a toll on the Utah Museum of Fine Arts’ flagship building.Museums need 50 percent humidity at all times to preserve the works of art inside. It is no easy task keeping that level of humidity in a building on the University of Utah campus, where the air is thin and dry — and varies with the seasons from freezing cold to blistering hot.The U.’s experts “were concerned the level of humidity in the building that the art
  
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• Special-group license plates show Utahns love their colleges, wildlife, pets and veterans

  19-08-2017 17:12
  Nearly 71,000 Utahns — equivalent to the population of South Jordan, the state’s 10th-largest city — happily chose last year to pay what amounts to extra taxes totaling a combined $2 million.That’s about $28 each on average.Why?They paid extra for special-group license plates. These cost at least $16 extra upfront for the plate, and most require an annual contribution of $10 to $40 that goes to universities, government programs or charities.“I’m one of those p
  
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• Gehrke: Utah needs to think about security above all as it buys new voting machines

  19-08-2017 17:11
  State elections officials held an open house earlier this month to demonstrate five election systems vying to replace the voting machines that have been chugging away for the past 13 years.Just a few days earlier, a group of hackers in Las Vegas took part in a demonstration of their own, designed to show how easily they could exploit the machines used around the country and potentially compromise our elections process.The results were alarming.The first voting machine was hacked within 90 minute
  
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• Prep football: Cammon Cooper sets state record in leading Lehi past Alta 72-66 in 2OT

  19-08-2017 08:49
  Sandy • Lehi quarterback Cammon Cooper threw a dart to his right to Dallin Holker, who turned and sprinted into the end zone.After more than four hours of football Friday, Lehi finally claimed a 72-66 double-overtime victory at Alta High School.Cooper, who is committed to Washington State, threw for 10 touchdowns in the game. That breaks the previous record of eight, held by three players.Lehi started the second overtime on defense. After Alta missed a field goal, Cooper got the ball in his
  
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• Prep football: Week 1 scores

  19-08-2017 08:33
  THURSDAYEast 42, Timpview 10FRIDAYLayton Christian 14, North Summit 0Bonneville 34, Logan 14Bear River 20, Juan Diego 10Kearns 47, Copper Hills 18Grand County 39, Monticello 6Morgan 21, Park City 20Delta 39, Juab 32Tooele 41, North Sanpete 0Manti 21, Carbon 14Salem Hills 38, Ben Lomond 31Dixie 35, Springville 34Viewmont 17, Northridge 14Olympus 45, Cottonwood 7Box Elder 39, Layton 14Bountiful 27, Davis 2North Sevier 54, Wayne 7Cyprus 28, Grantsville 6American Fork 54, Weber 39Corner Canyon 31, P
  
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• Searchers look for Vernal man who did not return from camping trip

  19-08-2017 07:22
  Police are searching for an elderly man from Vernal who was reported missing after he didn’t return from a two-week camping trip.Joseph Weyerman, who had been camping near Chepeta Lake in the High Uintas, last communicated with his family Monday, according to Duchesne County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Travis Tucker in a news release.Weyerman was scheduled to return home Wednesday night, and family members reported him missing late Thursday, Tucker said. On Friday, search crews on foot an
  
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• [Jazz Fanatical] - RIP Pink Grandma :(

  19-08-2017 07:14 via sportspyder.com
  ... You were one of the best parts of being a Jazz fan and you will be dearly missed. Share! Email Twitter Facebook Tumblr Redd ...
  
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• Prep football: Brock Jones' three TD passes lead Lone Peak over Herriman

  19-08-2017 07:02
  Storylines<br>• Brock Jones throws for three touchdowns and 235 yards to help Lone Peak overcome a slow start.<br>• Sophomore Nate Ritchie boots field goals of 40 and 22 yards for Lone Peak.<br>• Herriman scores first on an 80-yard screen pass from Blake Freeland to Maeakafa Leakehe.Herriman • A season opener isn’t the same as winning the state football title.But Lone Peak quarterback Brock Jones, a sophomore when the Knights lost a heartbreaker in the
  
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• Prep football: Defense sparks Corner Canyon past Pleasant Grove

  19-08-2017 06:59
  Pleasant Grove • Eric Kjar’s teams always have been known for offense. Just check the Jordan High record books.And Kjar had instant quarterback ammo in Boise State-recruit Zach Wilson when he took over as Corner Canyon coach this season. Sure enough, the offense was there for the Chargers in the season-opener Friday at Pleasant Grove.But what the host Vikings, a preseason top-5 team in Class 6A, may not have expected was a stout Corner Canyon defense that helped the visitors earn a 31
  
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• Pliskova sweeps into Cincinnati semis, Nadal comes up short

  19-08-2017 06:38
  Mason, Ohio •  Defending champion Karolina Pliskova pulled off a doubleheader sweep Friday at the Western & Southern Open, reaching the semifinals by winning a pair of matches with little rest in-between. Rafael Nadal couldn’t do the same.Pliskova completed a match that was suspended overnight because of rain, beating qualifier Camila Giorgi in three sets. After a quick turnaround, she needed only 67 minutes to beat a rested Caroline Wozniacki 6-2, 6-4 for a sweep into the se
  
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• Brock Jones' three TD passes lead Lone Peak over Herriman

  19-08-2017 06:37
  Storylines<br>• Brock Jones throws for three touchdowns and 235 yards to help Lone Peak overcome a slow start.<br>• Sophomore Nate Ritchie boots field goals of 40 and 22 yards for Lone Peak.<br>• Herriman scores first on an 80-yard screen pass from Blake Freeland to Maeakafa Leakehe.Herriman • A season opener isn’t the same as winning the state football title.But Lone Peak quarterback Brock Jones, a sophomore when the Knights lost a heartbreaker in the
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz Best Case/Worst Case Scenario Series: Joe Johnson

  19-08-2017 06:26 via sportspyder.com
  ... n of all time. As he enters the final year of his two-year contract with the Jazz, hopefully he can continue to make the most of his opportunities and prove t ...
  
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• Salt Lake Bees fall to Tacoma 7-6 in homestand finale

  19-08-2017 06:25
  The heart of the Tacoma Rainiers’ lineup — Taylor Motter, Daniel Vogelbach, and Gordon Beckham — roughed up Salt Lake Bees starting pitcher Daniel Wright in the series finale Friday at Smith’s ballpark. The trio went 8 for 9 at the plate in the first four innings, scoring seven runs and featuring a three-run homer by Beckham.Salt Lake’s offense was highlighted by a pair of two-run homers courtesy of Carlos Perez and Eric Young Jr.Trailing in the ninth, the Bees had
  
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• Letter: Put a price on carbon

  19-08-2017 06:14
  Getting nuked isn’t Guam’s only major concern from this administration of fools. Global warming is already causing sea level rise and coral bleaching and will only get worse if ignored any longer. This reality TV star that we allowed to get elected is trying hard to escalate the climate crisis by facilitating the burning of as much fossil fuel as his cronies like Rex Tillerson, Bob Murray and the Koch brothers can wrest out of the ground. Damn the consequences.Hopefully, congressiona
  
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• Utah Jazz Best Case/Worst Case Scenario Series: Joe Johnson

  19-08-2017 06:10
  Joe Johnson filled his role with the Utah Jazz nearly flawlessly last season and it wouldn’t be all that surprising to see him do it yet again. Far and above the biggest surprise of the Utah Jazz offseason last summer was the free agent acquisition of Joe Johnson. The Jazz have long been reputed as […]
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