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• George F. Will: Football's enjoyment is on a fade pattern

  02-09-2017 23:54
  Washington • Autumn, which is bearing down upon us like a menacing linebacker, is, as John Keats said, a season of mists and mellow fruitfulness and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Actually, Keats, a romantic, did not mention that last part. He died before the birth of the subject of a waning American romance, football. This sport will never die but it will never again be, as it was until recently, the subject of uncomplicated national enthusiasm.CTE is a degenerative brain disease
  
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• Tribune Editorial: While Biskupski and Hughes fight it out, the homeless are the ones losing

  02-09-2017 23:10
  It is good advice to keep your friends close and your enemies closer.Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes and Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski say they’re friends, but they have been acting like enemies. For example, last week, when they had a brief, but very public, spat over closing a street in the Rio Grande district.The street between The Road Home homeless shelter and Catholic Community Services Weigand Center did close on Friday  — to vehicles but not to pedestrians —
  
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• Prep girls' soccer: State rankings for Sept. 3

  02-09-2017 23:02
  Class 6A
  1. American Fork (8-0) • Can anyone stop the Cavemen? Valuable wins over Bingham and Lone Peak have them cruising in Region 3.2. Pleasant Grove (5-2) • A 3-2 win over Bingham keeps the Vikings within striking distance of American Fork. Lone Peak is up next before a road game at Westlake.3. Lone Peak (5-2) • A 6-3 demolition of Westlake was followed by a heartbreaking 1-0 defeat to American Fork. Big week upcoming with road games at Pleasant Grove and Bingham.4. Syracuse (
  
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• Harry Fuller: Trump sets course for us to remain Afghanistanned for a long time

  02-09-2017 22:55
  In a particularly crucial regard, the Trump Doctrine differs from the Obama Doctrine for U.S. involvement with Afghanistan – the American troop presence shifting from a determined to an indefinite withdrawal.While the previous policy was to reduce U.S. forces as assistance in improving Afghan security components showed effective progress, the new one principally emphasizes militarily denaturing the Taliban insurgency. Complemented by permanency of a stable, un-threatened Afghan government
  
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• He broke the Utes' hearts last fall. Now Darren Carrington II wants to make amends.

  02-09-2017 22:52
  There is one play from last year that stands out in the mind of Utah receivers coach Guy Holliday as the difference between a great season and a good one. It is a clear, autumn afternoon. It starts with play action and it ends spectacularly near the back pylon. In between is a 21-year-old named Darren Carrington II.This play — a game-winning touchdown catch for the Oregon Ducks — is the first thing former Utes wideout Tim Patrick reminds his coach of during a conversation this summer
  
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• Prep sports: This week's standouts performers and key numbers

  02-09-2017 22:37
  Each week, the TribPreps staff will choose standout performers and key numbers from the previous week’s action in Utah and showcase them. Here are this week’s picks.Emily Stevens
  The Salem Hills junior forward repeatedly found the back of the net in the Skyhawks’ 7-1 victory over Payson in girls’ soccer action Tuesday. She scored five goals on 10 shots, including eight on goal. She’s scored 10 goals to help Salem Hills start the season 3-3-1.McCoy Fitzgerald
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• Commentary: Failure to vaccinate children endangers others

  02-09-2017 22:27
  As summer comes to an end, many of us look forward with bittersweet anticipation to a school year filled with growth and excitement. And while we prepare for the school year, keeping our children safe is at the top of our priority list.An extension of this includes protecting them from communicable diseases like whooping cough and measles. If your child will be entering Kindergarten or 7th grade this year, they will need to get their vaccines, unless an exemption if filed with your local he
  
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• Letter: Engage in honest dialogue to heal the divide

  02-09-2017 22:16
  Recent events in Charlottesville, Va., have horrified many Americans. We are saddened to witness the hatred and resulting injuries and death to citizens with opposing views regarding the role of ethnic, racial and political diversity in American society.The Utah Psychological Association affirms the rights of all Americans to free speech, but abhors the violence that has occurred by individuals attempting to exercise these rights in a hateful and intimidating manner. Progress in human relations
  
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• Tribune Editorial: Food should be eaten — not taxed

  02-09-2017 22:15
  The Legislature is once again talking about the sales taxes Utah levies on groceries, except this time a Republican legislator offered the idea of eliminating it altogether. In a Wednesday committee meeting, Rep. Tim Quinn suggested raising the basic sales tax rate from 4.7 percent to 4.95 percent in order to eliminate the tax on food in a revenue-neutral way.The sales tax on groceries is perpetually on the table because, 10 years ago, the Legislature reduced the state sales tax applied to unpre
  
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• Kragthorpe: How did current Denver Bronco and former Ute Garett Bolles become such a monster player?

  02-09-2017 22:13
  Garett Bolles was crying, with grass stains covering his uniform and his nose bloodied from competing against older, bigger players in his first season of tackle football in Utah County. His father offered him a chance to rest, but the fourth-grader was too angry, too driven to stop playing. He chased down the quarterback twice for sacks in the next series.That sequence of plays captured the traits that would make coaches at every level of football marvel about his athletic ability and relentles
  
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• Commentary: CMS misses opportunity to help cure many cancer patients

  02-09-2017 20:58
  Although science has provided immeasurable hope for cancer patients whose illnesses would have once been incurable, recent actions – or rather inaction – by Medicare signals a clear misunderstanding of the importance of adequate payment policies on the lives of cancer patients nationwide.Last month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) once again did not address the need to reform hospital payment policy for patients who require stem cell or cord blood transplants i
  
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• Prep football: Lehi’s Cammon Cooper prepares for Washington State with his family at his back

  02-09-2017 20:54
  Lehi • It was a typical Sunday, and Cammon Cooper was throwing a football in his grandparents’ yard to the tune of his uncles’ and grandpa’s rundown of his performance on the field Friday.“It’s like your traditional LDS, Mormon culture: everybody gets together on Sunday, and we grill Cammon on what he should have done better in his game,” joked Cole Cooper, Cammon’s father and Lehi assistant coach.This is what being a Cooper at Lehi High School look
  
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• Crews near full containment on Bountiful blaze, which remains under investigation

  02-09-2017 20:42
  Firefighters had the Bountiful-Summerwood 75 percent contained Saturday as they fought the 56-acre blaze for a fourth day.The human-caused fire was sparked Tuesday afternoon in steep, rugged terrain in the foothills above the city of Bountiful and briefly threatened dozens of homes. The cause remains under investigation.Firefighters continued to cut brush and trees and dig fire lines around the perimeter on Friday and Saturday, a U.S. Forest Service news release said. The blaze has burned both p
  
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• South Salt Lake police catch suspect in hit-and-run crash that left pedestrian in critical condition

  02-09-2017 20:22
  South Salt Lake police on Friday arrested a man suspected of hitting a pedestrian while driving a stolen motorcycle then speeding off earlier this week.Officers spotted the man late Friday afternoon as they canvassed a neighborhood near 400 East and 2500 South, where the motorcycle had been discovered hidden in some bushes a day earlier, South Salt Lake police spokesman Gary Keller said.The crash occurred at 3300 South and 900 West just before midnight Tuesday. Police found a 49-year-old man lyi
  
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• .@rickyrubio9 had 17 points and 5 assists in 20 minutes, helping Spain to a 93-56 win over the Czech Republic today… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-09-2017 20:15 via twitter.com
  .@rickyrubio9 had 17 points and 5 assists in 20 minutes, helping Spain to a 93-56 win over the Czech Republic today… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Letter: Trump voters, this is on you

  02-09-2017 20:03
  It doesn’t matter if you’re an independent, moderate Democrat, any flavor of Republican or a member of the alt-right; if you voted for Donald Trump, this is on you.The fact you couldn’t see it coming is mind-boggling, but the fact you either turn a blind eye or agree with his behavior and polices is deplorable. You’ve embarrassed our nation, put our future at risk and owe all non-Trump voters an apology.Future generations are going to look back on this time with bewilderm
  
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• Commentary: The EPA continues to run amok

  02-09-2017 20:02
  Think the days of over-regulation are numbered? Not so fast. State and local governments face severe economic penalties if they fail to comply with a recently issued national ambient air-quality standard for ground-level ozone, a key component of smog.If that happens, some states and communities designated as not meeting the new federal ozone standard will become less attractive locations for new industrial facilities than others. Manufacturing growth could slow or stop in such places (“no
  
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• Wrong-way driver killed, two others injured in Friday night crash on I-215

  02-09-2017 19:57
  A wrong-way driver was killed and two others riding in a separate vehicle were in critical condition following a head-on crash on Interstate 215 Friday night, authorities said.A Utah Highway Patrol trooper was slowing down cars on Interstate 15 near 5300 South in Murray due to some debris in the roadway at about 11 p.m. when he saw in his rearview mirror a Honda Civic turn around and start driving against traffic, a UHP news release said.Several troopers went to intercept the vehicle, but within
  
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• Trump seeks an initial $7.9 billion in Harvey aid

  02-09-2017 19:07
  Washington • President Donald Trump has sent lawmakers an initial request for a $7.9 billion down payment toward Harvey relief and recovery efforts.The request, expected to be swiftly approved by Congress, would add $7.4 billion to rapidly dwindling Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster aid coffers and $450 million to finance disaster loans for small businesses.Republican leaders are already making plans to use the aid package, certain to be overwhelmingly popular, to win speedy appr
  
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• Letter: Socialism doesn't work? Tell that to European countries

  02-09-2017 19:01
  On Aug. 9. David W. Haughey writes, “Socialism, widely espoused by the left, simply doesn’t work and never has.”Tell that to our Norwegian friends and their neighbors in Scandinavia. And because it is usually universal health care people have in mind when they talk about socialism, Haughey could talk to the English and our Canadian neighbors as well.David L. AlstonSalt Lake City
  
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• Just wanted to give a shoutout to the BEST FANS in the world! Jazz Nation, we love you. We can't wait to hear you rocking @vivintarena!

  02-09-2017 18:26 via twitter.com
  Just wanted to give a shoutout to the BEST FANS in the world! Jazz Nation, we love you.We can't wait to hear you rocking @vivintarena!
  
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• Gomberg: Name change after marriage or not, isn’t it the choice that makes it feminist?

  02-09-2017 18:18
  When my wife and I married in 2009, we had decided that we’d each keep our own surnames. We’re modern, independent feminist women. It’s how we roll, and that was that.Or so we thought.She was already changing her first name; it turns out that Becky lacked a formality even her mama must have felt. She’d holler “REBECCA!” when serious discipline was in order.So as my lovely wife grew out of what felt to her like a younger person’s name, she began using her
  
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• Letter: Political correctness over privilege has reached Orwellian levels

  02-09-2017 18:10
  I must have missed the notice, but apparently it was “check your privilege” week at The Tribune.Mary Jane Taylor, (Public Forum, Aug. 9) assails Garrison Keillor (a true liberal) for encouraging people to think about the blessings of life without bearing witness to the suffering of minorities. Apparently, white men must not speak of happiness because others are less fortunate. Who knew? In another letter, Annie Montague berates Robert Kirby for interpreting Salt Lake City’s hom
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - EuroBasket 2017: Utah Jazz PG Ricky Rubio, Spain smash Montenegro

  02-09-2017 17:52 via sportspyder.com
  ... de Maat will have your update on that game later. More from The J-Notes Utah Jazz, Rodney Hood engaged in extension talks 10h ago Utah Jazz: Reason for optimi ...
  
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• EuroBasket 2017: Utah Jazz PG Ricky Rubio, Spain smash Montenegro

  02-09-2017 17:38
  In their first action at EuroBasket 2017, Utah Jazz point guard Ricky Rubio and Spain began their quest for gold with a rout of Montenegro. On Day 2 of action from EuroBasket 2017, Utah Jazz point-man Ricky Rubio and the vaunted Spanish national team tipped off their tournament in Cluj-Napoca, Romania with a Group C bout […]
  EuroBasket 2017: Utah Jazz PG Ricky Rubio, Spain smash Montenegro - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - ‘Hamilton’ star Renee Elise Goldsberry will sing at BYU

  02-09-2017 17:19 via sportspyder.com
  ... chelor’s degree in theater from Carnegie-Mellon University and a master’s in jazz studies from the University of Southern California. A veteran of the Public...
  
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• Appellate attorney withdraws from Utah death penalty case, saying, ‘I had to choose’ between financially supporting family or representing Douglas Lovell

  02-09-2017 17:09
  A judge last week granted a lawyer’s request to withdraw from representing a Utah death row inmate after the appellate attorney said payment issues were causing a conflict of interest.Attorney Samuel Newton asked for the withdrawal in June after lamenting a financial cap that Weber County officials had put on him to represent Douglas Anderson Lovell, who was sentenced in 2015 to be executed for killing 39-year-old Joyce Yost in 1985 to keep her from testifying that he had previously raped
  
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• Book world hopes for literary breakthrough in the fall that cuts through the ‘Trump effect’

  02-09-2017 17:07
  As the book world’s most literary season approaches, the industry still awaits the year’s big literary publication.While critics have celebrated Mohsin Hamid’s “Exit West,” George Saunders’ “Lincoln in the Bardo” and other works, no 2017 releases have approached the sales or the impact of such older titles as Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” and George Orwell’s “1984.” Publishers wonder if it’s
  
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• Letter: Combating credit card fraud with technology

  02-09-2017 17:06
  Two years ago I had dinner in a sushi restaurant: the server takes my credit card on a plastic tray, brings me my receipt — to which I add gratuity — then my card and final receipt are left for me on the tray. The following afternoon, I get a call from my credit card company asking me about several charges to online sites, iTunes, Amazon, etc. They were comparing my purchases to my purchasing history and, seeing discrepancies, called for verification. Together we determined the legit
  
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• ‘Hamilton’ star Renee Elise Goldsberry will sing at BYU

  02-09-2017 17:03
  Another September, another Tony Award-winning “Hamilton” star for Brigham Young University’s Bravo concert series.Renée Elise Goldsberry, the 2016 Best Featured Actress in a Musical winner for her portrayal of Angelica Schuyler, promised a “powerful and soulful” evening Sept. 8 in de Jong Concert Hall on the Provo campus.Unlike her former co-star Leslie Odom Jr., who won the Best Actor trophy for his performance as Aaron Burr, Goldsberry won’t be visiti
  
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• Commentary: Congress must end the Cadillac tax before it’s too late

  02-09-2017 17:03
  There’s nothing worse than being tricked.  That’s exactly what the so-called “Cadillac tax” is: a deceptively named trick that will utterly destroy what is left of America’s private employer-based insurance market.  During the run-up to the passage of the Affordable Care Act, the Cadillac tax was hailed as an amazing Robin Hood scheme. It would supposedly take money from those evil rich people who had somehow managed to garner exorbitantly fancy health ins
  
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• [Basketball Insiders] - Source: Rodney Hood, Jazz Begin Extension Talks

  02-09-2017 08:49 via sportspyder.com
  ... Tribune has learned. The two sides have had preliminary conversations as the Jazz hope Hood can become their primary perimeter scorer this season after Gordon ...
  
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• [Basketball Insiders] - Kyrie Irving: ‘I can’t wait to maximize my potential’ with Celtics

  02-09-2017 08:49 via sportspyder.com
  ... Tribune has learned. The two sides have had preliminary conversations as the Jazz hope Hood can become their primary perimeter scorer this season after Gordon ...
  
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• Source: Rodney Hood, Jazz Begin Extension Talks

  02-09-2017 08:32 via basketballinsiders.com
  The Utah Jazz and starting shooting guard Rodney Hood have opened contract extension negotiations, the Salt Lake Tribune has learned. The two sides have had preliminary conversations as the Jazz hope Hood can become their primary perimeter scorer this season after Gordon Hayward left for the Boston Celtics. Another meeting is expected to occur in […]
  
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• [Basketball Insiders] - Report: Alec Burks Healthy, Ready for Training Camp

  02-09-2017 08:29 via sportspyder.com
  ... rtland Trail Blazers Sacramento Kings San Antonio Spurs Toronto Raptors Utah Jazz Washington Wizards Our Writers Select a Writer Eric Pincus Joel Brigham Mich ...
  
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• Report: Alec Burks Healthy, Will be Ready for Training Camp

  02-09-2017 08:19 via basketballinsiders.com
  Just been told Alec Burks is healthy and should be 100 percent good to go for training camp with no restriction. As of today. Just been told Alec Burks is healthy and should be 100 percent good to go for training camp with no restriction. As of today. — Tony Jones (@tribjazz) September 1, 2017 […]
  
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• [NBC Sports: Pro Basketball Talk] - JaVale McGee can hit threes? JaVale McGee can hit threes. (VIDEO)

  02-09-2017 08:11 via sportspyder.com
  ... t Lake Tribune. The two sides have had preliminary conversations as the Jazz hope Hood can become their primary perimeter scorer this season after Gordon ...
  
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• Prep football: Highland, Hillcrest honor Huskies coach Cazzie Brown before Rams' victory

  02-09-2017 08:06
  Midvale • “Family on three,” Bishop Brown yelled from the middle of the huddle, surrounded by his Hillcrest teammates. “One, two, three”“Family.”Hillcrest had just lost to Highland 31-6, but none of the players were thinking about that. Cazzie Brown was the only thing on their minds. The beloved Huskies coach died Sunday, and their game Friday was dedicated to him.“My dad changed a lot of people’s lives, so I think that’s where that come
  
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• Prep football: Lone Peak rebounds to blast Lehi

  02-09-2017 08:05
  Highland • If a Class 4A team could beat Lone Peak last week, Lehi must have reasoned that the top-ranked squad in Class 5A could do it, too.But the Knights, smarting from a road loss to Dixie, had something to say about that.The answer was a resounding no.Lone Peak scored three touchdowns in the first half and rolled to a 40-7 win over the Pioneers.“They’ve got a great offensive team, Ed [Larson, Lehi’s coach] runs an impressive program. Cam is a great quarterback,”
  
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• Prep football: Alta defense clamps down on Taylorsville in lopsided win

  02-09-2017 08:05
  Taylorsville • One of the highest-scoring teams in the state proved it can do more than play offense.Alta forced four turnovers and scored two defensive touchdowns in a convincing 63-26 victory against previously unbeaten Taylorsville on Friday night.Linebacker Mitch Medina returned a fumble in the first half and defensive back Gooch Malieitulua returned an interception in the second half as the Hawks (2-1) continued to prove their poor Week 1 showing was an aberration.“We stuck to ou
  
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• Prep football: Kick return sparks Weber past Clearfield

  02-09-2017 08:02
  Clearfield • One play oftentimes can change the direction of a game.It may have taken the Weber Warriors a while to find that big play. But once they found it, it turned the direction of their Region 1 contest with Clearfield in their direction Friday night.Weber senior Ty Barnett took the opening kick to the second half and raced 85 yards to give the Warriors a 10-0 lead. Barnett burst through a hole on the right side and was gone. It was the play the Warriors had been looking for and only
  
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• Prep football: Juan Diego rallies to squeak past Skyline

  02-09-2017 07:54
  Juan Diego was driving against host Skyline, but time was running out.Quarterback Zachary Hoffman, who scored twice on the ground, was guiding his club down the field. A touchdown pass to Rylan Davis was called off due to a hold.That mean the pressure fell on kicker Alex Saunders.And the senior delivered by connecting on a 33-yard field goal to make it 23-22 Juan Diego.Skyline had one last chance, and quarterback Tommy McGrath heaved a Hail Mary into the end zone, but it was batted down, allowin
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz, Rodney Hood engaged in extension talks

  02-09-2017 07:52 via sportspyder.com
  ... e injury bug. Related Story: Rodney Hood willing to extend; should the Utah Jazz bite? Such was the case with Alec Burks, who has missed more games than he’s ...
  
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• Prep football: Week 3 scores

  02-09-2017 07:37
  ThursdayStansbury 28, Grantsville 7FridayWest Side (Idaho) 38, Rich, 16Milford 42, Layton Christian 0Altamont 41, West Wendover (Nev.) 0Sky View 33, Springville 14Servite (Calif.) 38, American Fork 28San Juan 20, Monticello 7Jordan 48, Pleasant Grove 40Dixie 69, Tooele 35Moapa Valley (Nev.) 35, Hurricane 24Viewmont 24, Green Canyon 13Payson 17, Emery 0Morgan 21, Ben Lomond 13Northridge 21, Syracuse 10Mountain Crest 42, Box Elder 18Highland 31, Hillcrest 6Summit Academy 49, Judge Memorial 21Skyri
  
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• Utah Jazz, Rodney Hood engaged in extension talks

  02-09-2017 07:33
  With restricted free agency looming, Rodney Hood and the Utah Jazz are exploring the possibility of a contract extension. In recent years, the ‘next man up’ philosophy has been the bread and butter for the Utah Jazz. Following the departure of Gordon Hayward, the Jazz are hoping that fourth-year guard Rodney Hood can be the […]
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• BYU will be big underdogs in the Big Easy against LSU

  02-09-2017 07:26
  New Orleans • It seemed like a good idea at the time.Having mostly held their own in several college football games at NFL stadiums against Power Five schools since going independent in 2011, the BYU Cougars agreed in January of 2015 to meet SEC power LSU in Houston, a four-hour drive from Baton Rouge but also a city with a large number of BYU fans.Then Hurricane Harvey happened, creating massive flooding in South Texas and forcing the AdvoCare Texas Kickoff to be moved out of Houston to Ne
  
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• Utah State can’t maintain fast start, loses opener to No. 9 Wisconsin 59-10
  

  02-09-2017 07:25
  Madison, Wis. • It started so promising.Utah State held a 10-0 first-half lead and was keeping No. 9 Wisconsin’s offense in check. However, the Badgers scored 31 unanswered points in a span of 9 minutes, 2 seconds to open the floodgates, going on to record a 59-10 victory at Camp Randall Stadium on Friday night.“I was proud of those kids,” Utah State coach Matt Wells said. “First half basically went toe to toe and we’re in the game. What happened in the third q
  
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• Sources: Jazz, Rodney Hood discuss contract extension

  02-09-2017 07:24
  The Utah Jazz and starting shooting guard Rodney Hood have opened contract extension negotiations, the Salt Lake Tribune has learned.The two sides have had preliminary conversations as the Jazz hope Hood can become their primary perimeter scorer this season after Gordon Hayward left for the Boston Celtics. Another meeting is expected to occur in the next few weeks, according to league sources.Hood, who will enter his fourth season in the league, is eligible for a rookie scale contract extension,
  
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• Changing of guard for Utah State

  02-09-2017 07:19
  Madison, Wis. • It was a changing of the guard for the Utah State offensive linemen.All five big men for the Aggies not only started their first career college games on Friday night, but it was also each guy’s first playing time at the collegiate level in Utah State’s season-opening game against Wisconsin.Utah State went with junior Roman Andrus at left tackle, sophomore Moroni Iniguez at left guard, junior Quin Ficklin at center, junior Rob Castandea at right guard and junior S
  
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