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• Prep volleyball: 'She’s a fantastic player and such a sweet girl’: Heather Gneiting a star for Pleasant Grove

  09-09-2017 23:57
  Pleasant Grove • Some things are exactly as they appear when it comes to Pleasant Grove volleyball player Heather Gneiting.As befitting a senior in high school, her favorite movies are wildly popular series like Harry Potter and The Hunger Games.And at 6 foot 4, Gneiting fits the bill of someone very tall who — not coincidentally — plays a sport where someone of her stature can excel.But there’s so much more to Gneiting.Yes, she’s tall. And height alone might have pr
  
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• Stephens tops Keys in U.S. Open final for 1st Grand Slam title

  09-09-2017 23:55
  New York • Sloane Stephens never looked shaken by the setting or the stakes in her first Grand Slam final. Her opponent, Madison Keys, most definitely did.Stephens dominated her close friend Keys 6-3, 6-0 on Saturday to win the U.S. Open, capping a remarkably rapid rise after sitting out 11 months because of foot surgery.The 83rd-ranked Stephens is only the second unseeded woman to win the tournament in the Open era, which began in 1968.This was the first all-American women’s final at
  
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• Nadal-Anderson seems a mismatch, but upsets happen

  09-09-2017 23:54
  New York • U.S. Open finalists Rafael Nadal and Kevin Anderson are both professional tennis players who were born in 1986. Not much else in common.Heading into Sunday’s match — well, mismatch, apparently — Nadal owns 15 Grand Slam titles, including two at Flushing Meadows in 2010 and 2013. Anderson: zero.Nadal has participated in 22 major finals. Anderson: zero.Nadal has spent a total of more than 140 weeks at No. 1, his spot right now. Anderson: zero. Indeed, at No. 32, A
  
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• Forecasters say Irma’s prime target is now Tampa, not Miami

  09-09-2017 23:49
  Miami • With the window closing fast for anyone wanting to escape, Irma hurtled toward Florida with 125 mph winds Saturday on a new projected track that could put the Tampa area — not Miami — in the crosshairs.The Tampa area has not taken a direct hit from a major hurricane in nearly a century.“You need to leave — not tonight, not in an hour, right now,” Gov. Rick Scott warned residents in the evacuation zones ahead of the storm’s predicted arrival on Sun
  
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• Watch commander on duty during nurse arrest has been placed on leave; attorney says he’s received death threats

  09-09-2017 23:12
  As criticism continues after the surfacing of a video showing a Salt Lake City police detective arresting a nurse who refused to draw blood from an unconscious patient, an attorney for one of the officers asked for the public’s patience as several investigations take place.Detective Jeff Payne and another officer were put on administrative leave Sept. 1 — a day after nurse Alex Wubbels’ attorney released police body camera footage of the arrest. A criminal investigation was lau
  
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• Jazz GM told Rodney Hood he needed to get better — so he stayed in Utah all summer to train

  09-09-2017 23:09
  Dennis Lindsey’s honesty stunned Rodney Hood.The Jazz general manager told Hood he needed significant all-around improvement in what was a frank exit meeting the day after the Golden State Warriors defeated the Utah Jazz in the second round of the Western Conference playoffs.Lindsey challenged his shooting guard. He wants more consistency. He wants Hood to visit the free-throw line more often. He wants the guard who is entering a contract year to turn his offensive ability into efficient p
  
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• After decades sitting in an East Coast museum, child’s skull from Mountain Meadows Massacre will be laid to rest in Utah

  09-09-2017 22:47
  Mountain Meadows • For nearly 16 decades, a skull belonging to one of the youngest victims of the Mountain Meadows Massacre lay hidden in the collections of an East Coast military museum.This summer, the skull made the journey back to Utah and will be laid to rest Saturday in a vault at the massacre site, where relatives of the doomed Arkansas immigrants led a memorial service honoring the children.Saturday’s funeral mourns not only the unknown young boy or girl whose head was rupture
  
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• BYU police cite four people for spray-painting Utah logo on cougar statue near stadium

  09-09-2017 22:38
  A statue of a cougar on BYU’s campus was vandalized Saturday morning, and police say the suspects were literally caught red-handed.The statue, located near LaVell Edwards Stadium, was spray painted with two red “U” logos the morning of the football game between rivals BYU and Utah. Bright Young University police Lt. Steven Messick said a witness saw a group vandalizing the statue at about 4:50 a.m.“Our officers did a great job and hustled right down,” Messick said.
  
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• Letter: Why are harmful drugs legal when medical marijuana is not?

  09-09-2017 22:24
  I have a special friend from Colorado who has rheumatoid arthritis. She has had this terrible disease for a number of years. She was given Methotrexate, which is expensive and trashes the liver. Recently, she has had to discontinue using it because of damage to her liver, which has resulted in her hands and knuckles becoming swollen and extremely painful.A mutual friend gave her some medical marijuana, and her symptoms disappeared. She experiences no pain, and is active in ways she has not thoug
  
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• Commentary: Operation Rio Grande is driven by fearmongering

  09-09-2017 22:24
  Throughout the 1990s, street drugs were bought and sold in a triangular area of downtown Salt Lake City between the sidewalks of a dive bar, coffee shop and nightclub: the Shamrock Lounge on 200 South (razed), Bandaloops (now PF Chang’s), and the Zephyr Club on West Temple and Broadway (dilapidated after 14 years of vacancy). Back then, you couldn’t hit a shadow between the three landmarks without being solicited by a mouthful of colored balloons filled with cocaine or heroin. W
  
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• Rocky Mountain Power crews prepared for ‘anything’ as they head east to help with Irma aftermath

  09-09-2017 22:22
  Crews from Rocky Mountain Power company plan to go east Sunday to help with electrical outages expected from Hurricane Irma.The 52-person group will include journeymen, managers and a mechanic, all of whom will team up with Georgia Power once they arrive on the East Coast, according to a news release from the Utah-based power company.Once there, they’ll divide up into crews of three people with a bucket truck, line truck and service body/pickup, the release said.Employees from Cedar City,
  
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• Utah vs. BYU is a popular bet at Nevada casinos

  09-09-2017 22:19
  Move over Donny and Marie, Penn and Teller.One of the most popular tickets in Nevada this week has been Utah-BYU.This weekend’s rivalry game in Provo has drawn plenty of interest from bettors. According to William Hill, Nevada’s largest sports book operator, more money has been wagered on the Utes and Cougars than any other college game. The contest has garnered 14 percent of the total money wagered on point spreads for this week’s 44 games.Of today's 44 College 🏈games
  
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• BYU police cite four people for vandalizing cougar statue near football stadium with Utah logo

  09-09-2017 21:39
  A statue of a cougar on BYU’s campus was vandalized early Saturday morning, and police say the suspects were literally caught red-handed.The statue, located near LaVell Edwards Stadium, was spray painted with two red “U” logos the morning of the football game between rivals BYU and Utah. Bright Young University police Lt. Steven Messick said a witness saw a group vandalizing the statue at about 4:50 a.m.“Our officers did a great job and hustled right down,” Messick
  
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• [Fadeaway World] - 4 NBA Players Who Will Have A Tremendous Season

  09-09-2017 21:29 via sportspyder.com
  ...acquisition of former Minnesota Timberwolves point guard Ricky Rubio to the Jazz’ roster means nothing but good news for the defensive standout, as Rubio’s o ...
  
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• Kragthorpe: BYU will stop Utes‘ run in the rivalry, because we're not living in the 1950s

  09-09-2017 21:28
  Fairly soon after getting the football for the first time Saturday night, the BYU Cougars will face a fourth-down situation. That means the drive will have lasted longer than their first possession of each of the last two meetings with Utah.And then Jonny Linehan actually will punt the ball, an improvement of his strategy in the fourth quarter last weekend vs. LSU.That’s the critical phase of the Cougars’ effort to stage a mild upset in Provo. Yes, mild. The pick of BYU to break the
  
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• Northwest Shoshone want American Indian vs. Mormon ‘Sham Battles’ to stop, but Wellsville mayor hopes for ‘compromise’

  09-09-2017 21:26
  Representatives of the Northwest Band of the Shoshone Nation hope to end an annual Wellsville tradition in which residents paint themselves red and, whooping and hollering on horseback, pretend to raid white settlers.The so-called ”Sham Battle” has been part of the town’s annual Founders’ Day Parade since 1916 but recently gained widespread attention after a column from The Salt Lake Tribune’s Robert Gehrke.Darren Parry, vice chairman of the Northwest Band
  
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• Utah Jazz: GM’s challenge to Hood sparks offseason commitment to improvement

  09-09-2017 21:23
  Dennis Lindsey’s honesty stunned Rodney Hood.The Jazz general manager told Hood he needed significant all-around improvement in what was a frank exit meeting the day after the Golden State Warriors defeated the Utah Jazz in the second round of the Western Conference playoffs.Lindsey challenged his shooting guard. He wants more consistency. He wants Hood to visit the free-throw line more often. He wants the guard who is entering a contract year to turn his offensive ability into efficient p
  
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• Utahns keep memories of 9/11 alive with community service projects

  09-09-2017 21:21
  A bundle of energy, 8-year-old Alex Owen bent over and stared at the roots of an expansive weed Saturday morning as naturalist Lewis Kogan showed a community-cleanup group how best to pull puncturevine and dispose of its nasty sharp little seeds, best known as goatheads.“I want to pull it,” Owen volunteered eagerly, taking a pronged hand tool and hooking it under a “knuckle” along the vine, then gently yanking the weed out of the ground.“That’s our first one,&
  
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• Utah-BYU a popular bet at Nevada casinos

  09-09-2017 21:11
  Move over Donny and Marie, Penn and Teller.One of the most popular tickets in Nevada this week has been Utah-BYU.This weekend’s rivalry game in Provo has drawn plenty of interest from bettors. According to William Hill, Nevada’s largest sports book operator, more money has been wagered on the Utes and Cougars than any other college football game. The contest has garnered 14 percent of the total money wagered on point spreads for this week’s 44 games.Of today's 44 College ӿ
  
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• Prep girls' soccer: State rankings for Sept. 10

  09-09-2017 21:07
  Class 6A
  1. American Fork (9-0) • Easily handled Westlake 5-2 in its only match of the week. Next up is the big test at Pleasant Grove.2. Pleasant Grove (6-2-1) • Upended Lone Peak 3-2 before settling for a scoreless draw at Westlake. Vikings need to beat American Fork at home if they want to have a shot at winning Region 4.3. Herriman (8-2) • The Mustangs are winners of seven straight, including a pair of 8-0 wins this week. Copper Hills is coming to town with payback on its mind
  
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• Watch commander on duty during nurse arrest has been placed on leave; attorney says he’s received death threats and asks for patience

  09-09-2017 20:59
  As criticism continues after the surfacing of a video showing a Salt Lake City police detective arresting a nurse who refused to draw blood from an unconscious patient, an attorney for one of the officers asked for the public’s patience as several investigations take place.Detective Jeff Payne and another officer were put on administrative leave Sept. 1 — a day after nurse Alex Wubbels’ attorney released police body camera footage of the arrest. A criminal investigation was lau
  
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• Commentary: Utah is a great place to be a Republican — especially after 3 decades in liberal Oregon

  09-09-2017 20:50
  We moved to Utah about two months ago after living in Oregon for over 30 years. So far, we are loving it.The Willamette Valley where we lived in Oregon was beautiful and green, and we sat between the equally green Coast Range and Cascade Mountains. A lucky few had views of the mountains, including the major mountains like Mt. Hood, which is still snow-capped even this late in the year. But we have been awestruck by Utah’s stunning mountains, and how sharply they rise from the already-eleva
  
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• Letter: Advertisement published in Tribune is offensive

  09-09-2017 20:48
  Does The Tribune consider the appropriateness/objectionability of ad content? If so, can we talk about “Senorita Makita” in the quarter-page M & M Tool and Machinery ad on A7 of the Sept. 6 Tribune?Better yet, maybe we don’t even have to talk about it. Maybe that one just slipped by, somehow, and upon a closer look, you can see that the ad, featuring the senorita in a tight work-romper unzipped to her cleavage, with shorty-shorts that end at the bottom of her tool-belt, and
  
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• Stephen King talks ‘It’ and other adaptations

  09-09-2017 20:43
  The most-adapted author alive introduces himself on the phone as “Steve King.”More than 60 of Stephen King’s novels and short stories have been made into movies or TV series over the past 40 years, with a bumper crop of recent and forthcoming releases hitting screens.A cinematic take on “The Dark Tower” and a TV adaptation of “Mr. Mercedes” launched in August. Netflix will premiere its adaptation of King’s novel “Gerald’s Game” la
  
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• Anne Applebaum: The case for Trump-Russia collusion: We're getting very, very close

  09-09-2017 18:49
  We now know the motives. In backing Donald Trump, Russia’s oligarchical class sought not only to disrupt U.S. politics but also to reverse sanctions, both those applied in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and those connected to the Magnitsky Act, which targeted officials involved in human rights violations. In seeking Russian support, Trump sought not only to become president but also to make money: Even as he launched his presidential campaign, he hoped to receive a major in
  
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• SLC detective’s attorney says officer wanted blood drawn to help the unconscious patient keep his commercial driver license

  09-09-2017 18:43
  An attorney representing Salt Lake City police Detective Jeff Payne said Friday that his client wanted a blood sample from an unconscious semi driver who had been admitted to University Hospital so the injured man could keep his commercial driver license.Attorney Greg Skordas said Friday that a federal regulation requires a blood sample when a driver with a commercial driver license (CDL) is involved in a fatal accident, and that Logan police had asked Payne get the sample. By getting a CDL, a d
  
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• Orrin Hatch: Obamacare doesn’t deserve a bailout

  09-09-2017 18:25
  Since the day Obamacare became law — having passed with only support from Democrats — Republicans have worked to repeal the partisan law and replace it with patient-centered reforms. While the effort has been underway for more than seven years, only recently have we had a chance to make good on our promises and undo the harm Obamacare has inflicted on the American people.The Senate had an opportunity in July to finally repeal Obamacare and replace it with reforms that, among other th
  
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• Utah’s ‘ag-gag’ law — which banned secret filming at farms — is dead

  09-09-2017 18:19
  Utah won’t appeal a decision striking down a law banning secret filming at farm and livestock facilities.The Utah Attorney General’s Office says in court documents they’re not planning to challenge the ruling that found the law violated freedom of speech.It was passed amid a wave of similar measures around the country known as “ag-gag” rules, including one in Idaho that was struck down last year. That ruling is being appealed.U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby decide
  
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• Head-on crash kills 2, closes Millcreek road

  09-09-2017 17:44
  A head-on car crash in Millcreek that killed two people Saturday morning is expected to take about seven hours to clear, officials say.The crash, which occurred about 6:30 a.m., closed southbound 700 East at 4200 South, according to the Unified Police Department.Police said the a man and a woman — both of whom were the sole occupants and drivers of the vehicles — were killed in the crash. Police have not yet released the identities of the victims, pending notification to next of kin,
  
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• [Fanrag Sports] - The Starting 5 | A guide to understanding Synergy play type categories

  09-09-2017 17:23 via sportspyder.com
  ... and George Hill departing for other pastures, the Utah Jazz have to refigure their offense. As they adopt a new style of offense, they’r ...
  
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• Irma now taking aim at Tampa as Floridans hustle to leave

  09-09-2017 17:05
  Miami • With the window closing fast for anyone wanting to escape, Irma hurtled toward Florida with 130 mph winds Saturday on a shifting course that threatened the first direct hit on the Tampa area from a major hurricane in nearly a century.Forecasters predicted Irma’s center would blow ashore Sunday and strike the Florida Keys, then hit southwestern Florida, move up the state’s Gulf Coast and plow into the Tampa Bay area.The storm center is expected to miss the Miami metropoli
  
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• ‘Water is rushing in’: Discovery of body ends Harvey mystery

  09-09-2017 16:52
  With Harvey’s floodwaters rapidly flowing into the Houston hotel where she worked, Jill Renick reportedly made a frantic cellphone call to a fellow employee: “I’m in an elevator. The water is rushing in. Please help me!”Those words were among the few clues Renick’s family and friends had to go on for a week and a half, when repeated searches of the Omni Houston Hotel failed to turn up any sign of her and desperate calls to shelters and hospitals were similarly fruit
  
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• Hoping to end American Indian vs. Mormon ‘Sham Battles,’ Northwest Shoshone plan meeting with Wellsville leaders

  09-09-2017 16:35
  Representatives of the Northwest Band of the Shoshone Nation hope to end an annual Wellsville tradition in which residents paint themselves red and, whooping and hollering on horseback, pretend to raid white settlers.The so-called ”Sham Battle” has been part of the town’s annual Founders’ Day Parade since 1916 but recently gained widespread attention after a column from The Salt Lake Tribune’s Robert Gehrke.Darren Parry, vice chairman of the Northwest Band
  
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• Awesome week of work in Cali! 💪💪 https://t.co/1I2O9wt0Dv

  09-09-2017 16:08 via twitter.com
  
  Awesome week of work in Cali! 💪💪 https://t.co/1I2O9wt0Dv
  
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• What a Utah National Guard crew experienced as they rescued people after Hurricane Harvey

  09-09-2017 16:05
  Houston • They’d been to war zones and they’d trained for years. But members of the Utah National Guard’s air unit based in West Jordan had never seen anything like the mission in Houston.The men from G Company, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion arrived on Aug. 29 as Hurricane Harvey crawled over southeast Texas, leaving a deluge that remained for weeks in parts of the region. They’d spend eight days there, returning to Utah on Friday.Their main task fo
  
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• Letter: Bagley spreads discord

  09-09-2017 16:04
  Who is responsible for editing Pat Bagley’s political cartoons?His recent offering (The Tribune, Sept. 3) is a classic example of the primary reason for the American media being accused of reporting so-called “fake news,” which is intended to discredit the president of the United States.In a disrespectful reference to the Charlottesville, Va., tragedy, the cartoon depicts President Trump declaring to an astonished audience that “both sides were at fault” for the rec
  
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• Letter: Removing statues is not rewriting history

  09-09-2017 16:03
  Recent polls indicate that 60 percent of Americans do not think that Confederate statues should be taken down. In President Trump’s defense of the monuments, he poses the question, “Where does it stop?” I do not think that there are any calls to tear down the Washington Monument or raze the Jefferson Memorial.History shows that Washington and Jefferson helped to create the United States of America. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson fought against it. George Washington and Tho
  
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• Letter: Religions should promote their teachings about helping others

  09-09-2017 16:03
  This is a call out to all church leaders and to all church congregations everywhere. Let’s work together to bring the teachings of Jesus Christ, Abraham and Mohammed to our congregations and to politics, which could make a change for the better possible. A little more than a year from now will be elections in November 2018 and all House of Representatives members and one-third of all senators (at both the national and state levels) will be up for election.Church leaders, please start right
  
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• Utah and BYU students hope halftime prank will help heal national feud over climate change

  09-09-2017 16:02
  A coalition of college students plans to use Utah’s football rivalry-turned-holy war and a time-honored tradition of campus pranks to make a joint political statement this Saturday.To bring attention to climate change, students from the University of Utah and Brigham Young University say they will light a giant purple Y in the mountains over LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo, making it visible during halftime of the Utah-BYU game.As a blend of red and blue — shorthand these days f
  
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• Utah Red Cross volunteers being deployed to Florida ahead of Hurricane Irma

  09-09-2017 16:00
  Three days before Hurricane Harvey hit Houston, the American Red Cross of Utah deployed dozens of volunteers to prepare for the relief efforts.As Hurricane Irma approaches the Florida peninsula this weekend, state Red Cross officials are once again sending trained volunteers to prepare for the storm’s aftermath.“In Houston, the flooding has been the really catastrophic part and we are still there in force,“ said Rich Woodruff, spokesman for the Utah Red Cross. “Now w
  
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• Prep football: Schenck, Weber overpower Northridge 33-0

  09-09-2017 10:03
  Layton • Weber opened a few eyes when it upset Roy in Week 2. After taking care of business against Northridge in a 33-0 road win Friday night, the Warriors won’t be sneaking up on anyone.“This feels even better because people were sleeping on us,” Weber receiver Hudson Schenck said. “We just out-toughed them tonight and we just kept pounding. It feels really good.”After the offensive line and tailback Carter Green wore down the Northridge defense, Schenck deli
  
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• Prep football: Week 4 scores

  09-09-2017 09:52
  ThursdayWest Jordan 28, Hunter 8FridayRich 21, Monticello 6Clearfield 20, Davis 0Brighton 35, Granger 13Syracuse 30, Bountiful 7Desert Hills 28, Hurricane 3Woods Cross 43, Logan 0Dixie 13, Snow Canyon 10Ridgeline 44, Copper Hills 13South Summit 30, Beaver 7South Sevier 21, North Summit 7Timpanogos 33, West 21Enterprise 26, Gunnison Valley 7Juab 28, Ben Lomond 7Hillcrest 42, Cottonwood 23Skyline 46, Wasatch 26Skyridge 21, Viewmont 17Chugiak (Alaska) 40, Green Canyon 27Roy 49, Bonneville 20Kearns
  
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• Prep football: Pick-6 helps rally Kearns past Olympus

  09-09-2017 09:47
  Holladay • Olympus sat in prime position to build upon its touchdown lead following a Kearns long snap on a punt that sailed over the head of Tre Sosi.Titans quarterback Harrison Creer dropped back and was locked in on his favorite target, wide receiver Nick Ward. But reading the play all the way was Kearns cornerback Mekhi Hammock. He stepped in front of the pass and tied the score 86 yards later. It was just what the doctor ordered for the Cougars.“I was in the right place at the ri
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - 5 Things Joe Johnson’s First Instagram Post Since 2015 Shows Us

  09-09-2017 09:40 via sportspyder.com
  ... ifornia. There was a tweet shortly after this post by that he’s back in SLC. Jazz squad could have been getting in a good round of conditioning in Santa Barba ...
  
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• Prep football: Timpview holds off Provo's rally to hand Bulldogs first loss

  09-09-2017 09:21
  Provo • Timpview punt returner Peyton Madsen was the catalyst in getting his team out to fast start and ultimately was a leader both on special teams and defensively.Madsen’s efforts helped the Thunderbirds hand crosstown rival Provo its first defeat of the season, a 29-20 decision.Special teams was the story for both teams in the first half. Provo could not manage to get its offense into Thunderbird territory and often was forced to punt. Timpview clamped down and rushed Provo quarte
  
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• Prep football: South Summit overwhelms Beaver in second half to pull away

  09-09-2017 09:15
  Kamas • Judging by the balloons, face paint and sea of green nearly overflowing the stadium, this was a game fans in Kamas had been waiting for.South Summit led by just a touchdown at half against two-time defending Class 2A state champions Beaver, but the Wildcats went on to slam the door in the fourth quarter to come away with a 23-7 win Friday night.“I just can’t say enough about all the kids,” South Summit coach Mike Grajek said. “They’ve worked hard the wh
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Purple & Blues is reborn on the FanSided network as The J-Notes

  09-09-2017 07:57 via sportspyder.com
  ... mately, this isn’t about us. It’s about Jazz basketball and the fans who crave it. So as we move forward with a new name...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Purple & Blues is reborn on the FanSided network as The J-Notes

  09-09-2017 07:53
  In case you missed it, The J-Notes — formerly Purple & Blues — is now your source for Utah Jazz news, notes and opinion on the FanSided network. Earlier this summer, the Utah Jazz underwent some seismic changes. All-Star Gordon Hayward bolted for Beantown. George Hill signed with the Sacramento Kings (poor guy). Renovation work […]
  Utah Jazz: Purple & Blues is reborn on the FanSided network as The J-Notes - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs
  
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• Yes, there are fans who cheer for BYU and Utah. And they get grief for it.

  09-09-2017 07:18
  The week was bookended blue and red.But it wasn’t until Brad Klekas filled up his water bottle at work and began the walk back to his desk that a co-worker at another cubicle did a double take. “You can’t be wearing this polo!” he shouted at Klekas across the floor.Why not? Well, earlier this recent week, Klekas proudly sported a blue Brigham Young University polo shirt. A few days later, he showed up in red, a drum-and-feather logo on his chest. This spawned outrage, deb
  
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• ‘There’s always help’: Whittingham’s son praised for going public about his depression

  09-09-2017 07:18
  Alex Whittingham sometimes laughs at the irony of his diploma.The Utes’ long snapper graduated in May with a bachelor’s degree in psychology.“The way the brain works always interested me,” he said.For the longest time, though, Whittingham struggled to understand his own.There were years of pain and anguish as he dealt with the effects of anxiety, depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). “Fighting through a storm cloud” is how he described it. And th
  
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