• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah Jazz unlikely to reach extension agreement with Rodney Hood, guard headed for restricted free agency next summer

    ... g guard, and will receive plenty of fourth quarter touches. Sources say the Jazz believe in Hood, but want to see him stay healthy and show more consistency, ...
  • Nearly complete tyrannosaur fossil airlifted from Utah’s Grand Staircase

    Two years ago Alan Titus was prospecting for fossils on Utah’s Kaiparowits Plateau, searching for new places to unearth paleontological treasures that could reveal secrets about massive and long-extinct land reptiles known as dinosaurs.Protruding from sandstone he saw some vertebrates, not an uncommon sight in this corner of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument that has become renowned as one of the world’s most productive repositories of dinosaur bones dating to the Creta
  • Utah Jazz unlikely to reach extension agreement with Rodney Hood, guard headed for restricted free agency next summer

    Rodney Hood and the Utah Jazz will not come to an agreement on a contract extension, barring a last minute change, sources tell The Salt Lake Tribune, clearing the way for Hood to become a restricted free agent next summer.Monday is the deadline for all fourth year extension eligible players to reach a deal with their respective teams. Players like Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid, Denver’s Gary Harris and Minnesota’s Andrew Wiggins were able to come to terms.Hood’s market has
  • [Salt Lake Tribune] - For Utah Jazz, improving Ricky Rubio’s jump shot is a long-term goal, not a quick fix

    ...he can find ways to attack you and find an open man.” That doesn’t mean the Jazz are content to keep Rubio’s jump shot as it is. Since he arrived in Salt Lak ...
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  • NFL: Saints' big-play defense fuels wild 52-38 win over Lions

    New Orleans • Running backs Mark Ingram and Alvin Kamara combined for 237 yards from scrimmage, the Saints' resurgent defense forced five turnovers and scored a franchise-record three times, and New Orleans took a 52-38 victory over the Detroit Lions on Sunday in a game full of crazy bounces and unusual plays.New Orleans (3-2), which has a winning record for the first time since its last playoff season in 2013, built a five-touchdown lead, only to wind up gutting out a remarkable bid by Det
  • NFL: Bears beat Ravens 27-24 in OT

    Baltimore • Connor Barth kicked a 40-yard field goal with 2:08 left in overtime, and the Chicago Bears used a 167-yard rushing effort by Jordan Howard to beat the Baltimore Ravens 27-24 on Sunday.The Bears (2-4) blew a 14-point lead in the second half before coming through in overtime behind Howard, whose 53-yard run put Chicago at the Baltimore 40. After rookie Mitchell Trubisky completed an 18-yard pass to Kendall Wright, Barth delivered the game winner.Making his first career start on th
  • NFL: Watson tosses 3 TDs as Texans beat Browns 33-17

    Houston • Deshaun Watson threw for 225 yards and three touchdowns, becoming the first rookie in NFL history with at least three TD passes in three straight games, helping give the Houston Texans a 33-17 win over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday.Watson has thrown 15 touchdown passes this season, the most in NFL history by a rookie in a team's first six games. Itequals the number of TD throws Brock Osweiler had in 15 games last season.The Browns lost their 16th in a row on the road.Cleveland ma
  • NFL: Brady gets wins record, Patriots hold off Jets 24-17

    East Rutherford, N.J. • Tom Brady set the NFL record for regular-season victories by a quarterback, getting his 187th as the New England Patriots held on for a 24-17 win over the New York Jets on Sunday to claim first place in the AFC East.The Patriots (4-2) were playing their first game in 10 days after beating Tampa Bay 19-14 on Oct. 5, and appeared a bit rusty early as they fell behind 14-0 in the second quarter against the surprising Jets (3-3).New York had a chance to tie the game afte
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  • Rodney Michael Hood, from Meridian, MS is starting his 4th year. Hoodie is a marksman & we can’t wait to see him li… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

    Rodney Michael Hood, from Meridian, MS is starting his 4th year. Hoodie is a marksman & we can’t wait to see him li… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  • Salt Lake Tribune photos of the month for September 2017

    These are some of the best images from September taken by Salt Lake Tribune photographers.The close of summer brought the Utah State Fair and more wildfires.A Utah man is living his dream by attempting, again, to grow the state’s largest pumpkin.Groups of demonstrators supported DACA recipients — young people brought to the United States illegally as children by their parents; protested and supported a controversial conservative speaker at the University of Utah; and sought the relea
  • For Utah Jazz, improving Ricky Rubio’s jump shot is a long-term goal, not a quick fix

    Throughout the preseason, new Jazzman Ricky Rubio’s jumper has been … inconsistent.His coach, Quin Snyder, has not been so up and down when discussing it.In two games against the same team, the Phoenix Suns, Rubio had wildly different nights. At home, he was 2 for 9 with 11 points, hitting his first field goals of the preseason after two straight 0 for 4 performances against international teams. Only a few days later, he lit up the Suns while knocking down 8 of 10 shots, accounting
  • NFL: Cousins struggles as Washington barely holds on to beat 49ers

    Landover, Md. • Washington's Kirk Cousins threw for two touchdowns, ran for a score, and also had an interception as part of an inconsistent performance against his past — and possibly — future mentor Kyle Shanahan's winless San Francisco 49ers in a 26-24 victory Sunday.Washington blew a 17-point lead before barely holding on.Cousins was hardly at his most accurate in completing 25 of 37 passes for 330 yards against the team he has been linked to for next season because of his c
  • NFL: Dolphins rally from 17-point deficit to stun Falcons 20-17

    Atlanta • Jay Cutler threw a pair of touchdown passes, Cody Parkey kicked a pair of field goals and the Miami Dolphins rallied from a 17-0 halftime deficit to stun the Atlanta Falcons 20-17 on Sunday.Matt Ryan had another crucial interception with the Falcons in position to at least attempt a tying field goal.Cordrea Tankersley got a hand on a pass intended for Austin Hooper and Reshed Jones swooped in to make the game-clinching interception with 39 seconds remaining.Parkey put the Dolphins
  • Trump’s re-election campaign paid his son’s Russia-probe law firm $238,000

    President Donald Trump's re-election committee paid almost $238,000 in the third quarter to the law firm representing Donald Trump Jr. in connection with ongoing investigations of Russian interference in the 2016 election, according campaign finance disclosures.Trump's campaign made two payments — one in mid July, the other in early August — to the law firm of Alan S. Futerfas, a lawyer for the president's son, who is facing scrutiny over a 2016 meeting he had with a Russian lawyer w
  • Packers: Rodgers could miss rest of season with collarbone

    Minneapolis • Green Bay Packers star quarterback Aaron Rodgers could miss the remainder of the season with a broken collarbone.Rodgers left the game against Minnesota in the first quarter on Sunday, and the Packers announced at halftime that his season is in jeopardy after the injury was diagnosed."There is a chance he could miss the remainder of the season," the Packers tweeted.It's a crushing blow to a team that entered the season with Super Bowl aspirations, optimism based primarily on t
  • [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Dante Exum sighting a sign of good news after injury

    ... e reason for optimism. Ever since Utah Jazz guard Dante Exum was injured against the Phoenix Suns in the pre-season, I’v ...
  • Need a break from politics? Pioneer Theatre opens new door-slamming comedy that’s an opera-scaled farce

    You might want to slam the door on your click-baity breaking-news obsession as Pioneer Theatre Company premieres the new hotel-room farce “A Comedy of Tenors.”That strategy might help theatergoers appreciate the opera-scaled comedy of Ken Ludwig’s new show, featuring beloved characters from “Lend Me a Tenor.”“There’s really no politics involved in this play at all, which is a nice respite. In comedy, funny is funny,” says Gregory North, who plays T
  • Leonard Pitts: Democrats need to move left

    I've been struggling with this question for a month.It's been that long since a Democratic state legislator rose during the Q&A; after a speech and asked me a deceptively simple thing: What should Democrats do now? What should their message be?I had no idea how to answer that, nor even any confidence that I was the one to do it. It seemed to me it was a question not for a professional kvetcher uninterested in the nuts and bolts of political machinery, but, rather, for some high-powered opera
  • Michigan man dies in crash with a big rig in eastern Utah

    Nephi • Authorities say a Michigan man is dead after a car crash in eastern Utah.Utah Highway Patrol officials say the 20-year-old victim hasn't been identified yet and his hometown isn't immediately available.They say the crash involving a semitrailer occurred about 6:30 a.m. Saturday near Nephi.The man was driving a sports car on Interstate 15 and reportedly ran into the back of the semitrailer, lodging under the rear of the big rig.Authorities say the man was declared dead at the scene.T
  • Utah Jazz: Dante Exum sighting a sign of good news after injury

    There has been little to no official update on Utah Jazz guard Dante Exum since suffering a severe shoulder injury, but there may some reason for optimism. Ever since Utah Jazz guard Dante Exum was injured against the Phoenix Suns in the pre-season, I’ve turned on Twitter alerts and have been scouring for news at […]
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  • Campus lockdown lifted after shooting wounds 1 at Virginia State University

    A shooting at Virginia State University on Saturday night prompted a lockdown on campus, in what police called an "isolated incident" that came at the end of homecoming weekend.Virginia State University Police said about 8:25 p.m., police were called to the 1 block of Hayden Street in Petersburg for a reported shooting. Officers found a man who was wounded by gunfire, authorities said. The man was hospitalized with injuries described as non-life-threatening."At this time, police believe this is
  • Tyrol residents reject Innsbruck’s 2026 Olympics bid

    Vienna • Innsbruck is expected to drop plans to bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics after a majority of residents rejected the idea in a referendum on Sunday.Results show 53.35 percent of eligible voters in the province of Tyrol opposed Innsbruck's ambition to host the games, with 67.41 percent of city residents saying “no.”Innsbruck is the capital of the Tyrol province.Results from postal voting will be announced Monday but were not expected to significantly change the outcome.Tho
  • Ten key games for the Jazz in 2017-18

    1. Denver Nuggets, WednesdayEvery team wants to get off to a good start, and the Jazz are no different. They face projected playoff contenders in their first four games, so a 1-3 or even 0-4 start is feasible if they don’t play well. Plus, this game marks a reunion with former Jazzman Trey Lyles, as well as Paul Millsap, who is now two teams removed from his day and Utah. Jazz fans will no doubt want to thank Lyles for being the key piece in the trade that brought back Donovan Mitchell.2.
  • Utah falls out of Coaches Poll, is unranked in AP Poll after close loss to USC

    Utah has dropped out of the Amway Coaches Poll and is unranked in the AP Top 25 after a failed two-point conversion attempt resulted in a 28-27 loss to USC Saturday night. The Trojans moved up three spots in the Coaches Poll from No. 13 to No. 10 and two spots in the AP Top 25 from No. 13 to No. 11 after beating the Utes. The top five of both polls shifted after multiple high-profile losses. Alabama remained at No. 1, Penn State moved up one spot to No. 2, Georgia moved up two spots to No. 3, TC
  • [Deseret Morning News] - It's Rudy's team now as Jazz get ready to open 2017-18 season

    ... “Our identity doesn’t change.” That’s a theme Snyder echoes, saying that the Jazz have been built around defense and unselfish play and those two things are s ...
  • It's Rudy's team now as Jazz get ready to open 2017-18 season

    SALT LAKE CITY — If there was any doubt whose team it is now after whatshisname decided to take his talents to Boston, the Utah Jazz need look no further (higher) than Rudy Gobert.Even though Gobert is a man of a few words, he is the unquestioned leader of the Jazz as they head into the 2017-18 season, which officially begins Wednesday night against Denver at Vivint Arena.You might say Gobert was the Jazz leader even before this season. As his coach Quin Snyder says, “No one wants to
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  • Disconsolate BYU turns attention to also-struggling East Carolina

    Provo • After suffering another humbling, lopsided loss and shaking hands with Mississippi State players Saturday afternoon in the heat and humidity at Davis Wade Stadium, dozens of BYU’s guys ambled off to the locker room, heads hung low.However, a member of the football staff summoned them back out, asking the entire team to assemble in the southeast corner of the field where a small band of BYU fans who sat through the 35-10 rout waited for an acknowledgement of some kind.So the wa
  • Alyssa Rosenberg: For the Harvey Weinstein scandal to mean anything, it will have to get a lot worse

    In my time covering the entertainment industry, I’m not sure I’ve see anything like the response to the New York Times and the New Yorker’s reporting on allegations of sexual harassment and sexual assault against movie producer Harvey Weinstein. The details of Weinstein’s alleged behavior are so disgusting, the news of his company’s complicity is so dismaying, and the stories of the brave women who spoke up have resonated with so many people, that the result has bee
  • Utes fall out of Coaches Poll after close loss to USC

    Utah has dropped out of the Amway Coaches Poll after a failed two-point conversion attempt resulted in a 28-27 loss to USC Saturday night. The Trojans moved up three spots after beating the Utes, from No. 13 to No. 10 in the poll. The top five of the rankings shifted after multiple high-profile losses. Alabama remained at No. 1, Penn State moved up one spot to No. 2, Georgia moved up two spots to No. 3, TCU moved up three spots to No. 4 and Wisconsin moved up one spot to No. 5. Following USC, Wa
  • Death toll from blast in Somalia’s capital rises to 231

    Mogadishu, Somalia • The death toll from the most powerful bomb blast witnessed in Somalia’s capital rose to 231 with more than 275 injured, making it the deadliest single attack ever in this Horn of Africa nation, a senator said Sunday.Abshir Abdi Ahmed cited doctors at hospitals he had visited in Mogadishu. Many of the bodies in mortuaries had not yet been identified, he said. Officials feared the toll would continue to climb from Saturday’s truck bomb that targeted a busy str
  • MIT student making sleeping bags for refugees in Middle East

    Cambridge, Mass. • It wasn’t enough to send warm wishes to refugees in Syria. Vick Liu wanted to send them actual warmth.The sophomore at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is creating a new line of sleeping bags designed for refugees who have few other options to keep warm during harsh winters in the Middle East. An avid backpacker in his youth, Liu came up with the idea last year after reading about Syrian families who were struggling to survive freezing temperatures after fl
  • [Basketball Insiders] - Source: Orlando Magic and Jamel Artis Agree To Two-Way Deal

    ... ude him from undergoing season-ending surgery, league sources told ESPN. The Jazz and Exum have been exploring multiple medical opinions on an injured shoulde ...
  • Tim Allen isn’t performing in Utah to be political — he just wants to make you laugh

    Tim Allen hasn’t performed in Utah since … well, a long time ago.“I haven’t been to Salt Lake City in years,” he said. “I can’t even remember when.”He does recall performing in a small comedy club (maybe Wiseguys?) before his hit sitcom “Home Improvement” premiered in 1991 and he became a huge star. And he remembers visiting Temple Square.“I’m kind of a philosophy and religious studies guy from college, so I went and visite
  • [Salt Lake Tribune] - For Jazz, Vivint Arena remodel means that Utah’s NBA franchise has finally grown up

    ... ld come in to work into the wee hours of the morning. It was common that the Jazz would buy those men and women lunch. “We really wanted to make sure the peop ...
  • [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Questions that were answered during the preseason

    ... Utah Jazz: Rudy Gobert chimes in on Hassan Whiteside/Joel Embiid beef by Jared Woodcox ...
  • [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Could Raul Neto be a rotation player?

    ... r. In the half-court set, the Jazz run a lot of pick and rolls and a lot of motion around the perimeter that do ...
  • Utah Jazz: Could Raul Neto be a rotation player?

    In the wake of Dante Exum’s potentially season-ending injury, the Utah Jazz need someone to step up and fill the void at the backup point guard position. Raul Neto could be the player to do so. It took just three games for injuries to once again take the breath away from Jazz fans and the […]
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  • For Jazz, Vivint Arena remodel means that Utah’s NBA franchise has finally grown up

    In 1991, long before he would become CEO of the Utah Jazz, Greg Miller had a critical task at hand: installing the directional signage in what was going to be the Delta Center.A subcontractor on the project, Miller had a tight deadline and found himself haunting the construction site at all hours. On several of those overnight sessions, he would see his father, Larry Miller, driving around in a golf cart, stopping and inspecting the unfinished corridors.The site looked sturdy — the Jazz ow
  • Utah Jazz: Questions that were answered during the preseason

    With the preseason in the rear view mirror, the Utah Jazz were able to get answers to pressing questions heading into the 2017-18 season. The preseason is in the books for the Utah Jazz, and I don’t want to jump the gun or set unrealistic expectations, but…right now the Jazz are on pace to go […]
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  • Big majority of Utahns favors banning rapid-fire gun modifications after Las Vegas shooting

    Washington • An overwhelming number of Utahns want Congress to ban so-called bump stocks like those used in the recent Las Vegas shooting that killed 58 people and injured more than 500, a new poll shows.Some 69 percent of surveyed Utahns — including majorities across party, ideology, religion and education-level lines — say they want a law to prohibit the devices that can allow a semi-automatic rifle to fire more rounds more quickly, according to The Salt Lake Tribune-Hinckley
  • Letter of the Week: School grading is biased against economically disadvantaged

    Utah school grades came out recently and they show a clear bias. Only one Utah public high school received an A. Twenty-six high schools failed. The one public high school that received an A was Davis High; 10.4 percent of Davis High students are economically disadvantaged, 0.8 percent are English language learners, 7.8 percent are ethnic minorities and 7.7 percent are in special ed. Compare that to a typical failing school; 73.9 percent of Granger High’s students are economically disadvan
  • [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Rudy Gobert chimes in on Hassan Whiteside/Joel Embiid beef

    ... s of Whiteside and Embiid who play for significantly larger markets than the Jazz star, seeing their pointless feud garner such attention is likely more of a...
  • Records reveal how money from Utah and U.S. Mormons props up LDS operations overseas

    Among the distinctions the LDS Church is known for are its missionaries in white shirts, its towering temples and saying next to nothing about its money.After all, the Utah-based faith doesn’t have to reveal much about its wealth in the United States and many other locales around the globe.But, in a few countries, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints must make public at least some basic information about the revenue it collects, the money it spends and the assets it owns.In the
  • Suffer the children who suffer through church

    Last Sunday, I mentioned that my father sometimes locked me in the trunk of the car if I misbehaved in church. It’s true he did that, but it only happened a few times. Probably no more than six or seven.This drastic parenting style bothered a woman who wrote to tell me that it’s no wonder I turned out to be such a jerk about church after being treated so horribly as a child. She would never treat her own children in such a way.I had to laugh. If there’s one thing that the histo
  • Utah Jazz: Rudy Gobert chimes in on Hassan Whiteside/Joel Embiid beef

    After a lengthy Twitter feud between Joel Embiid and Hassan Whiteside, it came as no surprise that Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert had to weigh in as well. In case you somehow missed it, Miami Heat center Hassan Whiteside and Philadelphia 76ers’ rising star (if he can ever stay healthy) Joel Embiid got into quite […]
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  • Big game by Love leads No. 23 Stanford past Oregon 49-7

    Stanford, Calif. • Bryce Love needed less than five minutes to reach the 100-yard rushing mark for the ninth consecutive game as he used another big run to fuel No. 23 Stanford's 49-7 victory over Oregon on Saturday night.Love's 67-yard touchdown run just 4:23 in was his second touchdown of the game, and the nation's leading rusher finished with 147 yards on 17 carries to help the Cardinal (5-2, 4-1 Pac-12) win their fourth straight game. Love has 1,387 yards through seven games despite car
  • Sun Devils use strong defense to stun No. 5 Huskies 13-7

    Tempe, Ariz. • Manny Wilkins completed 29 of 41 passes for 245 yards, Arizona State's defense smothered Washington most of the game and the Sun Devils stunned the No. 5 Huskies 13-7 on Saturday night.It was the highest-ranked team the Sun Devils (3-3, 2-1 Pac-12) have beaten since they defeated then-No. 1 Nebraska on Sept. 21, 1996.Washington (6-1, 3-1 Pac-12) lost at Arizona State for the seventh straight time and hasn't won in Tempe since 2001.The Huskies were the fourth top-10 team to lo
  • Moss provides steadying force for Utes offense

    Los Angeles • Utah sophomore running back Zack Moss looked at times like he could carry the entire offense on his back against No. 13 USC on Saturday night.The 5-foot-10, 210-pound sophomore from Florida rushed for a career-high 141 yards on 20 carries, and added three receptions for 26 yards. He gave the Utes offense a hard-nosed element and balance.”Zack Moss played the best game of his life as a Ute,” Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said.Moss and the offensive line’s produc
  • Southern Cal stops late Utah 2-point try, holds off Utes 28-27

    Los Angeles • No, Utes coach Kyle Whittingham doesn’t regret his decision to go for a 2-point conversion instead of sending his team’s game against No. 13 Southern Cal to overtime.And yes, he’d do it again if given the chance to do it all over again.Whittingham offered up those answers before any questions could be asked following Utah’s heart-wrenching 28-27 loss to the Trojans on Saturday night in front of an announced crowd of 72,382 at the Los Angeles Memorial Co

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