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• This double-amputee Marine has run 14 marathons in 14 days — and after today’s in Salt Lake City, plans to do 17 more to raise money for wounded veterans

  25-10-2017 23:56
  Rob Jones’ life has been defined by routes: Around parks and trails for his daily marathons that spread his message. From city to city on a 31-destination tour in 31 days to raise awareness for wounded veterans. And the fateful route he walked in Afghanistan into the path of an improvised explosive device.Jones, a double-amputee and Marine veteran, stopped in Salt Lake City on Wednesday on the 14th day of his 31-day tour of 31 cities — running 26.2 miles in each.It’s his latest
  
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• DA Sim Gill finds police officers who killed man at Maverik were legally justified

  25-10-2017 23:54
  Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill on Wednesday released body camera footage of a violent confrontation between Salt Lake City police officers and a man who had reportedly been acting erratically before being fatally shot in September.Gill also ruled the police officers’ use of deadly force was legally justified.Two police officers were injured in the altercation, which began with reports of 39-year-old Michael Bruce Peterson allegedly trespassing and harassing employees at a mass
  
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• SLC police lieutenant demoted after nurse’s arrest appeals, says discipline was ‘excessive’

  25-10-2017 23:50
  The watch commander who was on duty when a Salt Lake City police officer arrested a University Hospital nurse this summer is appealing his demotion, claiming it was “excessive discipline.”Lt. James Tracy was demoted to the rank of officer last month after the police chief determined Tracy made the “completely unreasonable” order that Detective Jeff Payne arrest nurse Alex Wubbels on July 26, after she refused to allow Payne to draw a patient’s blood. The encounter g
  
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• Wendover woman charged with fatally beating her 15-month-old daughter

  25-10-2017 23:48
  A 28-year-old Tooele County woman has been charged with beating her 15-month-old daughter to death last month.April Dawn Carter, of Wendover, is charged in Tooele’s 3rd District Court with first-degree felony aggravated murder and second-degree felony obstructing justice in the Sept. 27 death of Baylie Serenity Rutherford.An autopsy showed the girl suffered blunt force trauma to her brain and abdomen, according to charging documents.There also were bruises on the girl’s head, face, n
  
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• Ty Detmer’s latest task: To make the BYU offense more aggressive

  25-10-2017 23:43
  Provo • BYU offensive coordinator Ty Detmer learned Monday that his boss wants him to be more aggressive with his play calling.He presumably learned Tuesday that he could be without his top offensive weapon, troubled running back Ula Tolutau, when the Cougars try to break their seven-game losing streak at home against also 1-7 San Jose State at 1 p.m. Saturday (BYUtv).He tried to explain Wednesday how he will go about making coach Kalani Sitake happy with a depleted arsenal.“Well, we
  
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• George Pyle: As long as she wasn't carving her initials on the moose ...

  25-10-2017 23:43
  I really hope the woman who was apparently attacked by a moose up by Jeremy Ranch is OK.— Injured woman found on Utah trail was likely attacked by a moose, officials say — Mariah Noble | The Salt Lake TribuneA moose was the likely culprit after hikers found an injured woman on a Summit County trail over the weekend, a Division of Wildlife Resources official said Wednesday. ... Though some animals might be deterred when someone tries to fight back, moose are not... Fighting back would
  
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• This week's #MACUMoment - AB getting the season started with a bang! https://t.co/5UsJ0oQEHQ

  25-10-2017 23:37 via twitter.com
  
  This week's #MACUMoment - AB getting the season started with a bang! https://t.co/5UsJ0oQEHQ
  
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• Utah teen says she’s ‘so sorry’ for purposely crashing into a car and killing two people. Victims’ families say they can’t yet forgive.

  25-10-2017 23:28
  Ogden • Marilee Gardner wept Wednesday as she apologized for ramming her car into another vehicle on a June night last year, killing the two occupants inside.“I am so sorry,” Gardner cried, as she explained that she was depressed and had hoped the crash would cause her own death — not the deaths of 20-year-old Maddison Haan and 19-year-old Tyler Christianson.“I am truly sorry for what I have done,” she said in 2nd District Juvenile Court on Wednesday after admi
  
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• Utah polygamous sect losing meetinghouse as locks get changed

  25-10-2017 23:17
  The polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on Wednesday appeared to be losing its most basic church building — the meetinghouse.Sheriff’s deputies — some of whom were dressed in camouflage and tactical gear — and a locksmith arrived Wednesday at the Leroy S. Johnson Meetinghouse in Colorado City, Ariz. A video posted on Facebook shows the deputies and locksmith working as FLDS members stand across the street asking questions.“They won&
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz: Rodney Hood, Joe Ingles expected to play tonight vs. Suns

  25-10-2017 23:15 via sportspyder.com
  ... ay's game in Minnesota. The starting shooting guard left the game, which the Jazz ended up losing 100-97, after stepping on the foot of T-Wolves center Karl-A ...
  
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• Category 5k will raise funds for hurricane victims

  25-10-2017 23:15
  Two friends, a Brigham Young University student and a recent graduate of the Provo school, have organized a 5K race to raise money to help victims of the hurricanes that hit Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and other areas.The Category 5K Hurricane Relief Race is slated for Nov. 11. Runners will begin and end the race at The Shops at Riverwoods, 4801 N. University Ave., in Provo.Student Kate Mayes and Skyler Anderson, who graduated from BYU in April, say all proceeds, including registration fees and
  
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• [Yahoo Sports: The Vertical] - How a vintage Blake Griffin jam channeled Prince and Chappelle

  25-10-2017 23:12 via sportspyder.com
  ... own, and slid by him after three dribbles to launch himself at the rim. Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert was waiting for Griffin under the basket, but before Gobe ...
  
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• ‘Its days are numbered’: Conservative group seeks to end death penalty in states, including Utah

  25-10-2017 23:09
  Washington • A group of conservative state lawmakers says momentum is building to kill the death penalty, noting an increase in the number of Republican leaders sponsoring legislation to abolish executions in their states, adding to the Democrats who have been at the forefront of this issue for years.Last year, Republican state lawmakers led a third of legislative attempts to end the death penalty, the highest percentage yet and a far cry from the single-digit number of GOP leaders supporti
  
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• Trump administration agrees with NFL ... in sports betting case

  25-10-2017 23:05
  Trenton, N.J. • The Trump administration is siding with professional sports leagues in their opposition to allowing New Jersey to offer sports betting, while Republican Gov. Chris Christie is calling the leagues "hypocrites" for opposing betting while having teams in Las Vegas.The solicitor general's office filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court this week supporting the leagues ahead of arguments scheduled for Dec. 4.Christie's administration is challenging a 1992 federal law that bans g
  
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• Ex-NBA commissioner David Stern says league should remove marijuana from banned list

  25-10-2017 23:02
  Former NBA Commissioner David Stern, who tightened up the league's policy on marijuana during his tenure from 1984 until 2014, has reversed his opinion on the subject.In an interview with former NBA star Al Harrington, who now works in the cannabis industry, Stern said marijuana "probably should be removed from the banned substance list."Stern's declaration came at the end of a long conversation with Harrington, who looked taken aback after Stern's statement."That's huge," said Harrington, who b
  
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• Utah Jazz: Rodney Hood, Joe Ingles expected to play tonight vs. Suns

  25-10-2017 22:55
  The Utah Jazz should be closer to full strength as they take on the Phoenix Suns tonight at Talking Stick Resort Arena (8 p.m. MT tipoff).Wings Rodney Hood and Joe Ingles have been listed as probable to play by the team's medical staff, the Jazz announced this afternoon.https://twitter.com/utahjazz/status/923279981223931905Hood hasn't played since suffering a mild left calf strain during Friday's game in Minnesota. The starting shooting guard left the game, which the Jazz ended up losing 100-97,
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: What Hate Speech Looks Like

  25-10-2017 22:34
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017.You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below.The Lying PressWhat Women Want (Just a Wild Guess)Monument RemovalComforter-in-ChiefOrrin’s Drug ProblemDrug Dealing LowlifesWhat Do We Do With Creepy Pervs?InfernoTaking a Knee in SLCTrump IQ TestWant more? Become a fan of Bagley on Facebook at www.facebook.com/notrobertkirby.
  
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• Utah special needs students pick out pumpkins grown by prison inmates

  25-10-2017 22:25
  Midvale • Two girls holding a teacher’s hands walked gingerly out of Jordan Valley School, toward a lawn decorated like a pumpkin patch on Wednesday morning. When they got nearer to the pumpkins, one girl skipped in place.They, along with their classmates, excitedly picked out pumpkins that had been specifically grown for them by inmates at the Utah State Prison.The 32 inmates involved in the prison’s Green Thumb Nursery grew 2,000 pumpkins this year, and donated two truckloads
  
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• Utes receiver and former Duck Darren Carrington makes his return to Eugene

  25-10-2017 22:23
  Darren Carrington II decided in fifth grade that he wanted to play football for the University of Oregon. He fell in love with the idea in part because family friend Jarius Byrd starred at safety for Oregon before going to the NFL.By freshman year of high school, Carrington had a note by the mirror as a daily reminder of his goal to play for the Ducks. So if this weekend’s game against the Ducks in Eugene, Ore., doesn’t have a true grudge match feel to it for Utah’s senior wide
  
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• 'Mormon Land' — Historian D. Michael Quinn talks about his exploration of LDS Church wealth. What he found may surprise you; it did him.

  25-10-2017 22:08
  Historian D. Michael Quinn has released the final volume of his “Mormon Hierarchy” trilogy with a deep look at the LDS Church’s wealth and financial prowess — along with the economics and theology that drive the Utah-based faith.After decades of research, Quinn joins Tribune Editor Jennifer Napier-Pearce and managing editor David Noyce on “Mormon Land” to discuss what he found — from Mormonism’s humble beginnings to its current global empire. The r
  
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• Tonight's @UofUHealth Injury Update: - Joe Ingles (G.I. Distress) - PROBABLE - Rodney Hood (left lower leg strain) - PROBABLE #UTAatPHX

  25-10-2017 22:07 via twitter.com
  Tonight's @UofUHealth Injury Update:- Joe Ingles (G.I. Distress) - PROBABLE- Rodney Hood (left lower leg strain) - PROBABLE#UTAatPHX
  
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• Dreary ‘Goodbye Christopher Robin’ tells a sad story of Winnie-the-Pooh’s creation

  25-10-2017 22:03
  The gap between creator and creation may never have been wider than in the life of author A.A. Milne and his brainchild, Winnie-the-Pooh — a chasm that the movie “Goodbye Christopher Robin” reveals to be a dreary, sad setting for parental detachment and childhood resentment.Milne (played by Domhnall Gleeson) was once the toast of London society, praised for the light comic verses he wrote for the satirical magazine Punch. But returning from fighting in World War I, he suffered
  
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• Tonight's 🗝 Matchup: Joe Ingles vs. Devin Booker #UTAatPHX https://t.co/PSiSbg8BFt

  25-10-2017 21:31 via twitter.com
  
  Tonight's 🗝 Matchup: Joe Ingles vs. Devin Booker#UTAatPHX https://t.co/PSiSbg8BFt
  
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• Commentary: As a fellow Mormon, I’m proud of Sen. Jeff Flake

  25-10-2017 21:27
  On Tuesday, Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona denounced President Donald Trump’s administration from the Senate floor, saying that he refused to be “complicit” with the behavior of a president he described as “mercurial” and prone to “reckless provocations, most often for the pettiest and most personal reasons.”Several senators in attendance gave Flake a standing ovation, including fellow Arizonan John McCain and Tennessee’s Bob Corker, both outspoken cri
  
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• Rebuild planned for Utah’s historic — and hellish — Hole-in-the-Rock road

  25-10-2017 21:15
  Utah’s Hole in the Rock road is sometimes referred to as “57 miles of hell” — good for trashing vehicles, less useful for accessing Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument’s slot canyons and historic sites along the route named for the 1879-80 pioneer expedition.Yet it is the monument’s most traveled road and the busiest non-state highway in Garfield County, seeing up to 200 vehicles a day, according to county engineer Brian Bremner. And many visitors aren
  
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• [Yahoo Sports: The Vertical] - Preview: Suns vs. Jazz, 6:30 p.m., FOX Sports Arizona

  25-10-2017 21:06 via sportspyder.com
  ... ints once, in its 106-96 season-opening victory over the Denver Nuggets. The Jazz are averaging 95.8 points a game, second fewest in the league behind the New ...
  
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• Life imitating art: 7 movies about painters caught in the act of creation

  25-10-2017 21:03
  Filmmakers have always idolized and r omanticized painters, considered them kindred spirits whose tumultuous lives and bad behavior could be excused for the sake of art.The new animated wonder “Loving Vincent,” which depicts the last days of Vincent Van Gogh’s life in images modeled after the Dutch painter’s luminous canvases, follows a long line of depictions of Van Gogh by such actors as Kirk Douglas (“Lust For Life,” 1956) and Tim Roth (“Vincent &
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - NBA Power Ranking: Solid start gets the Jazz a slight bump

  25-10-2017 21:02 via sportspyder.com
  ...more since his rookie season. -- Vincent Johnson (Preseason commentary) The Jazz lost a lot of talent, but they still have it in droves. They don't have many ...
  
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• NAACP warns African-Americans against travel on American Air

  25-10-2017 20:44
  Dallas • The NAACP is warning African-Americans that if they fly on American Airlines they could be subject to discrimination or even unsafe conditions.American’s CEO said Wednesday that he was disappointed by the announcement and that American wants to discuss the matter with the civil rights group.The NAACP said that for several months it has watched a pattern of disturbing incidents reported by African-American passengers. Among them were separate cases in which an NAACP official a
  
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• Commentary: Are religious people more moral?

  25-10-2017 20:44
  Why do people distrust atheists?A recent study we conducted, led by psychologist Will Gervais, found widespread and extreme moral prejudice against atheists around the world. Across all continents, people assumed that those who committed immoral acts, even extreme ones such as serial murder, were more likely to be atheists.Although this was the first demonstration of such bias at a global scale, its existence is hardly surprising.Survey data show that Americans are less trusting of atheists than
  
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• Dana Milbank: Dear Mr. Bezos: Have I got a deal for you

  25-10-2017 20:40
  Dear Mr. Bezos: Jeff (If I may),I write to you not only as an employee of the Amazon Washington Post but also as one of your most faithful customers. I currently spend 110 percent of my salary on Amazon and all of my retirement savings. In the past week alone Amazon boxes have arrived on my doorstep containing everything from a New York Mets baby bib to a large inflatable spider, from Pokémon cards to prosthetic body parts (for Halloween, I promise). I am now browsing for kombucha by the
  
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• Utah teen says she's 'so sorry' for purposely crashing into a car and killing two people. Victims’ families say they can't yet forgive.

  25-10-2017 20:37
  Ogden • Marilee Gardner wept Wednesday as she apologized for ramming her car into another vehicle on a June night last year, killing the two occupants inside.“I am so sorry,” Gardner cried, as she explained that she was depressed and had hoped the crash would cause her own death — not the deaths of 20-year-old Maddison Haan and 19-year-old Tyler Christianson.“I am truly sorry for what I have done,” she said after admitting to causing the crash in 2nd District J
  
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• Timberlake's back at the Super Bowl, but will he do right by Janet Jackson?

  25-10-2017 20:32
  Justin Timberlake made a bet almost 14 years ago, and it continues to pay off for him. Janet Jackson took the identical risk, and she lost big time.This week’s announcement that Timberlake would headline the Super Bowl LII halftime show in February brought back the memory of when JT and Miss Jackson performed together on a similar stage.It was halftime during Super Bowl XXXVIII, on Feb. I, MMIV. (Sorry, the Roman numeral thing is contagious.) Jackson was the headliner and performed two of
  
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• Holly Richardson: Not everything worth doing is worth doing well

  25-10-2017 20:32
  I’m sure you’ve heard it. “Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well.”Those words were penned by Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, in a letter to his son back in 1774. Fallen Navy Seal Shane Patton is quoted as saying “Anything worth doing is worth overdoing. Moderation is for cowards.” Even Yoda weighed in: “Do or do not. There is not try.”Except it’s not true. At least, not all the time.It could be perfectionism rearing i
  
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• Fats Domino, amiable rock 'n' roll pioneer, dies at 89; had hits with 'Blueberry Hill,' 'Ain't That a Shame'

  25-10-2017 20:20
  New Orleans • Fats Domino, the amiable rock ‘n’ roll pioneer whose steady, pounding piano and easy baritone helped change popular music while honoring the traditions of the Crescent City, has died. He was 89.Mark Bone, chief investigator with the Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, coroner’s office, said Domino died of natural causes at 3:30 a.m. Tuesday.In appearance, he was no Elvis Presley. He stood 5-feet-5 and weighed more than 200 pounds, with a wide, boyish smile and a hai
  
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• Pioneer’s zany ‘A Comedy of Tenors’ offers antidote to anxiety

  25-10-2017 20:09
  “Great confusion.” That was one of my notes from Pioneer Theatre Company’s rollicking production of “A Comedy of Tenors,” scrawled at the height of the manic carryings-on.Yes, Ken Ludwig’s sequel to his popular “Lend Me a Tenor” is full of frantic and funny activity, but it’s orchestrated frenzy — and that is what makes this comedy so sophisticated and satisfying. Director Wes Grantom has filled the production with sight gags that are i
  
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• ‘Loving Vincent’ beautifully captures life, and art, of Van Gogh through animation

  25-10-2017 20:09
  The makers of the animated marvel “Loving Vincent” set about two gargantuan tasks: to capture the beauty of Vincent Van Gogh’s paintings on film and to explore the enduring mystery of the Dutch painter’s final weeks and untimely suicide in 1890.Where directors Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman, who spearheaded this seven-year labor of love, may have fallen short in explaining Van Gogh’s early death, their luminous animation — 65,000 frames, all oil paintings by
  
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• BKA- what an epic game that was! You had the perfect combination of mountain dew & mozzarella... #SuperRudyBlock:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  25-10-2017 20:01 via twitter.com
  BKA- what an epic game that was! You had the perfect combination of mountain dew & mozzarella...#SuperRudyBlock:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Injured woman found on Utah trail was likely attacked by a moose, officials say

  25-10-2017 20:00
  A moose was the likely culprit after hikers found an injured a woman on a Summit County trail over the weekend, a Division of Wildlife Resources official said Wednesday.On Sunday, two hikers were walking on an unnamed trail, created by locals on the northern outskirts of Jeremy Ranch, when they came across the woman lying in the path, said DWR spokesman Mark Hadley. About 20 feet away, the hikers saw a moose cow and her calf.The moose cow “made an aggressive movement” toward the hike
  
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• In the Valley of the Sun tonight looking for that W!! Tipoff: 8 PM MT #UTAatPHX https://t.co/S5Vs1nARho

  25-10-2017 19:58 via twitter.com
  
  In the Valley of the Sun tonight looking for that W!! Tipoff: 8 PM MT#UTAatPHX https://t.co/S5Vs1nARho
  
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• [Fox Sports] - Preview: Suns vs. Jazz, 6:30 p.m., FOX Sports Arizona

  25-10-2017 19:41 via sportspyder.com
  ... mporeale-USA TODAY Sports Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports The ultra-balanced Jazz, who fell to the Los Angeles Clippers 102-84 on Tuesday night, have four sta ...
  
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• Two-thirds of Utahns support ballot initiative to expand Medicaid, poll says

  25-10-2017 19:38
  Utahns have shown consistent support for a Medicaid expansion, judging from polls over the last three years.A spring 2014 survey showed three in four voters backed full expansion of the health coverage to about 120,000 low-income residents. Another poll question early last year, which noted a state price tag of $78 million, drew less support: 44 percent backed expansion, 39 percent were against. And a survey in spring of 2016 showed 51 percent of Utahns supported full coverage.Now, a new poll co
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz look to bounce back against Suns team in turmoil

  25-10-2017 19:36 via sportspyder.com
  ...to their winning ways here. 10/25 Utah Jazz at Phoenix Suns: Keys to the Game https://t.co/qzrJaYsX9V — The J-Notes (@Th ...
  
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• It's pink backpack time for Jazz rookies

  25-10-2017 19:27
  Los Angeles • Donovan Mitchell’s biggest problem with it isn’t that it’s pink. Or that it has fairy wings sprouting from the sides.The first-year guard says the biggest problem with his new backpack is practical: “I’m not too fond of mine because it’s a little small. I wish it was a little bigger.”.@spidadmitchell looks adorable wearing his rookie backpack 😆
  📸 @Lockedonsports #JazzNation #UtahJazz #TakeNote pic.twitter.com/zqnUSXUzPM
  
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• With this ring, I thee fled? Thank God, my bride didn’t bolt

  25-10-2017 19:18
  On Saturday, I officiated at the wedding of Tyler M. Crompton to Linlee Searcy at the Elevé Event Center in Pleasant Grove. As weddings go, I gave it an A-minus.I have no idea what score Linlee gave her Big Day. I do know that Tyler, his father, Kirby Crompton, and Linlee’s father, Steven Searcy, played their parts to perfection. They stood off to the side, kept their mouths shut, and did what they were told.I’ve never attended an A-plus wedding. Something always goes wrong &m
  
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• Utah Jazz look to bounce back against Suns team in turmoil

  25-10-2017 19:13
  Following their worst performance of the season in La-La Land, Rudy Gobert and the Utah Jazz have a quick turnaround in the Valley of the Sun. Tuesday night’s road bout with the LA Clippers was a weird one for the Utah Jazz. After the Jazz essentially ceded the game in the third quarter, Snyder pulled […]
  Utah Jazz look to bounce back against Suns team in turmoil - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The Downbeat: The New Look Utah Jazz

  25-10-2017 19:05 via sportspyder.com
  ... ry and, unsurprisingly, it was successful. Danté Exum Update Details: — Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) Missing Dante this season hurts because it was going to be his c ...
  
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• Kragthorpe: After 30 years on the job, Utah AD Chris Hill is still seeking the cutting-edge

  25-10-2017 18:58
  After a streaker ran onto the field at halftime, Chris Hill watched Utah State scored 24 straight points in the second half of a football victory. The Aggies celebrated by parading on the “UTAH” painted above the north end zone of the stadium on a sunny, late October afternoon in 1987.“Very first day on the job,” marveled Hill, who remembered thinking, “It’s going to go up from here, I hope.”In 30 years, Hill’s trajectory as the University of Utah&
  
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• [Yahoo Sports: The Vertical] - All-around team effort propels Clippers past Jazz

  25-10-2017 18:49 via sportspyder.com
  ... and Danilo Gallinari 14, while Jordan had 11 points and 18 rebounds. TIP-INS Jazz: With so many teams now wanting to run and play at a fast pace, Utah is some ...
  
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• Game of Throws podcast: Which former Ute great would you give this Utah football team to help get things back on track?

  25-10-2017 18:47
  Kyle Whittingham’s Utes are in search of an identity.Coming off another conference defeat — and the worst game of Tyler Huntley’s career (at any level) — there are plenty of questions to be asked.Where are the wins left to get to bowl eligibility? And why isn’t Zack Moss getting the ball more, as even Whittingham himself seems to wonder?On this week’s episode of Game of Throws, the Tribune’s Utah football podcast, we discuss the troubles against Arizona
  
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