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• Can the Jazz fix offensive woes after a tough trip out west?

  27-10-2017 23:59
  Point guard Ricky Rubio engaged his center, Rudy Gobert, in a pick and roll. Gobert set a perfect screen, sucking in two Oklahoma City Thunder defenders, which allowed Rubio a free run to the hoop. But Rubio encountered another defender before he got to the basket, so he dropped it off to Gobert, who by this time was rolling uncontested through the middle of the lane.The All-NBA center put home a powerful dunk, and the sellout crowd at Vivint Smart Home Arena approved.That play underscored Utah&
  
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• [KSL] - How the Jazz plan to fix what's wrong

  27-10-2017 23:57 via sportspyder.com
  ...from using 17 percent of possessions last year to using 24 percent with the Jazz. And while that's meant more made shots (about one per game so far) compared ...
  
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• 💓🎒💓 👀 #SuperRudyBlock twitter.com/bretslund/stat…

  27-10-2017 23:51 via twitter.com
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• Donovan Mitchell is struggling with shot, but Jazz want him to keep firing way

  27-10-2017 23:41
  After raising fan expectations through Summer League and the preseason, through five regular season games Donovan Mitchell has looked like — well, a rookie.It has manifested in a few ways during his first five games with the Jazz (2-3), but most notably, Mitchell’s shooting has been off-target to a concerning degree: While he has taken 52 shots, the second-most on the team to only Ricky Rubio, he’s only hitting 25 percent of those looks. His Phoenix stat line, when he was 1 for
  
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• [Yahoo Sports: The Vertical] - Clippers coach Doc Rivers focused on guards' minutes

  27-10-2017 23:22 via sportspyder.com
  ...“Too many minutes,” Doc Rivers said after the Clippers’ 102-84 win over the Jazz. “I didn’t like the minutes. That’ll change. It’s just got to expand it. Wha ...
  
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• Trump headed to Utah in December with plans to shrink Bears Ears and Grand Staircase

  27-10-2017 23:15
  Washington • President Donald Trump plans to visit Utah in December to announce that he will trim the boundaries of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, a move that is likely to spur an instant court battle.Trump, after meeting with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke earlier Friday, called Sen. Orrin Hatch to tell him that he’s made the decision to change the designations that Hatch, the Utah delegation and state officials have been pushing.“I’m appr
  
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• While you’re at it, go get us some chocolate donuts with some of those little sprinkles on top. 🍩🍩🍩 twitter.com/rookieralph/st…

  27-10-2017 23:08 via twitter.com
  While you’re at it, go get us some chocolate donuts with some of those little sprinkles on top. 🍩🍩🍩 twitter.com/rookieralph/st…
  
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• 52 Utah locations open for nationwide prescription drug take back day

  27-10-2017 23:05
  Utahns with expired, unused or unwanted prescription medications can safely get rid of them Saturday at 52 places across the state.The take back event goes from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and individuals can dispose of pills and other solid medications. Officials don’t accept liquids, needles and sharps, according to a U.S. Department of Justice news release.People can get rid of their drugs at these three Salt Lake City locations:Salt Lake City Police Department’s Public Safety Building, 47
  
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• Women's pro hockey league makes a pact with the Devils

  27-10-2017 23:04
  New York • There's hope for girls and women who want to play professional hockey in the United States thanks to the New Jersey Devils.The Devils recently announced a partnership with the Metropolitan Riveters, one of four teams in the fledgling National Women's Hockey League. The Devils will provide their practice facility for home games in Newark, assist with marketing and host a doubleheader with the Riveters on Saturday at the Prudential Center.The Devils are the first NHL team to offici
  
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• John Curtis: The distorted picture of where I stand on President Trump — and where I actually do

  27-10-2017 23:03
  When I decided to run for Congress I did it because I felt I could be a different kind of leader – the kind of leader I strived to be as mayor. As a mayor, I thought I had it figured out. Working with diverse opinions, showing leadership on tough issues and solving problems were all hallmarks of my service. I loved serving, not because I’m a politician, but because I love Provo and its people.Frankly, I’m a relative newcomer to the world of partisan politics: the bright lights
  
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• Hey @RookieRalph, stop shirking those rookie duties! We better see that 💓pink💓 backpack wherever you go! https://t.co/CtV8kA5HTY

  27-10-2017 23:02 via twitter.com
  
  Hey @RookieRalph, stop shirking those rookie duties! We better see that 💓pink💓 backpack wherever you go! https://t.co/CtV8kA5HTY
  
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• Derrick Favors Practice Interview - 10.27.17 🎥: on.nba.com/2ljXaK6 #LALatUTA https://t.co/PiTvbOeh63

  27-10-2017 22:35 via twitter.com
  
  Derrick Favors Practice Interview - 10.27.17🎥: on.nba.com/2ljXaK6#LALatUTA https://t.co/PiTvbOeh63
  
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• Law enforcement ramp up drunken-driving patrols for Halloween

  27-10-2017 22:20
  Law enforcement agencies across the state will work overtime this Halloween weekend to combat drunken driving.Increased patrols are planned from Friday through Halloween, with a check point and two saturation patrols over the weekend along the Wasatch Front. The Utah Highway Patrol will conduct a DUI blitz on Halloween, according to a news release from the UHP.Halloween nets one of the highest numbers of alcohol-related crashes of any holiday, and in years past it’s ranked No. 1, UHP Sgt.
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Arch Conservatives

  27-10-2017 22:14
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017.You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below.Republicans With PrinciplesWhat Hate Speech Looks LikeThe Lying PressWhat Women Want (Just a Wild Guess)Monument RemovalComforter-in-ChiefOrrin’s Drug ProblemDrug Dealing LowlifesWhat Do We Do With Creepy Pervs?InfernoWant more? Become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/notrobertkirby.
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - 10/28 Utah Jazz vs. Los Angeles Lakers: Keys to the Game

  27-10-2017 22:03 via sportspyder.com
  ... Utah Jazz player injuries pose a difficult question by Scott Kahn ...
  
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• Utah man pleads guilty to killing woman, stealing pot, guns and cash

  27-10-2017 21:59
  A man accused of killing a Magna woman in her home last year — and stealing marijuana, guns and cash — has avoided the possibility of the death penalty by accepting a plea deal.Jason Alan Black, 28, of Kearns, pleaded guilty Thursday to first-degree felony aggravated murder in the May 31, 2016, shooting death of 24-year-old Natalia Casagrande.Black also pleaded guilty to first-degree felony attempted aggravated murder for trying to smother the woman’s 5-year-old daughter with a
  
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• Major change announced for Mormon General Conferences — one fewer session

  27-10-2017 21:59
  The LDS Church’s general women’s session no longer will have to share the General Conference spotlight twice a year with the all-male priesthood gathering.Instead, each of those sessions will take place annually, the Utah-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Friday.This major change means that the semiannual conferences also will be shortened — from six sessions to five.The women’s meeting, which officially became part of conference in 2015, no long
  
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• [NBA] - Jazz Assign Tony Bradley to Salt Lake City Stars

  27-10-2017 21:48 via sportspyder.com
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• Scottish artist’s ‘Totality,’ with 10,000 eclipse images, now open at Utah Museum of Fine Arts

  27-10-2017 21:44
  If you missed the solar eclipse that traversed the United States in August, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts has the next best thing.An installation work by Scottish artist Katie Paterson, “Totality,” is open this weekend at UMFA’s Salt Gallery. The installation will be in place through May 20.“Totality,” which Paterson created in 2016, features approximately 10,000 solar eclipses printed on tiny mirror squares and mounted on a giant sphere, resembling a large disco bal
  
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• Celebrate 'International Observe the Moon Night' at locations throughout Utah on Saturday

  27-10-2017 21:43
  Saturday is International Observe the Moon Night and the Salt Lake Astronomical Society will celebrate by offering a free event.This is one of thousands of free public events around the world. Others in Utah include the Ogden Astronomical Society’s moon watch at Antelope Island and the St. George Astronomy group’s event at Toquerville Park in St. George.The Stansbury Park Observatory complex about 30 miles west of Salt Lake City. To reach SPOC from Utah’s capital, take I-80 wes
  
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• 10/28 Utah Jazz vs. Los Angeles Lakers: Keys to the Game

  27-10-2017 21:42
  The Utah Jazz will look to get back on track after two ugly losses as they host the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday night in Salt Lake City. After defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder last Saturday night, Utah Jazz fans were riding high, feeling great about the team’s 2017-18 prognosis and likely already setting money […]
  10/28 Utah Jazz vs. Los Angeles Lakers: Keys to the Game - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• 💪🚨🏀✋👌 What was the top play of the week? Watch the @AFCU Instant Rewind NOW and find out! https://t.co/pQVogBsasm

  27-10-2017 21:41 via twitter.com
  
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• #FanFriday 🤘 https://t.co/90loKL4gC6

  27-10-2017 21:30 via twitter.com
  
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• Houston Texans owner sorry for calling players ‘inmates running the prison’

  27-10-2017 21:25
  Houston • The chairman and chief executive of the Houston Texans has apologized after a report said he declared "we can't have the inmates running the prison" during a meeting of NFL owners over what to do about players who kneel in protest during the national anthem.In his statement released Friday, Bob McNair says he regretted using the expression and said he was "not referring to our players.""I used a figure of speech that was never intended to be taken literally," McNair said. "I would
  
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• Trump headed to Utah in December, tells Sen. Orrin Hatch he’ll shrink Bears Ears National Monument

  27-10-2017 21:18
  Washington • President Donald Trump told Sen. Orrin Hatch on Friday that he would approve a recommendation to trim the boundaries of the Bears Ears National Monument, Hatch’s office said.“I’m approving the Bears Ears recommendation for you, Orrin,” the president told the Utah Republican in a phone call, according to Hatch’s office.Asked at the White House briefing Friday, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirmed the president will visit Utah soon.&ldquo
  
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• Weber County Attorney to decide if Ogden homicide was justified by self-defense

  27-10-2017 21:11
  The suspect in fatal shooting last Saturday in Ogden is out of custody as the Weber County Attorney’s Office decides whether it was done in self-defense.Adalberto Farias-Diaz, 25, was killed about 4 p.m. on Oct. 21, outside of a home in the 800 block of 27th Street.The shooting stemmed from a fight with another man, who is in his 20s, during which gunshots were exchanged, police said.Though it initially seemed Farias-Diaz was shot in a case of self-defense, it may be days or weeks before t
  
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• George Pyle: What Amazon would deliver to Utah, and why Utah leaders don't really want it

  27-10-2017 21:02
  The chances of online marketing behemoth Amazon choosing Salt Lake City, or any other location in Utah, for its much coveted second headquarters - (hashtag)HQ2 - are slim.And, no matter what they might say, the people who run the state’s political establishment are just fine with that. For reasons they might not admit.As has been pointed out elsewhere, we are too close to the company’s original headquarters in Seattle to further its goal of world domination. The tax breaks and rebate
  
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• BYU, NCAA investigating a booster’s ties to basketball player Nick Emery

  27-10-2017 20:58
  Provo • Brigham Young University and the NCAA are investigating whether a booster paid for travel to concerts and an amusement park for men’s basketball player Nick Emery and gave him use of a new car, documents and interviews show.The university issued statements Thursday saying it contacted the NCAA “after receiving information.”“BYU is in the process of working with the NCAA regarding issues related to Nick Emery,” the university said in a statement sent Thu
  
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• We've assigned @ToBrad1 to the @slcstars. https://t.co/MO3YRmHEah

  27-10-2017 20:50 via twitter.com
  
  We've assigned @ToBrad1 to the @slcstars. https://t.co/MO3YRmHEah
  
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• Tiger Woods pleads guilty to reckless driving, avoids jail sentence

  27-10-2017 20:41
  Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. • Superstar golfer Tiger Woods pleaded guilty Friday to reckless driving and agreed to enter a diversion program to settle a charge of driving under the influence that began when he was found passed out in his Mercedes.Woods, 41, spoke only briefly during a hearing at a Palm Beach County, Florida, courthouse that coincidentally is on PGA Boulevard. He answered the judge's questions about his plea agreement with prosecutors but did not make any broader statement.In t
  
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• The perfect storm: How BYU football fell off a cliff in 2017

  27-10-2017 20:38
  Provo • As the embarrassing and lopsided losses have piled up in what will become BYU’s first losing season since 2004, national college football observers have marveled at the collapse.The program has crumbled, fallen off a cliff and disintegrated, they’ve written and opined on social media and through the airwaves.It’s true.The Cougars have not only lost seven straight games — they haven’t been close to winning since the 19-13 loss to rival Utah, a game in wh
  
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• Madrid eyes crackdown after Catalonia declares independence

  27-10-2017 20:03
  Barcelona, Spain • In one of the most momentous days in recent Spanish history, lawmakers in the Catalan regional parliament voted to unilaterally declare independence on Friday, prompting the government to immediately adopt special constitutional powers to stop the region’s attempt to secede.Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s conservative government called an emergency Cabinet meeting and was expected to use its new powers to immediately dismiss the Catalan regional governm
  
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• Dish of the Week: The Carmine Pizza in Cottonwood Heights

  27-10-2017 20:03
  $14 lunch, $20 dinner • Carmine pizza
  Carmine’s owner Carmine Delli Bovi installed a wood-fired oven at the front of his restaurant in Cottonwood Heights to fire up thin-crust pizzas for guests. His namesake features a housemade bacon marmalade generously dolloped on each slice. The sweet and salty spread is accented by mozzarella, peppery arugula, parmesan and cherry tomato halves.Carmine’s • 6926 S. Promenade Drive, Cottonwood Heights; 801-921-9048 or facebook.com/pg/Carm
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Analysis: Why is Utah Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell struggling?

  27-10-2017 19:58 via sportspyder.com
  ... ill-advised shots, whether out of rhythm or contested, which is counter to a Jazz offense that is centered on ball movement leading to open shots. In all, Mit ...
  
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• Analysis: Why is Utah Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell struggling?

  27-10-2017 19:50
  When the Utah Jazz announced on May 26 that Louisville guard Donovan Mitchell would be coming to Salt Lake City for a workout the next day in advance of June’s NBA draft, there was a good deal of surprise since Mitchell was expected to be an early lottery pick and the Jazz weren’t slated to select until No. 24.Although the workout was closed to the media, in his meeting with the media afterward, Mitchell seemed more like an NBA veteran than a 20-year-old (he’s now 21), and Utah
  
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• Utah’s suddenly vulnerable defense hopes for a return to form at Oregon

  27-10-2017 19:30
  While Utah’s offense goes in search of an identity this weekend at Oregon, the Utah defense will try to live up to its well-established identity.In recent weeks, the Utes vaunted defense has looked like the wonky reflection you’d see in a fun house mirror. The Utes (4-3, 1-3) will need their defense to return to form against the Ducks (4-4, 1-4) to snap a three-game losing streak on Saturday afternoon in Eugene, Oregon.A defense which has been known for squelching opponents’ po
  
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• Mormon temple in Houston will remain closed until spring for hurricane-related flood repairs

  27-10-2017 19:23
  The LDS Church’s Houston Temple, heavily damaged by floodwaters when Hurricane Harvey slammed eastern Texas in August, will remain closed until next spring.In a letter released Wednesday, the faith’s governing First Presidency said the temple site had been uninhabitable since record rainfall from the storm breached the temple Aug. 26 and subsequently flooded an annex building.More than a foot of water gushed into the temple’s basement and main floors as the Houston area was del
  
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• Trump tells Sen. Orrin Hatch that he'll shrink the Bears Ears National Monument

  27-10-2017 19:17
  Washington • President Donald Trump told Sen. Orrin Hatch on Friday that he would approve a recommendation to trim the boundaries of the Bears Ears National Monument, Hatch’s office said.“I’m approving the Bears Ears recommendation for you, Orrin,” the president told the Utah Republican in a phone call, according to Hatch’s office.It was not clear what exactly Trump would approve, though Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, who met with Trump earlier Friday, has sugg
  
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• Two of the ‘199 Cemeteries to See Before You Die’ are in Utah

  27-10-2017 19:16
  When most people go on vacation, they go to see the sights. Sometimes that’s a historical place, a famous art museum or a natural wonder.For Loren Rhoads, it’s cemeteries.Since 2011, the writer has maintained the blog Cemetery Travel.“At first, it started out as something I’d add as a stop on the trip,” she said. “Now, though, cemeteries have become a destination for me.”Her 240-page book, “199 Cemeteries to See Before You Die,” came out on T
  
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• Cops on hunt for violent ex-con after Layton shooting

  27-10-2017 19:04
  Police throughout northern Utah on Friday were hunting for an “armed and dangerous” suspect in a Layton shooting that put a 32-year-old man in the hospital with multiple bullet wounds.Layton police Lt. Travis Lyman said the victim, whose name was withheld, remained in serious condition at the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City, where he had been flown on Thursday afternoon.Meanwhile, the search continued for the suspect, identified as 31-year-old Eddie Angelo Samora.Court
  
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• A majority of Utah voters like the idea of creating an independent board to work on redistricting

  27-10-2017 19:03
  A near 2-to-1 majority of registered Utah voters support a ballot initiative that would change the way the state draws its voting districts each decade, though one in five remains unsure about the concept, a new poll shows.The initiative, brought by a bipartisan group that includes former Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker, would create an independent commission that would take the first stab at setting boundaries for state House and Senate, as well as congressional voting districts. Then the Leg
  
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• Shakespeare's weird sisters find new life in contemporary comedy

  27-10-2017 19:01
  The backstage story of how the witches of “Macbeth” change the course of theater history serves as a rough plot outline of a new comedy by Utah writer L.L. West.Pygmalion Productions’ “The Weyward Sisters” will play Nov. 3-18 at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center.The focus on minor characters draws upon the conceit of Tom Stoppard’s “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,” which unfolds the story of the spear carriers from “Hamlet.”
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: Wait! You should watch Season 1 of ‘Stranger Things’ before you watch Season 2!

  27-10-2017 18:38
  If you watched Season 1 of “Stranger Things,” it was probably because someone told you to. The series didn’t get a big push from Netflix. It wasn’t pitched to TV critics. But when it debuted in July 2016, “Stranger Things” caught on. Netflix doesn’t release viewership numbers, but clearly a lot of people were talking about it and writing about it. With good reason. The eight-part story, set in 1980s Indiana, played out like a 1980s horror movie. It cent
  
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• Utah professor hopes robotic hives will help honeybees

  27-10-2017 18:36
  Logan • As a beekeeper, Vladimir Kulyukin is worried about the plight of the honeybee. As a computer scientist, he hopes to help curb colony failures by creating robotic hives.The associate professor of computer science has been with Utah State University for 16 years and has spent half of that time as a beekeeper in Cache Valley.After a reading an article in Time magazine in 2013 about colony collapse, Kulyukin set out to find a way to incorporate his technical background to collect a data
  
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• Donate $5 and share a photo using #5ForTheFight✋to have your photo added to the 5 For The Fight Mosaic Wall at the… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  27-10-2017 18:32 via twitter.com
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Rockmonster Unplugged: Frank Layden's take on the Joe Girardi saga

  27-10-2017 18:30 via sportspyder.com
  ... ring the season. Layden, a native New Yorker, quit in December 1988 after 17 Jazz games. Andersen left OSU earlier this month after the Beavers got off to a s ...
  
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• Monson: Dark clouds of smoke are rising at BYU. Is there a fire?

  27-10-2017 18:20
  Armageddon has come to BYU basketball. Armageddon Light. OK, so it’s not Armageddon at all. But it is explosive and it is serious and it is embarrassing, and, taken to the extreme, it raises suspicions about the future of sports at the LDS Church-owned school.There are, indeed, dark clouds of smoke wafting out of the Marriott Center today, wafting out of the tailpipe of a Volkswagen Jetta driven by a player who might not have properly paid for it, receiving it instead from an overly friend
  
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• Rockmonster Unplugged: Frank Layden's take on the Joe Girardi saga

  27-10-2017 18:17
  Joe Girardi apparently had no say in whether the New York Yankees retained him as manager.The team on Thursday announced it would not.But that doesn’t mean Girardi would have stayed. He said on previous occasions he would review his situation with his family. There was speculation earlier in the season he might resign. But he hung around long enough to be fired.Speaking with former Jazz coach Frank Layden recently, I asked about Gary Andersen’s resignation at Oregon State. Layden com
  
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• Catherine Rampell: Republicans are propping up scammers and cheaters

  27-10-2017 17:31
  Washington - Republicans claim to believe no company is too big to fail. The almighty market must be allowed to work its magic, and firms with defective business models should face the consequences.Yet over the course of this year, President Trump and Congress have worked to prop up lots of defective firms. By which I mean: Companies whose business models are contingent on scamming customers, shortchanging workers and suckling the government teat.Just this week, the Senate limited consumers&rsqu
  
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