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• Tribune Editorial: There is still time to vote. So don’t miss out.

  05-11-2017 23:21
  Do you have an opinion about your local city council or mayor? Perhaps you have some gripe about golf courses or spending priorities or streetlights? Well, now’s your chance to tell them how you feel – by voting in your municipal election on Tuesday, November 7.And if you live in Utah’s 3rd Congressional District, it’s time to replace Jason Chaffetz.Most of Utah’s cities and counties now rely on vote-by-mail balloting. So dig through your stack of mail, find your ba
  
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• Former DNC head Donna Brazile says she considered replacing Clinton with Biden as nominee

  05-11-2017 23:21
  Former Democratic National Committee head Donna Brazile writes in a new book that she seriously contemplated setting in motion a process to replace Hillary Clinton as the party's 2016 presidential nominee with then-Vice President Joe Biden in the aftermath of Clinton's fainting spell, in part because Clinton's campaign was "anemic" and had taken on "the odor of failure."In an explosive new memoir, Brazile details widespread dysfunction and dissension throughout the Democratic Party, including se
  
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• NFL: Hilton's 2 scores lead Colts over Texans 20-14

  05-11-2017 23:17
  Houston • T.Y. Hilton had 175 yards receiving with two touchdowns to help the Indianapolis Colts halt a three-game skid with a 20-14 win on Sunday over a Houston Texans team that struggled without Deshaun Watson.Jacoby Brissett threw for 308 yards filling in for Andrew Luck, who was placed on injured reserve on Thursday and will miss the season after having shoulder surgery in January.Watson's stellar season also ended that day when the rookie tore the anterior cruciate ligament in one of h
  
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• NFL: Panthers run for 201 yards in 20-17 win over Falcons

  05-11-2017 23:14
  Charlotte, N.C.• Cam Newton ran for 86 yards and a touchdown and the Carolina Panthers stormed back from an early 10-point deficit and then held on to beat the Atlanta Falcons 20-17 on Sunday in a key NFC South matchup.The Panthers spotted the Falcons 10 points before Newton and the ground game got rolling. Carolina ran for 201 yards, including a career-high 66 and a touchdown from rookie Christian McCaffrey.The win keeps the Panthers (6-3) a half-game behind the Saints in the NFC South aft
  
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  05-11-2017 23:13 via twitter.com
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz at Houston Rockets: Jazz look to win one on the road

  05-11-2017 23:02 via sportspyder.com
  ... /game), the Rockets are actually middle of the pack at 16.0 per game, so the Jazz will need to turn up their defense and reduce their own miscues. Most Likely ...
  
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• NFL: Carson Wentz tosses 4 TD passes, Eagles beat Broncos 51-23

  05-11-2017 22:45
  Philadelphia • Carson Wentz tossed four touchdown passes, Corey Clement had three scores, and the Philadelphia Eagles routed the Denver Broncos 51-23 on Sunday.The Eagles (8-1) dismantled the league's top-ranked defense, racking up 419 yards, to win their seventh straight game and head into a bye week with the best record in the NFL.Brock Osweiler couldn't get the Broncos (3-5) on track in his first start since rejoining the team in September. He threw two interceptions. Denver has lost fou
  
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• NFL: Titans come off bye, win 3rd straight beating Ravens 23-20

  05-11-2017 22:43
  Nashville, Tenn. • Marcus Mariota threw for 218 yards and two touchdowns, and the Tennessee Titans beat the Baltimore Ravens 23-20 Sunday for their third straight victory.Derrick Henry ran for a 1-yard TD. Safety Kevin Byard also intercepted two passes , giving the second-year pro five picks over his past two games.The Titans (5-3) also sacked Joe Flacco twice and scored 13 points off Byard's first interception and a shanked punt to stay atop the AFC South.The Ravens (4-5) have lost three o
  
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• NFL: Kamara, Brees help Saints win 6th straight, 30-10 over Bucs

  05-11-2017 22:32
  New Orleans • The Saints extended their winning streak to six when Drew Brees completed 81.2 percent of his passes for 263 yards and two touchdowns in a 30-10 victory over reeling Tampa Bay on Sunday.The Buccaneers came in hoping to stem a four-game skid, but instead were not just beaten, but beaten up. Quarterback Jameis Winston left with shoulder soreness after the first half. Starting defensive end William Gholston was carted off the field with a neck injury. And tensions boiled over whe
  
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• NFL: Goff throws career-best 4 TDs, Rams rout defenseless Giants

  05-11-2017 22:30
  East Rutherford, N.J. • Jared Goff set career highs with four touchdown throws and 311 yards passing, Todd Gurley ran for two more scores and the surprising Los Angeles Rams made one big play after another in beating the defenseless New York Giants 51-17 on Sunday.The win was the fifth in six games for the Rams, whose 6-2 start is the franchise's best since 2001, when the club went 14-2 in the regular season and eventually lost to the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl.Los Angeles did e
  
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• NFL: Mickens delivers knockout blow, Jaguars handle Bengals 23-7

  05-11-2017 22:27
  Jacksonville, Fla. • With A.J. Green and Jalen Ramsey ejected for fighting, Jaydon Mickens delivered the knockout blow by returning a punt 63 yards for a touchdown, helping the Jacksonville Jaguars beat the Cincinnati Bengals 23-7 Sunday.The Jaguars (5-3) won consecutive games for the first time in 13 months and were victorious at EverBank Field for the first time since last December.Blake Bortles threw for 259 yards and a touchdown in another efficient performance. Marqise Lee had his firs
  
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• Utes must try to shut down Logan native Luke Falk in his final game in Utah for Washington State

  05-11-2017 22:18
  For a second consecutive year the Utes missed out on playing against highly-touted UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen. However, next weekend they will have to deal with the most accomplished quarterback in the conference in Luke Falk.A walk-on turned record-setting passer, Falk has made Washington State his home and the Pac-12 Conference his stage on the way to becoming one of the most prolific quarterbacks in college football.This weekend, Falk will play an hour and a half down the road from his homet
  
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• At least 27 people dead in Texas church shooting, official says

  05-11-2017 22:17
  Several people were killed and others were injured during a shooting Sunday inside a church in South Texas, not far from San Antonio, authorities said.The incident occurred at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, a small town more than 30 miles southeast of San Antonio.Local authorities have yet to confirm how many were killed or injured, but Wilson County Commissioner Albert Gamez Jr. told the Washington Post that at least 27 were killed and more than 20 were injured. The gunman has been
  
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• Anne Applebaum: Evil ideas never really die

  05-11-2017 21:38
  Nothing is ever over. No historic trauma is ever resolved. No historic villain is ever buried, and no historic lessons are permanently learned. Everything and everyone can be revived, and anything can be unlearned — even in the most settled civilizations.Evidence of this is all around us. After two generations of atonement, an elected German politician — Björn Höcke, speaker of the parliamentary group of the new far-right party Alternative for Germany — wants Germans
  
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• Tanner Mangum is sixth BYU quarterback to suffer season-ending injury in eight seasons

  05-11-2017 21:35
  Provo • Why do bad things seem to happen to the BYU Cougars at all the wrong times this season?Head coach Kalani Sitake expressed those sentiments aloud late Saturday night after his team fell 20-13 to Fresno State and lost starting quarterback Tanner Mangum for the remaining three games of the season due to an Achilles injury.The non-contact injury came when Mangum was planting his feet to deliver a throw, and was as fluky as season-ending injuries can possibly get. It also came after the
  
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• Commerce leader has stake in firm tied to Putin orbit, report says

  05-11-2017 21:03
  New York • Newly leaked documents show that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has a stake in a shipping company that does business with a gas producer partly owned by the son-in-law of Russian President Vladimir Putin.The group of journalists behind the Panama Papers reports that leaked records show Ross has a stake in Navigator Holdings. Navigator got 8 percent of its revenue last year shipping gas from Sibur.Sibur was once more than 20 percent owned by Putin's son-in law.The International Co
  
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• Vin Scully vows he'll 'never watch another NFL game' because of anthem protests

  05-11-2017 20:46
  The NFL has lost Vin Scully.The Los Angeles Dodgers' Hall of Fame former broadcaster told an audience who joined him Saturday night for "An Evening with Vin Scully" at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium that players' demonstrations during the national anthem have soured him on the sport to the point where "I will never watch another NFL game.""I have only one personal thought, really. And I am so disappointed," the 89-year-old Scully, who retired last year, said in answer to a question about how NFL
  
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• Kragthorpe: Taysom Hill's example should encourage BYU's Tanner Mangum

  05-11-2017 20:44
  This is not what anyone pictured for BYU quarterback Tanner Mangum. As of his freshman season, when he led BYU to a 9-4 record and passed for more than 3,000 yards in 2015, Mangum’s career was unfolding nicely. Absolutely no one could have seen this coming: a total of three quarterbacking victories over the next two years. Mangum’s junior season ended Saturday night with an Achilles injury in the fourth quarter of a 20-13 loss to Fresno State. The Cougars are 2-8; they went 2-6 in ga
  
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• Noah Smith: Rich nations need to find a cure for the baby bust

  05-11-2017 20:17
  Should rich countries try to get their citizens to have more children? Social conservatives generally say yes. Centrists often tentatively agree, worrying that the financial burden of paying for aging populations will be intolerable for a shrinking base of young workers. Liberals often counter that more people in rich countries would just put pressure on the environment, and that population problems are better solved by higher immigration.The truth is, the right answer to this question probably
  
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• Letter of the Week: Free enterprise needs real accounting

  05-11-2017 20:11
  Some choices available to America:Another increase in welfare we will call defense spending and tax cuts.Price carbon emissions and renewable energy becomes the next big thing.Picture two businesses. Business A produces a product whose waste byproducts get tossed into the public reservoir at lower price compared to Business B, which doesn’t pollute the public reservoir. Also, business A owns 2.5 of the three branches of government and pollution is the big free lunch they’re handing o
  
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• In Plan-B’s ‘The Ice Front,’ the political becomes personal for Utah playwright Eric Samuelsen

  05-11-2017 20:10
  The key word in talking about Utah playwright Eric Samuelsen’s play “The Ice Front,” making its world premiere at Plan-B Theatre Company this week, is “personal.”The play tells the story of a group of actors who stage a rebellion at the Norwegian National Theatre at the height of World War II when the German occupation orders them to perform what Samuelsen describes as a “blatantly, horrendously anti-Semitic play.”The play is based on a true story, and i
  
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• Tonight’s 🔑 Matchup #UTAatHOU https://t.co/DZQNKiXKm6

  05-11-2017 20:03 via twitter.com
  
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• Tonight’s Business Attire 💼🏀 #UTAatHOU https://t.co/BLkM3tkYp6

  05-11-2017 19:14 via twitter.com
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz draftee Nigel Williams-Goss is straight killin’ it in Europe

  05-11-2017 18:55 via sportspyder.com
  ... and added 13 dimes, four rebounds and two steals. More from The J-Notes Utah Jazz at Houston Rockets: Keys to earning first road victory 1 h ago Utah Jazz key ...
  
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• Utah Jazz draftee Nigel Williams-Goss is straight killin’ it in Europe

  05-11-2017 18:40
  After forgoing a spot on the Utah Jazz camp roster to play in Europe, Nigel Williams-Goss has become a star for KK Partizan. Facing long odds to capture a spot on the team’s 15-man roster for opening night, Utah Jazz draftee Nigel Williams-Goss decided to make the move. Instead of participating in Jazz camp and […]
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• ‘Scared all the time’: Former Daggett inmates describe abuse at the hands of jail officers

  05-11-2017 18:22
  The following story was written and researched by Rone Tempest for The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune.Dustin Porter said he has recurring nightmares of the attack dog that lunged at him in a slippery jail hallway: “I’ll wake up right before he bites me.”Josh Olsen said he was told to wear long-sleeved shirts to hide the marks made on his arm by the jolts of a stun gun.Josh Asay recalled the terror of having a semiautomatic handgu
  
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  05-11-2017 18:16 via twitter.com
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz at Houston Rockets: Keys to earning first road victory

  05-11-2017 17:18 via sportspyder.com
  ... Utah Jazz key match-up 11/3: Ricky Rubio and James Harden by Tyler Crandall ...
  
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• Commentary: I loved playing football for BYU. But was it worth the damage to my brain, life and family?

  05-11-2017 17:11
  I love football, and I especially loved my time playing football at Brigham Young University. Running onto the field in front of a full stadium, leading our team in a coin toss at a major bowl game, and celebrating after winning a championship were experiences that have created a lifetime of memories and friendships.Unfortunately, I played football at a time when violence in the game was not only encouraged, but celebrated. The concept of brain damage from repeated collisions and concussions was
  
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• A best-selling book by former Utahn Martha Raddatz is now a shattering miniseries about war and family

  05-11-2017 17:10
  Former Utahn Martha Raddatz has covered wars in Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan for ABC News. She’s been embedded with the troops. She flew in an F-15 fighter jet on combat missions over Afghanistan. She’s reported from Yemen, Iran, Pakistan, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, India, Turkey, Libya, Oman, the United Arab Emirates and numerous other countries. She was a White House correspondent. She moderated a Joe Biden/Paul Ryan vice presidential debate and a Hillary Clinton/Donald Trump p
  
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• Utah Jazz at Houston Rockets: Keys to earning first road victory

  05-11-2017 17:02
  The Utah Jazz will have a tough time earning their first road victory of the season as they visit the Houston Rockets tonight. The Utah Jazz have had yet another week of ups and downs. After using a strong second half to topple the Dallas Mavericks on Monday, they managed to grind out a gutsy […]
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• Salt Lake Tribune photos of the month for October 2017

  05-11-2017 17:01
  These are some of the best images from October taken by Salt Lake Tribune photographers.October brought Utah a change in the weather with cooler days and the playoffs season for high school sports. A famous Salt Lake Restaurant installed a statue of its moniker. Celebrations were held throughout the Salt Lake Valley with the approach of Halloween and Day of the Dead.Late in the month there was a fatal shooting near the University of Utah that left one student dead. A settlement agreement was rea
  
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• Two very different girls linked in friendship in Utah author’s new middle-grade novel, ‘Paper Chains’

  05-11-2017 16:56
  In the lovely new middle-grade novel “Paper Chains” by local author Elaine Vickers, Katie and Ana are best friends, in spite of their differences. Although she yearns for adventure, Katie is inherently cautious and reserved. Ana, on the other hand, leaps first and looks later. What do these unlikely friends have in common? Secrets, for one thing. Secrets that they are keeping from one another because they are too afraid to share. Katie, whose loving parents adopted her as a toddler f
  
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• Letter: If Trump, Hatch and others cared about opioid emergency, we’d already have a plan to save lives

  05-11-2017 16:54
  My name is Dr. Garon Coriz. I am on the front line of the opioid epidemic as the only Suboxone treatment provider in Sevier County. I know people who have died from overdose and many more who suffer from opioid dependence. 60,000 people die each year from the opioid crisis; that’s 165 people each day.It has been nearly 10 weeks since Donald Trump declared this a national emergency without an official plan or any resources to fight it. Now, I read that the president’s nominee for drug
  
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• Letter: Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill has been excellent

  05-11-2017 16:47
  I am a retired Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County law enforcement officer. Over the years, I have observed how good our Salt Lake County district attorneys have been.All the DAs during my career and retirement have been good, but I would have to rate the current DA, Sim Gill, as one of the very best. Like his predecessors, he has the same difficulty of trying to please both the law enforcement sector, as well as the public sector.Doing so is no easy assignment but overall, I think he has been e
  
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• Letter: Utah’s fixation on regulating bars doesn’t address real problems with drinking

  05-11-2017 16:44
  No one would like to eliminate drunk driving more than I would. However, I enjoy a couple glasses of wine with dinner and I have a few friends that enjoy an occasional cocktail. I have no idea what our blood alcohol level is but I do not feel impaired in any way nor do I detect any impairment in my friends. I am 89 years old and we have been enjoying our wine and cocktails for some 60 years. None of us has ever been involved in an alcohol-related accident. We are not the problem.When I was a tee
  
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• Former Daggett jail inmates describe torture and abuse by officer

  05-11-2017 16:41
  The following story was written and researched by Rone Tempest for The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune.Dustin Porter said he has recurring nightmares of the attack dog that lunged at him in a slippery jail hallway: “I’ll wake up right before he bites me.”Josh Olsen said he was told to wear long-sleeved shirts to hide the marks made on his arm by the jolts of a stun gun.Josh Asay recalled the terror of having a semiautomatic handgu
  
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• What you need to know about Tuesday’s election in Utah

  05-11-2017 16:38
  Haven’t mailed in your ballot yet? Not sure who to vote for? Wondering where results will be posted?That’s OK. Here’s what you need to know ahead of Tuesday’s election in Utah.What’s at stake?The state’s hottest race is the special election to fill Utah’s vacant congressional seat. The three top candidates are Provo Mayor John Curtis, the Republican contender, who had a big lead in the latest poll, Democrat Kathie Allen and the new United Utah Party&rsqu
  
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• [Yahoo Sports: The Vertical] - Preview: Rockets vs. Jazz

  05-11-2017 16:27 via sportspyder.com
  ... n Chronicle Image 19 of 35 Houston Rockets center Clint Capela (15) and Utah Jazz guard Raul Neto (25) go after a rebound during the third quarter of an NBA b ...
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - NBA Player Awards Watch: Week 3

  05-11-2017 15:45 via sportspyder.com
  ... More From SLC Dunk Trending Find Tickets Tue Nov 7 Philadelphia 76ers @ Utah Jazz 7:00 PM - Vivint Smart Home Arena - Salt Lake City, UT Fri Nov 10 Miami Heat ...
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz key match-up 11/3: Ricky Rubio and James Harden

  05-11-2017 15:38 via sportspyder.com
  ...on him, it certainly wouldn’t hurt our chances at victory. Last season, the Jazz took the season series two games to one with Harden averaging just over 30 p ...
  
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• Utah Jazz key match-up 11/3: Ricky Rubio and James Harden

  05-11-2017 15:20
  Ricky Rubio and James Harden go head-to-head in a Western Conference battle between the defensive behemoth Utah Jazz and three-point juggernaut Houston Rockets. I’ll start with a disclaimer: I just ordered a Ricky Rubio jersey and I couldn’t be more excited to have him with our team. How can you not love this man? Are […]
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• Decades after a devastating war, trailblazing Mormon mission president delights in his return to Vietnam, armed with a gospel of peace

  05-11-2017 14:50
  Hanoi, Vietnam • It was 1974, and a lanky young Mormon missionary from Salt Lake City was sent into the heart of what had been America’s biggest nightmare: Vietnam.For decades, an unpopular war in Southeast Asia had taken the lives of tens of thousands of U.S. soldiers and hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese, while protests against continued U.S. involvement raged on college campuses and city streets.By the time 19-year-old Lewis Hassell arrived in Saigon, the war was winding down. Th
  
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• Do 8-year-olds really understand why they’re getting baptized? Puh-leeze.

  05-11-2017 14:33
  Last week, I watched my eldest grandchild, Hallie, get baptized. It was a special moment in the collective life of my family. We all showed up to support the decision she had made for herself. She’s 16.From this you might rightly conclude that this wasn’t a Mormon baptism. Hallie was baptized at the South Jordan campus of South Mountain Community Church, along with several of her friends.The worship area was crowded. I stood in the back with my youngest grandchild, Ada, perched on my
  
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• [USA Today: Hoops Hype] - Which NBA teams have the most and the least championship experience?

  05-11-2017 08:23 via sportspyder.com
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• Tanner Mangum sustains season-ending injury as BYU loses at Fresno State

  05-11-2017 08:16
  Storylines<br>• Starting quarterback Tanner Mangum suffers another leg injury and the Cougars fall to 2-8 with a loss to the 6-3 Bulldogs<br>• BYU out gains FSU 336-310, but misfires in the red zone and commits a costly fumble on its last possession<br>• With three games remaining, the Cougars will miss a bowl game for the first time since 2004Fresno, Calif. • BYU’s modest winning streak didn’t last on Saturday night, and neither did its starting
  
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• Which NBA teams have the most and the least championship experience?

  05-11-2017 08:06
  We looked up the number of champions in five major basketball competitions (NBA, Olympics, World Cup, Euroleague and NCAA) on NBA rosters right now.
  Here are some of our most fascinating takeaways:
  The San Antonio Spurs are the only roster with a championship in all five major competitions. Because, of course they are.
  Likewise, the Spurs are also the team with the most total championships in all five major competitions with 30 overall. They are not, however, the team with the most players to ha
  
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