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• New Utah State University study suggests climate change may already be pushing plants to their limits

  06-11-2017 23:53
  If you have a garden, there’s a good chance it is filled with signs of climate change, though they might not always be what you would expect.It seems obvious that as global temperatures increase, flowers might be inclined to bloom earlier. But Will Pearse, an assistant professor in Utah State University’s Department of Biology, had a hunch that the effects of a changing climate could be more profound.So Pearse, who has a background in evolutionary ecology, used unconventional statist
  
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• Karl Malone is the only player in #NBA history to be in the top 10 in points, rebounds and steals. 💪📫 #TimeToLearn https://t.co/WgiqZa1NtC

  06-11-2017 23:49 via twitter.com
  
  Karl Malone is the only player in #NBA history to be in the top 10 in points, rebounds and steals. 💪📫#TimeToLearn https://t.co/WgiqZa1NtC
  
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• Jazz attempt to regroup, refine defense after loss to Rockets

  06-11-2017 23:43
  What do you do when a team racks up 137 points on you? Wipe the slate clean? Just move on?If only, Joe Ingles said. In the Utah Jazz’s Monday practice, less than 24 hours removed from loss in which James Harden scored 56 points against them, the sting was still fresh.“It’s pretty hard to forget,” Joe Ingles said. “That [expletive] was embarrassing, really.”Joe Ingles said the loss from last night will be “pretty hard to forget.” pic.twitter.com/ZmR
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Jazz Takeaways From Early Northwest Battles

  06-11-2017 23:42 via sportspyder.com
  ... sitive advanced stats on steady rotation minutes. Minnesota’s bench features Jazz-killer Jamal Crawford and little else, the Nuggets entire bench is an army o ...
  
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• [KSL] - The Jazz Daily: Embiid to rest Tuesday, Jazz try to refocus their defense

  06-11-2017 23:38 via sportspyder.com
  ... Harden was brilliant, scoring 56 points and even getting 13 assists. But the Jazz still felt they could have done more. "Maybe it's 42, not 56. You look at th ...
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Guns Have More Rights Than People

  06-11-2017 23:36
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017.You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below.The Upside Down Arch ConservativesRepublicans With PrinciplesWhat Hate Speech Looks LikeThe Lying Press
  What Women Want (Just a Wild Guess)
  Monument Removal
  Comforter-in-ChiefOrrin’s Drug Problem
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• [The Daily Herald] - Unsightly Swamp: Florida's next coach inherits daunting task

  06-11-2017 23:30 via sportspyder.com
  ... s pours in 40, Knicks come from 19 down, beat Pacers Mitchell has 28 points, Jazz top Trail Blazers 112-103 in OT Ball, Lakers romp to 113-93 win over Pistons ...
  
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• ‘Mormon Land’: LDS Church‘s first-ever mission president in Vietnam talks about the faith’s work in a country once torn by war

  06-11-2017 23:10
  More than 40 years after Americans were in Vietnam fighting a controversial war, Mormon missionaries are in the Southeast Asian nation spreading a gospel of peace.In the latest “Mormon Land,” Salt Lake Tribune senior religion reporter Peggy Fletcher Stack interviews Lewis Hassell face to face in Hanoi, where he oversees the Utah-based faith’s first-ever Vietnam Mission.Listen here:
  
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• Man booked into jail on suspicion of murder in Davis County shooting

  06-11-2017 22:40
  A 28-year-old man was being held Monday without bail on suspicion of first-degree murder in a fatal shooting in Davis County.Robert William Lundin was arrested in connection with the Sunday morning shooting death of 30-year-old Colby Scott Barney, according to a news release from the Davis County Sheriff’s Office.
  The shooting occurred in a West Point residence, where Barney was found dead by officers responding to a call at 1:36 a.m. Sunday about a gunshot wound, the release says.Investig
  
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• Major changes could be coming for Utah's deer and elk hunts

  06-11-2017 22:33
  The Division of Wildlife Resources is recommending fairly major changes in the way Utahns hunt deer and elk in an effort to reduce crowding during the 2018 hunts.“Almost all of the requests we receive from big game hunters have a common theme: ‘We’d like more opportunity to hunt big game,’ ” said Covy Jones, the agency’s big game coordinator. “We’ve examined how the state’s big game populations are doing and the current hunt structure we have
  
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• West Jordan police seek public's help in locating two persons of interest in homicide

  06-11-2017 22:23
  West Jordan police are seeking the public’s help in locating two persons of interest in connection with the suspicious death last Wednesday of a man whose body was left in the street near his own home.The body of 22-year-old Dan Zuniga-Guzman was found following a 1:30 a.m. Wednesday call reporting a possible traffic accident near 6700 South and 4800 West, said Detective J.C. Holt. The caller reported that there was “some sort of commotion” followed by cars speeding off, Holt s
  
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• UTA takes step to make public its board’s conflict-of-interest disclosure forms

  06-11-2017 22:15
  The Utah Transit Authority took a first step Monday toward always making public what have been mostly confidential, newly required conflict-of-interest forms for its board members.That comes after The Salt Lake Tribune fought to obtain the first such forms through an open-records request. UTA denied the request initially, then negotiated release of most of the forms when the newspaper appealed to the State Records Committee.State law has long required board members to fill out a basic public sta
  
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• Fred Hiatt: Shocked by the racism of past generations? Look around.

  06-11-2017 21:57
  Some viewers may emerge from the gripping new courtroom drama “Marshall” shaking their heads at the racism of their great-grandparents’ generation. The movie, set in 1941, features infuriatingly bigoted villains, from a contemptuous judge to a roughneck mob bent on street violence — and in suburban Connecticut, no less.Unfortunately, current events (Donald Trump, Charlottesville, Ed Gillespie’s advertisements) offer an instant rebuke to anyone inclined toward genera
  
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• From Bible study to meaningful Masses, Utah Catholic scholar credits Protestant Reformation for positive Vatican reforms

  06-11-2017 21:56
  Some Roman Catholics may blanch at the idea that the Protestant Reformation did Christendom any lasting good.Scott Dodge is not one of them.Sure, Martin Luther’s nailing of his “95 Theses” to the Wittenberg Castle chapel’s doors five centuries ago eventually led to a prolonged, bloody schism in the Western Church, and the more than 30,000 Protestant denominations existing today — all asserting, to some degree, to be the “truest” expression of Christian f
  
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• How Bank of Utah helped a Russian oligarch with ties to Putin register a jet in the United States

  06-11-2017 21:39
  Russia’s richest oligarch, Leonid Mikhelson, had a private jet secretly registered in the United States and he did it with the help of Bank of Utah, based in Ogden.The community bank, with 19 locations, has a side business creating aircraft trusts, largely for people who don’t want their names on any public documents. Such transactions, while legal, have been criticized by some members of Congress and federal auditors as major security risks.The transaction involving Mikhelson, who i
  
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• [Yahoo Sports: The Vertical] - Rockets' Luc Mbah a Moute expected to be cleared against Cavaliers

  06-11-2017 21:30 via sportspyder.com
  ... ockets guard James Harden (13) is fouled by Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles (2) during the second half of the game between Houston an ...
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: Trump administration is up to its neck in Russians

  06-11-2017 21:23
  The number of Russian connections to President Donald Trump’s campaign and to his administration should stun and worry even the most credulous Republicans. We have never seen such a multiplicity of connections to a hostile foreign power and lack of transparency in a presidential campaign or administration — nor have we ever had a campaign in which Russians interfered in such a widespread and deliberate manner.Newly leaked international documents reveal even more of the Trump team&rsq
  
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• Target to offer shoppers a breather after Thanksgiving

  06-11-2017 21:22
  New York • Target is offering shoppers a breather after holiday shopping on Thanksgiving.The Minneapolis-based discounter says it will open at 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving and then close at midnight local time. Its stores will then reopen at 6 a.m. local time on Friday until 10 p.m., 11 p.m. or midnight local time.That's different from last year when it kept the stores open straight through the night.Target again will offer Black Friday deals on Target.com on the morning of Thanksgiving. In a lea
  
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• Utes lose starting safety Marquise Blair to season-ending injury

  06-11-2017 21:08
  Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said during his weekly news conference on Monday that hard-hitting starting safety Marquise Blair suffered a season-ending leg injury in Friday’s win over UCLA at Rice-Eccles Stadium.A 6-foot-2, 190-pound junior, Blair had started six games and played in all nine for the Utes this season. He ranks third on the team with 48 tackles, and he returned a fumble for a touchdown against USC.“Done for the year,” Whittingham said. “That’s a season
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Advice from Chris Paul influenced Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell to turn pro

  06-11-2017 21:01 via sportspyder.com
  ... me the best of luck,” Mitchell said. Excitement continues to grow around the Jazz rookie in his first 10 games. At 6-foot-3, he’s playing both point and shoot ...
  
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• Advice from Chris Paul influenced Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell to turn pro

  06-11-2017 21:00
  HOUSTON — As crazy as it sounds, the Utah Jazz may want to thank Houston Rockets guard Chris Paul.When Louisville sophomore Donovan Mitchell was determining whether he wanted to turn pro, the influence of Paul and Oklahoma City Thunder forward Paul George made the choice easy after watching them play.“(Chris Paul) and Paul George are the main reasons why I’m here,” Mitchell said. “They told me that I should definitely stay in the draft and had a big influence on my
  
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• Larry David criticized for 'SNL' Holocaust jokes

  06-11-2017 20:56
  New York • Larry David is facing criticism from the Anti-Defamation League and others for joking about dating in concentration camps during his monologue while hosting "Saturday Night Live" over the weekend.David, who is Jewish, noted that disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, who is at the center of the sexual harassment firestorm gripping Hollywood, is also Jewish before going into jokes about pickup lines in concentration camps.The jokes were met with groans and awkward chuckles from t
  
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• Mexico detains polygamist with Utah connections, his 4 wives in murder investigation

  06-11-2017 20:55
  Mexico City • Prosecutors in northern Mexico say they have detained wanted U.S. polygamist Orson William Black and his followers and are investigating whether Black was involved in the death of three American youths whose bodies were found at a ranch in September.The arrest of Black on Sunday — along with four of his wives, a woman described as “a concubine” and about 20 Americans without proper documents — marks the end of the fundamentalist sect leader’s long
  
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• Forget the handicap of being Democrats, McAdams and Wilson may face an even a bigger jinx: They’re Salt Lake County officials

  06-11-2017 20:51
  Whether Sen. Orrin Hatch runs for an eighth term next year or retires at age 84 and is replaced on the Republican ticket by Mitt Romney, presumptive Democratic opponent Jenny Wilson’s candidacy probably is toast.The same may go for Democrat Ben McAdams’ congressional bid as he takes on Rep. Mia Love in Utah’s Republican-leaning 4th District.
  Why? Well, it’s not just because McAdams and Wilson are Democrats, although that might be enough to doom them in Utah. No, there act
  
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• [Yahoo Sports: The Vertical] - Sixers notes, quotes and tidbits: Joel Embiid, Jerryd Bayless out Tuesday vs. Jazz

  06-11-2017 20:39 via sportspyder.com
  ... yless underwent MRI and CT scans, but his status beyond the game against the Jazz is unknown. The Sixers' five-game road trip starts tomorrow in Utah, followe ...
  
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• Three quarterbacks in open competition at BYU to replace Tanner Mangum after season-ending Achilles injury

  06-11-2017 20:38
  Provo • With Tanner Mangum scheduled to undergo season-ending surgery for an Achilles injury he suffered in Saturday’s 20-13 loss at Fresno State, BYU coaches began the process Monday of looking for the junior’s replacement for the final three games of their disappointing season.Coach Kalani Sitake said it will be an “open competition” between sophomore Beau Hoge, freshman Joe Critchlow and even a player who has not seen any playing time this season, freshman Kody Wi
  
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• Former Daggett County jailer sentenced to jail time for mistreating inmates

  06-11-2017 20:36
  Silver Summit • The former Daggett County jailer at the center of inmate abuse allegations was sentenced Monday to serve 120 days in jail.Joshua Cox, 27, pleaded guilty in September in 8th District Court to two counts of third-degree felony aggravated assault, one third-degree felony count of bringing a weapon into the jail and a count of misdemeanor theft.Third District Judge Kent Holmberg handed down the jail sentence, saying Cox has until 5 p.m. on Wednesday to report to Uintah County ja
  
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• Utah Valley University's Matthew Holland called as Mormon mission president

  06-11-2017 20:35
  Matthew Holland, the president of Utah Valley University, will leave the Orem campus next year for a top missionary position with the Mormon church.The UVU president announced Monday that he has been called to serve as a mission president for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, beginning in July 2018.
  Holland will continue at UVU until early June, he said, before shifting to the religious role in an English-speaking but as-yet-unannounced location. In a prepared statement, Holland s
  
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• Letter: Skyline High should be renovated, not demolished

  06-11-2017 20:26
  The Salt Lake Tribune recently published a commentary advocating for the demolition of Skyline High. This letter questions that article’s claims.The commentary argues that Skyline must be demolished because the school is in poor condition, presents safety concerns and does not accommodate 21st century technology. All of these problems are easily resolvable through a renovation of the building. The article asserts that a renovation would cost more than a complete rebuild. This is not an est
  
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• Uber tackles sex assault problem by pledging $5m to training

  06-11-2017 20:25
  Detroit • Uber is pledging $5 million over the next five years to seven organizations that work to prevent sexual assaults, a move aimed at helping the ride-hailing service combat its own problems as well as society as a whole.The world's largest ride-hailing company says the money will help the organizations fund their own programs as well train 150 of Uber's customer service agents as part of a new team to deal with sexual assault reports, including how to interview people reporting impro
  
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• SWAT in standoff with knife-wielding shoplifting suspect who fled to Riverton home

  06-11-2017 20:23
  Unified Police officers and a SWAT team were in a standoff early Monday afternoon with a knife-wielding shoplifting suspect who was barricaded inside a Riverton home.UPD Lt. Brian Lohrke said the incident began when officers were called to the Shopco store near 5800 South and Redwood Road, where the suspect had allegedly threatened store employees with a knife when they confronted him about 8 a.m. as he tried to walk out with unspecified items.The man then fled, jumped into a car and sped away,
  
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• A new version of #SuperRudyBlock coming at 2pm MT! Leaderboard will be cleared out- Congrats @bkacontent for being… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  06-11-2017 20:17 via twitter.com
  A new version of #SuperRudyBlock coming at 2pm MT!Leaderboard will be cleared out- Congrats @bkacontent for being… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Sixers’ Ben Simmons, who debuts against Jazz on Tuesday, is already drawing comparisons to LeBron

  06-11-2017 20:13
  Mike D’Antoni lowered his head and let out a slight chuckle.The Houston Rockets coach sees his share of dynamic basketball when he watches James Harden every night. However, Ben Simmons — the rookie point guard for the Philadelphia 76ers — has still been impressive enough to send D’Antoni into a moment of nostalgia on Sunday when asked.“He’s got a chance to be a walking triple double,” D’Antoni said. “He’s got a chance to be very good f
  
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• Kragthorpe: Damian Lillard soon will become the all-time best NBA player from a Utah school

  06-11-2017 20:06
  Portland guard Damian Lillard dribbled past the Jazz’s Thabo Sefolosha, lofting a shot that Rudy Gobert blocked to send the game into overtime last week as the Trail Blazers eventually lost.The next night, in a similar moment, Lillard stopped and hit a winning 3-pointer against the Los Angeles Lakers. And then Sunday, he drove into traffic and scored a clinching layup in the last 29 seconds vs. Oklahoma City. Lillard’s closing effort completed a four-game stretch when he scored betwe
  
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• Investigators hunt for motive in Texas church shooting as the grieving spans generations

  06-11-2017 19:59
  Sutherland Springs, Texas • Investigators said Sunday’s church massacre in Texas occurred amid an ongoing “domestic situation” involving the gunman and his relatives, at least one of whom had attended the church.While authorities have not publicly identified a motive for the attack, they emphasized Monday that the shooting did not appear to be fueled by racial or religious issues. They said the gunman’s mother-in-law had attended the church but was not there Sunday,
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - How do the Utah Jazz rebound after another bad road loss?

  06-11-2017 19:36 via sportspyder.com
  .... The Jazz still have top-tier leadership in General Manager Dennis Lindsey, Coach Quin ...
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz players respect smooth-talking Thabo Sefolosha in leadership role

  06-11-2017 19:33 via sportspyder.com
  ... oklyn. “Anytime you get beat the way we did tonight, there is a lot to fix,” Jazz coach Quin Snyder said after the Houston loss. “We didn’t play like this aga ...
  
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• Bono among figures named in leak of tax-haven documents

  06-11-2017 19:31
  London • Leaked papers revealing investments in tax havens by the world’s wealthy suggest U2 frontman Bono used a company based in low-tax Malta to buy part of a shopping mall in Lithuania.The Guardian newspaper said Monday that the “Paradise Papers” document trove, obtained by it and other news organizations, reveals that the singer was an investor in Maltese company Nude Estates, which bought the Ausra shopping center in 2007.Bono’s spokeswoman told the paper that
  
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• USTAR Innovation Center opens, 7 organizations get Boeing grants

  06-11-2017 19:29
  Boeing has given grants totaling $300,000 to seven Utah organizations that provide help for veterans and their families, advance STEM programs or boost the environment.One of the recipients is the Park City-based National Ability Center, which got $75,000 to support its programs and services for about 1,000 transitioning military veterans and 500 of their family members annually.Boeing grants that will help promote STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) programs went to the Boys
  
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• Utah Jazz players respect smooth-talking Thabo Sefolosha in leadership role

  06-11-2017 19:27
  SALT LAKE CITY — Maybe it’s the smooth Swiss French accent, the ever-present Nike Air Max 90s or his easy-going attitude.But whatever it is, Utah Jazz players show much respect to 12-year veteran Thabo Sefolosha.Sure, he’s not the league-leading shot blocker like Rudy Gobert, an all-pro trash-talker like Joe Ingles or a fun-loving rookie like Donovan Mitchell.The 6-foot-7 forward logs valuable minutes off the bench, but more importantly, when he speaks, players listen.In Utah&r
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Kragthorpe: Damian Lillard soon will become the all-time best NBA player from a Utah school

  06-11-2017 19:25 via sportspyder.com
  ... rly ’90s. In his first two seasons with the Suns as a prized free agent (the Jazz really wanted him) from Seattle, Chambers averaged 27.4 points. He led Phoen ...
  
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• Autumn necessities: Crisp weather 🌬️, leaves falling 🍂, and your @MountainAmerica Three's of the Week 👌 https://t.co/NINZ2VJx40

  06-11-2017 19:23 via twitter.com
  
  Autumn necessities: Crisp weather 🌬️, leaves falling 🍂, and your @MountainAmerica Three's of the Week 👌 https://t.co/NINZ2VJx40
  
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• Paradise Papers: Leaked documents reveal financial habits of the Queen and Trump officials

  06-11-2017 18:58
  A huge leak of financial documents, revealed by a group of about 100 media organizations on Sunday, provided deep insights into some of the mechanisms used by top politicians or celebrities to escape paying taxes.Offshore funds are often used to escape high taxes and their use is not necessarily illegal, though when they are being used by the same people who set those tax rates, it tends to raise eyebrows. The majority of the individuals featured in the leaks come from the U.S., followed by Brit
  
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• Ann Cannon: I’m so sad Salt Lake’s Sears store on 800 South is closing

  06-11-2017 18:57
  I meant to write about something else today.Specifically, I meant to give some tips on “flirting” because apparently there is some confusion out there in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein story about what “flirting” looks like.But then I read that Sears is closing its store on 800 South in Salt Lake City and wow. I was surprised by my reaction, i.e. that the news makes me SAD even though the only thing that’s brought me to the store location in recent history is taco
  
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• [Yahoo Sports: The Vertical] - Joel Embiid Will Miss Tuesday's Game At Jazz

  06-11-2017 18:51 via sportspyder.com
  ... posts via email. Watch & Listen LIVE Joel Embiid Will Miss Tuesday’s Game At Jazz November 6, 2017 12:38 PM By Andrew Porter Filed Under: sixers Joel Embiid W ...
  
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