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• Monson: Eric Griffin was once accused of attempted murder. Now he's striving for a spot with the Utah Jazz

  18-11-2017 23:57
  Utah Jazz and Salt Lake City Stars forward Eric Griffin’s ongoing road toward the NBA is like so many other hopefuls’ circuitous paths … except for that one little divergence, the one where he was arrested for and thrown in jail on attempted murder charges.“If it wasn’t for that, I’d already be in the NBA,” he said, looking straight down at the floor, shaking his head, after a Stars practice on Friday. “Absolutely. It messed up my life. I can&rsqu
  
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• BYU football honors 18 seniors before final home game

  18-11-2017 23:57
  Provo • Senior linebacker Fred Warner received the loudest applause Saturday afternoon when 18 BYU players were introduced before the game against UMass.That was predictable considering Warner is a four-year starter, along with center Tejan Koroma.Warner made a nice pass deflection in the first half on third down, as the Cougars defense held the visitors to three points in the first half.Two seniors — linebackers Grant Jones and Matt Hadley — were brought out on carts because th
  
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• Tribune Editorial: BYU should train students that sexual assault victims have no need to repent

  18-11-2017 23:13
  Utah’s culture is admittedly unique. Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints comprised 62 percent of Utah’s population in 2014. The same year the state’s largest county, Salt Lake, was 51 percent LDS.The church looms large in every aspect of Utahns’ lives.Which explains why it is no surprise that students at the church’s flagship university, Brigham Young University in Provo, turn first to their ecclesiastical leaders – their bishop –
  
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• Commentary: Assault on ESA endangers Utah coffers

  18-11-2017 23:12
  Utah Rep. Rob Bishop is shepherding five bills through Congress aimed squarely at dismantling the Endangered Species Act piece by piece. Bishop has long advocated for changes to the act and with a Republican majority he may get his way.In 2014, he said the act was co-opted by special interest groups as a tool to “snuff out” multiple use of lands and resources. Earlier this month, Bishop said the act has “never been used for the rehabilitation of species.”Bishop is wrong.
  
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• Utah Jazz vs. Orlando Magic: How the Jazz can get their 1st road win

  18-11-2017 22:58
  The Utah Jazz will look to right the ship and earn their first road win of the season as they face off against the surprising Orlando Magic. It was raining threes in Brooklyn Friday night, as the Utah Jazz struggled all game to find any sort of consistency on offense, and defense. Falling behind 39-25 […]
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• Air pollution in Salt Lake City is heavier on the west side than the east. Health experts offered tips to protect yourself.

  18-11-2017 22:45
  Winter is coming and so is the valley inversion season, but you don’t have to feel helpless.There are things you can do to fight air pollution: don’t idle your car needlessly, seal you house or business to increase energy efficiency and don’t exercise outdoors on bad-air days.Those are just a sampling of many ideas that where offered Saturday at the Breathe Clean Festival at Salt Lake City’s Glendale Public Library.It was the first of a series of events aimed at educating
  
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• Commentary: D.C. hopes Curtis will be a new kind of leader

  18-11-2017 22:28
  Congratulations to John Curtis, the new representative from Utah’s 3rd Congressional District, a man who ran for Congress in an environment where there is but a razor’s edge to stand on in between political ideologies these days, and yet still won as a “moderate.”As a Utah native, and a proud D.C. resident, I want to be one of the first to welcome John to the District of Columbia. I do so with a great hope for change.During his congressional campaign, Curtis said he &ldqu
  
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• Commentary: Teaching civility in political and civic discourse

  18-11-2017 22:23
  A desperado and a local sheriff slowly pace in opposite directions down a silent street. With a speed that can only come from the knowledge that one’s life is at risk, both men spin on their heels, drawing their pistols. Bam! Both discharge their weapons in near synchronization. One man is killed and the other mortally wounded. Neither man is victorious in this futile duel.Society today has come a long way from the days of wild-west style showdowns where disagreements are settled with lead
  
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• Monson: Eric Griffin was once accused of murder. Now he's striving for a spot with the Utah Jazz

  18-11-2017 22:09
  Utah Jazz and Salt Lake City Stars forward Eric Griffin’s ongoing sojourn toward the NBA is just like so many other hopefuls’ circuitous paths … except for that one little divergence, the one where he was arrested for and thrown in jail on attempted murder charges.“If it wasn’t for that, I’d already be in the NBA,” he said, looking straight down at the floor, shaking his head, after a Stars practice on Friday. “Absolutely. It messed up my life. I
  
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• Live: On Senior Day, BYU trails UMass 3-0 in second quarter

  18-11-2017 22:08
  The BYU Cougars host UMass in the final home game of the season at LaVell Edwards Stadium. Follow live here with The Tribune’s Jay DrewA Twitter List by BrennanJSmith
  
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• Lolo Jones earned bronze in her final race in Park City. Now the bobsledder has her eyes on first Olympic medal.

  18-11-2017 21:57
  Park City • Lolo Jones knew it would be the last time. Standing at the top of the track at the Utah Olympic Park on Friday night, the 35-year-old hurdler and bobsledder knew she would never race here again. So she told herself to enjoy it.“This is your last time racing in Park City. You better have fun,”Jones said, her breath visible in the frigid air at the finish line. “This is your last time going down this track. You’re never coming back here again … as an
  
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• [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - Utah Jazz: Donovan Mitchell proving he was steal of the 2017 NBA Draft

  18-11-2017 21:52 via sportspyder.com
  ... ah Jazz: Ricky Rubio listed as questionable for Friday's contest against the Brookly ...
  
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• Progressive pastors call on Roy Moore to quit Senate race

  18-11-2017 21:03
  Birmingham, Ala. • A leading figure among religious liberals says the candidacy of Roy Moore for U.S. Senate is a struggle for the “soul of the nation.”The remarks on Saturday by the Rev. William J. Barber come a day after a letter signed by dozens of progressive pastors in Alabama said Moore — dogged by recent allegations of inappropriate conduct toward teenage girls decades ago — is unfit to serve.Barber, former head of the North Carolina NAACP, spoke at an anti-Mo
  
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• Letter: Summit County's renewable energy resolution an example for rest of Utah

  18-11-2017 20:57
  It is such a breath of fresh air, metaphorically and literally, to hear about Summit County’s resolution on Oct. 4 to transition to 100 percent renewable energy by 2032 in its municipal buildings.Summit County’s commitment to lessening the carbon footprint of the county will surely lead to higher air quality, contributing to the increased health and quality of life of Summit County citizens and better preservation of local snowpack, boosting ticket and pass sales in the Park City ar
  
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• Live: BYU honors seniors in final home game against UMass

  18-11-2017 20:28
  The BYU Cougars host UMass in the final home game of the season at LaVell Edwards Stadium. Follow live here with The Tribune’s Jay DrewA Twitter List by BrennanJSmith
  
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• BYU men place a disappointing third at NCAA cross country championships

  18-11-2017 20:27
  Perhaps never has their best showing at the NCAA cross country national championships in 25 years been so disappointing for the BYU men’s cross country team.The Cougars placed third and did not get a single runner in the top 20 in what was supposed to be a close duel between No. 1 Northern Arizona and No. 2 BYU in the 10K race at Sawyer State Park in Louisville, Ky. NAU cruised to the title and West Coast Conference runner-up Portland, which was dominated by BYU at the WCC meet three week
  
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• Southern Utah town kicks off holidays with Christmas parade and Best Friends animal adoption events

  18-11-2017 19:58
  Those traveling in southern Utah over Thanksgiving weekend might want to consider stopping in Kanab on Nov. 25.That’s when the town on the Utah-Arizona border will be holding its ninth annual Christmas Light Parade and Festival.The parade includes floats made by community residents and businesses, with this year’s theme of “Remember When. …”The parade will begin at 7 p.m.After the parade, there will be entertainment on Main Street as well as free hot chocolate and
  
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• Letter: Here's what freedom of religion and discrimination mean

  18-11-2017 19:58
  I have always had a problem with “religious followers” or “people of faith” who live in this country and support the Bill of Rights, along with our Constitution, yet have a difficult time in separating the fact that this country was founded on the basic right of “freedom of religion” being equal to “freedom from religion.” If you expect to be free to practice your religion, then your neighbor should expect the same rights in non-believing!The Cons
  
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• Tonight's Key Matchup - Hood vs. Fournier #UTAatORL https://t.co/vlJvCzkvow

  18-11-2017 19:47 via twitter.com
  
  Tonight's Key Matchup - Hood vs. Fournier#UTAatORL https://t.co/vlJvCzkvow
  
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• .@UofUHealth // Injury Update Thabo Sefolosha (right knee soreness) is questionable. Ricky Rubio (right achilles… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  18-11-2017 19:14 via twitter.com
  .@UofUHealth // Injury UpdateThabo Sefolosha (right knee soreness) is questionable. Ricky Rubio (right achilles… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Letter: Current administration violates oath to uphold, defend Constitution

  18-11-2017 19:07
  In the current conversations about the First and Second Amendments, some of the “leaders” here seem to have forgotten about the actual Constitution:“We the people of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.&rdqu
  
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• British filmmaker talks about ‘pain and rage’ in an American town in ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’

  18-11-2017 19:00
  It was a bus trip through America 20 years ago that gave the British/Irish playwright and filmmaker Martin McDonagh the inspiration for his new movie, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.”“I saw something on a couple of billboards that was very similar to what was on our billboards [in the movie],” McDonagh said in a phone interview.In the movie (which opens Wednesday in Salt Lake City), a woman in a small town, Mildred Hayes (played by Frances McDormand), rents th
  
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• What wine to serve at Thanksgiving? Here are 7 strategies to try

  18-11-2017 18:08
  It’s that time of year again. It gets light later and dark earlier, the leaves surrender and fall from the trees, and everything at Trader Joe’s transforms into pumpkin spice. That can mean only one thing: It’s time to choose wines for Thanksgiving.The wine industry would have you fret over what wine to serve with your turkey and trimmings. Yams with mini-marshmallows? Cranberry sauce? Even turkey itself is supposedly unfriendly to wines.Nonsense. Don’t sweat it. You have
  
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• Utah actor delivers the sparkle-jolly joy of ‘Elf’ in touring production opening soon in Salt Lake City

  18-11-2017 18:08
  An office shredder making debris that fills the air like falling snow creates scenic magic for actor Heather Jefferies. The recent Brigham Young University graduate plays Deb, an office manager, in the national tour of “Elf,” the good-hearted musical.For Jefferies, 23, a Sacramento, Calif. native, one of the highlights of the first act is performing the song “Just Like Him.” The scene unfolds the story of what happens the first time Buddy, a North Pole-raised orphan, visi
  
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• Letter: Free college would bring many benefits

  18-11-2017 18:08
  Tuition-free college is an act a vast number of students would value and it would increase the amount of college attendees. As of right now, there are a lot of young adults who do not pursue an education higher than high school. There are various reasons why young adults don’t attend college or a university but the main reason still happens to be that our young adults can’t afford to get a higher education.We ask ourselves: Will making tuition free increase the number of an educated
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz vs Brooklyn Nets instant Reactions: New faces, same result

  18-11-2017 17:58 via sportspyder.com
  ...scores a career-high 22 points* #UTAatBKN pic.twitter.com/fxkfSgXggH — Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) November 18, 2017 Shoot the ball Joe! Two nights ago in New York ...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Tony Jones on the NBA: Ex-Jazzman Jeff Hornacek is finding success with the Knicks doing it his way

  18-11-2017 17:52 via sportspyder.com
  ... t guard Mike Conley not at 100 percent. 20. Miami Heat (7-8) • Much like the Jazz, they need a go-to scorer. 21. Brooklyn Nets (6-9) • They lose D’Angelo Russ ...
  
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• What to watch for: Your Utah vs. Washington guide

  18-11-2017 17:45
  Time, Place and [Radio Waves in] Space • Utah makes a trip to Lake Washington and Husky Stadium in its final Pac-12 road game of 2017 at 8:30 p.m. MT Saturday. You can watch on ESPN or listen on 700 AM.Line • Washington is a 17.5-point favorite over the Utes as of Friday.Records • Utah 5-5, (2-5 Pac-12); No. 16 Washington 8-2, (5-2 Pac-12)Opposing coach • Chris Petersen is in his fourth year as coach of the Huskies. Hired in 2013 after a stellar eight-year stint at Boise Stat
  
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• Tony Jones on the NBA: Ex-Jazzman Jeff Hornacek is finding success with the Knicks doing it his way

  18-11-2017 17:41
  A rise back to respectability is so complex, and yet so simple for Jeff Hornacek.The man holding him back from coaching the New York Knicks the way he wanted and deserved no longer is involved with the organization. Hornacek won’t say it, so I’ll say it for him.Phil Jackson is gone, a team president no more, which means his directive to run the dated triangle offense also is gone. That means Hornacek is free to be a coach, not a robot.The coaching reins have been loosened.“I th
  
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• [Fox Sports] - Preview: Magic try to get back on track, host struggling Jazz

  18-11-2017 17:35 via sportspyder.com
  ... ist), Rubio (sore right Achilles) and Thabo Sefolosha (sore right knee), the Jazz fell to 0-6 on the road with a 119-107 loss to the Brooklyn Nets Friday when ...
  
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• 🏀 #UTAatORL 📺 @ATTSportsNetRM 📻 @1280sports ⏰ 5pm MT 🌎 bit.ly/2ijMK9l https://t.co/WwuVh8sMFg

  18-11-2017 17:31 via twitter.com
  
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• Former Utah fire chief pleads guilty to starting wildfire

  18-11-2017 17:28
  A former Utah Highway Patrol trooper and fire chief on Tuesday pleaded guilty to intentionally starting a wildfire in northeastern Utah this summer — the second wildfire he has been indicted for this year. Rex Richard Olsen, 37, pleaded guilty to starting a fire on June 9 that burned roughly 1,000 acres of sagebrush and grass near the town of Maeser, about 30 miles away from his own home in Roosevelt.The blaze forced a subdivision of Maeser to evacuate, and temporarily shut down State Rout
  
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• Hate crimes increasing in Utah and most are race related, FBI data says

  18-11-2017 17:23
  Incidents of hate crimes in Utah rose significantly for the first time in two years in 2016, and based on complaints and investigations this year, the local FBI believes those numbers will continue to rise.Last year, local law enforcement reported 66 incidents to the FBI, ranking Utah No. 23 out of the 49 reporting states and the District of Columbia, according to recently released 2016 hate crime statistics.Those 66 incidents encompass 72 offenses, or individual crimes, reported in 2016. The mo
  
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• AC/DC founding member Malcolm Young dead at 64

  18-11-2017 17:23
  New York • Malcolm Young, the rhythm guitarist and guiding force behind the Australian hard rock band AC/DC, has died. He was 64.AC/DC announced the death on their official Facebook page and website Saturday. The posts did not say when or where Young died.Young was diagnosed with dementia in 2014. A statement says he died peacefully with his family by his side.Band representatives didn't immediately return emails seeking comment. Young formed the group with his brother, Angus.AC/DC were rem
  
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• Letter: Taking a stand — or a kneel — is crucial

  18-11-2017 17:12
  The only way we as people in the U.S. can change something we feel strongly about is by taking a stand, or a kneel. Kneeling during the national anthem is a way of “speaking” for NFL football players. It all began on Sept. 24, And after the president’s statement regarding this protest, over 200 of the players sat or knelt during the national anthem.If these players can’t vocally express their opinion, they can do it through their actions. Nothing about these players takin
  
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• Utah’s Representatives don’t want to tax tuition waivers, but they voted to do it anyway

  18-11-2017 17:11
  Utah graduate students would take a significant hit under the tax bill approved Thursday by the U.S. House of Representatives, and the state’s federal delegation is counting on the Senate to fix the issue.Included in the many provisions of the House GOP tax proposal is a shift away from the traditional tax-free status of campus tuition waivers. Under the bill, those waivers — common among graduate students and the children of university employees — would be counted as personal
  
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• Utah Navajos will soon have more political power in San Juan County, though some don’t like the changes

  18-11-2017 17:10
  Bluff • The old saw, nothing is easy in San Juan County, was born out this week as residents weighed in on proposals that could tilt political power to the Navajo community for the first time since the arrival of white settlers.Nonetheless, there were many Navajos who spoke out against the court ruling that the exiting voting districts in the sprawling southeastern Utah county were in violation of the Voting Rights Act and the 14th Amendment.Virginia Jim, a Navajo who lives near Hovenweep,
  
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• Utah Jazz vs Brooklyn Nets instant Reactions: New faces, same result

  18-11-2017 16:40
  The shorthanded Utah Jazz remain winless on the road after their defense collapsed against the Brooklyn Nets. Despite impressive performances from some surprise faces off the Utah Jazz bench, the Brooklyn Nets’ hot shooting and Utah’s suddenly porous defense led to a 118-107 loss on Friday. The Jazz have now fallen to 0-6 on the […]
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• Tribune Editorial: Time to put out the fireworks

  18-11-2017 14:56
  Fireworks are lighting up the state capital again as legislators considered a bill on Wednesday to cut the number of days Utahns can embrace their pyromania. Legislators opened a committee bill file in August to review the issue, and are now moving forward with reforms. Utah is unique in that we celebrate not one, but two, firework-worthy holidays in July – Independence Day on July 4 and Pioneer Day on July 24. Many Utahns take the two holidays as a reason to celebrate all month long, much
  
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• [Basketball Insiders] - VIDEO: Donovan Mitchell One-on-One With Michael Scotto

  18-11-2017 14:03 via sportspyder.com
  ... ctations on the season and more. Published 1 min ago on November 18, 2017 By Jazz rookie sensation Donovan Mitchell talks with senior NBA writer Michael Scott ...
  
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• [Basketball Insiders] - VIDEO: Derrick Favors One-On-One With Michael Scotto

  18-11-2017 14:03 via sportspyder.com
  ... ying center for the Jazz, his thoughts on his career so far and more.   Related Topics: The next evol ...
  
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• American bobsledders dedicate their World Cup medals in Park City to the late Steve Holcomb

  18-11-2017 13:29
  Park City • Jamie Greubel Poser could have had defeat on her mind. Earlier this month, the U.S. bobsled driver finished just off the podium — fourth place thanks to a hundredth of a second difference — on her home track in Lake Placid, N.Y.“I was definitely frustrated,” she said.But instead of dwelling on that loss, Greubel Poser found her mind going back to her late teammate, Steven Holcomb, as she prepared for Friday’s World Cup race at the Utah Olympic Park.
  
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• VIDEO: Derrick Favors One-On-One With Michael Scotto

  18-11-2017 13:00 via basketballinsiders.com
  Jazz big man Derrick Favors talks with senior NBA writer Michael Scotto about playing center for the Jazz, his thoughts on his career so far and more.
  
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• VIDEO: Donovan Mitchell One-on-One With Michael Scotto

  18-11-2017 12:59 via basketballinsiders.com
  Jazz rookie sensation Donovan Mitchell talks with senior NBA writer Michael Scotto about adjusting to life in the NBA and what he's learned so far, his expectations on the season and more.
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Jimbo’s Mailbag: The DL Bandwagon, 50 for Mitchell, & More

  18-11-2017 10:04 via sportspyder.com
  ... gon. And there’s PLENTY of room!   Q: If you were to make a list of all-time Jazz announcers, first of course being Mr. Ron Boone, who would come in second? @ ...
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Down Five Players, Jazz Can’t Stop Nets in a 118-107 Loss

  18-11-2017 10:04 via sportspyder.com
  ...by nine during Mitchell’s stints. Neto is actually a good microcosm for the Jazz roster as a whole; several guys did some things well, and yet everybody has...
  
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• [Fox Sports] - Struggling teams collide when Jazz, Magic meet (Nov 18, 2017)

  18-11-2017 09:10 via sportspyder.com
  ... ist), Rubio (sore right Achilles) and Thabo Sefolosha (sore right knee), the Jazz fell to 0-6 on the road with a 119-107 loss to the Brooklyn Nets Friday when ...
  
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• Lehi’s Logan Bunker and Skyridge’s Alex Palmer reunite in the state championship

  18-11-2017 07:50
  Lehi linebacker Lincoln Bunker hung back as his teammates sprinted straight from the end of the handshake line across the field to thank their fans.As the crowd of purple roared, Bunker scanned the line of Skyridge players for Alex Palmer.The two seniors grew up together. They met when they were about 6 years old, Bunker said, and started playing football together in fourth grade. They faced off in the Class 5A state final Friday night in what would be a 55-17 Lehi victory at Rice-Eccles Stadium
  
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• Lehi QB Cammon Cooper caps stellar prep career by guiding Pioneers to state championship

  18-11-2017 07:48
  Lehi coach Ed Larson called a timeout with 33 seconds remaining Friday night. The state championship had been decided, but the Pioneers had one last play to run.A quarterback salute.Cammon Cooper received a standing ovation as he walked to the sideline having capped his career with seven total touchdowns in an emphatic 55-17 rout of crosstown rival Skyridge in the Class 5A state title game.“It’s indescribable,” said the Washington State-bound senior who threw for five scores an
  
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• Goffin beats Thiem to set up ATP Finals semi with Federer

  18-11-2017 07:40
  London • David Goffin is into the last four of the ATP Finals, to go any further he'll have to do something he's never done before: beat Roger Federer.The No.7-seeded Goffin beat Dominic Thiem 6-4, 6-1 at the O2 Arena on Friday to set up a semifinal meeting with Federer.From 0-3, 0-15 down in the opening set, Goffin won 15 consecutive points to take control of the match, and never looked back."I've never found a key to beat Roger," said Goffin, who has lost all of his six meetings with the
  
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