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• Utah Valley rallies past North Dakota in OT

  25-11-2017 23:47
  Grand Forks, N.D. • Akolda Manyang scored a career-high 24 points and grabbed eight rebounds to propel Utah Valley to an 83-75 victory over North Dakota on Saturday.Brandon Randolph hit three 3-pointers and scored 19 for the Wolverines (4-2), while Conner Toolson had 12 points and hit a pair of free throws with 19 seconds left in regulation to send the game to overtime.Utah Valley grabbed control from the outset of the extra five-minute period. Two Kenneth Ogbe free throws and two buckets b
  
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• Get ready for an offseason of upheaval for NFL quarterbacks

  25-11-2017 23:25
  For an insight into the potential madness awaiting this NFL offseason, scan the top of the standings 11-plus weeks into the season. Alex Smith, Case Keenum, Blake Bortles, Ben Roethlisberger and Drew Brees quarterback five of the league's eight division-leading teams. All five, with varying degrees and for varying reasons, face uncertainty about their place of employment next season.The future of the most prominent position in American team sports is blurry. Once NFL quarterbacks reach a basic l
  
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• Survivors recall attack on mosque in Egypt's Sinai, 305 dead

  25-11-2017 22:54
  Ismailia, Egypt • They arrived in five SUVs, took positions across from the mosque’s door and windows, and just as the imam was about to deliver his Friday sermon from atop the pulpit, they opened fire and tossed grenades at the estimated 500 worshippers inside. When the violence finally stopped, more than 300 people, including 27 children, had been killed and 128 injured.As the gunfire rang out and the blasts shook the mosque, worshippers screamed and cried out in pain. A stampede br
  
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• Commentary: A student’s frustration about Ben Shapiro at the U.

  25-11-2017 22:53
  It’s been a over a month since white nationalist speaker Ben Shapiro visited the University of Utah. Things haven’t been the same since, and the campus community hasn’t stopped for a moment to consider why.The impacts of this even on marginalized students have been devastating. Students have been shown time and time again that their safety and well-being do not matter, and that the University of Utah’s campus remains hostile.Imagine your university hosting a hateful and d
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - NBA Player Awards Watch: The case for Kristaps Porzingis as MVP

  25-11-2017 22:44 via sportspyder.com
  ... . More From SLC Dunk Trending Find Tickets Sat Nov 25 Milwaukee Bucks @ Utah Jazz 7:00 PM - Vivint Smart Home Arena - Salt Lake City, UT Tue Nov 28 Denver Nug ...
  
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• Yoeli Childs slams BYU past UMass

  25-11-2017 22:32
  Brooklyn, N.Y. • Trailing by 10 with less than five minutes to play, BYU rallied to beat UMass 68-66 at Barclays Center on Saturday afternoon.Sophomore forward Yoeli Childs, who scored a game-high 19 points, threw down a thunderous two-handed dunk with 4 seconds to play to give the Cougars the lead for good. UMass’ heave on the other end drew only iron as BYU improved to 4-2 on the year.BYU guard Elijah Bryant had 18 points in the win.Center Rashaan Holloway led UMass with 16 points.T
  
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• Tonight's 🗝 Matchup: Hood vs. Middleton Tipoff: 7 PM MT #MILatUTA https://t.co/INK9hzMGWK

  25-11-2017 22:30 via twitter.com
  
  Tonight's 🗝 Matchup: Hood vs. MiddletonTipoff: 7 PM MT#MILatUTA https://t.co/INK9hzMGWK
  
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• Chemical company's response to water worries: Silence

  25-11-2017 22:24
  Raleigh, N.C. • Americans have grown accustomed to hearing apologies from everyone from cheating car-makers to cheating presidents, but a Fortune 500 chemical company with a pollution problem in North Carolina is following a different model: don’t apologize, don’t explain.For six months, Wilmington, Delaware-based Chemours Co. has faced questions about an unregulated chemical with unknown health risks that flowed from the company’s plant into the Cape Fear River, which pro
  
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• Small businesses, local shopping are key to preserving a sense of community in the digital era, advocates say

  25-11-2017 22:14
  Brittany Shimmin, who owns Vive Juicery on Broadway, has organized a “shop small crawl” on Small Business Saturday annually for the past three years. But this year, the event seems to be gaining a foothold.Past years, Shimmin said, featured just a dozen or so small shops. But this year had 26 participating businesses, and Shimmin said she expected about twice as many customers to visit Vive during the event than on a usual day.This isn’t unique to Salt Lake City: Small Business
  
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• Tribune editorial: For better legislation, let there be light

  25-11-2017 22:07
  Utah’s legislative session is still almost two months away, and already legislators have put in more than 1,000 bill requests.That has some Utah legislators grumbling, but there’s a simple idea that could help: Let in some sunlight.Utah touts its part-time Legislature for its efficiency, and 45 days is one of the shortest sessions in the country. But that hasn’t stopped legislators from loading up their staff attorneys with bill requests, many of which won’t ever even be
  
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• Commentary: Stop and think about another Olympic bid

  25-11-2017 22:03
  The amount of time passing between each public mention of a possible Utah Olympic bid is getting shorter and shorter, and the “volume” of comments seems to be rising. To me, that means that the decision has already been made. Utah will put its hat in the ring to be awarded another Winter Olympics.Let me say that I love the Olympics. My family had just moved to Utah before the 2002 Olympics, and I had the good fortune of being able to attend three events a day. It was an amazing exper
  
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• A New York man thought he saw a deer and fired his pistol. Now his neighbor is dead.

  25-11-2017 22:03
  Wednesday was a typical afternoon but an exciting one — Thanksgiving was the next day, and Jamie Billquist and his wife, Rosemary, would partake in one of their favorite traditions: the Turkey Trot.Rosemary Billquist, 43, got home from work about 5 p.m., and left shortly after to walk the couple's dogs, Stella and Sugar, near the field behind their Sherman, New York, house. Jamie Billquist, 47, stayed at home, watching television.A little while later, the dogs came racing to the back of th
  
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• [Fox Sports] - Preview: Bucks at Jazz

  25-11-2017 21:53 via sportspyder.com
  ... h to lopsided wins. Bench production will definitely be an x-factor when the Jazz host the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday. “We’re very active, regardless of how...
  
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• 🎷 ALL. GOLD. EVERYTHING. 🎷 #TakeNote https://t.co/oFcyJ6K21N

  25-11-2017 21:31 via twitter.com
  
  🎷 ALL. GOLD. EVERYTHING. 🎷#TakeNote https://t.co/oFcyJ6K21N
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Rodney Hood has found true calling as 6th Man

  25-11-2017 21:30 via sportspyder.com
  ... t even score in double digits the next night. One of the biggest gripes from Jazz fans was his lack of a killer instinct. There were obvious moments where it...
  
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• Merrill’s 20-point performance lifts Aggies over New Hampshire 77-63

  25-11-2017 21:24
  Nashville, Tenn. • Sam Merrill scored 20 points, DeAngelo Isby added 16 and Utah State defeated New Hampshire 77-63 on Saturday.Merrill opened the scoring with a 3 and Alex Daregenton followed with a dunk and layup and the Aggies went on to a quick 11-0 lead. A 3-point play by Daron Henson and two Isby free throws pushed the lead to 33-13 with 4:12 left in the first half. It was 39-25 at the break.Merrill opened the second half with a triple and the Aggies (4-3) kept the lead around 20 unti
  
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• [KSL] - The Jazz Daily: Antetokounmpo questionable against Utah; gold jerseys debut

  25-11-2017 21:11 via sportspyder.com
  ... ht. Jazz Gold 🔶 TOMORROW https://t.co/CMlzrK58oD pic.twitter.com/m5pU9XuCtG— Utah Jaz ...
  
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• Trump claims he took himself out of the running for Time's 'Person of the Year'

  25-11-2017 20:59
  West Palm Beach, Fla. • President Donald Trump says that Time magazine was contemplating naming him the "Person of the Year" for a second year in a row but that he pulled himself out of the running because he didn't want to participate in an interview and photo shoot."Time Magazine called to say that I was PROBABLY going to be named 'Man (Person) of the Year,' like last year, but I would have to agree to an interview and a major photo shoot," Trump tweeted on Friday evening. "I said probabl
  
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• Commentary: Be on the watch for prediabetes

  25-11-2017 20:59
  November is designated Diabetes Month by the American Diabetes Association. Ninety-five percent of people with diabetes have type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is strongly associated with overweight, obesity and unhealthy lifestyle habits leading to excessive weight gain in adults, and more recently in adolescents.Diabetes is the most expensive health condition in the United States, with more than $100 billion per year in direct health care costs. (Heart disease comes in second at $88 billion per
  
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• .@Joeingles7 Shootaround Interview - 11.25.17 📽️: on.nba.com/2BoCKUm #MILatUTA https://t.co/W67x9C0IAQ

  25-11-2017 20:50 via twitter.com
  
  .@Joeingles7 Shootaround Interview - 11.25.17📽️: on.nba.com/2BoCKUm#MILatUTA https://t.co/W67x9C0IAQ
  
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• Wizards' John Wall expected to miss 2 weeks with knee injury

  25-11-2017 20:32
  Washington • Washington Wizards guard John Wall is expected to miss about two weeks with inflammation in his left knee, the team announced on Saturday.Wall, 27, underwent an MRI exam, coach Scott Brooks revealed Friday following the day's practice session, which the point guard missed. The four-time All-Star will receive platelet-rich plasma and viscosupplementation injections in the hope of reducing the inflammation that has caused discomfort for the past two weeks.The injury occurred when
  
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• Get ready, Pac-12: UCLA hires Chip Kelly as new coach, replacing Jim Mora

  25-11-2017 20:31
  Los Angeles • Chip Kelly is headed to UCLA with plans to create another Pac-12 powerhouse.The coach who helped changed college football with his groundbreaking offense at Oregon agreed to a five-year, $23.3 million deal on Saturday to return to the sideline with the Bruins.Kelly, who turned 54 on Saturday, spent the past year out of coaching after four seasons in the NFL. He entertained serious overtures from Florida this month before deciding to take charge of the sleeping giant of a progr
  
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• The government agency in a tug-of-war leadership fight

  25-11-2017 20:25
  The U.S. consumer watchdog agency, enmeshed in partisan politics since its creation after the 2008 financial crisis, is now at the center of a tug-of-war over who will lead it. Both the departing director — an Obama appointee often criticized as being too aggressive by banks and Congressional Republicans — and the White House have named interim leaders of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.What is the CFPB?The CFPB was proposed by now-Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, in
  
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• Head Coach Quin Snyder Shootaround Interview - 11.25.17 📽️: on.nba.com/2Awrh7U #MILatUTA https://t.co/VBZrd3pAWX

  25-11-2017 20:25 via twitter.com
  
  Head Coach Quin Snyder Shootaround Interview - 11.25.17📽️: on.nba.com/2Awrh7U#MILatUTA https://t.co/VBZrd3pAWX
  
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• Commentary: Any tax reform plan should help people out of poverty

  25-11-2017 20:24
  As Congress takes on the complex task of reforming the nation’s tax policies, the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City implores our delegation to keep one basic principle in mind: Tax policy should broaden the base of individuals who are able to move out of poverty and improve their quality of life.In other words, we do not believe that massive cuts to the tax burdens of the top 1 percent of U.S. income earners will have the most impact. Instead, we urge Congress to prioritize cuts in the bu
  
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• Letter: GOP is clearly the party of cruelty and suffering

  25-11-2017 20:21
  I cannot remain silent while the GOP assaults virtually every essential aspect of our lives. Callous disregard for the majority of us is now rampant in the Republican Party. Virtually every essential aspect of our lives is under assault, even life itself.GOP intransigence on gun control is symptomatic of their self-serving reckless agenda. In addition to undermining our bedrock democratic institutions, most of the Trump/GOP policies and legislation are and will cause untold hardship for most of
  
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• Ivanka Trump and Chelsea Clinton come to Malia Obama's defense

  25-11-2017 20:21
  Members of the First Daughter's Club sprung into action on Friday afternoon when one of their own came under attack.This week, conservative media outlets and tabloids have been circulating and reporting on videos that they claim show Malia Obama — former President Barack Obama's oldest daughter who is a student at Harvard — kissing a young man before a football game and blowing smoke rings. Typically, the media refrains from reporting on the personal lives of the children of presiden
  
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• American Fork High School football player dies after rollover crash in Pleasant Grove

  25-11-2017 20:20
  A 17-year-old American Fork High School senior died Friday, less than a week after he was thrown from a vehicle in a rollover crash in Pleasant Grove.Keaton Smith, who was a linebacker for the American Fork Caveman, was with his date and another couple on Nov. 18 when a vehicle pulled out in front of them at about noon near 530 West and 1100 North, Pleasant Grove police Sgt. Domonic Adamson said.The vehicle Smith was riding in rolled, and he was ejected, Adamson said. He was pronounced dead at U
  
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• Letter: Second Amendment noted, nothing should infringe on our right to life

  25-11-2017 20:19
  It was an average Sunday for the worshipers in Sutherland Springs until a white male armed with an assault rifle and tactical gear killed nearly 30 people. This horrific shooting has become appallingly familiar.Mass shootings are a nearly daily phenomenon in the U.S. Many respond with apathy or passivity; we can and should do more. Congress can immediately act to fund research around solutions to the gun-violence epidemic, ban semi-automatic weapons, ban bump stocks, expand background checks to
  
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• Jazz shootaround: Taking down much-improved Bucks would put Utah in eighth place in the West

  25-11-2017 20:19
  A win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday night would give the Utah Jazz a distinction that’s borderline amazing considering how their season has gone.They’d be in the eighth spot in the Western Conference. That’s right — the final playoff spot.So the Jazz are a half game out of the eighth spot in the West despite injuries up and down the roster, a 1-7 road record and playing without their best player.Here some a few of the reasons for this. The West — especially t
  
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• [Yahoo Sports] - Bucks-Jazz Preview

  25-11-2017 20:11 via sportspyder.com
  ... h to lopsided wins. Bench production will definitely be an x-factor when the Jazz host the on Saturday. "We're very active, regardless of how the first team d ...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Rodney Hood has found true calling as 6th Man

  25-11-2017 20:11
  Since being moved out of the starting rotation and into a bench role, Rodney Hood of the Utah Jazz has found renewed life as a scoring sixth man. Heading into the 2017-18 NBA season, the Utah Jazz believed Rodney Hood could take the mantle from Gordon Hayward as the de facto No. 1 option for […]
  Utah Jazz: Rodney Hood has found true calling as 6th Man - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Letter: Rep. Love silent on sexual misbehavior against women

  25-11-2017 20:08
  Rep. Mia Love is proud of her work with Operation Underground Railroad and stopping the sexual exploitation of children.She fails, however, in standing up against sexual harassment and assault of women.On Sept. 26 Rep. Mark Walker called Republican women “eye candy” during a news conference. Love was standing next to him and has never made any objection against his statement that reduced strong political women to objects to look at.Roy Moore has now been accused of sexual abuse of a
  
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• Letter: Rep. Ward's family planning legislation makes sense

  25-11-2017 19:56
  As a mentor to teen moms, I am extremely grateful family doctor Rep. Raymond Ward is introducing legislation to offer coverage for family planning. The Health and Human Services committee members at the Capitol should enthusiastically support the family planning services amendments by Ward.There are thousands of Utahns who fall through the coverage gap. Over 200,000 Utah women need publicly funded planning services. A Medicaid state plan amendment could allow family planning coverage for those w
  
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• Letter: I hope those leaving the LDS faith return

  25-11-2017 19:53
  I find it ironic that The Tribune reports on the “dozens” who are rallying against Mormon doctrines at a mass resignation event, but ignores the hundreds of thousands of converts who quietly and faithfully join the LDS Church every year.As an active LDS person, I do not understand everything about the doctrines and policies of the church, especially the LGBTQ issues. Nevertheless, I support my general and local leaders and proudly keep my name on the rolls of the LDS Church.I am sorr
  
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• Letter: Trump exhibits vile hatred for Americans

  25-11-2017 19:51
  President Trump’s contempt for Americans is as appalling as it is striking. Never before has this country been led by a president who has such a vile hatred for his fellow citizens. Worse, his contempt for the military, and those who served willingly, despite not serving himself, has been on full display since he ultimately decided to run for president. This president has proven no American is above his attacks, whether it’s a prisoner of war or a Gold Star family. How someone who pr
  
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• Looming deadlines, unfinished business await Congress

  25-11-2017 19:41
  Washington • The crush of unfinished business facing lawmakers when they return to the Capitol would be daunting even if Washington were functioning at peak efficiency.It’s an agenda whose core items — tax cuts, a potential government shutdown, lots of leftover spending bills — could unravel just as easily as advance amid factionalism, gamesmanship, and a toxic political environment.There’s only a four-week window until a Christmas deadline, barely enough time for co
  
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• 83-year-old bicyclist killed in Logan crash identified

  25-11-2017 19:06
  Police released the name of the 83-year-old bicyclist killed Friday morning in a crash with a pickup truck in Logan.Elrod Taylor Woodbury, of North Logan, died at Logan Regional Hospital shortly after a pickup truck struck him about 11:15 a.m. as he crossed Main Street at 1475 North, police said Saturday.Officers don’t believe the pickup driver is at fault in the crash, and don’t expect to make any arrests or cite anyone in the case, Chief Gary Jensen said.
  
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• [Fox Sports] - Bucks-Jazz Preview (Nov 25, 2017)

  25-11-2017 19:03 via sportspyder.com
  ... h to lopsided wins. Bench production will definitely be an x-factor when the Jazz host the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday. Article continues below ... “We’re ver ...
  
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• George Pyle: Still wondering which Mitt we'll get

  25-11-2017 18:06
  It was the editorial heard round the world.Or at least as far as London. I know because the BBC had me on one of their radio programs to explain why The Salt Lake Tribune’s Editorial Board had chosen, in the 2012 election, to endorse incumbent Barack Obama over challenger Mitt Romney.Like NPR and other U.S. media outlets, the British radio journalists were surprised that the dominant news operation in deep-red Utah would not only back the Democrat, but choose him over Utah’s adopted
  
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• Salt Lake City theater companies offer holiday shows for children — and their adults

  25-11-2017 17:17
  Two favorite kids’ books are getting stage twists for family audiences this holiday season.‘The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs‘Salt Lake Acting Company presents a fractured fairy tale as a musical courtroom drama, adapted from a popular genre-breaking 1989 book by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith.The musical casts theatergoers as the jury in the Piggsylvania trial of Alexander T. Wolf. During the trial, the wolf explains how he earned his “big, bad” reputation, thanks t
  
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• This linen-delivery company worth $50 in 1889 has quietly become an international, 4th-generation Utah success story

  25-11-2017 17:16
  George A. Steiner started delivering cloth towels part-time for a company in Lincoln, Neb., in 1888. He bought the business a year later for $50.80 and moved it to Utah six years after that, on the advice of a college friend.The friend was George Dern, who became Utah’s governor from 1925 to 1933. And Steiner’s company — now in its fourth generation of family ownership — today has 17,000 employees servicing more than 300,000 clients in 13 countries.Alsco, whose acronym st
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz vs. Milwaukee Bucks: Keys to winning second straight

  25-11-2017 17:15 via sportspyder.com
  ... Utah Jazz vs Milwaukee Bucks key matchup: Antetokounmpo vs the field by Ryan Aston ...
  
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• The league is on the phone and said we’ll “more than likely win” social account of the year. They said they just ne… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  25-11-2017 16:51 via twitter.com
  The league is on the phone and said we’ll “more than likely win” social account of the year. They said they just ne… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Utah Jazz vs. Milwaukee Bucks: Keys to winning second straight

  25-11-2017 16:01
  The Utah Jazz will look to make it two victories in a row as they face off against Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks tonight in Salt Lake City. If there ever was a season full of highs and lows, the Utah Jazz’s 2017-18 campaign has certainly fit the bill. Despite mainly struggling for the […]
  Utah Jazz vs. Milwaukee Bucks: Keys to winning second straight - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• What to watch for: Your Utah vs. Colorado guide

  25-11-2017 15:58
  Time, Place and [Radio Waves in] Space • A bowl berth is on the line for two Pac-12 South teams in the 2017 regular-season finale at Rice-Eccles Stadium as Utah hosts Colorado. The game is scheduled to kick off at 8 p.m. Saturday. You can watch on FS1 or listen on ESPN 700 AM.Line • Utah is a 10.5-point favorite over the visiting Buffaloes. Records • Utah (5-6, 2-6 in Pac-12); Colorado (5-6, 2-6 in Pac-12)Utah's Kyle Whittingham on this year's senior class. pic.twitter.com/5qSak0j
  
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• Can the new women’s pro soccer team generate a following in Utah?

  25-11-2017 15:58
  Real Salt Lake general manager Craig Waibel walked through the door of his house late last Wednesday, feeling the weight of the culmination of two weeks of travel.He and his team had been tasked with the seemingly impossible — finalizing a contract with the National Women’s Soccer League in 14 days — but it wasn’t until his 7-year-old daughter greeted him that he fully realized the enormity of what they had achieved.“She was speechless,” he said of his daughte
  
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• Tony Jones on the NBA: The Sixers need to free Jahlil Okafor from purgatory

  25-11-2017 15:57
  The Philadelphia 76ers should trade Jahlil Okafor. If a suitable trade opportunity doesn’t materialize, they should work with Okafor for a suitable buyout of his contract.My opinion on this isn’t controversial. It’s obvious the Sixers are keeping Okafor against his will. He’s not in Brett Brown’s rotation, and he won’t be. Philadelphia already has declined his fourth-year team option, making him an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season.Basketball is
  
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• The best quiet book ever invented for church: your cellphone

  25-11-2017 14:20
  Every faith and every person has an idea of what it means to be reverent. Mormons are expected to sit quietly, with our attention focused on the speaker or the music.When I was a kid, the Old Man had a much broader interpretation of what it meant to be reverent, at least for me. Anything was permissible so long as it didn’t distract or injure nearby congregants, or cause physical damage to the chapel.Paying attention didn’t matter. I was expected to be quiet, even if it meant reading
  
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• Smartphones in Utah churches: Are they a heavenly help or a devilish distraction?

  25-11-2017 14:12
  Christian clergy may be irretrievably divided on doctrine, but whether priest, pastor, bishop or apostle, they agree on this: Smartphones can be a pain in the pulpit.There’s nothing like the sudden blaring of an AC/DC “Highway to Hell” ring tone to throw off the rhythmic meter of an Orthodox liturgical chant, make Catholics grimace as they file toward Holy Communion, turn an evangelical pastor’s altar call for salvation into thoughts of perdition, or cause Mormons to drop
  
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