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• ABC News apologizes for ‘serious error’ in Trump report, suspends Brian Ross for four weeks

  03-12-2017 23:59
  Washington • President Donald Trump on Sunday morning lashed out at ABC News, two days after investigative reporter Brian Ross made an erroneous report involving the president.Ross had incorrectly reported Friday that during Trump's presidential campaign, Trump had directed Michael Flynn to make contact with Russian officials before the election.Later that night, Ross read a "clarification" on "ABC World News Tonight," saying Trump had actually asked Flynn to make contact with Russia after
  
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• Utah State headed to Arizona Bowl for matchup with New Mexico State

  03-12-2017 23:47
  Utah State is headed for an all Aggie bowl game against New Mexico State at the Arizona Bowl. Held in Tucson, Ariz. on Dec. 29 at 3:30 p.m. MST, Utah State (6-6) will face a New Mexico State (6-6) team that hasn’t been to a bowl game in 57 years. New Mexico State quarterback Tyler Rogers passed for 451 yards and led the late drive that earned the Aggies a 22-17 win over South Alabama on Saturday to earn the bid. New Mexico State won its final two games of the season to end its bowl drought
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Jazz center Rudy Gobert could return for Monday’s Washington Wizards game

  03-12-2017 23:38 via sportspyder.com
  ... e right tibia contusion after clashing with Miami’s Dion Waiters on Nov. 10. Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell said he was surprised by Gobert’s conditioning in hi ...
  
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• Smith, Chiefs come up short against Jets, former SUU cornerback Sims secures victory for Titans in early action of NFL Week 13

  03-12-2017 23:33
  Vikings shut down Falcons 14-9 for 8th straight victory Atlanta • Case Keenum threw a pair of touchdown passes, and the Minnesota Vikings extended their winning streak to eight straight games, keeping the Atlanta Falcons out of the end zone in a 14-9 victory on Sunday.Keenum, who was 25 of 30 for 227 yards, hooked up with Jerick McKinnon on a 2-yard scoring play in the second quarter and went to Kyle Rudolph for a 6-yard TD on the first play of the fourth quarter, capping an 89-yard drive t
  
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• Jazz center Rudy Gobert could return for Monday’s Washington Wizards game

  03-12-2017 23:30
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Jazz fans may be receiving an early Christmas present soon.After participating in a light practice Sunday, Jazz center Rudy Gobert could make his return to the lineup as early as Monday night against the Washington Wizards.He’s listed as questionable.“Well, I defer to our medical group on that,” said Jazz coach Quin Snyder. “We’re going to confer and trust those guys to not do anything to put Rudy in harm’s way and when he’s r
  
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• Man in custody after allegedly pointing gun at woman outside Jewish Community Center near University of Utah

  03-12-2017 23:25
  A man suspected of pointing a gun at a woman outside the I.J. and Jeanne Wagner Jewish Community Center near the University of Utah was taken into custody Sunday afternoon.The U. put out an alert at 12:23 p.m. saying a man driving a white Mercedes wagon pulled into the front parking area at the center at 2 N. Medical Drive and pointed what was believed to be a handgun at a woman getting out of a car.CAMPUS ALERT: Today, man driving white Mercedes allegedly pointed gun at woman outside Jewish Com
  
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• ‘I never asked Comey to stop investigating Flynn’: Trump goes on tweetstorm about the FBI

  03-12-2017 23:05
  Washington • President Donald Trump issued a fresh denial Sunday that he asked former FBI director James B. Comey to halt an investigation into the conduct of his dismissed national security adviser Michael Flynn.I never asked Comey to stop investigating Flynn. Just more Fake News covering another Comey lie!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 3, 2017
  "I never asked Comey to stop investigating Flynn," Trump said in a pre-dawn message on Twitter. "Just more Fake News covering
  
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• Utah Jazz 2017-18 Week Eight Outlook, Predictions

  03-12-2017 22:53
  The Utah Jazz will face a tough slate of four games in six days as they put their five-game winning streak on the line in Week Eight of the 2017-18 season. Well, Week Seven was about as exciting of a week as we could have hoped for. Not only did the Utah Jazz manage to […]
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• House Republicans prepare contempt action against FBI, Department of Justice

  03-12-2017 22:48
  U.S. House Republicans are drafting a contempt of Congress resolution against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray, claiming stonewalling in producing material related to the Russia-Trump probes and other matters.Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes and other committee Republicans, after considering such action for several weeks, decided to move after media including the New York Times reported Saturday on why a top FBI official assigned to Special Counsel Robert
  
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• Utah will face West Virginia in Heart of Dallas Bowl on Dec. 26

  03-12-2017 22:37
  The Utes will be spending Christmas in the Lone Star State.On Sunday afternoon, Utah (6-6) accepted an at-large invitation to the Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl on Tuesday, Dec. 26. The Utes will face West Virginia (7-5), who finished fourth overall in the Big 12 Conference in 2017.The game will be played in historic Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas. Kick off is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. (MDT).The Mountaineers are headlined by quarterback Will Grier, a transfer from Florida, who threw for 3,490
  
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• Utah Jazz could have Rudy Gobert back Monday night against the Wizards

  03-12-2017 22:34
  Running high on a five-game win streak and coming off a 41-point explosion by rookie Donovan Mitchell, fans of the Utah Jazz (12-11) have plenty of reasons to have a spring in their steps.But here’s another: Center Rudy Gobert has been upgraded to questionable for Monday night’s game against the Washington Wizards (12-10).The 7-foot-1 big man ran through a “light practice” on Sunday, the latest step in his recovery from a bone bruise in his right leg on Nov. 10. While the
  
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• What to expect when ‘the polygamists’ move in — guitar jams, few hellos, no card games

  03-12-2017 21:28
  Cedar City • Leslie Memmott liked her new neighbors. So she suggested they join her for a movie night.They don’t watch movies, the neighbors explained.How about everyone get together to play cards? Memmott countered.They don’t play cards either. But the neighbors had another idea.“And they said, ‘Well, maybe we can have a barbecue,’ ” Memmott said.Memmott’s new neighbors are members of the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
  
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• Letter: GOP helping special interests rather than citizens

  03-12-2017 21:19
  Since the election the Republican Party has done nothing to help the citizens. Rep. Rob Bishop won’t even answer his mail for help requests. Now they have a tax plan that would eliminate our medical deduction, mortgage deduction and state tax deduction and ultimately raise our taxes. Hopefully, someone will run against those in office who will help the citizens and not the special interests.Larry Nance, Mountain Green
  
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• Not in my (neighbor’s) backyard: Salt Lake City leaders give in to east-side opponents on ‘mother-in-law’ apartments

  03-12-2017 20:56
  John Armstrong rose before the Salt Lake City Council last week to talk about his mom, Norma.Now 72, the mother of five who’s lived in the same Poplar Grove home for 50 years doesn’t need as much house now living on her own. She wants to stay in the area close to family, though, and can’t sell without having to move far away to find something comparable she can afford. Instead, she wants to build a 600-square-foot “tiny” home on her property, live in that, and rent
  
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• Letter: Let’s learn from the tax policy failure in Kansas

  03-12-2017 20:28
  I’m writing this for two reasons. First, Sen. Orrin Hatch seems to have blocked me from posting on his social media post. I have posted several times asking him to explain certain facts that seem to disagree with how great — according to Hatch — the GOP tax plan will be. I think citizens need to hear it all, pros and cons.Second, and most important, I don’t think an elected official should ban questions and facts that disagree. If there is an important fact that does not
  
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• Alyssa Rosenberg: The price of sexual harassment should be ruin

  03-12-2017 20:28
  There are a lot of ways to measure the costs of sexual harassment. Add up the lost wages, missed professional opportunities and personal damage done to the people who are victimized on the job. Tally the costs of internal investigations and the severance packages paid out to big names who are fired for misconduct. Try to estimate the lost productivity and potential that are byproducts of a workplace where certain stars are so big and powerful that their worst behavior has to be tolerated or miti
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz face toughest NBA schedule for month of December in good spirits

  03-12-2017 20:19 via sportspyder.com
  ... 30, on James’ 33rd birthday, to take on the Cavs again. “Great. Challenges,” Jazz forward Jonas Jerebko said. “That’s what we’re here for, to face the best pl ...
  
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• Utah Jazz face toughest NBA schedule for month of December in good spirits

  03-12-2017 20:05
  SALT LAKE CITY — Christmas season is near.For average Americans, the month of December signifies the holiday spirit with love and affection.Members of the Utah Jazz basketball team can’t afford that luxury to get all lubby dubby, though. This stretch is crucial.Faced with the toughest schedule that any NBA team will see in any month this season, per ESPN’s Basketball Power Index, the squad can’t lose focus.“It is easy to segment months in a schedule, road trips and
  
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• Protesters dressed in jumpsuits spell out ‘Go Home Trump’ on Utah State Capitol lawn

  03-12-2017 19:09
  Artist Cat Palmer organized a protest Sunday on the south lawn of the Utah Capitol ahead of President Donald Trump’s Monday visit, in which he is expected to dramatically reduce the sizes of Bears Ears and Grand Escalante national monuments.Her message: “Stay Home Trump,” spelled out by protesters dressed in white jumpsuits. She said she organized the protest after encouragement from Utah Senator Jim Dabakis, D-Salt Lake City.“We don’t have somebody representing our
  
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• Leaked documents suggest Brigham Young University gave enrollment preference to men — but that’s not as uncommon as it sounds

  03-12-2017 18:56
  Applying to college can be nerve-wracking for Utah’s high school seniors, and newly leaked documents suggest the line between admission and denial could be drawn by factors beyond a student’s control — like gender and geography.Last week, the website MormonLeaks published a series of alleged Brigham Young University enrollment guidelines, including breakdowns of how student applications were scored between 2013 and 2015. In addition to standard factors like GPA and ACT scores,
  
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• Alabama joins Clemson, Oklahoma and Georgia in College Football Playoff

  03-12-2017 18:43
  Alabama is in.The Crimson Tide got the nod over Ohio State and will play Clemson in the College Football Playoff on Jan. 1, likely in the Sugar Bowl. Oklahoma and Georgia will meet in the other semifinal — probably the Rose Bowl — on New Year's Day.Tide or Buckeyes was the question facing the selection committee, the toughest call in the four-year history of the playoff.The Tide had been more consistent and lost just once The Buckeyes lost twice, including an embarrassing 31-point be
  
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• The Piano Guys, aka ‘four Mormon dads from Utah,’ bring their Christmas arena show to Salt Lake City

  03-12-2017 18:37
  Sandy • On an unassuming residential street, in a house where the only clue as to what’s happening inside is the vanity plate on an SUV parked outside, four self-described “Mormon dads from Utah” make chart-topping music and cook up the videos that have drawn 1.8 billion YouTube views (and counting).The Piano Guys’ headquarters resembles the world’s politest and tidiest frat house — complete with a neat line of water bottles in place of the traditional be
  
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• Letter: A salute to veterans and to all who offer them free services

  03-12-2017 18:17
  Having served almost 39 years in the Navy (active and reserve), I want to thank all the companies, restaurants, businesses and enterprises that offer free services to all of our veterans on Veterans Day.What a wonderful way to support our country and those who protected it on their day. As we say in the Navy, Bravo Zulu (job well done).God bless America and our veterans.Rear Adm. James R. Fowler, MC, USN (ret.), Millcreek
  
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• Letter of the Week: Let's follow the tax cutting logic to park fees

  03-12-2017 17:28
  So it seems that Reps. Rob Bishop and Mia Love are unhappy with the park service plan to increase visitor entrance fees. The fact of the matter is, the park service has a massive (about $12 billion and counting) backlog of maintenance that it must do something to address. As the good representatives have been too busy doing nothing, they have clearly missed this fact entirely.So if not a fee hike, what would they propose be done about the situation? Perhaps it is time to apply a little Republic
  
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• Salt Lake Tribune photos of the month for November 2017

  03-12-2017 17:24
  These are some of the best images from October taken by Salt Lake Tribune photographers.In November, voters chose new leaders, as Provo’s mayor was elected to Congress, while Murray’s retired. Animals at Hogle Zoo got their annual special treats at Feast with the Beasts. High school athletes celebrated their championships, and the Jazz struggled keep up their standing.Tribune photographs show the starting turn of fall to winter and the start of the holiday season, as ice skating has
  
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• Leaked documents suggest Brigham Young University gave enrollment preference to men — but that’s not as weird as it sounds

  03-12-2017 17:21
  Applying to college can be nerve-wracking for Utah’s high school seniors, and newly leaked documents suggest the line between admission and denial could be drawn by factors beyond a student’s control — like gender and geography.Last week, the website MormonLeaks published a series of alleged Brigham Young University enrollment guidelines, including breakdowns of how student applications were scored between 2013 and 2015. In addition to standard factors like GPA and ACT scores,
  
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• Hey, millennials! Check out some old-time TV!

  03-12-2017 17:18
  Hey millennials, don’t let anybody tell you that television was better in the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s than it is today. That is absolutely, completely, 100 percent not true. There has never been more good TV than there is today. And good shows today are better than most of the best shows then. But c’mon, kids, don’t ignore old-timey TV just because it was produced before you were born. Don’t be blind to the fact that some of the greatest shows ever produced
  
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• Gehrke: What will Trump say in Utah on Monday? Here’s my best guess.

  03-12-2017 17:14
  Editor’s Note: The following could be a transcript of comments that President Donald Trump will deliver Monday afternoon during his visit to Utah to shrink the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments. But it probably isn’t.PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thank you all, thank you very, very much.My fellow Americans, it is such an honor for you to have me here in the great state of Utah. A huge honor. I was just told backstage that this is the largest crowd ever gathered — e
  
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• Effort to shrink Bears Ears National Monument started before Donald Trump was elected president

  03-12-2017 17:08
  Washington • Before Bears Ears National Monument existed, there were already efforts to get rid of it.Just days ahead of Donald Trump’s victory launching him into the White House, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, flew to Arizona to join the Republican nominee’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., to rally support for the GOP ticket.Then-President Barack Obama wouldn’t name the new national monument in southeastern Utah for another month, but Hatch was aware the designation was undoubt
  
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• Leonard Pitts: Trump is an empty vessel with nothing to say

  03-12-2017 17:07
  “The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and ‘slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God.’”— Ronald Reagan, Jan. 28, 1986“America was targeted for attack because we’re the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world. And no one will keep that li
  
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• Not in my (neighbor's) backyard: Salt Lake City leaders give in to east side's opponents on ‘mother-in-law’ apartments

  03-12-2017 17:05
  John Armstrong rose before the Salt Lake City Council last week to talk about his mom, Norma.Now 72, the mother of five who’s lived in the same Poplar Grove home for 50 years doesn’t need as much house now living on her own. She wants to stay in the area close to family, though, and can’t sell without having to move far away to find something comparable she can afford. Instead, she wants to build a 600-square-foot “tiny” home on her property, live in that, and rent
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: 2017-18 Northwest Division Comparison – December

  03-12-2017 15:08 via sportspyder.com
  ... Former Utah Jazz PG George Hill isn’t having a wonderful time by Ryan Aston ...
  
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• Utah Jazz: 2017-18 Northwest Division Comparison – December

  03-12-2017 14:00
  Following the first full month of the season, the Utah Jazz and their Northwest Division counterparts have all had ups and downs and the pecking order is far from clear. The month of November is already in the books and the month of December of the 2017-18 NBA season is well underway. You’d think that […]
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Former Utah Jazz PG George Hill isn’t having a wonderful time

  03-12-2017 10:12 via sportspyder.com
  ... ce is strong with Donovan Mitchell in Utah’s fifth straight win 18h ago Utah Jazz vs. New Orleans Pelicans: Keys to keep win streak alive on Star Wars Night 1 ...
  
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• Former Utah Jazz PG George Hill isn’t having a wonderful time

  03-12-2017 08:47
  George Hill, who starred for the Utah Jazz last season, isn’t exactly livin’ in the sunlight with the Sacramento Kings this year. Things could’ve been so different. This past spring, point-man George Hill and the Utah Jazz were engaged in talks about a potential contract extension. Such a deal seemed like a win-win for both […]
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• Urban Meyer lobbies for playoff spot after Buckeyes claim Big Ten title over Badgers

  03-12-2017 07:13
  Indianapolis • J.T. Barrett looked just fine Saturday. Now it's up to college football's selection committee to decide whether No. 8 Ohio State has done enough to earn a playoff bid.Six days after having surgery on his right knee, Barrett threw two touchdown passes, ran for another and had a crucial fourth-down conversion late in the game to give the Buckeyes a 27-21 victory over previously unbeaten No. 3 Wisconsin in Saturday's Big Ten championship game.Ohio State (11-2, No. 8 CFP) claimed
  
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• NBA roundup: LeBron James takes over, Cavaliers win 11th straight

  03-12-2017 07:05
  Cleveland • LeBron James scored 34 points, including seven in the final 1:22, and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Memphis Grizzlies 116-111 on Saturday night for their 11th straight victory.Memphis has lost 11 in a row, including three since David Fizdale was fired Monday and replaced by interim coach J.B. Bickerstaff.James, the reigning NBA Player of the Month, also had 12 assists. Kevin Love added 20 points and 11 rebounds for Cleveland.The Grizzlies trailed 91-72 late in the third quart
  
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• Kragthorpe: Weber State QB Stefan Cantwell makes the difference in FCS playoff rout of Southern Utah

  03-12-2017 07:02
  The Weber State Wildcats wanted to believe their only loss in Big Sky Conference play could be easily explained by quarterback Stefan Cantwell’s injury early in the second quarter of Southern Utah’s visit to Ogden in October.Sounds good to me.Nobody who watched them perform Saturday night at Eccles Coliseum could make much of a counter-argument, after Cantwell stated the Wildcats’ case in a more meaningful episode of the in-state rivalry.The senior QB accounted for 404 yards an
  
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• BYU makes itself at home again in the Spectrum, downs USU 75-66

  03-12-2017 07:02
  Logan • Utah State’s notoriously rabid and venomous student section came to the Spectrum on Saturday night loaded up with signs and chants wondering about the whereabouts of former BYU guard Nick Emery, who withdrew from school a day before the 2017-18 college basketball season.They left knowing full well that BYU has seemingly found his replacement: Weber State transfer McKay Cannon.The new BYU guard, who learned hours before the Utah Valley game on Wednesday that the NCAA had grante
  
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• Top 25 basketball roundup: Duke improves to 10-0

  03-12-2017 06:57
  Durham, N.C. • Grayson Allen scored 15 of his 25 points in an 8-minute opening blitz and No. 1 Duke beat South Dakota 96-80 on Saturday.Freshman Marvin Bagley III added 19 points and 12 rebounds for the Blue Devils (10-0). Duke shot 62 percent to lead 56-30 by halftime, then maintained a comfortable margin the rest of the way.Allen made 6 of 7 shots with three 3-pointers in the early flurry that had him single-handedly outscoring the Coyotes midway through the opening half. And Bagley poste
  
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• BYU sweeps Oregon to reach NCAA volleyball Sweet 16 for sixth year in a row

  03-12-2017 06:11
  Provo •BYU and Oregon took turns making diving digs and sending desperate free balls over the net to keep the rally alive. Then Roni Jones-Perry ended it. She rose above the net and drilled a hit past the Oregon blockers to put BYU just one point away from its sixth berth to the Sweet 16 in as many years. Then she made the final kill too.“She knows how she can score” BYU coach Heather Olmstead said. “And she’s developed range, and so if they’re going to try to
  
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• Hoffman builds 5-shot lead as Woods fades in Bahamas

  03-12-2017 06:04
  Nassau, Bahamas • Tiger Woods fell behind early and never recovered. Charley Hoffman pulled away late and made himself hard to beat.Hoffman handled the blustery conditions Saturday in the Hero World Challenge for a 2-under 70, one of only five rounds under par, and built a five-shot lead going into the final round at Albany Golf Club.Woods went 11 consecutive holes without hitting a green in regulation. He went 14 holes until making his first birdie. He had to settle for a 75, leaving him 1
  
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• Bryant, No. 1 Clemson pound No. 7 Miami 38-3 for ACC crown

  03-12-2017 05:50
  Charlotte, N.C. • No. 1 Clemson emphatically claimed its spot in the College Football Playoff with a 38-3 victory over No. 7 Miami in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game Saturday night.The Tigers (12-1) came in ranked atop the CFP and should remain that way following Sunday's final poll after their decisive show left little doubt the defending national champs are looking to go back-to-back.Kelly Bryant set a championship game record — and surpassed his friend and former te
  
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• Romanticized cowboys and Indians — and real artifacts — ‘exemplify evolving notions of the American West’ in Utah Museum of Fine Arts exhibit

  03-12-2017 05:49
  How the West was won, how it was lost, and how it was romanticized are on display in a new exhibition at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts.“In this community, there’s a lot of people who love Western art, and a lot of people who love Indian art,” said Gretchen Dietrich, UMFA’s executive director, at a preview of “Go West! Art of the American Frontier from the Buffalo Bill Center of the West.”The touring exhibit, from the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyo
  
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• Boise State rallies to beat No. 25 Fresno State 17-14 for MWC title

  03-12-2017 05:49
  Boise, Idaho • Brett Rypien threw for 246 yards and led a fourth-quarter comeback to help Boise State beat No. 25 Fresno State 17-14 on Saturday night in the Mountain West championship game.Boise State (10-3), which lost 28-17 to the Bulldogs a week ago in Fresno in the regular-season finale, won its second conference title in four years.Fresno State (9-4), which hasn't won in Boise since 1984, still completed one of the best turnarounds in college history under first-year coach Jeff Tedfor
  
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• Dana Milbank: We need to keep our focus on the real damage Trump is doing

  03-12-2017 05:47
  Washington • I bumped into Bret Baier, the Fox News host, at a Washington cocktail party Wednesday night where it seemed everybody was chatting about the latest White House insanity: President Trump joking about “Pocahontas” to Native Americans, reviving the Obama “birther” allegation, suggesting the Access Hollywood video was fake, retweeting anti-Muslim videos made by British white-supremacists.Most assumed Trump was just being crazy, but Baier had a theory: Whenev
  
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• NHL roundup: Tyler Johnson has 2 goals, Lightning beat Sharks 5-2

  03-12-2017 05:30
  TAMPA, Fla. • Tyler Johnson scored twice in the third period to snap a 15-game drought and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the San Jose Sharks 5-2 Saturday night.Nikita Kucherov had two goals and Cory Conacher also scored for the Lightning, who had lost four of six. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 25 saves. Kucherov had one of Tampa Bay's four goals, his 19th, in the third. He entered without a goal over his previous six games.After Johnson had an in-close backhand power-play goal 1:39 into the third,
  
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• BYU cruises past Utah State 75-66 at the Spectrum

  03-12-2017 05:13
  Logan • BYU used to struggle to get victories at the Spectrum.Not anymore.The Cougars took advantage of some miserable Utah State free-throw shooting and heated up after an ice-cold start to take a 75-66 win over the Aggies on Saturday night.It was BYU’s sixth-straight win over USU, and second-straight at the Spectrum. BYU had not won back-to-back games in Logan since 1991 and 1992.McKay Cannon scored 17 points off the bench and Yoeli Childs added 17 points and eight rebounds for BYU,
  
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• Weber State beats Southern Utah 30-13 to advance to FCS quarterfinals

  03-12-2017 05:12
  Cedar City • Weber State recovered from a slow start and took a 30-13 victory over Southern Utah in second round of the FCS playoffs Saturday night at Eccles Stadium.SUU’s record crowd of 11,811 watched the Thunderbirds take a 10-0 lead in the first quarter before Weber State came to the life and dominated the postseason version of the rivalry.The Wildcats (11-2) will advance to a quarterfinal game at No. 1 seed James Madison next Saturday, after producing the second home loss in thre
  
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