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• U.S. speedskaters come up empty in Utah World Cup, but there’s a wide-reaching plan at work

  10-12-2017 23:58
  Kearns • Jonathan Garcia is right where he wants to be. Right now, he’s within striking distance of a World Cup podium, on the outskirts, still just biding his time. Following Sunday’s seventh-place finish in the men’s 1,000-meter final in the final day of the ISU long track World Cup stop in Kearns, Garcia said he was hoping for a Top-6 finish.Ending up seventh with a new personal best time, at the moment, will do.“Definitely don’t want to be winning right now
  
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• Florida hires former Utah quarterback and offensive coordinator Brian Johnson as quarterbacks coach

  10-12-2017 23:58
  Gainesville, Fla. • Florida coach Dan Mullen is reuniting with his former quarterbacks coach.Mullen on Sunday announced the hiring of Houston offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Brian Johnson as an offensive assistant.Johnson spent one season as Houston's OC/QBs coach. He spent the three previous seasons as Mississippi State's quarterbacks coach under Mullen, where he helped develop the 2016 NFL Rookie of the Year Dak Prescott.Before his time at Mississippi State, Johnson became the yo
  
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• Despite recent wins, Democrats remain divided about what they stand for

  10-12-2017 23:36
  In recent weeks, Democrats have scored huge electoral wins in Virginia, cultivated public opposition to the GOP tax bill, purged two liberal stars accused of sexual misconduct and come close to winning a Senate race in Alabama that should be out of reach in such a conservative state.But they still can't agree on what the party stands for. From immigration to banking reform to taxes to sexual harassment, many in the party believe it does not have a unified message to spread around the country. Th
  
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• Commentary: Expanding Trax would connect Utahns, draw new talent to the state and help solve poor air quality

  10-12-2017 23:29
  As Utah grows, our transit system needs to grow with it. During the last two decades, I’ve watched the I-15 corridor between Ogden and Provo morph into a major technology hub. When I was a college student in the mid-’90s, Lehi was surrounded by agricultural fields as far as the eye could see.Today, companies like Adobe, Vivint, Ancestry, Domo, Entrata and many others are building offices along our “Silicon Slopes,” bringing jobs, venture capital, tax revenue and opportuni
  
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• Chiefs, Smith snap four-game losing streak, Bills win in snowy overtime in early NFL Week 14 action

  10-12-2017 23:13
  Stafford's 4th winning drive leads Lions over Bucs 24-21Tampa, Fla. • Matthew Stafford passed for 381 yards with an injured throwing hand and set up Matt Prater for a 46-yard field goal in the closing seconds Sunday, helping the Detroit Lions remain in playoff contention with a 24-21 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.Stafford made his 109th consecutive start despite being limited in practice after his right hand was stepped on during the previous week at Baltimore. He completed 36 of 44
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Surprising as it sounds, Alec Burks should be moved into starting lineup

  10-12-2017 23:01 via sportspyder.com
  ... n option whatsoever. So, unfortunately, it could potentially appear that the Jazz are left with few options other than to continue to give Ricky Rubio the run ...
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz 2017-18 Week Nine Outlook, Predictions

  10-12-2017 23:01 via sportspyder.com
  ... Utah Jazz vs Milwaukee Bucks: Road trip starts out flat by Zachary Padmore Utah Jazz:...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Surprising as it sounds, Alec Burks should be moved into starting lineup

  10-12-2017 22:30
  Following three straight disappointing losses and some poor play from the starting lineup, the Utah Jazz should look to shake things up by playing Alec Burks with the first unit. After a fun stretch that saw the Utah Jazz win seven of eight games including six blowout wins, the team has seemingly reverted to its […]
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah Jazz struggling to reintegrate Rudy Gobert into rotation after injury layoff

  10-12-2017 22:23 via sportspyder.com
  ...starting lineup is a bad fit for each other? Maybe. But there may be little Jazz coach Quin Snyder can do to alleviate that issue. Gobert is an all-star tale ...
  
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• Lebanese security forces clash with protesters near U.S. Embassy in Beirut

  10-12-2017 22:20
  Beirut • Lebanese security forces clashed Sunday with demonstrators near the U.S. Embassy in Beirut as hundreds protested President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli capital.The Lebanese army fired water cannons and tear gas as waves of young men hurled stones and burned effigies of Trump. Hundreds attended the Sunday morning protest on the edge of Beirut, many wrapped in Palestinian scarves and flags.Injured demonstrators was carried away from the front line of
  
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• Utah Jazz struggling to reintegrate Rudy Gobert into rotation after injury layoff

  10-12-2017 22:19
  Milwaukee • The problem isn’t physical for Rudy Gobert.His right leg, the one Dion Waiters rolled up on and caused him to miss significant time, is fine. He hasn’t experienced pain since coming back three games ago from his bone contusion. Other than his customary ice pack after games, he hasn’t required additional treatment.Clearing hurdles mentally? That’s another story for Gobert and could be a reason his re-integration process with the Utah Jazz hasn’t been
  
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• Letter: War is peace, love is hate, killing ensures life — these are our times

  10-12-2017 22:12
  Even George Orwell couldn’t have predicted the current state of affairs.“The U.S. Fish and Wild Life Service has argued that encouraging wealthy big-game hunters to kill the threatened species [elephants] would help raise money for conservation programs,” (The Tribune, Nov. 20). The only way to save elephants is to kill them.According to the Congressional Budget Office, the Republican health care law would “increase the number of people who are uninsured by 23 million in
  
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• Gerald Elias: Sexual predators know the difference between right and wrong — they abuse because society has tolerated it for so long

  10-12-2017 22:12
  When drunken frat boys and campus sports heroes rape female students, we wring our hands but chalk it up to bad upbringing or aberrant behavior or extra testosterone or the reason-numbing effects of binge drinking. We decry it but can, to some degree, understand it.But when such crimes are committed or tolerated by revered university profes­sors and administrators, how do we explain that away? Misunderstandings? If a professor or administrator can’t discern the difference between right
  
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• Utah Jazz 2017-18 Week Nine Outlook, Predictions

  10-12-2017 21:35
  The Utah Jazz are in for a rough Week Nine as their six-game road trip continues and includes games against the two best teams in the Eastern Conference. So, this is how the season is going to be isn’t it? Am I the only one that feels like the Utah Jazz are stuck on a […]
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• Mark Hamill and ‘Star Wars’ cast reflects on Carrie Fisher's and Leia's legacy

  10-12-2017 21:08
  Carrie Fisher may have been the “madcap Auntie Mame” to Mark Hamill’s “square” homebody, but despite their differences, the Star Wars siblings got along famously right till the end.While both skyrocketed to celebrity with their Star Wars roles in 1977 and remained inextricably linked through their on-screen family, Hamill says he missed a lot of Fisher’s life — during “the Bryan Lourd years” and when her daughter Billie Lourd was an infant. T
  
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• Letter of the Week: What you can do to prevent hit-and-run accidents

  10-12-2017 21:07
  On the news it seems like every day we hear about hit-and-run accidents. Every day people are run over in crosswalks, on skateboards, standing on street corners. An epidemic.This morning going to work I saw a child on the corner of a crosswalk waiting to cross to go to school, no crossing guard as he was of junior high age.Twenty feet before this were the school zone warning lights flashing and telling people to slow to 20 mph. I stopped to let him cross, the cars coming from the opposite direc
  
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• Letter: P&G spokesman’s argument plays up corporate benefits, ignores essentials

  10-12-2017 21:06
  I read in the Nov. 26 Opinion section that reducing corporate taxes will help Utah workers. Joe Tomon’s commentary about Procter and Gamble, which has a plant here, says if we only reduce those taxes to what the rest of the world corporations are paying, it would then put P&G, and the rest of the giant corporations on an even playing field.The problem with Tomon’s argument is I didn’t hear one word of wages going up, benefits expanded, better working conditions. All I read
  
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• Three suspects wanted in Taylorsville shooting that killed 30-year-old man

  10-12-2017 20:58
  Unified police are searching for three suspects involved in a fatal shooting Sunday morning in Taylorsville.According to the Unified Police Department, officers responded to reports of a shooting at 10:11 a.m. Sunday near the 700 block of West Sunny River Road. There, they found a 30-year-old man shot and in critical condition, UPD Detective Jared Richardson said in a news release. The victim later died at a local hospital.RIchardson said they are looking for three suspects — two men and a
  
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• After allegations, Moore avoids spotlight, questions

  10-12-2017 19:42
  Montgomery, Ala. • Call it Roy Moore's great vanishing act — at least from the traditional campaign trail.Dogged by allegations of sexual misconduct, the Alabama Republican has kept to events with limited publicity and shunned contact with the traditional media in the heated race for U.S. Senate.Moore is instead relying on social media, President Donald Trump's GOP star power and a few controlled events to deliver his closing arguments to voters and pull off a victory in Tuesday's ele
  
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• Price hikes push health insurance shoppers into hard choices

  10-12-2017 19:40
  Margaret Leatherwood has eight choices for health insurance next year but no good options.The cheapest individual coverage available in her market would eat up nearly a quarter of the income her husband brings home from the oilfields.The Bryson, Texas, couple makes too much to qualify for Affordable Care Act tax credits that help people buy coverage. But they don't make enough to comfortably afford insurance on their own, even though Paul Leatherwood works seven days a week."I hate to put it lik
  
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• Swiss woman angry over champagne refusal ejected from plane

  10-12-2017 19:37
  Berlin • German police say the pilot of a passenger jet destined for Zurich made an unscheduled stop at Stuttgart airport because a Swiss passenger become aggressive after being denied champagne.Reutlingen police say crew members were unable to calm the 44-year-old business class passenger, who was angered by their refusal to serve her more sparkling wine on the flight from Moscow late Saturday.Police said in a statement Sunday that the woman, who wasn't named, was escorted off the Airbus A
  
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• Meet the Mormon Tabernacle Choir’s secret weapon: organist Richard Elliott

  10-12-2017 19:11
  The Mormon Tabernacle Choir has its secret weapon ready for this week’s Christmas concerts: principal organist Richard Elliott, whose solo arrangements invariably earn the first standing ovation of the night.The content of each solo is a matter of utmost secrecy before performance night, but Elliott hinted this year’s edition will include a call-back to his first featured Christmas solo, 2007’s “I Saw Three Ships.” The tradition had its genesis the year before, when
  
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• Letter: Frank Moss' undercover work gets overdue attention

  10-12-2017 19:11
  Thanks to Paul Rolly for his Nov. 24 column in which he mentioned Frank Moss’ undercover work on behalf of Medicaid patients. At the time, I was taking both Salt Lake Valley papers and could find no mention of that work; if it was mentioned, it must have been a miniscule and hidden entry.I found out about it from Time magazine, where there was not only a short, positive article, but also a color photo of Moss at a clinic, looking appropriately scruffy. I have often wondered how many votes
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Jazz's Alec Burks is finally healthy, and he's making the most of his opportunity - CBSSports.com

  10-12-2017 18:23 via sportspyder.com
  ... me out a lot." Over the last few weeks, a now-healthy Burks is rewarding the Jazz for the faith they showed in him. Following an ankle injury to Rodney Hood,...
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz vs Milwaukee Bucks: Road trip starts out flat

  10-12-2017 18:12 via sportspyder.com
  ... nts, 13 rebounds and seven assists. His penetration to the basket killed the Jazz tonight, as he did a great job creating for himself and for his teammates. E ...
  
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• Walden: Lady Gaga’s first show in Utah, nine years ago, was quite different than this Thursday’s concert will be

  10-12-2017 17:12
  Back on Nov. 15, 2008, my wife, Katie, and her BFF Michelle went to what was then the E Center of West Valley City (and what is now the Maverik Center) to see the reunited New Kids on the Block in concert. Considering this was the first time they’d seen them since Sept. 1, 1990, as 11-year-olds, at the height of NKOTB-mania, they could not have been more excited.It turned out to be quite the memorable evening.For one thing, their seats were near a portal where NKOTB were gathering midshow,
  
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• Scientists decry Trump’s move to strip fossil treasures from Utah’s Grand Staircase monument

  10-12-2017 17:11
  Randy Irmis rubbed his fingers over bumpy imprints of the scaly skin of a creature that lived 76 million years ago, once roaming what is now Utah’s Kaiparowits Plateau.Dinosaur skin is a rare find, the Natural History Museum of Utah paleontologist says, but not in that desolate corner of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Conditions for fossilizing remains of dinosaurs and many other animals were so good in the region, says Irmis, that at least half the duck-billed dinosaur speci
  
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• Commentary: Without the Dream Act, I could lose everything

  10-12-2017 17:10
  I came to this country with my parents when I was 3 years old, and as I grew up in Salt Lake City, I assumed I was just like everyone else. But when I applied for college scholarships during my last year at Judge Memorial Catholic High School, I was asked to provide a Social Security number. My mom explained to me that I did not have one because I was undocumented.I was accepted at the University of Utah, but I kept telling my boyfriend, “What’s the point of getting an education if I
  
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• Commentary: Cannabis oil has given Utah children a chance at a normal life

  10-12-2017 17:10
  It’s the day of our family’s 2017 Thanksgiving feast. The kitchen is all hustle and bustle, but the patter of feet has stopped the commotion. All eyes have fallen to the ground.With the help of her uncle, 1-year-old KaseyAnn is walking. She has had the opportunity to develop as any other child would. Her daily seizures have gone down significantly and are no longer a daily struggle.CBD oil, or cannabidiol, an oil derived from cannabis or industrial hemp, is to thank for her recovery
  
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• Two Utah medical centers never reported a nurse who was repeatedly accused of sexual assault, lawsuit says

  10-12-2017 17:09
  When Adam Tae Kyun Lim was fired from his nursing job in 2011 after several female patients reported that he sexually assaulted them, St. Mark’s Hospital officials were required by law to report him to state licensing authorities.They never did.And before that, when a rehabilitation center disciplined him for similar conduct, officials there were supposed to alert Utah’s Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing (DOPL).They didn’t either.Now, a Utah woman who was the
  
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• ‘He’s not good for tribes’ — from Keystone to Bears Ears, Trump is alienating Native Americans

  10-12-2017 17:09
  Washington • President Donald Trump approved the Keystone Pipeline despite strong objections of Native Americans. He repeatedly calls Sen. Elizabeth Warren “Pocahontas,” in a way that’s not meant to be nice.When he honored Navajo Code Talkers in the Oval Office, the president stood in front of a portrait of a predecessor whom he has often praised: Andrew Jackson, who was once referred to as the “exterminator of Indians.”And now Trump has slashed southern Utah&
  
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• Leonard Pitts: Trump should keep Rosa Parks’ name out of his lying mouth

  10-12-2017 17:08
  Here comes the most meaningless sentence you’ll read today: Last week, Donald Trump paid tribute to Rosa Parks.It’s meaningless because Trump obviously has no real idea what Parks did or what it meant. If he did, he could never have cursed Colin Kaepernick.Oh, sure, he can mouth the words, as he did in the slick video posted online Saturday. To the accompaniment of swelling music and historical images, Trump narrated Parks’ famous act of defiance 62 Decembers ago, her refusal t
  
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• Utah Jazz vs Milwaukee Bucks: Road trip starts out flat

  10-12-2017 16:57
  The Utah Jazz did not start their six-game road trip the way they would have liked to, losing by 17 to Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks. Next up, Chicago. #UTAatMIL pic.twitter.com/wZO0RlHo3c — Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) December 10, 2017 Saturday night’s bout between the Utah Jazz and the Milwaukee Bucks may have started off with […]
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• There are flocks of sheep and gaggles of geese — but what do you call a group of Mormons?

  10-12-2017 14:46
  A few Sundays ago, I went into high priest group, sat down, and a song started playing in my head. It took a few minutes before I could place it.It was from “Sesame Street” — “One of these things is not like the others. One of these things just doesn’t belong.”It didn’t take long to figure out that the “not belonging thing” was me. All the other men in the room were wearing their Mormon general authority best: white shirt, dark suit, conserva
  
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• [Jazz Fanatical] - Utah Jazz at Milwaukee Bucks: Opponent Game Thread Highlights

  10-12-2017 09:46 via sportspyder.com
  ... should be in the Medellin Cartel, and I’m very jealous indiemike What is the Jazz’s sponsor on their jersey? Sam_ohhh Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sai ...
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz start slow, drop third straight in Milwaukee

  10-12-2017 08:19 via sportspyder.com
  ... s that seemed to always stop potential Jazz runs. did his best to keep the Jazz in the game, scoring 18 off the bench. Rudy Gobert put in one of his better...
  
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• [KSL] - The Triple Team: Bucks score inside on Jazz with ease, win 117-100

  10-12-2017 08:00 via sportspyder.com
  ... 's likely going to be two points at the rim. 2. Too much one-on-one play The Jazz had success against the Bucks over the last few seasons because they were we ...
  
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• [Yahoo Sports] - Antetokounmpo scores 37 points, Bucks beat Jazz 117-100

  10-12-2017 07:51 via sportspyder.com
  ... take a 51-42 advantage into the break. ''They had their way with us early,'' Jazz coach Quin Snyder said. ''If we start games like that, it is very difficult...
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Poor start dooms Jazz in big loss to Milwaukee in start of long road trip

  10-12-2017 07:20 via sportspyder.com
  ... f 17 from the field for 12 points and gave up four turnovers. As a team, the Jazz shot just 43.4 percent from the field compared to Milwaukee’s 54.3 percent....
  
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• Bozak scores twice, Maple Leafs jump Pens early in 4-3 win

  10-12-2017 07:16
  Pittsburgh • Tyler Bozak scored two goals and the Toronto Maple Leafs got off to a fast start in a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night.Conner Brown and James van Riemsdyk scored in the first 1:42 of the game, and Bozak also scored in the first period. Mitch Marner had three assists for the Maple Leafs, who have won five of seven.Frederik Andersen stopped 33 shots for his 50th win with the Maple Leafs. Andersen has won 11 of his last 15 starts.Evgeni Malkin scored his
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Haws scores season-high 24, BYU beats Weber State 74-68

  10-12-2017 07:15 via sportspyder.com
  ... xico State beats New Mexico 65-62 Antetokounmpo scores 37 points, Bucks beat Jazz 117-100 Business Directory Latest Local Offers Utah Valley Hospital Utah Val ...
  
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• Kragthorpe: Beehive Classic showcases Weber State’s Jerrick Harding, even in loss to BYU

  10-12-2017 07:14
  Except for the backdrop of so many empty seats, the inaugural Zions Bank Basketball Classic accomplished exactly what it was supposed to do.The event introduced Weber State guard Jerrick Harding to an audience that needed to know about him, even in defeat. BYU’s 74-68 victory at Vivint Smart Home Arena was made more meaningful just because of everything Harding did to make the Cougars overcome him — including the delicious coincidence of former teammate McKay Cannon’s denying h
  
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• Utah jumps out to big lead, survives Utah State rally to win in Beehive Classic

  10-12-2017 07:11
  Reminded by a reporter after the game that the Utes led from start to finish, senior forward Tyler Rawson smiled and replied, “That is true. It didn’t feel like it at times.”Rawson’s response — smile included — summed up the Utes’ night as they renewed a longtime in-state rivalry with Utah State in the opening game of the Beehive Classic in Vivint Smart Home Arena on Saturday night in Salt Lake City.The Utes led by more than 20 points in the first half a
  
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• Poor start dooms Jazz in big loss to Milwaukee in start of long road trip

  10-12-2017 07:10
  MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Bucks had played the night before, needing a late rally to beat the Dallas Mavericks by seven. The Utah Jazz had flown in from Salt Lake the day before and were resting comfortably at their hotel.So which team came out with more energy Saturday night? We’ll give you a hint — it wasn’t the Jazz.The Bucks looked more energetic from the opening tip, racing to a 14-point first-quarter lead on their way to a comfortable 117-100 victory at the BMO Harr
  
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• Jazz suffer third consecutive loss, 117-100 at Milwaukee

  10-12-2017 07:06
  Milwaukee • In the NBA, losses are almost never on a singular player or unit. It would be disingenuous to solely blame the starting lineup of the Utah Jazz for Saturday’s 117-100 loss to the Bucks.At the same time, having lost three consecutive games — the last two in emphatic fashion — it’s difficult to look at the current starting group and not think that it has to begin playing better if the Jazz want to be successful.And the starting five know it.“This is o
  
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• Harden scores 48 points, Rockets win 9th in row

  10-12-2017 07:02
  Portland, Ore. • James Harden scored 48 points and the Houston Rockets won their ninth straight, overcoming a 14-point, fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 124-117 on Saturday night.Harden was 16 of 29 from the field and had eight rebounds to help the Rockets (20-4) win for the 12th time in 13 road games this season. Chris Paul added 24 points, and Trevor Ariza had 13.Damian Lillard tied a franchise record with nine 3-pointers and had 35 points for Portland (13-12). C.
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Jabari Parker will have to make a decision about his future after this season

  10-12-2017 06:59 via sportspyder.com
  ... nt to 36.5 percent. But he went out on Feb. 8, a week after playing in Utah. JAZZ NOTES: The Bradley Center was a busy place Saturday with a high school game, ...
  
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• BYU holds off Weber State 74-68 in second game of Beehive Classic

  10-12-2017 06:55
  Playing without two starters, Weber State gave BYU all it wanted on Saturday night in the inaugural Beehive Classic.The Cougars made their free throws down the stretch, however, and took a 74-68 win in front of 7,729 at Vivint Smart Home Arena.Weber State’s Jerrick Harding led all scorers with 29 points, while TJ Haws led BYU with 24. Haws made four free throws in the final 20 seconds to clinch the win.BYU improved to 8-2 with the win, while Weber State fell to 4-5.BYU led by four after a
  
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• [USA Today] - Bucks 117, Jazz 100: Hitting all the right notes

  10-12-2017 06:52 via sportspyder.com
  ... TODAY Sports Khris Middleton (left) and Eric Bledsoe of the Bucks battle the Jazz's Donovan Mitchell for control of the ball during the fourth quarter on Satu ...
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Tinkle, Eubanks score 19 apiece; Oregon St. beat UAPB 85-58

  10-12-2017 06:52 via sportspyder.com
  ...Francis, 84-72 Latest in section Antetokounmpo scores 37 points, Bucks beat Jazz 117-100 Tinkle, Eubanks score 19 apiece; Oregon St. beat UAPB 85-58 LeBron J ...
  
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