• Could fmr. Utah Jazz star Gordon Hayward return to Celtics this season?

    Boston Celtics forward and former Utah Jazz star Gordon Hayward hasn’t ruled out a return to the court this season. Regardless of how you feel about Gordon Hayward’s (botched) departure from the Utah Jazz, it’s hard not to pull for the guy in his recovery. Everyone loves a comeback, and Hayward’s return from a fractured […]
    Could fmr. Utah Jazz star Gordon Hayward return to Celtics this season? - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opini
  • Utah’s Matt Gay adds First Team All-America to his list of accolades

    Less than a week after becoming the first Lou Groza Award winner in Utes history, junior kicker Matt Gay has earned a spot on the Associated Press All-America First Team as well as the Football Writers Association of America First Team. Both organizations announced their selections on Monday.
    Utah punter Mitch Wishnowsky joined Gay as both an AP and FWAA honoree. Wishnowsky, who was a finalists for this year’s Ray Guy Award as the nation’s top punter, earned a second-team FWAA select
  • Freshman Donnie Tillman remains grounded despite already becoming a focal point for Runnnin' Utes

    In just nine games, Utah freshman forward Donnie Tillman has already started to establish himself as a crucial figure for the team’s success this season.His immediate impact already has some Utes fans salivating the potential future of the 6-foot-7, 225-pound native of Detroit, Mich.Despite coming off the bench for a Utes team starting four seniors, Tillman enters this week among the team leaders in scoring (10.7 points per game) and rebounding (6.2 per game).So far, he has remained humble
  • Utah Royals hire Scott Parkinson as an assistant coach

    The Utah Royals made another step in filling out their coaching staff Monday, announcing that the new NWSL team has hired former Scott Parkinson as an assistant coach.The Royals coaching staff now consists of Parkinson, former women’s soccer coach at Rogers State University in Oklahoma, and two-time NWSL Coach of the Year Laura Harvey.“When Laura Harvey calls you and makes you a job offer to work alongside her, it’s something that anybody in the game would not turn down,”
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  • 6-year-old made $11 million in one year reviewing toys on You Tube

    When most people think back on the child celebrities of their time, they likely think of child movie actors, the well-trained stars of showbiz. For some, these were stars like Mary Kate and Ashley Olson, or Macaulay Carson Culkin from Home Alone. For others, they were Judy Garland or Shirley Temple.For kids these days, however, some of the biggest stars are not actors at all but YouTube stars.And one of the biggest of them all is a six-year-old named Ryan who plays with toys - mesmerizing millio
  • Utah teen accused of raping, killing 12-year-old neighbor girl is resolving case with ‘blended’ sentence

    A teenage boy accused of raping and killing his 12-year-old neighbor girl in 2015 is resolving the case with pleas in both juvenile and adult courts.Jayden Sterzer — who was 15 years old at the time of Kailey Vijil’s death — admitted to a count of first-degree felony rape of a child on Monday afternoon before 3rd District Juvenile Court Judge James Michie.Later Monday, in adult court, Sterzer is expected to plead guilty to first-degree felony murder — reduced from aggrava
  • Letter: Do monopolies — like Questar — need to advertise?

    Who is paying for the expensive television advertisements to inform us that Sam now has a long shaggy beard and Questar Gas is now Dominion Energy?Having been informed by those two essential facts, what is the effect on my heating bill? Do monopolies need to advertise?Behrouz Motiee, Millcreek
  • Saturday’s BYU-Utah basketball game will feature a lot of ‘unnecessary hype,’ BYU coach Dave Rose says

    Provo • Two years and two weeks after Utah downed BYU 83-75 at the Huntsman Center to extend its winning streak in the rivalry to three games, the Utes and Cougars will meet again on Saturday BYU’s Marriott Center.Neither team is threatening to crack the national rankings or challenge for a conference title, although the Pac-12 certainly looks winnable for Utah with few elite teams in the league this season. Both clubs are enjoying winning seasons — BYU is 8-2 and Utah is 7-2 &
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  • Bagley Cartoon: Christmas is Carbon!

    This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017.You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below.Middle Class Has to Pony UpThe Drug CzarBook of Mormon BoyThe Lost TribesMonumental ScamTaking the Fall for TrumpTrickle Down or TreatBeauty of Bears EarsConsumer Financial Predation BureauThe Nazi Next DoorWant more? Become a fan on Facebook.
  • Utah teen accused of killing 12-year-old neighbor girl resolving case with ‘blended” sentence

    A teenage West Valley City boy accused of raping and killing 12-year-old neighbor girl Kailey Vijil in 2015 will resolve the case on Monday with a plea deal.The teen — who was 15 years old at the time of the murder — will plead guilty to first-degree felony rape of a child in juvenile court, attorneys on Monday told 3rd District Juvenile Court Judge James Michie..Later Monday, in adult court, he will plead guilty to first-degree felony murder — reduced from aggravated murder &m
  • Saturday’s BYU-Utah basketball game will feature a lot of ‘unnecessary hype,’ BYU coach Rose says

    Provo • Two years and two weeks after Utah downed BYU 83-75 at the Huntsman Center to extend its winning streak in the rivalry to three games, the Utes and Cougars will meet again on Saturday BYU’s Marriott Center.Neither team is threatening to crack the national rankings or challenge for a conference title, although the Pac-12 certainly looks winnable for Utah with few elite teams in the league this season. Both clubs are enjoying winning seasons — BYU is 8-2 and Utah is 7-2 &
  • Season’s greetings: Donate to homeless service providers — not panhandlers

    ’Tis the season of giving — but not to panhandlers, officials say. Instead, give to homeless services providers, like The Road Home and Volunteers of America, who can stretch those dollars further.For the second time in six months, state, city and non-profit entities are asking the public not to directly give money, clothing or food to homeless people. And they cite a host of reasons, including public safety and health concerns.“We are the most generous state in the nation,&rdq
  • Utah Jazz: Rodney Hood eyeing Wednesday return

    The Utah Jazz received some good news on the injury front as Rodney Hood is apparently nearing a return and Joe Johnson participated in practice. After putting up an impressive six-game winning streak, the Utah Jazz have clearly reverted to the mean in a big way by undergoing a frustrating three-game losing streak. In those […]
    Utah Jazz: Rodney Hood eyeing Wednesday return - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  • Getting a much-needed three days of rest before we take on the @chicagobulls this Wednesday 👍 Tipoff: 6PM MT… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

    Getting a much-needed three days of rest before we take on the @chicagobulls this Wednesday 👍Tipoff: 6PM MT… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  • Utah’s Matt Gay adds First Team AP All-America to his list of accolades

    Less than a week after becoming the first Lou Groza Award winner in Utes history, junior kicker Matt Gay has earned a spot on the Associated Press All-America First Team. The AP announced it’s All-America team on Monday.
    Utah punter Mitch Wishnowsky joined Gay as an AP honoree. Wishnowsky, who was a finalists for this year’s Ray Guy Award as the nation’s top punter, earned a third team selection. Wishnowsky earned first-team accolades in 2016.Gay, an Orem High School graduate,
  • [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Rodney Hood targeting Wednesday return vs Bulls per Salt Lake Tribune

    ...non shooting 3. That lineup has struggled to provide enough spacing for the Jazz’s wings to operate. Hood’s return could allow to move Mitchell to point guar ...
  • [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Ricky Rubio consistently found doing good

    ... hough those two players could easily have fit the bill for this as well. The Jazz have a lot of valuable contracts I can think of off the top of my head, who...
  • Margaret Sullivan: A quick lesson on anonymous source usage

    When Houston Chronicle reporters want to use information from an unnamed source in a news story, they have to jump through a few hoops first.A senior editor has to approve it, and know who the source is. A single unnamed source is rarely enough to go ahead with a story - there must be two sources with the same firsthand knowledge. And one of a handful of top editors must sign off on its use before publication.“The one exception to the two-source rule is when we have a ‘golden source&
  • Rolly: Utah Republican delegates are best at picking nominees? They sure missed on embattled Commissioner Greg Graves

    The recent allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation against Utah County Commissioner Greg Graves should put to rest any notion that convention delegates are better equipped to vet and pick their party nominees than the electorate at large.Graves’ stormy three-year stint as a commissioner — pitting him against his two Republican colleagues on the commission in sometimes nasty, petty battles, even prompting him to register, albeit briefly, as a Democrat in protest —­
  • State Sen. Brian Shiozawa, a leader on medical issues, resigns to take federal health care post

    State Sen. Brian Shiozawa on Monday became the new regional director of intergovernmental and external affairs for Region 8 of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.The Cottonwood Heights Republican announced the news on Facebook and said he is resigning his state Senate seat effective immediately to take the new job in Denver. He also retired as an emergency room doctor at St. Mark’s Hospital.“As regional director, I will ensure the department maintains close contact wit
  • 2-year-old Utah girl dies after sibling accidentally fires gun in home

    A 2-year-old Ballard girl was fatally shot at her home Sunday, when a gun that her older sibling was moving accidentally went off, police say.The gun had been brought inside and was leaning against a wall in the home following a Saturday hunting trip, a news release from the Uintah County Sheriff’s Office said.The victim and other siblings were cleaning up their toys when one of the older siblings started to move the gun from inside the house to another location.In the process of moving t
  • Commentary: Drug discount program helps Utah hospitals

    Holly Richardson’s November 30 op-ed contains misinformation and sorely mischaracterizes the 340B drug discount program, particularly as it applies to Utah hospitals.The 340B program, created in 1992, was not initiated to address high cost drugs like HIV medications. The program was actually created in response to Federal legislation that inadvertently raised drug prices for safety-net providers. Congress’ intent of 340B is to help safety-net hospitals “stretch scarce Federal r
  • Promising to 'Make Our Planet Great Again,' Macron lures 13 US climate scientists to France

    What initially looked like an impish dig at President Donald Trump by French President Emmanuel Macron over climate policy has turned into a concrete plan.First, when the Trump administration proposed slashing federal science budgets and then, on June 1, when Trump pulled the United States out of the Paris climate accord, Macron took to social media to offer (in perfect English) to greet with open arms - and research dollars - American scientists worried about the political climate as well as gl
  • Kragthorpe: Jazz have issues, but don’t blame the Curse of No. 22, thanks to Thabo Sefolosha

    In a downtown hotel ballroom in July, the Jazz introduced veteran forward Thabo Sefolosha, who posed for photos with his new team’s jersey: No. 22.Oh, no.Losing star player Gordon Hayward to Boston in free agency made the summer rough enough for the Jazz. And now they were replacing him with a player who would wear a number that throughout the franchise’s Utah era has been associated with major injuries, suspension, crime, substance abuse and an 18-game losing streak. Some players ha
  • Commentary: The New York Times journalist who secretly led the charge against liberal media bias

    The Washington Post reporters who turned the tables on Project Veritas and exposed the group’s sneaky plan to discredit the newspaper represent journalism at its best. But that story broke just weeks after BuzzFeed News revealed that such nefarious plots aren’t always thwarted.Buried deep in an investigation of Breitbart News and the alt-right, BuzzFeed published emails showing that right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannapoulos had “hidden helpers” working at left-leaning webs
  • Utah’s Red Rocks picked fifth in first NCAA gymnastics poll of season

    Utah’s gymnastics team is in a familiar place with the release of the preseason coaches’ poll.The Utes, who finished 2017 fifth, were picked to finish fifth again in the poll that was released on Monday.Oklahoma, winner of the last two national titles, is No. 1 again followed by Florida, LSU, Alabama and Utah. Southern Utah made the rankings at No. 24.Utah will face seven preseason Top-20 teams in 2018, including a quad meet in Reno, Nev., on Jan. 14 that features Utah, No. 6 UCLA, N
  • With Epic Pass sales booming, Vail plans to add more fine dining, family fun to Park City Mountain Resort

    Boosted by this fall’s sale of 740,000 Epic season passes, Vail Resorts said it is planning to use some of the incoming revenue to enhance dining experiences at Park City Mountain Resort and to make the resort even more family friendly.“We will continue our transformational investments with a focus on enhancing the family, food and service experience for our guests from around the world,” Vail Resorts CEO Rob Katz said in the company’s financial report for the quarter end
  • Which band without a No. 1 hit is outselling Bruno Mars and Ed Sheeran? Hint, it started its blockbuster U.S. tour in Utah.

    An old New Wave rock band that’s never released a No. 1 song in the U.S. is selling more concert tickets than the biggest pop stars in the world.Depeche Mode, the British synth-pop group formed in 1980, is having one of the most remarkable tours in modern music and its most-successful concert run ever, including a stop in August at Usana Amphitheatre. The band sold 1.27 million tickets through the first nine months of 2017, more than Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber or Bruno Mars — much you
  • Letter: A brand new preamble to the Constitution — to fit our times

    Inspired by Pat Bagley’s “Redesign of Interior Department Flag” cartoon (The Tribune, Nov.15).Redesign of the preamble to the Constitution:The Property owners of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Unfettered Free Market Society, to ensure Fiduciary Rights and Benefits, to provide for Tax Shelters, to promote protected Social Status of the Oligarchs, and secure the Blessings of Wealth to ourselves and to our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution f
  • Ann Cannon: To the things I love and despise at Christmastime

    As you may (or may not) know, I like to write tiny letters sometimes. And when the holidays roll around, I like to write tiny Christmas letters. So here goes.Dear Downtown Macy’s • Hey! Thanks again for the candy windows. My favorite one this year is the one called “Golden Spike,” which celebrates that day in 1869 when candy elves drove a train all the way to Utah. Candy elves rock!Dear Snow • Please. Don’t be a no-show this year, OK?Dear People Who Put Up Chris
  • Kesha cancels solo Salt Lake City show, but will return with Macklemore on June 16

    OK, Kesha fans, bad news first: Her slated Oct. 25 show at The Complex in Salt Lake City that was postponed indefinitely when she suffered an undisclosed injury has now been officially canceled and won’t be rescheduled.
    Refunds are available at point of purchase. All phone and internet purchases will be automatically refunded for the purchase price and service fees, though a $3.25 mail-order fee is nonrefundable. Refunds will appear in accounts in seven to 10 business days.
    But now, the go
  • Suspect wearing pipe bomb in custody after ‘attempted terrorist attack’ in NY subway, police say

    Authorities said a low-tech device was detonated in the New York City subway in an incident the mayor called “an attempted terrorist attack.”The man suspected of setting off the explosion Monday morning in Midtown Manhattan was identified by authorities as 27-year-old Akayed Ullah, described as an immigrant from Bangladesh who lives in Brooklyn. The blast, which occurred in the area of the Port Authority Bus Terminal, at 42nd Street and 8th Avenue, resulted in serious injuries to the
  • Transgender people can enlist in military starting Jan 1

    Washington • The Pentagon is allowing transgender people to enlist in the military beginning Jan. 1, despite President Donald Trump’s opposition.The new policy reflects growing legal pressure on the issue, and the difficult hurdles the federal government would have to cross to enforce Trump’s demand to ban transgender individuals from the military. Two federal courts already have ruled against the ban. Potential transgender recruits will have to overcome a lengthy and strict set
  • Be there Jazz fans! 👊 If you purchased the Jazz Star Wars ticket package, you also received 2⃣ @slcstars tickets… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

    Be there Jazz fans! 👊 If you purchased the Jazz Star Wars ticket package, you also received 2⃣ @slcstars tickets… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  • Will you breathe easier and ditch your car? What Salt Lake City’s new transit master plan means to you

    Here is Salt Lake City’s vision for 2040: Three out of four residents live within two blocks of a transit stop. With cheaper and more frequent buses, the city is a place where people comfortably live without owning a car.And with fewer cars, the air quality has improved. Lower-income residents more easily rely on public transit for work or school, and the effective transportation network has spurred economic development.To get there, the Salt Lake City Council adopted a citywide transit ma
  • Ramesh Ponnuru: The tax bill won't matter when it's time to vote

    “There’s nothing wrong with supply-side economics that division by ten wouldn’t cure.” The quip came from Charles Schultze, the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers in Democrat Jimmy Carter’s White House. It meant that improving incentives to work and invest would promote economic growth — but not nearly as much as tax-cutting enthusiasts believed.The point applies to the politics of tax cuts, too. Both parties are exaggerating the impact the tax bill
  • Letter: Path to Positive Utah initiative is a sign leaders are taking climate change seriously

    It was a breath of fresh air to hear the news that business, faith and government leaders have come together to address the threats of air pollution and climate change in the Path to Positive Utah initiative.Obviously, tackling climate change will take a lot more than a press conference, but this initiative is a positive sign that leaders from a variety of institutions are taking climate change seriously. Now it’s time for Gov. Gary Herbert and legislative leaders to show the same courage
  • Embattled BYU guard Nick Emery says he has been cleared of wrongdoing by school's honor code office

    Provo • BYU basketball player Nick Emery, who withdrew from school the day before the season opener, says he has been cleared of any wrongdoing by the school’s honor code office and promises to return to the school and team next year. In a blog entitled “Outlive the Tendency” on the website theoutlive.com published Monday morning, Emery explains why he withdrew from school and says seeing a therapist has helped him through the process. He does not mention a BYU and/or NCAA
  • From Utah football to CrossFit to ‘Broken Skull,’ Tommy Hackenbruck continues to dominate

    Tommy Hackenbruck answered a prospective email from a reality TV show three years ago, tantalized by the idea of a physical competition that might earn him extra money to fund his growing CrossFit business.“It was just a completely random thing,” he said.Well, sometimes random inquiries can pay huge dividends.Hackenbruck, a former University of Utah linebacker, turned out to be the exact kind of guy wanted by the producers of the “Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge.&rd
  • Police ID victim in deadly shooting when people rushed into Taylorsville home Sunday

    Police have identified a man who was shot and killed after suspects rushed into a Taylorsville home Sunday morning.The victim, police said, was 30-year-old Toussaint Tyler, who appears to live at the apartment complex where the shooting took place, according to court records.Tyler’s Facebook profile says that he’s originally from Kent, Wash., and graduated from Kentwood High School. He played as a guard for Central Washington University basketball during the 2009-2010 and the 2011-20
  • Letter: Romney denying Moore his day in court

    Mitt Romney, the failed presidential candidate, said of Judge Roy Moore on CNN that the judge is guilty of sexual misconduct even if he is not actually guilty. Romney claims that Moore is considered guilty because there can be no defense and because one cannot disprove the allegations. As of this writing, Moore has denied the allegations of sexual misconduct. So where do we go from here?Moore deserves to face his accusers and have the real truth come out and if those individuals will not do so,
  • Minority students drive improvement in Utah’s high school graduation rate

    Utah’s high school graduation rate continued its upward climb in 2017, fueled in significant part by improvement among minority students.Statewide, 86 percent of high school seniors earned their diploma this year, an increase of five percentage points in as many years, according to Utah Board of Education data released Monday.Graduation rates for all demographic groups tracked by the state school board either remained the same or improved compared to 2016. And gains among all racial minori
  • Kragthorpe: Baseball's Jack Morris becomes BYU's most unlikely Hall of Fame athlete

    Like many achievements of the past, Vance Law’s home run in that Monday Night Baseball game in Detroit just traveled a lot deeper into the left-field seats of Tiger Stadium.That’s because Law now can say he once homered off another Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher – and a former BYU teammate.Jack Morris’ Hall of Fame election Sunday via the the Modern Baseball Era committee’s vote ended a long wait. The honor makes Morris the most unlikely Cougar athlete to go into a p
  • Tribune Editorial: Utah should not tell other states what their gun laws are

    Utah — or at least most of Utah’s elected officials — are often heard extolling the virtue of states’ rights. Whether the issue is public lands or marriage equality or education, you don’t rise very high in this state’s political circles unless you are all about the 10th Amendment.Except when they aren’t.Utah, by and through its attorney general, Sean Reyes, has joined with the top cops of 20 other states (Republicans all) to support the passage of a bil
  • Keep — not release — new mantra for fishing lake trout at Flaming Gorge Reservoir

    Sometimes anglers can help a fishery by keeping and not releasing their catch.That has certainly been the case at Lake Powell, where for years biologists have encouraged anglers to keep striped bass. It has been the case at other reservoirs where species such as perch, bluegill or walleye have reproduced to the point where there is nothing for them to eat.That situation is now occurring at Flaming Gorge Reservoir, where biologists are urging anglers to keep a limit of eight lake trout, rememberi
  • [Deseret Morning News] - Morning links: Donovan Mitchell for Markelle Fultz trade?; Gordon Hayward wants to return this season

    ... rew Sharp and Ben Golliver recently debated in a larger discussion about the Jazz. Fultz has been severely limited by injury thus far this season, while Mitch ...
  • 3 Trump accusers speak out, call for congressional probe

    Washington • Three women who have previously accused President Donald Trump of sexual harassment are sharing their stories on NBC's "Megyn Kelly Today."Jessica Leeds, Samantha Holvey and Rachel Crooks on Monday told of alleged harassment by Trump spanning decades.The White House called the claims false and "totally disputed in most cases." It said "the timing and absurdity of these false claims speak volumes."One of the accusers, Rachel Crooks, called the White House statement "laughable."C
  • Morning links: Donovan Mitchell for Markelle Fultz trade?; Gordon Hayward wants to return this season

    Would the Philadelphia 76ers make a trade to swap the 2017 No. 1 overall pick, Markelle Fultz, for Utah Jazz rookie guard Donovan Mitchell if presented with the opportunity?That's one of the questions Sports Illustrated writers Andrew Sharp and Ben Golliver recently debated in a larger discussion about the Jazz.Fultz has been severely limited by injury thus far this season, while Mitchell, the No. 13 pick, has gotten off to a tremendous start."I think the idea makes a lot more sense in theory th
  • Letter: The top 1 percent don’t need a 10 percent tax break — you do

    Here’s a simple question. Would you rather receive $3 per week or $1,500 per week?A no-brainer, right?Not for our Utah congressional delegation.In the GOP tax plan they support, a Utah family earning a decent but not extravagant income of $83,000 a year would receive a piddling annual tax break of $160. That’s $3 a week or about 0.2 percent of your annual income.But if you pull in $750,000, your tax break would be $75,000, fully 10 percent of your annual income and almost $1,500 a w

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