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• Amber Phillips: The sorry state of female representation in Congress just got slightly better thanks to Tina Smith

  03-01-2018 23:59
  Here’s a pathetic statistic for you: By the end of the day Wednesday, the number of women serving in the Senate at once will hit a record high of 22. Out of 100 seats.Put another way, slightly more than a fifth of U.S. senators are women; four-fifths are men. This record is hardly a representative ratio, and it underscores women are still a long way from equal representation in Congress.Tina Smith is the reason there are more Senate women serving now than there ever have been. The former l
  
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• Thai restaurant in Sandy shut down after inspectors find dirty appliances, a broken sink and a bedroom next to the kitchen

  03-01-2018 23:57
  Dirty appliances, a broken hand sink and a bedroom connected to the kitchen are among nearly three dozen reasons Inspectors from the Salt Lake County Health Department shut down a Sandy restaurant. On Wednesday, Thai Mango, 8008 S. 1300 East, was closed for “presenting an imminent health hazard,” a report on the department website shows. Inspectors discovered 35 violations — 10 of which are considered critical to human health.The restaurant will remain closed until the owners h
  
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• Readers recall their surprise meetings with Mormon prophet Thomas S. Monson

  03-01-2018 23:56
  He made headlines delivering carefully crafted sermons in huge halls, but he touched hearts through humanitarian visits at hospitals and nursing homes and from chance encounters at restaurants and sports arenas.Here, readers recount their unexpected meetings with LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson:Sheldon Gilbert • My little brother was diagnosed with leukemia while serving as missionary in Ghana. While at the University of Utah hospital, Monson surprised him with a visit — and a l
  
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• Nearly six months after a man was fatally shot in Salt Lake City’s downtown homeless district, police still searching for clues

  03-01-2018 23:54
  Seconds of surveillance footage showing two men walking down the sidewalk are among the only leads police have in the death of a man killed in Salt Lake City’s downtown homeless district in July.Shawn Manymules’ death is the police department’s only unsolved homicide of 2017, police said.Manymules, 26, was fatally shot July 26 on 400 West between 300 South and 400 South, a day after another violent death in the downtown area frequented by people who are experiencing homelessnes
  
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• Utah middle-schoolers still have to take art, health and gym classes under the state school board's new policy

  03-01-2018 23:39
  A 13-year-old viola prodigy may not have to take an art class, and their friend, the track-and-field star, might skip gym, but electives for most middle-school students are here to stay after a Utah Board of Education vote Wednesday.The board’s decision culminates months of debate over whether, and how much, the state should require students in seventh and eighth grades to complete courses outside the core subjects of math, English, science and history.Back in August, board members voted t
  
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• Gov. Gary Herbert predicts that voters will legalize medical marijuana in Utah

  03-01-2018 23:32
  Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said Wednesday that Utahns will vote to legalize medical marijuana. Whether that will be this November — when it may be on the ballot as an intiative — or a future year, the governor didn’t say.Speaking to a middle school class in Riverton, Herbert was asked by a student about legalization in the Beehive State. “I think they will” legalize it, he said, according to a Fox 13 reporter who was in attendance, who noted adults in the room raised th
  
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• Washington State star Hercules Mata’afa to skip senior season

  03-01-2018 23:19
  Pullman, Wash. • Washington State defensive tackle Hercules Mata'afa is skipping his senior year and will enter the NFL draft.The Lahaina, Hawaii, native announced on Twitter that he will seek a pro job on the heels of a dominant junior season. He led the Pac-12 Conference in sacks at 10.5 and tackles for loss at 22.5.Mata'afa, a dominant pass rusher, was an All-America selection for the first time this season.
  
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• Justin Bibbins has quickly become a leader for the Utes, but big tests await with Arizona and Arizona State coming to town

  03-01-2018 23:11
  Thanks to graduation and transfers, the Utes came into this season with potentially a huge void in the backcourt next to returning junior Sedrick Barefield.Now as Pac-12 play gets into full swing, it’s clear that all it took to fill that void was 5-foot-8, 150-pound graduate transfer Justin Bibbins.In just 13 games, Bibbins has already taken a leadership role, provided a needed perimeter scoring option, shown a steely-nerved demeanor in crucial situations of close games and a willingness t
  
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• Bagley: Comparing Arsenals

  03-01-2018 23:07
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018.You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below.Farewell to OrrinWhose Land Is This?2017 Year in ReviewVictory in the War on ChristmasHatch and Trump Play the LyreFour Gulls a-GatheredDisney Hall of PresidentsGOP Disaster ReliefUtah Women and the Hive MindTax Cut Hail MaryWant more? Become a fan on Facebook.
  
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• LiAngelo and LeMelo Ball — and their dad, of course — land amid fan renzy in Lithuania

  03-01-2018 23:04
  Vilnius, Lithuania • The brothers of Los Angeles Lakers point guard Lonzo Ball landed in rainy Lithuania on Wednesday night to start their career at a local basketball club.The 19-year-old LiAngelo and his younger brother LaMelo, who is 16, signed professional one-year contracts with BC Prienai last month."It's surely no California and it's cold, but I think we will like it here," LeMelo told reporters as they walked through the crowd towards the "Party Bus," which was to take them to Prien
  
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  03-01-2018 22:34 via twitter.com
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• Immigration official wants politicians in sanctuary cities to be charged with crimes

  03-01-2018 22:26
  Washington • The acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says politicians who run sanctuary cities should be charged with crimes.Thomas Homan said in an interview Tuesday with Fox News Channel's Neil Cavuto that the Department of Justice needs to file charges against municipalities that don't cooperate with federal immigration authorities and deny them funding.He also says politicians should be held "personally accountable" for crimes committed by people living in the U.
  
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• Margaret Sullivan: Criticism of The New York Times has reached fever pitch. Here's why.

  03-01-2018 22:09
  When most newspapers get a new publisher, few people know or care. It gets a shrug, except by those directly affected.But when Arthur Sulzberger took over this week as the top boss at The New York Times, even President Trump took notice, blurting out a tweet that managed to be simultaneously insulting, congratulatory and divisive. (“The Failing New York Times has a new publisher, A.G. Sulzberger. Congratulations! Here is a last chance for the Times to fulfill the vision of its Founder, Ado
  
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• Manafort challenges his indictment in Russia probe by filing lawsuit against Mueller

  03-01-2018 22:04
  Ex-Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort on Wednesday challenged his indictment by Special Counsel Robert Mueller in a federal lawsuit, saying the Justice Department’s prosecution of him over his business dealings have nothing to do with Mueller’s investigation on Russian interference in last year’s presidential campaign.Manafort’s attorneys argue in a 17-page lawsuit filed in federal court in Washington that the department exceeded its legal authority when Acting Attorney
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jazz expect Pelicans will be ready for Donovan Mitchell, who torched them in teams’ last meeting

  03-01-2018 22:01 via sportspyder.com
  ...play him differently and to give him some different coverages.” PELICANS AT JAZZ When • Wednesday, 7 p.m. TV • ATTSN It’s a big game for both teams. The Jazz ...
  
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• Senate Majority Whip hopes for Mitt Romney run, says he’d be ‘terrific addition’

  03-01-2018 21:30
  Washington • Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn said Wednesday that he hopes Mitt Romney launches a bid for the Senate now that Orrin Hatch is bowing out.Cornyn, a Texas Republican, said he is sad to lose Hatch in the Senate but he would encourage Romney to run.“I think he’d be a terrific addition,” Cornyn told The Salt Lake Tribune off the Senate floor Wednesday.Romney is considering a bid for Hatch’s seat now that the senator has announced that he’s not going t
  
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• [The Score] - Jazz's Mitchell 'would love' to compete in dunk contest

  03-01-2018 21:22 via sportspyder.com
  ... Jazz's Mitchell 'would love' to compete in dunk contest | theScore.com nba Jazz's Mitchell 'would love' to compete in dunk contest by 56m ago Jonathan Danie ...
  
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• Utah Royals make first international signing

  03-01-2018 21:16
  Utah Royals coach Laura Harvey, who has a track record of bringing international talent to the NWSL, has made the first international signing of her tenure in Utah.The Royals have signed Icelandic midfielder Gunnhildur Jonsdottir, the team announced Wednesday. At the end of her contract with Norwegian club Vålerenga, Jonsdottir will be added to the Utah roster pending receipt of her P-1 Visa and International Transfer Certificate.“I am so excited and grateful for the opportunity to p
  
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• ‘Mormon Land’ special edition: The life and legacy of Thomas S. Monson — from a strict gay policy to a Scouting split and younger missionaries

  03-01-2018 21:08
  After 10 years as LDS Church president and more than five decades as a general authority, Thomas S. Monson is dead. For what will he be remembered? His heartfelt stories about helping widows or a tough policy on same-sex couples? Lowering the ages for full-time missionaries or a continuing pullback from the Boy Scouts he so dearly loved?Matthew Bowman, a history professor at Henderson State University in Arkansas and author of “The Mormon People: The Making of an American Faith,” dis
  
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• Jazz expect Pelicans will be ready for Donovan Mitchell, who torched them in teams’ last meeting

  03-01-2018 21:08
  For the Jazz, starting the New Year off right won’t be easy.Players and coaches acknowledged this after Wednesday morning’s shootaround, ahead of the 7 p.m. matchup with the New Orleans Pelicans.
  For one thing, the element of surprise is gone. Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell notched a career-high 41 points in a December win over New Orleans at Vivint Smart Home Arena. The Jazz are aware New Orleans will have Mitchell at the top of their scouting report.“That was a different set of
  
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• Utah man charged with fatally shooting teacher in Virginia

  03-01-2018 21:04
  Norfolk, Va. • Police in Virginia say a Utah man has been charged with fatally shooting a schoolteacher in Norfolk on New Year's Eve.Norfolk Police said in a statement Wednesday that 70-year-old Edward Shaw of Sevier, Utah, was charged with second-degree murder in the death of 50-year-old Caroline M. Hendrix.Officers say Hendrix was shot about 8 p.m. Sunday in her car. She died at a local hospital.Investigators say about an hour later, police found Shaw in his car, suffering from gunshot wo
  
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• Navajo Nation's economic development director steps down

  03-01-2018 20:59
  Window Rock, Ariz. • The director of the Navajo Nation's Division of Economic Development has stepped down.Tribal officials say Crystal Deschinny left the job Tuesday for personal reasons.Deschinny was appointed to the position in March 2016 and brought a background in financial investment, investment management and diversifying economic development.Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye praised Deschinny for her work and says she has helped the tribe to better place businesses in economica
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz-NOLA: Ricky Rubio, Rajon Rondo battle for dimes

  03-01-2018 20:42 via sportspyder.com
  ...has been a tough matchup for Rubio historically. More from The J-Notes Utah Jazz: Damian Lillard states Donovan Mitchell is his favorite rookie 2h ago Utah J ...
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Damian Lillard states Donovan Mitchell is his favorite rookie

  03-01-2018 20:42 via sportspyder.com
  ... dLouisville™ (@LiveFeedLville) December 24, 2017 Watch "Chris Paul says Utah Jazz 'got a gem' in Donovan Mitchell | NBA on ESPN" on YouTube https://t.co/fy8JG ...
  
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• Rodney Hood Shootaround Interview - 1.3.18 🎥: on.nba.com/2lP5WOd #NOPatUTA https://t.co/1V3MRi7vIG

  03-01-2018 20:37 via twitter.com
  
  Rodney Hood Shootaround Interview - 1.3.18🎥: on.nba.com/2lP5WOd#NOPatUTA https://t.co/1V3MRi7vIG
  
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• Video: Top Mormon leaders, daughter remember Monson

  03-01-2018 20:34
  Some of those closest to LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson remembered his warmth, love for his family, loyalty and friendship, along with his Christ-like service during his lifelong ministry.In a series of video vignettes released by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Monson’s two top advisers, a daughter and a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles praised the man who Mormons have considered a prophet since 2008.In his tribute to Monson, President Henry B. Eyring, M
  
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• Ex-assistant to fired Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez wants $7.5 million

  03-01-2018 20:34
  A claim filed by the former assistant to fired Arizona football coach Rich Rodriguez says he required her to cover up for his extramarital affair with another woman.She also alleged he sexually harassed her.The claim filed by an attorney for the former assistant and her husband was released Wednesday by the Arizona attorney general's office.Lawyer Augustine Jimenez III is seeking a $7.5 million settlement, saying in the claim that jurors who considered a lawsuit against a coach who misused his p
  
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• Head Coach Quin Snyder Shootaround Interview - 1.3.18 🎥: on.nba.com/2E3dX8N #NOPatUTA https://t.co/leva14RxCd

  03-01-2018 20:26 via twitter.com
  
  Head Coach Quin Snyder Shootaround Interview - 1.3.18🎥: on.nba.com/2E3dX8N#NOPatUTA https://t.co/leva14RxCd
  
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• All eyes will be on SLC’s Nathan Chen as U.S. Figure Skating Championships unfold

  03-01-2018 20:24
  San Jose, Calif. • It has been eight years since the kid with the bowl cut skated to center ice and bowed in front of a standing ovation. It was that January night eight years ago that a 10-year-old Nathan Chen made the loudest of introductions to the figure skating world, winning the novice category as a preteen, competing to the tune of the classical “Peter and the Wolf.”It was that same night, when the roars at the 2010 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Spokane, Wash., had
  
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• Greg Sargent: Say it again, Mitt Romney: Trump is unfit to serve

  03-01-2018 20:22
  It is a useful confluence of events that President Donald Trump issued a tweet about nuclear weapons that many experts regard as perhaps his most dangerous and crazy tweet yet at exactly the moment that Mitt Romney is considering a run for the U.S. Senate from Utah.It is useful because a Romney run — and victory — could set an example for other congressional Republicans to follow when it comes to acting as a check on Trump’s many excesses, from his dangerous international blust
  
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• Former Utah juvenile court judge dies

  03-01-2018 20:22
  Former 3rd District Juvenile Court Judge Christine Decker died Tuesday, nearly three years after retiring.According to The Tribune’s past reporting, Decker had been battling cancer.Decker served as judge from August 2004 to February 2015, and following her retirement remained active in training and advisory roles, according to a news release put out Wednesday by Utah State Court officials.“Judge Decker cared deeply about the children and families she served,” Utah Supreme Court
  
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• Our New Years resolution: MORE & MORE THREES!! 3⃣👌3⃣ @MountainAmerica https://t.co/g9Cxr4OjbM

  03-01-2018 20:19 via twitter.com
  
  Our New Years resolution: MORE & MORE THREES!! 3⃣👌3⃣@MountainAmerica https://t.co/g9Cxr4OjbM
  
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• Republicans soon will name two new Utah lawmakers in time for upcoming session

  03-01-2018 20:11
  Republican delegates plan special elections next Tuesday to fill two vacant legislative seats. Eleven candidates — ranging from lawyers to a doctor, engineer, teacher, developers and businesspeople — are running in the two races.The vacancies were created when Sen. Brian Shiozawa, R-Cottonwood Heights, a doctor, resigned to become regional director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Denver, and when Rep. Dean Sanpei, R-Provo, resigned to become senior vice preside
  
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• Jazz center Ekpe Udoh has brought his book club to Utah, and team’s literary-minded fans have responded enthusiastically

  03-01-2018 20:04
  Jazz center Ekpe Udoh sat in a Zions Bank Basketball Center chair a little too small for his 6-foot-10 frame. Because he had just finished a yoga session, he was a little physically fatigued. But his mind was sharp, his oversized hands engulfing a copy of “Little Fires Everywhere”, the second novel by Celeste Ng.That was the scene at Udoh’s book club, the final discussion of a novel featuring as many twists and turns as the title suggests. On a recent Thursday night, 18 members
  
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• 'Your love is like a river': Sen. Orrin Hatch as songwriter

  03-01-2018 19:59
  On the song "The Answer's Not in Washington," composer Orrin Hatch — yes, Sen. Orrin Hatch — cautions against relying on the institutions and operations of government to cure society's ills."We pay our taxes then expect a miracle to come," he laments. "We legislate, we demonstrate, but when all is said and done, the answer's not in Washington where bills and laws are passed, it's in the hearts of honest men who have the will to act."For years, Hatch, the senior Republican senator fro
  
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• Trump says Bannon ‘lost his mind’ after leaving White House

  03-01-2018 19:58
  President Donald Trump denounced his former top strategist, Steve Bannon, on Wednesday, saying that he “lost his mind” after leaving the White House last summer."When he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind," Trump said of Bannon in a statement the White House issued. "Now that he is on his own, Steve is learning that winning isn't as easy as I make it look."The statement represented an emphatic break from the person considered the architect of Trump's presidential c
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz to honor President Monson

  03-01-2018 19:54 via sportspyder.com
  ... ime fan of the NBA team: "The Larry and Gail Miller Family and the Utah Jazz organization express their heartfelt sympathy at the passing of President Th ...
  
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• The Eagles coming to Salt Lake City on May 3

  03-01-2018 19:41
  Classic rock band the Eagles have added four more “An Evening with the Eagles” concerts to their scheduled tour, including a May 3 stop at Salt Lake City’s Vivint Smart Home Arena.
  Tickets go on sale Friday, Jan. 12, at 10 a.m. via Ticketmaster. American Express card members will be given presale access between 10 a.m. Jan. 9 and 10 p.m. Jan. 11. Other presale opportunities will be made available Jan. 11 at 10 a.m. Visit Eagles.com for more ticket information.
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• Dana Milbank: It may be a new year, but it's the same Trump

  03-01-2018 19:41
  Washington • New year. Same old president.2018 was only seven hours and 12 minutes old when President Trump launched his first verbal attack of the year on a foreign country.His target: the unsuspecting nation of Pakistan, which, he charged, has “given us nothing but lies & deceit” and “safe haven to the terrorists.”Only 10 weeks earlier, Trump tweeted about a “much better relationship with Pakistan,” saying, “I want to thank them for their coop
  
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• Utah Jazz to honor President Monson

  03-01-2018 19:35
  The Utah Jazz will hold a moment of silence before Wednesday night's game against New Orleans in honor of President Thomas S. Monson, who died Tuesday night at his home.The Jazz released this thoughtful statement about a respected church leader and longtime fan of the NBA team:"The Larry and Gail Miller Family and the Utah Jazz organization express their heartfelt sympathy at the passing of President Thomas S. Monson. His lifelong service and his impact on the world will always be remembered. He
  
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• Utah Jazz-NOLA: Ricky Rubio, Rajon Rondo battle for dimes

  03-01-2018 19:29
  Pass-first point-men Ricky Rubio and Rajon Rondo square off as the Utah Jazz play host to the New Orleans Pelicans. The New Orleans Pelicans’ Rajon Rondo had himself a game on December 27. In 30 minutes of play, the 31-year-old racked up a career-high 25 assists, leading NOLA to a 128-113 win over the Brooklyn […]
  Utah Jazz-NOLA: Ricky Rubio, Rajon Rondo battle for dimes - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• An appreciation of LDS President Thomas S. Monson from the Larry and Gail Miller family and the Utah Jazz organizat… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  03-01-2018 19:20 via twitter.com
  An appreciation of LDS President Thomas S. Monson from the Larry and Gail Miller family and the Utah Jazz organizat… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Kragthorpe: This is how Kalani Sitake's BYU staff should have looked, from the start

  03-01-2018 19:04
  BYU’s new collection of offensive coaches is just how a good Group of Five football program’s staff should look. The only question is why coach Kalani Sitake and athletic director Tom Holmoe, in some order, needed two years to assemble such a group.As someone who studies this stuff, I wouldn’t judge offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes and BYU’s three other incoming assistants (plus Steve Clark, the only holdover) as a Power Five-level staff. That would be asking a lot, cons
  
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• Utah Jazz: Damian Lillard states Donovan Mitchell is his favorite rookie

  03-01-2018 18:30
  Utah Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell recently received a glowing endorsement from All-Star point guard Damian Lillard. Regardless of how this season ends up, I’m relatively positive that the Utah Jazz’s 2017-18 campaign will forever be remembered as the year of Donovan Mitchell. The rookie had high hopes coming into the season and up to this […]
  Utah Jazz: Damian Lillard states Donovan Mitchell is his favorite rookie - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blog
  
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• Rockmonster Unplugged: President Monson's appreciation of sports

  03-01-2018 18:30
  The first time I realized there are LDS Church leaders who love and follow sports was a few days after BYU won its first postseason football game. I had covered the 1980 Holiday Bowl, and President Thomas S. Monson, then a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, sent me a gracious letter. I was surprised he had the time to even read about such things.Over the ensuing years, I saw him at Utah, BYU and Jazz games and spoke with him on occasion. He was a worldwide church leader, as well as a follower o
  
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• Hey @MichaelRapaport, loved the podcast!! 🙏 Let us know when you're in town, we'll get the DJ on those 1's & 2's… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  03-01-2018 18:25 via twitter.com
  Hey @MichaelRapaport, loved the podcast!! 🙏 Let us know when you're in town, we'll get the DJ on those 1's & 2's… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Watch: Remember the time President Monson surprised Jerry Sloan during a Utah Jazz timeout?

  03-01-2018 17:46 via sportspyder.com
  ... n maybe? Not exactly. The excitement and buzz courtside during and after the Jazz's 121-101 win over the Los Angeles Clippers wasn't for a basketball player....
  
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