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• Donovan Mitchell honors former Jazz star Darrell Griffith with custom hoodie ahead of dunk contest

  17-02-2018 23:55
  LOS ANGELES — Donovan Mitchell broke out some new gear Saturday.As he settled into his seat to address reporters for the second day of NBA All-Star media availability, the stocky 21-year-old showed off his fresh, new, customized hoodie.The sleeveless top was purple on one side and white on the other with the vintage Utah Jazz logo and No. 35 on the front. Across the top of the back, it read: “Griffith.”True Utah Jazz fans are familiar with this legendary figure known as “
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - The Latest: George hears from Lakers fans, 'We want Paul!'

  17-02-2018 23:37 via sportspyder.com
  ...Facebook Twitter Email Print Save U.S. Team's Donovan Mitchell, of the Utah Jazz, goes up for a dunk as Bogdan Bogdanovic, of the Sacramento Kings, watches d ...
  
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• Respect, @Dame_Lillard 🕷⌚️ https://t.co/ZUhCd3oVao

  17-02-2018 23:37 via twitter.com
  
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  17-02-2018 23:27 via twitter.com
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• .@spidadmitchell reliving some of his best dunks of the year. Did you know Donovan Mitchell is afraid of heights? 🤔… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-02-2018 22:53 via twitter.com
  .@spidadmitchell reliving some of his best dunks of the year. Did you know Donovan Mitchell is afraid of heights? 🤔… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Washington Post Editorial: Ban these weapons of war

  17-02-2018 22:26
  Watching relieved parents reunite with their children in the immediate aftermath of Wednesday’s mass shooting at a South Florida high school, it was impossible not to think about the others — the less fortunate ones. The parents frantically calling their children’s cellphones, hearing their panicked calls go straight to voice mail,slowly coming to understand that they would never hug their child again.In the latest school shooting — a phrase so grotesquely, uniquely commo
  
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• Commentary: Interior ignores booming recreation economy and opens public land for oil and gas

  17-02-2018 22:25
  Last week the Interior Department issued a new policy streamlining oil and gas drilling on federal public land by cutting back on opportunities for the public to review and comment on leasing proposals and making environmental reviews optional.This new announcement could have a serious effect on communities like Springdale, near Zion National Park, where recreation brings more reliable revenue and jobs than oil and gas. I am the owner of Zion Cycles in Springdale, which has been offering bike re
  
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• Altamont squeezes past Rockwell to punch ticket to state quarterfinals

  17-02-2018 22:19
  St. George • Round 3 came Saturday in the first round of the Class 2A boys’ basketball state tournament at Desert Hills High School.And this meeting between Rockwell and Altamont, like the two previous games, came down to the wire in another classic game between the Marshalls and Longhorns.Altamont, led by seniors Riley Braman and Zachary Hansen, who had a game-high 19 points apiece, rallied late in the fourth quarter to take down Rockwell 55-53.Kiephlen Rife and Brenton Stearns both
  
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• Morgan Kane, an Iowa State commit, provides a powerful inside presence as Riverton prepares for state tourney run

  17-02-2018 22:04
  Riverton • Minutes before her final home game as a senior, Morgan Kane stood in the hallway outside Riverton’s gym reflecting on the choice that brought her to this moment.After attending The Waterford School in Sandy from second through ninth grade, a mentor suggested she seek out a public school to make basketball a priority just three years after she started taking the game seriously.She embarked on her own unofficial scouting trip, watching the girls’ state tournament to dec
  
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• Red Rocks expect hostile crowd Sunday when they visit UCLA

  17-02-2018 21:59
  UCLA coach Valorie Kondos Field left the floor in a huff after her team suffered a loss at Utah last year because she felt some of Utah’s fans were rude to her gymnasts.So what kind of welcome are the third-ranked Utes expecting Sunday when they compete at second-ranked UCLA?“It will be the roughest crowd we’ve faced,” Utah coach Megan Marsden said.A rowdy atmosphere just might be what the Utes need at this point in the season. Utah has proven it is comfortable competing
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - 2018 Slam Dunk Contest Preview

  17-02-2018 21:38 via sportspyder.com
  ... From SLC Dunk Trending Find Tickets Fri Feb 23 Portland Trail Blazers @ Utah Jazz 7:00 PM - Vivint Smart Home Arena - Salt Lake City, UT Sat Feb 24 Dallas Mav ...
  
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• Spida Dunkenstein https://t.co/hT686pIk0d

  17-02-2018 21:29 via twitter.com
  
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• [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - Utah Jazz: The Donovan Mitchell 2018 Slam Dunk Contest primer

  17-02-2018 21:25 via sportspyder.com
  ... he won’t back down from anyone. Donovan Mitchell shows off his bounce in the Jazz’s loss to the Nuggets. (via @BleacherReport) pic.twitter.com/qfsAW02BYk — SW ...
  
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• Police say 85-year-old Utah man killed in Richfield house blaze after fire extinguisher failed

  17-02-2018 21:22
  An 85-year-old Sevier County man died early Saturday when a fire extinguisher his wife used to try to quell a blaze in his bedroom failed.About 4 a.m., Owen Kay Reynolds of Richfield woke up his wife, 61-year-old Linda Reynolds, as he yelled for the fire extinguisher. She grabbed it from the kitchen and ran to his bedroom, where she found a fire, according to a news release from the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office.When she pulled the pin and squeezed the lever, nothing happened, the release
  
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• Juab’s Easton Wright’s 3 an overtime dagger to slay Summit Academy in state tournament opener

  17-02-2018 21:18
  Heber City • The Juab-Summit Academy game looked on paper like one of those classic first-round state basketball tournament mismatches.The Salt Lake County-based Bears came in with a much better record and plenty of experience. The small-town Wasps were 8-13 on the season.But there is a reason games aren’t played on paper.Juab repelled a furious Summit Academy rally then needed an overtime rally of its own to capture a 61-58 upset in the first round of the Class 3A boys’ basketb
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - The Latest: Nash, Kidd headline finalists for 2018 HOF class

  17-02-2018 20:41 via sportspyder.com
  ...Facebook Twitter Email Print Save U.S. Team's Donovan Mitchell, of the Utah Jazz, goes up for a dunk as Bogdan Bogdanovic, of the Sacramento Kings, watches d ...
  
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• The 1993 All-Star Game helped put the Jazz on the NBA map

  17-02-2018 20:23
  In 1993, choosing which city would host the NBA All-Star Game was a streamlined process. Team owners submitted their bids. League officials looked at the pros and cons.But really, one man made the decision.“Back in the day,” former commissioner David Stern told The Tribune, “the commissioner could put his finger on the scale.”Why Salt Lake City? There were bigger towns with more hotels and entertainment options. There were places where it would’ve been easier to hos
  
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• Nathan Chen didn’t live up to the hype at the Olympics. Or did he?

  17-02-2018 20:21
  Gangneung, South Korea • A few hours after Nathan Chen again rearranged the history of his sport, he was known as “that American kid” to diners at a table inside a restaurant a block away from the Olympic athlete village in Gangneung. A group of New Zealand Olympic staffers were enjoying a meal, sheltered inside from the bitter cold, when one asked his friends if they’d heard what transpired. “That American kid,” he exclaimed. “He landed six quads. Six! F
  
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• Aaron Falk: USA vs. Russia ice hockey feels like an impostor without NHL players

  17-02-2018 20:15
  Gangneung, South Korea • There he stood, chin jutting out, chest puffed, stoic as the day he crossed the Delaware, only this time he was taking a picture with a woman at a hockey game.“My name is George Washington,” he said then paused. “… I’m not entirely sure of my middle name. I should have Wikipedia’d that.”Few could have represented better the red, white and blue of Team USA hockey Saturday night: dressed the part, passionate and, well, not ex
  
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• Ex-Utah State University football player asks judge to combine six sexual assault cases, move the trial out of Cache County

  17-02-2018 20:09
  A former Utah State University football player accused of sexually assaulting seven women is trying to get his jury trial moved out of Cache County, arguing the community is too small and media coverage too extensive for him to receive a fair trial.Former USU linebacker Torrey Green’s attorney, Skye Lazaro, is also arguing that six of the seven sexual assault cases being brought against him are so similar they should be combined, according to court documents filed Tuesday in Utah’s 1
  
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• Commentary: Russian general plots our cyber downfall

  17-02-2018 19:50
  Ever heard of the Russian General Valery Gerasimov? He may go down in history, if such things exist in the future, along with Napoleon, Alexander the Great and Hitler as among the greatest conquerors of all time.Gerasimov was the commander of the 58th Army during the Second Chechen War and also served as tank army commander in Afghanistan. His experiences in those conflicts, coupled with the Orange Revolution and the collapse of the Soviet Union, embittered him toward the West. They also turned
  
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• Letter: Rather than prayers, provide counselors and psychologists

  17-02-2018 19:24
  Once again we have a school shooting with 16 students and one teacher killed. All are quick to offer thoughts, prayers and condolences to those who have lost a loved one. I suggest that it would be far better to provide counselors to our schools (one for every 300 students) and psychologists (one for every 1,000 students). Secondly, no student should ever be expelled from school. If one’s behavior is so out of the ordinary that it is the basis for expulsion, it is far more important as an
  
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• Letter: As a combat vet I can safely say an AR-15 shouldn't get in civilian hands

  17-02-2018 19:21
  It happened again. The 18th shooting this year. My representatives, Mia Love and Mike Lee refuse to do anything about the availability of an AR-15.As a combat veteran I have some information for my absent officials in Washington: The round comes out of the barrel of an AR-15 at 3000 ft. per second. It is designed to tumble and when it hits a body it ricochets off the internal organs, tearing tissue and bouncing off bones.There is no reason a civilian should own this weapon.Where are my senator a
  
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• Letter: Zinke is selling off public lands in the most opaque way

  17-02-2018 19:19
  Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and other public lands are now up for oil/gas leasing. It’s not surprising that the process is happening behind closed doors either. This administration can’t stop crossing the line with what’s legal and what’s unprecedented.I recently spoke at a rally at the Salt Palace Convention Center to stand against shrinking our national monuments and further exploitation of those places ­ driven by new federal recommendat
  
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• Letter: Why is Romney, a man with integrity, so abhorrent to Republicans?

  17-02-2018 19:16
  I’m at a loss to understand what exactly Rob Anderson, the Utah GOP chairman, has against Mitt Romney.Romney has lived in Utah, does own homes here (several, I believe) and certainly represents Utah values far more than Orrin Hatch or his ilk.Perhaps it’s that he’s an outspoken critic of a corrupt president and administration that daily defiles the standards and ethics of decency. Why is a man with some integrity and honor so abhorrent to current Republicans?Might the greater q
  
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• Letter: Noel wants to waste money so Utah can be the open pit mine of the nation

  17-02-2018 19:12
  State Rep. Mike Noel is unhappy with California exercising its right to clean up the environment by asking its providers to adhere to their rules. This tried and true tactic is used by industry all the time. If you want to be a supplier you will participate in their vision for their company. We don’t think twice about forcing our values on others such as brewers. We either outlaw their products outright or add tariffs and procedural roadblocks to enforce our desires.Instead of trying to bu
  
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• Letter: Nukes don't kill people — people kill people — and, to protect myself, I need a nuke

  17-02-2018 19:09
  In light of the recent school shooting in Florida, I have realized that I need to exercise my right to bear arms. It is the only way to keep my family safe. I used to think a knife or a bat was enough. Then maybe a handgun or shotgun. Later I thought, no, an AR-15 under the bed should do the trick. In light of recent events, I have deteremined that the only way I can properly exercise my right to bear arms is to go nuclear.Yes, Editor, I have decided I need to make my own nuclear weapon. You see
  
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• Bishop Solis: Dreamers bring diversity and hope to our nation

  17-02-2018 19:05
  In early September, the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City held a prayer service at St. Catherine of Siena Newman Center at the University of Utah to pray for those impacted by the repeal of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, commonly referred to as DACA.At the time, many of us were concerned about the effect this decision would have on our communities here in Salt Lake City and across the country. I had the opportunity to pray with many of the young people from our parish communities affec
  
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• Commentary: It’s Trump’s world. We just live in it.

  17-02-2018 19:03
  “Sometimes, in spite of its stolid, boring commitment to lying, a despotic regime will actually tell you all you need to know.”— Christopher Hitchens in Vanity FairChristopher Hitchens knew Donald Trump well enough to describe him as a “nutball narcissistic tycoon.”Who knows how Hitchens, who died in 2011, would describe Trump today? Even with as little as he knew of the man, he certainly would have anticipated Trump’s profligate “commitment to lying&rdq
  
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• 👀 (via @spidadmitchell IG) https://t.co/yabzX4CNKB

  17-02-2018 19:01 via twitter.com
  
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• Senior Tay BoClair’s signature move in her Utah women's basketball career? Embracing change

  17-02-2018 19:00
  Along with the flood of emotions that come with playing in front of friends and fans for the last time, Utes senior wing Tanaeya “Tay” BoClair will walk away feeling that she and her classmates leave the program better off than they found it. The same might also be said about the program’s impact on BoClair. One of four seniors for the Utah women’s basketball team, she will play the final home game of her career at 2 p.m. Sunday against Washington at the Huntsman Center.B
  
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• 2 old, small liquor stores in Salt Lake City may get bigger, better digs under DABC plan

  17-02-2018 18:46
  Two Salt Lake City liquor stores — among the oldest and smallest in the state — soon may be replaced. The Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control has requested money from the 2018 Legislature to replace the 36-year-old store at 1615 Foothill Drive, said DABC spokesman Terry Wood. “We’re hoping for approval this session.”The liquor agency also is “actively searching for a solution” to the controversial store at 204 W. 400 South, Wood said.Last year,
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Kragthorpe: No ‘Scarlet Letter’ for Nathan Chen thanks to his sterling comeback

  17-02-2018 18:30 via sportspyder.com
  ... s purists When not preparing for the Olympics, Nathan Chen cheers on surging Jazz That’s the reality of the Olympics. There’s nothing like the buildup to the...
  
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• Aaron Falk: USA vs. Russia ice hockey feels like an imposter without NHL players

  17-02-2018 18:21
  Gangneung, South Korea • There he stood, chin jutting out, chest puffed, stoic as the day he crossed the Delaware, only this time he was taking a picture with a woman at a hockey game.“My name is George Washington,” he said then paused. “… I’m not entirely sure of my middle name. I should have Wikipedia’d that.”Few could have represented better the red, white and blue of Team USA hockey Saturday night: dressed the part, passionate and, well, not ex
  
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• Kragthorpe: No ‘Scarlet Letter’ for Nathan Chen thanks to his sterling comeback

  17-02-2018 18:20
  The author whose name adorns Hawthorne Elementary, the school Nathan Chen attended in a diverse, unpretentious neighborhood in the heart of Salt Lake City, famously wrote a book about a character subjected to shaming and social stigmatizing.Hester Prynne never even competed in the Olympics.Chen will have to live with the short-program effort that landed him in 17th place and doomed him to finish out of the medals in the men’s figure skating competition in Pyeongchang. He deserves some degr
  
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• Christopher Kamrani: American Katie Uhlaender will leave Pyeonchang unfairly empty-handed

  17-02-2018 18:13
  Pyeongchang, South KoreaDon’t cry for Katie Uhlaender. Cry with her. That’s what she’d want. Shed a couple happy tears. be proud of this American legend who spent the last two decades putting herself and her body through hell for a bite at an Olympic medal.She had one, recently. It was awarded to her after she was cheated out of it in Sochi, but never given. For just over two months, Uhlaender was destined to have bronze, those four-hundredths of a second she was shy at the 201
  
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• Utah student Mac Bohonnon struggles, fails to qualify for men's aerials finals

  17-02-2018 18:10
  Pyeongchang, South Korea • Three seconds. That’s what it boils down to. Who can tuck the tightest, who can spin the fastest, who can flip with most speed, and ultimately, who can land it cleanly. Mac Bohonnon knows this. Every Olympic aerialist does. But it doesn’t quell the sting or the immediacy of dreams vanishing in three seconds.“It’s part of our sport,” said Bohonnon. “It’s something that all of us have gotten used to and you have to get used
  
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• Nathan Chen Gets a Different Kind of Reward

  17-02-2018 17:24 via nytimes.com
  With nothing to lose but pride, the 18-year-old took some risks, and they finally paid off.
  
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• Layton man accused of defrauding elderly Mormon missionary out of $111,000

  17-02-2018 17:24
  A Layton man previously convicted of fraud allegedly fell into old habits last spring, conning an 87-year-old LDS missionary out of $111,000 after they met in a 12-step program.Over the course of five months, Keith Evan McKnight got the victim to write 190 checks, court documents state.McKnight, 54, was charged Thursday in 2nd District Court with second-degree-felony communications fraud.McKnight met the victim at a 12-step program for which the victim was assisting in counseling sessions as par
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Previewing Donovan Mitchell and the Dunk Contest field

  17-02-2018 17:00 via sportspyder.com
  ... Utah Jazz rook Mitchell, US team walloped in Rising Stars game by Ryan Aston ...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Previewing Donovan Mitchell and the Dunk Contest field

  17-02-2018 16:44
  Tonight’s Dunk Contest featuring Utah Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell and three other high-flyers should be an exhilarating sight to behold! Last night’s Rising Stars Challenge went about as one would expect. Lots of individual efforts on offense, little to no defense and plenty of threes and dunks which resulted in a lopsided 155-124 win for […]
  Utah Jazz: Previewing Donovan Mitchell and the Dunk Contest field - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opi
  
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• George Pyle: Mitt Romney and the Decent Interval

  17-02-2018 15:35
  It is not Mitt Romney’s fault that the apparent length of the Decent Interval between a massacre of innocent teenagers — in this case by a neo-Nazi whose cause and means have received aid and comfort from the United States government — and a return to politics as usual is less than 48 hours.Mitt doesn’t make the rules.He is just running for the United States Senate. A place brimming with thoughts and prayers but no obvious desire to do anything to make the nation it suppo
  
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• [Torn By Sports] - Episode 140: Eleven! and Prepping for NBA All-Star Weekend

  17-02-2018 15:31 via sportspyder.com
  ... Podcast: Play in new window | Download The Utah Jazz run their winning streak to eleven! Jae Crowder has an impact and the Jazz a ...
  
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• This Salt Lake City startup says its stem cell treatment will regenerate skin; a New Orleans doctor says it’s working for a burned boy

  17-02-2018 15:01
  The blast of gas and steam burned through Leonard Tayon’s coveralls and skin, down to his muscles and tendons. The liners in his hard hat melted into his head. His rubber gloves melted onto his hands.Skin grafts saved his life after the accident at U.S. Magnesium’s plant on the Great Salt Lake. But he endured pain so intense that he clenched his teeth even when he was unconscious. His skin remains scarred. During his recovery, he had “the worst feeling of loneliness, more inte
  
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• Whether preventing a tragedy or being prepared for one, Utah police train for school shootings year-round

  17-02-2018 15:00
  Twenty years ago, a girl was walking through the hallway at Alta High School when she overheard a new student say he had a gun.She reported what she heard to the hall monitor, who told Capt. Justin Chapman. It was the school resource officer’s second day on his new assignment at the Sandy school.Because of the tip, Chapman discovered that the new student had brought an assault rifle to school.
  Months later, 12 students and a teacher were killed in a massacre at Columbine High School in Col
  
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• U. of U. student Mac Bohonnon struggles, fails to qualify for men's aerials finals

  17-02-2018 14:16
  Pyeongchang, South Korea • Three seconds. That’s what it boils down to. Who can tuck the tightest, who can spin the fastest, who can flip with most speed, and ultimately, who can land it cleanly. Mac Bohonnon knows this. Every Olympic aerialist does. But it doesn’t quell the sting or the immediacy of dreams vanishing in three seconds.“It’s part of our sport,” said Bohonnon. “It’s something that all of us have gotten used to and you have to get used
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz rook Mitchell, US team walloped in Rising Stars game

  17-02-2018 07:48 via sportspyder.com
  ... and stuck his long arms into passing lanes. Not unlike his tendency with the Jazz in games that actually matter. Perhaps the best example of this came at the...
  
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• Utah Jazz rook Mitchell, US team walloped in Rising Stars game

  17-02-2018 07:34
  First-year phenom Donovan Mitchell of the Utah Jazz joined the US team for Friday’s Rising Stars game at NBA All-Star Weekend. The NBA’s Rising Stars game officially tipped off the festivities at All-Star Weekend 2018. As is its custom, the annual rookie-sophomore bout was more about style than substance; dazzling dunks in lieu of defense. […]
  Utah Jazz rook Mitchell, US team walloped in Rising Stars game - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinio
  
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• Mitt Romney outlines policies to cap his first day of campaigning for Utah’s soon-to-be-open U.S. Senate seat

  17-02-2018 07:13
  Provo • Hours after announcing his campaign for U.S. Senate, Mitt Romney spent his first speech as a candidate making the case to a roomful of Republicans that he is conservative enough and Utahn enough — just maybe not as young as they might think. “I’m not worried about the junior-senator title,” the 70-year-old said with a laugh. “At my age, being called junior is a compliment.”The 2012 GOP presidential candidate and former governor of Massachusetts is
  
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