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• Utah Jazz, Joe Ingles and Donovan Mitchell garner national attention

  02-03-2018 23:59
  Between an ESPN article and a pair of stories from USA Today, the Utah Jazz received a lot of love from the national media today. Utah Jazz fans are all too familiar with the fact that as a small market organization, it’s not all that common for the team to garner national headlines. Of course, […]
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• Disgruntled Yura Movsisyan waived by Real Salt Lake

  02-03-2018 23:29
  The unhappy marriage between striker Yura Movsisyan and Real Salt Lake is over.
  The Salt Lake Tribune confirmed Friday afternoon that Movsisyan, the team’s highest-paid player, has been waived by RSL after growing increasingly discontented with his lack of playing time during the 2017 season. The story was first reported by mlssoccer.com.
  Major League Soccer clubs will have the chance to claim Movsisyan off waivers, and he will go to the team offering to absorb the highest salary budget ch
  
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• Trust us you'll BEAR-ly notice a difference. Switch your showerheads to help #SlowTheFlow https://t.co/POyHpasKPi

  02-03-2018 23:27 via twitter.com
  
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• Leonid Bershidsky: No, Twitter, healthy conversation can't be engineered

  02-03-2018 23:21
  Facebook’s self-regulatory contortions in the wake of fake news and trolling scandals have gone on, with little visible effect, for months. Now Twitter founder and Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey has announced his company is going to try a different tack — but Dorsey’s approach is arguably even more far-fetched than his Facebook peer Mark Zuckerberg’s: It’s an attempt to view Twitter’s social mess as an engineering problem.In a Twitter thread on Thursday,
  
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• Utah’s Sen. Orrin Hatch apologizes for ‘poorly worded joke’ calling Obamacare supporters 'the stupidest, dumbass people I've ever met'

  02-03-2018 23:18
  Sen. Orrin Hatch has apologized after calling Obamacare supporters “the stupidest, dumbass people I’ve ever met” during a speech on tax reform Thursday — a remark that came less than a year after he asked for more civility in politics.In a written statement, the Utah Republican said it was a “poorly worded joke” that was “not reflective of my actual feelings towards my friends on the other side.”“Throughout my term of service, I have always r
  
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• Mormonism’s top moneyman credits members’ sacrifices and sacred financial principles for faith’s prosperity

  02-03-2018 23:11
  In its fledgling years, the LDS Church was poor, many of its converts giving up everything to follow founder Joseph Smith’s vision of a “restored” gospel.Today, says the faith’s presiding bishop, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints enjoys prosperity due to the sacrificial giving by multiple generations of devout Mormons and the implementation of sound, spiritually informed financial principles by LDS leaders.However, the nearly 16 million-member church’s
  
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• 🏀: #MINatUTA 📺: @ATTSportsNetRM (Xfinity: 693, DirectTV: 683-1, Dish: 451, Hopper: 412-39) 📻: @1280sports 📍:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-03-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
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• After facing doubts about his ability to hang in the Pac-12, American Fork's Tyler Rawson has become the indispensable Ute

  02-03-2018 22:54
  The uncontrollable joy for the game has remained evident on the face of Utah senior forward Tyler Rawson throughout every game this season, with the possible exception of when a foul call has gone against him — his incredulous scowls are second to none in the Pac-12.The unconventional path Rawson has taken to Utah has given him plenty of reasons to flash the big toothy smile of someone who has reaped the rewards of having remained steadfast in chasing his dream amidst doubts.A 6-foot-10,
  
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• Have you seen this week's #MACUMinute with @kristenkenney? 👀 https://t.co/Xgd6JvW4WW

  02-03-2018 22:40 via twitter.com
  
  Have you seen this week's #MACUMinute with @kristenkenney? 👀 https://t.co/Xgd6JvW4WW
  
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• That #FridayFeeling 🙌 Grab your 2018-19 Season tix 🎟️: on.nba.com/2ozN7ju https://t.co/Ff48NSovJV

  02-03-2018 22:36 via twitter.com
  
  That #FridayFeeling 🙌Grab your 2018-19 Season tix 🎟️: on.nba.com/2ozN7ju https://t.co/Ff48NSovJV
  
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• Hatch apologizes for calling Obamacare supporters 'the stupidest, dumbass people I've ever met'

  02-03-2018 22:31
  Sen. Orrin Hatch apologized after calling Obamacare supporters “the stupidest, dumbass people I’ve ever met” during a speech on tax reform Thursday — a remark that came less than a year after he called for more civility in politics.In a written statement, the Utah Republican called it a “poorly worded joke” that was “not reflective of my actual feelings towards my friends on the other side.”“Throughout my term of service, I have always recogn
  
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• Olympic star Raisman files suit against USOC, USA Gymnastics

  02-03-2018 22:26
  Aly Raisman spent months urging the U.S. Olympic Committee and USA Gymnastics to get serious about taking a long hard look into how Larry Nassar's abusive conduct was allowed to run unchecked for so long.Frustrated by what she considers a lack of progress, the six-time Olympic medalist is hoping she can get some answers in court.Raisman has filed a lawsuit against both organizations, claiming they "knew or should have known" about abusive patterns Nassar, a disgraced former national team doctor
  
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• Salt Lake City’s Sea Salt restaurant is closed, leaving neighbors to ask what happened to the dining hot spot

  02-03-2018 22:23
  Why did Sea Salt close?Salt Lake City diners have been asking that question for nearly three weeks, ever since the Italian restaurant at 1709 E. 1300 South was abruptly shuttered.It happened just before Valentine’s Day without warning. One day, customers were enjoying the pizza and pastas created by chef/owner Eric DeBonis; the next day, the breezy restaurant with its open kitchen and marble bar was closed for good.Passersby who look in the windows see an empty space — everything fro
  
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• Proposed trade hub in northwest Salt Lake City gets few tweaks, but city leaders seek more changes as it heads to Senate

  02-03-2018 22:20
  A Senate committee Friday unanimously signed off on amended plans for a commerce-driving land-based port of entry in northwest Salt Lake City, amid objections from city leaders that the latest version still threatens the capital’s autonomy over local taxes and zoning.The bill’s sponsor, Sen. Jerry Stevenson, R-Layton, and Mayor Jackie Biskupski said the two sides would continue to work on addressing the city’s concerns as the bill, now on its way to the full Senate, moves throu
  
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• Gambling in Utah? Senate says don’t bet on it, and moves to close loophole

  02-03-2018 22:14
  Sen. Todd Weiler says he’s shocked — shocked — to find that gambling is going on in Utah.After all, it’s touted as one of only two states that supposedly bans all forms of wagering. Friday, though, Weiler persuaded the Utah Senate to try to close a gambling loophole exploited by some businesses.Senators voted 21-1 to pass SB225, and sent it to the House for consideration.Weiler, R-Woods Cross, said many gas stations and convenience stores in Utah offer what look like slot
  
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• [KSL] - The wild state of the NBA's Western Conference playoff race

  02-03-2018 22:07 via sportspyder.com
  ... of road games: 13 on the road compared to just eight at home. Meanwhile, the Jazz have 11 at home and 10 on the road. The Jazz have three back-to-back sets re ...
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Joe Ingles is a Top 10 small forward

  02-03-2018 21:58 via sportspyder.com
  ... n the rotation. And they call Ingles as old man... The recent success of the Jazz has not come without it’s price, literally. The Salt Lake Tribune recently r ...
  
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• .@UofUHealth Injury Report: Tonight vs. Minnesota Raul Neto (right ankle sprain) is available.

  02-03-2018 21:49 via twitter.com
  .@UofUHealth Injury Report: Tonight vs. Minnesota Raul Neto (right ankle sprain) is available.
  
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• Five women now say they were sexually harassed or assaulted by former Provo Police Chief John King — and a new criminal investigation could be coming

  02-03-2018 21:45
  Five women have now come forward alleging that then-Provo Police Chief John King sexually harassed or assaulted them during the three years that he led the Utah County police department.And as attorneys for the women have filed notices in recent weeks that they intend to sue Provo, city attorneys have indicated in emails that they may ask for a criminal investigation into King’s conduct.In a demand letter filed with the city earlier this week, attorney Michael Young alleges Provo officials
  
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• With their plan and coach in place, Real Salt Lake looking to take a big step forward in 2018

  02-03-2018 21:38
  Real Salt Lake general manager Craig Waibel stood at the corner of the turf field and watched the disparate pieces of the front office’s vision converge.“People have heard me talk about a long-term plan — a long term vision,” Waibel told The Salt Lake Tribune this week. “We’re there. It’s time to reset the next phase.”Of course there will be adjustments made to the roster moving forward, but for the first time in Waibel’s tenure, there’
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah stars in the international TV icon ‘Top Gear’ — if only the Salt Flats hadn’t been so wet

  02-03-2018 21:30 via sportspyder.com
  ...‘The Bachelor’ just entertainment and not demeaning to women? A former Utah Jazz Dancer is battling against other ‘mega fans’ to win a million bucks on ‘Surv ...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Salt Lake City’s Sea Salt restaurant is closed, leaving Sugar House neighbors to ask what happened to the dining hot spot

  02-03-2018 21:30 via sportspyder.com
  ... s could take down signs; the Salt Lake Airport could get more bars; and Utah Jazz fans could carry a beer from VIP areas into the arena, under liquor “clean-u ...
  
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• Former Salt Lake City Councilman Eric Jergensen sentenced to nearly 5 years in prison in New York fraud case

  02-03-2018 21:24
  Former Salt Lake City Councilman Eric Jergensen, 58, was sentenced to 59 months in prison by a federal judge Friday for conspiring to defraud a New York company of $2.5 million.His prison sentence will be followed by three years of supervised release. Jergensen also must pay $2.5 million in restitution to victims, by order of U.S. District Judge Brenda K. Sannes. He was taken into custody following the sentencing in Syracuse, New York.Jergensen and co-defendant Debashis Ghosh, 53, of Chicago, we
  
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• Holly Richardson: One by one is the only way to make a difference

  02-03-2018 21:13
  “Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.” ― Mother Teresa Things were rough during the Great Depression. Jobs evaporated and many families faced desperate circumstances. Some families, though, found themselves with enough and to spare and shared what they could. My 96 year-old grandmother remembers her mother feeding men who came knocking on doors looking for food. My great-grandmother always fed those men — after they did the odd j
  
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• Utah stars in the international TV icon ‘Top Gear’ — if only the Salt Flats hadn’t been so wet

  02-03-2018 21:12
  The international television phenomenon “Top Gear” tries to make Utah a star in its 25th-season premiere on Saturday night — and the state doesn’t entirely cooperate. The stars of the BBC-produced show, which airs on BBC America in the United States, arrived at the Bonneville Salt Flats in October only to discover the famed speedway was largely underwater. That was a huge disappointment for Chris Harris, who hosts the show alongside Matt LeBlanc (“Friends”) a
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz vs. Minnesota Timberwolves: Keeping the dream alive

  02-03-2018 20:39 via sportspyder.com
  ... Utah Jazz: Next 11 games will be vital to playoff hopes by Jared Woodcox ...
  
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• BYU finds itself in a familiar spot at the WCC tournament

  02-03-2018 20:23
  Las Vegas • Two weeks after ice-cold shooting and foul trouble doomed them to an embarrassing 75-62 loss to San Diego at Jenny Craig Pavilion, the BYU Cougars will get another shot at the Toreros on Saturday afternoon at Orleans Arena. But the stakes are much higher this time around. The West Coast Conference men’s quarterfinal pitting third-seeded BYU and sixth-seeded San Diego, which tips off at 2 p.m. MST, represents a chance for redemption for the Cougars (22-9) after that humilia
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Quin Snyder says fatigue is 'overrated' factor as Jazz prepare to host Timberwolves

  02-03-2018 20:21 via sportspyder.com
  ... rticularly Anthony-Towns, who averages 22 points and 12 rebounds against the Jazz during his career. So the Jazz defense will find its hands full even with Bu ...
  
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• Quin Snyder says fatigue is 'overrated' factor as Jazz prepare to host Timberwolves

  02-03-2018 20:17
  On paper, the Utah Jazz (31-30) should have every advantage Friday night.The Minnesota Timberwolves (38-27) caught a late flight out of Portland following a road loss to the Trail Blazers on Thursday. They lost an hour on the journey. They’re without All-Star Jimmy Butler (sidelined by injury for the next month), they’re playing the second game of a back-to-back and their best three remaining players are all top 10 in minutes played this season — including Andrew Wiggins and Ka
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Father of Jae Crowder to make Utah Jazz alumni appearance against Minnesota

  02-03-2018 20:11 via sportspyder.com
  ... for myself to be in the same gym with him watching so I’m excited about it.” Jazz forward Jae Crowder said it’ll be a surreal feeling to see his father in the ...
  
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• Utah Jazz vs. Minnesota Timberwolves: Keeping the dream alive

  02-03-2018 20:06
  The Utah Jazz host the Minnesota Timberwolves in a matchup that will prove important to both teams’ playoff standings. While at first the matchup with the Minnesota Timberwolves appears daunting as the Wolves are the current third seed in the West, it should be noted that they recently lost Jimmy Butler, who was having an […]
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• Father of Jae Crowder to make Utah Jazz alumni appearance against Minnesota

  02-03-2018 20:05
  SALT LAKE CITY — Tonight is a big night for Jae Crowder.Minnesota will in in town to face the Utah Jazz at 8:30 p.m. on ESPN, but more importantly his father, Corey, will be in the stands at Vivint Arena.The same arena, formerly known as the Delta Center, where the former Jazzman suited up for 51 games during the 1991-92 season to average 2.2 points.https://twitter.com/JJSportsBeat/status/969644171291054080Corey can now sit back and enjoy his boy put on a show in the No. 99 uniform.“
  
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• Delta CEO insists 'we are not taking sides' in US gun debate

  02-03-2018 20:00
  Atlanta • After Delta Air Lines withstood swift political retribution in its home state of Georgia for cutting ties with the National Rifle Association, the airline’s chief executive insisted Friday “we are not taking sides” in the national debate over guns.Atlanta-based Delta released an internal memo CEO Ed Bastian sent to employees as GOP Gov. Nathan Deal swiftly signed into law a broad tax bill Republican lawmakers amended to kill a proposed tax break on jet fuel that
  
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• Tonight's 🔑 Matchup: @rudygobert27 vs. @KarlTowns Tipoff 🕰️: 8:30PM MT https://t.co/Fm5PBOvEUB

  02-03-2018 19:41 via twitter.com
  
  Tonight's 🔑 Matchup: @rudygobert27 vs. @KarlTowns Tipoff 🕰️: 8:30PM MT https://t.co/Fm5PBOvEUB
  
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• Read. Now. Please and thank you. twitter.com/espn_macmahon/…

  02-03-2018 19:27 via twitter.com
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• Gusty winds preceding snowstorm blow down power lines, topple semis and cause liquor stores to close early

  02-03-2018 19:24
  Northwestern Utah residents braced themselves Friday as severe weather blew down power poles, toppled semis on the interstate and caused liquor stores to close early.Strong winds preceded another heavy snowstorm Friday, and the National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning expected to last through 11 a.m. Sunday.Travelers should prepare for dangerous driving conditions with “significant reductions in visibility at times” and weather-related damage to trees and power lines, t
  
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• Oil and coal drove Trump’s call to shrink Bears Ears and Grand Staircase, according to insider emails released by court order

  02-03-2018 19:18
  Oil and gas resources played a bigger role in the controversial boundary changes ordered by President Donald Trump that removed 2 million acres from southern Utah’s two large national monuments than previously disclosed, according to Interior Department communications obtained by The New York Times.After taking Interior to court, The Times acquired 25,000 documents related to the creation and review of Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante and other national monuments. The newspaper’
  
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• Senate joins in House fight vs. governor, advances proposal to allow lawmakers to call themselves into special session

  02-03-2018 19:13
  Utah Speaker Greg Hughes and his House colleagues have led the charge this year for part-time lawmakers to seize more power from the full-time governor — but the Senate joined in for the first time on Friday.The Senate Government Operations Committee unanimously endorsed key legislation that is part of that balance-of-powers skirmish: HJR 18, a constitutional amendment that would allow the Legislature to call itself into a special session.Now, only the governor has that authority.It grows
  
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• Colorado man arrested after high-speed chase on Utah freeway

  02-03-2018 19:05
  St. George, Utah • Authorities say a Colorado man was arrested after leading sheriff's deputies and state troopers on a freeway chase reaching speeds of 115 mph with a woman and three children in his car.Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. Ryan Bauer tells The Spectrum that 33-year-old Jerry White was booked Thursday into Iron County jail on charges including reckless driving, driving with a revoked license and fleeing from officers.Officials say White told arresting officers he was sought on unspecif
  
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• [USA Today] - Utah Jazz handing reins to rookie Donovan Mitchell: 'I didn't expect any of this'

  02-03-2018 19:04 via sportspyder.com
  ... to the Boston Celtics. “It was a shock to all of us,” Mitchell, who came the Jazz’s way via the 13th pick after their draft night trade with Denver, told USA...
  
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• Game day. 8:30pm. @vivintarena. Y'all ready? https://t.co/hO2b8QChRd

  02-03-2018 18:52 via twitter.com
  
  Game day. 8:30pm. @vivintarena.Y'all ready? https://t.co/hO2b8QChRd
  
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• Hope those rookies gave a rousing performance of "Happy Birthday!" Let's show Jonas some love! Happy birthday 🎂🎉🎁🎊 https://t.co/hBz6mwEnoa

  02-03-2018 18:34 via twitter.com
  
  Hope those rookies gave a rousing performance of "Happy Birthday!"Let's show Jonas some love! Happy birthday 🎂🎉🎁🎊 https://t.co/hBz6mwEnoa
  
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• Even Jimmy Kimmel hopes the Oscars screw up this year, too

  02-03-2018 18:20
  Some people were absolutely horrified by last year’s Academy Awards kerfuffle, when Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway announced the wrong winner for Best Picture.Host Jimmy Kimmel is not among them, even though he thinks there should be severe penalties if there’s a repeat.“If it happens again, literally everyone that works at ABC should be fired, right?” Kimmel joked. “Because it happens one time, that’s, I think, understandable. But if it happens a second time,
  
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• [USA Today] - How the Utah Jazz survived - and thrived - after the Gordon Hayward departure

  02-03-2018 18:19 via sportspyder.com
  ...those things were just swirling around.” A day after they touched down, the Jazz would take the high road yet again. In a move that is not the industry norm, ...
  
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• Utah lawmaker calls for giving state park status to the full 140-mile Hole in the Rock trail

  02-03-2018 18:18
  What does Utah’s famed Hole in the Rock trail have to do with reducing the state’s teen suicide rates?Plenty, according to a Utah heritage group. The challenge is connecting youth with the epic journey pulled off at the site by their 19th century counterparts, when 70 pioneer families blazed a path across some of the nation’s most unforgiving terrain to settle San Juan County.Stewart Matheson, who serves on the Hole in the Rock Foundation board, reminded lawmakers on Tuesday th
  
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• Your Friday is about to get more souper... 2018-'19 season tickets are on sale NOW! ➡️on.nba.com/2ozN7ju https://t.co/fZRmJEBbke

  02-03-2018 18:08 via twitter.com
  
  Your Friday is about to get more souper...2018-'19 season tickets are on sale NOW!➡️on.nba.com/2ozN7ju https://t.co/fZRmJEBbke
  
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• Catherine Rampell: Republicans say they favor free markets. Yeah, right.

  02-03-2018 18:00
  Washington • Republicans say they favor free markets. They’re not like those pinko-commie Democrats, who prefer “picking winners and losers.”Oh, come off it already.Republicans love picking winners and losers, too. They just choose different winners and different losers than Democrats do. In the case of today’s Republican officials, the winners are mostly donors, incumbents, culture-war favorites and cheats.On Thursday, the White House announced yet more tariffs, thi
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Next 11 games will be vital to playoff hopes

  02-03-2018 17:30 via sportspyder.com
  ... purs, Houston Rockets, Boston Celtics, Indiana Pacers and of course the Utah Jazz. With rough times potentially ahead for the Pels and a relatively easy sched ...
  
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• George Pyle: Utah Republicans are allergic to democracy

  02-03-2018 17:00
  “I would rather be governed by the first 2,000 people in the Boston telephone directory than by the 2,000 people on the faculty of Harvard University.”
  — William F. BuckleySomething about the word “democracy” really seems to bother the people who hold most of the political power in Utah.Maybe they just assume that it sounds too much like the word “Democrat,” which is the opposite of “Republican,” which they are. So anything that smacks of dem
  
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• Utah Jazz: Next 11 games will be vital to playoff hopes

  02-03-2018 16:52
  If the Utah Jazz are to have any hope of making the playoffs, they’ll need to capitalize on a relatively light 11-game stretch that begins tonight. The Utah Jazz had been red hot prior to the All-Star break, but since then, there’s no denying that some of the previous excitement has died down in a […]
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