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• Louisville′s Jackson justifies staying at QB

  03-03-2018 23:56
  Indianapolis • As promised, former Louisville quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Lamar Jackson spent Saturday at the NFL scouting combine slinging it and not winging it.Jackson didn't show off a big arm like Wyoming's Josh Allen, the other prime prospect in his throwing group Saturday.But nobody else did, either: Allen wowed the coaches with a 66-yard pinpoint pass at one point during the first of two sessions with the quarterbacks and wide receivers at Lucas Oil Stadium.Jackson, though,
  
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• Navajo president approves drought declaration

  03-03-2018 23:30
  Window Rock, Ariz. • Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye has signed a drought declaration issued earlier this week by tribal emergency management officials.The declaration signed Friday will clear the way for tribal offices to work together with county, state and federal agencies to get assistance as conditions worsen.Begaye says the tribe wants to be prepared when water supplies start to diminish. Officials are concerned about wells, windmills and earthen dams across the reservation, wh
  
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• Utah sports radio host Spence Checketts resigns from The Zone after DUI arrest

  03-03-2018 23:03
  Utah sports radio talk show host Spence Checketts has left 1280 The Zone after his fourth arrest for allegedly driving under the influence.Checketts resigned from The Zone on Saturday, Checketts’ attorney and a spokesman for the radio station both confirmed.Checketts, 39, was charged by citation this week in Midvale Justice Court with two misdemeanors and one speeding infraction, stemming from a Feb. 26 arrest. He faces a class B misdemeanor count of driving under the influence of alcohol
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz at Sacramento Kings: Keys to re-initiating a win streak

  03-03-2018 22:55 via sportspyder.com
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• Mission complete: Olympus finishes undefeated season by shooting past Corner Canyon for state crown

  03-03-2018 22:52
  A shade under three minutes remained in Saturday’s Class 5A boys’ basketball state championship game when the five Olympus starters shared a laugh on the court.It seemed like a good joke had been told, and maybe that’s also true. But Titans star junior Rylan Jones said it was simply a great moment in time.“We finished it perfect. That was unbelievable, that was our laugh,” Jones said. “Our last time playing together — you’ve got to cherish it.&rdqu
  
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• NASCAR drivers studying Vegas to prepare for playoff return

  03-03-2018 22:45
  Las Vegas • NASCAR's annual early-season trip to Las Vegas Motor Speedway is an understandable favorite for many teams and drivers. This year's event, however, is about getting much more than a few hands of blackjack and the checkered flag.For the first time, everybody is coming back to Vegas in six months for the opening race of the playoffs.Each turn in Sunday's Monster Energy Cup Series race should provide experience and data to the drivers hoping to dominate the postseason this fall."Th
  
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• People working in farming, fishing and forestry have a high rate of suicide. Here’s why:

  03-03-2018 22:30
  Montpelier, Vt. • Accompanying the routine payments and price forecasts sent to some Northeast dairy farmers last month were a list of mental health services and the number of a suicide prevention hotline.The Agri-Mark dairy cooperative got the resources out to its 1,000 farmers in New England and New York following the suicide of a member farmer in January, and one the year before.“I know there’s a number of farmers out there that are under such tremendous stress that we’
  
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• Nor should you be. twitter.com/shai_lee7/stat…

  03-03-2018 22:23 via twitter.com
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• Utah Jazz at Sacramento Kings: Keys to re-initiating a win streak

  03-03-2018 22:09
  The Utah Jazz will look to begin a new winning streak as they visit the Sacramento Kings this evening. It wasn’t always pretty, but the Utah Jazz found a way to get it done last night against the Minnesota Timberwolves despite a physical and at times sloppy contest between the two teams. Utah got away […]
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• Salem Hills barrels over Hurricane to capture state championship

  03-03-2018 22:07
  Orem • State champion Lauren Gustin found her perfect moment in the final seconds of the third quarter Saturday.With the clocking ticking down to 8 seconds, the 6-foot senior slashed through the Hurricane Tigers backcourt and intercepted a pass.Even though Salem Hills had a comfortable lead, Gustin charged down the court like a freight train. She split two defenders and dropped it in at the buzzer for two.She pumped her fist as her teammates dogpiled onto her. Even though Salem Hills was a
  
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• Kragthorpe: Future Ute Rylan Jones helps Olympus complete a history-making season with a 5A state title

  03-03-2018 21:37
  Olympus guard Rylan Jones drove to the basket on the Titans’ first possession Saturday, and Corner Canyon’s Hayden Welling blocked his shot. As Olympus prepared to inbound the ball, Welling scrunched his nose in a look of disdain.The Chargers’ moment of dominance, or even mild resistance, did not last long. Olympus completed a 27-0 season with a 76-49 victory in a meeting of Salt Lake Valley schools in the Class 5A boys’ basketball state championship game at the Huntsman
  
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• Analysis: Shortly before Trump announced tariffs, his former adviser dumped millions in steel-related stocks

  03-03-2018 21:30
  President Donald Trump's decision Thursday to impose crippling tariffs on the imports of steel and aluminum took many by surprise — particularly investors, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed the day's trading down more than 400 points, or 1.7 percent, at 24,608.But one billionaire investor and former Trump adviser, Carl Icahn, was seemingly unvexed, having dumped a million shares tied to the steel industry a week before the president announced 25 percent for foreign-made steel.A Fe
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Jimbo’s Mailbag – Tony Bradley Facts, Cleaning up for LeBron & More

  03-03-2018 21:15 via sportspyder.com
  ... itrou-Long – Tubing Georges Panges – Gianging   Q: Greatest left handed Utah Jazz player of all time: Mark Eaton, CJ Miles, Rodney Hood, or Derek Fisher? @the ...
  
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• [Yahoo Sports] - Jeff Teague, Karl-Anthony Towns, Jae Crowder ejected from Jazz-Timberwolves

  03-03-2018 20:55 via sportspyder.com
  ... l rights reserved. Jeff Teague, Karl-Anthony Towns, Jae Crowder ejected from Jazz-Timberwolves By ESPN via Mar 3, 2018, 3:04 AM ET 0 Shares Star 0 Shares guar ...
  
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• Tony Jones: The NBA created one-and-done with good intentions, but it’s time for the rule to go

  03-03-2018 20:50
  When the NBA instituted it’s one-and-done rule a little more than a decade ago, the league did so with good intentions. It seemed to make sense at the time.For every Kevin Garnett, there was a Johnathan Bender. For every Kobe Bryant and LeBron James, there was a Bill Willoughby or a Korleone Young. For every Tracy McGrady, there was a James Lang, or a Robert Swift, or an Ndudi Ebi.The preps-to-pros who have made it are highlighted and celebrated. However, for every prodigy who did make goo
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Jae Crowder and Jimmy Butler get in entertaining Twitter spat

  03-03-2018 20:45 via sportspyder.com
  ... utler and Crowder might be close due to past ties, the bad blood between the Jazz and T-Wolves is now undoubtedly real. Butler and Teague weren’t any too happ ...
  
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• Days before the election, Stormy Daniels threatened to cancel a deal to keep her alleged affair with Trump secret

  03-03-2018 20:30
  The 2016 election was less than a month away, and Donald Trump's attorney had blown the deadline for paying Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about her alleged affair with the future president.In an Oct. 17 email, an attorney for Daniels — a porn star whose real name is Stephanie Clifford — threatened to cancel the nondisclosure agreement by the end of the day.That very morning, Trump's attorney, Michael Cohen, had created a limited liability company, public records show, that ultimately
  
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• The gado-gado salad at MakanMakan in Sandy makes eating vegetables a joy

  03-03-2018 20:22
  Dish of the Week: Gado-Gado ($9.25)This salad — the name means “potpourri” — was a surprise hit at MakanMakan in Sandy. In Jakarta, it’s made with whatever is in season.For now, expect blanched and thinly sliced potatoes with scalloped edges, vinegary cucumbers, fried tofu, a jammy hard-boiled egg, along with cabbage, lettuce and a spattering of noodles.The peanut sauce, made with coconut milk, will make eating your vegetables a pleasure.MakanMakan Asian StrEat Food
  
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• Utah Jazz: Jae Crowder and Jimmy Butler get in entertaining Twitter spat

  03-03-2018 20:08
  Following a physical game between the Utah Jazz and Minnesota Timberwolves, Jae Crowder and Jimmy Butler got into it on Twitter. To put it lightly, last night’s contest between the Utah Jazz and Minnesota Timberwolves got a little chippy. It started out in the first half when Karl-Anthony Towns was called for two quick technicals […]
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Can the Utah Jazz win their second straight in Sacramento?

  03-03-2018 19:40 via sportspyder.com
  ... een tanking, there’s quite a lot of talent under the surface there. The Utah Jazz can’t sleepwalk through this one. Game Info When: Saturday, March 3, 2018 •...
  
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• Utes open spring football with pieces in place, but starting spots up for grabs

  03-03-2018 19:32
  The question marks won’t be as widespread for the Utah football team going into spring practice as they were as camp started before last season. However, a few units must begin the process of filling in holes left by graduation and other departures.Utah begins its 15-session practice schedule Monday at the Spence and Cleone Eccles Football Center. The schedule includes a week off for spring break, and concludes with the Red-White Game in Rice-Eccles Stadium on April 14. Utah’s outdo
  
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• Secret Service says man shoots himself outside White House

  03-03-2018 19:23
  Washington • The Secret Service says a man shot himself outside the White House, and medical personnel are on the scene.President Donald Trump is not at the White House — he’s in Florida, but is set to return later Saturday.The agency says in a Twitter post that there are no other reported injuries related to the incident.The Secret Service tweeted about noon Saturday that personnel are responding and a person “allegedly suffered a self-inflicted gun shot wound along the n
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Are the playoffs slipping away from the Utah Jazz?

  03-03-2018 19:20 via sportspyder.com
  ...NOP @ SAS vs GSW @ MIN vs LAC vs GSW @ POR Consistency is key Something the Jazz did really well during their win streak was knocking down threes at a very g ...
  
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• “The time and effort that we put in daily to be better, individually and as a team, not just by ourselves but the w… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  03-03-2018 19:14 via twitter.com
  “The time and effort that we put in daily to be better, individually and as a team, not just by ourselves but the w… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• [Standard-Examiner] - Jazz beat Timberwolves 116-108 in game featuring 3 ejections

  03-03-2018 19:12 via sportspyder.com
  ... the run and Mitchell buried a step-back jumper to finish it off and give the Jazz a 56-45 halftime lead. Towns was ejected with 23 seconds left in the second...
  
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• T⭐️NY UPDATE >> on.nba.com/2FhvkqK

  03-03-2018 19:09 via twitter.com
  T⭐️NY UPDATE>> on.nba.com/2FhvkqK
  
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• Are the playoffs slipping away from the Utah Jazz?

  03-03-2018 18:40
  While the Utah Jazz look to get back on track in the playoff hunt, they also need teams ahead of them to start losing. The race is on. Teams out West are currently battling for playoff spots, and even with their 11-game win streak before the All-Star break, the Utah Jazz are still on the […]
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• Jimmy Butler taunted Jae Crowder on Twitter, and Crowder clapped back after the Jazz beat the T-Wolves on Friday

  03-03-2018 18:35
  With a sprint at Jeff Teague and a contentious interaction, Jae Crowder became a Utah Jazz fan favorite, and gained the respect of his teammates.In the fourth quarter, when Teague hip-checked Jazz point guard Ricky Rubio into the Minnesota Timberwolves bench, Crowder approached Teague, confronting the Timberwolves point guard for what Crowder thought was a dirty play.“He caught him with a cheap shot,” Crowder said. “He didn’t go for the ball, and he pushed him. The rest i
  
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• Trump insists ‘trade wars are good, and easy to win’ after vowing new tariffs

  03-03-2018 17:35
  Washington • President Donald Trump on Friday declared a global trade war and said it would be "easy to win," promising to hammer "reciprocal taxes" on any country that charges tariffs on U.S. goods and services.His threats, made in a series of Twitter posts, looked to escalate his new protectionist policies far beyond the steel and aluminum tariffs he said he would impose next week. Instead, he vowed to impose trade restrictions on any country that he felt had an unfair trade relationship
  
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• One man was killed and two were injured when a fight broke out at South Salt Lake apartment party

  03-03-2018 17:29
  Police are looking for the shooter after gunfire interrupted a South Salt Lake party early Saturday, leaving one dead and two injured.Shots rang out about 3:30 a.m. at the Mountain Shadow Apartments, near 3800 South and 700 West, police spokesman Gary Keller said.Partygoers had apparently gotten into an argument earlier in the evening, which Keller said had calmed down before flaring up later.“And only the second time with gunfire,” he said.
  One man was killed, and a 25-year-old man
  
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• Commentary: Lawmakers should not forget rural Utah

  03-03-2018 17:29
  As the Utah Legislature finishes up this year’s session, our state leaders have many reasons to be proud. The state constantly ranks high for fiscal responsibility and, at the end of the year, our unemployment rate was significantly below the national average.Additionally, anyone who drives along I-15 from Provo to Salt Lake City can see the bevy of construction projects related to the growing Silicon Slopes tech scene. In fact, when Amazon announced that Utah was not a top 20 finalist for
  
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• Letter: We need compromise and a bit of horse sense regarding guns

  03-03-2018 17:26
  I am a fourth-generation Utahn, so my family and I have been around for a while. I was raised around guns my entire life and was taught by men that I admired and trusted. They taught me the need for safety and the use of “common sense.” They called it “common ordinary horse sense.”I am also an avid lifetime hunter and sportsman. I have my rifle for deer and elk and I have my shotgun for game birds.These guns were designed and built for these purposes, sporting competition
  
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• Takedown! Jazz get back on track with win over feisty Wolves #TheRoundup >> on.nba.com/2CUZ8nP https://t.co/xkUDuzAoH0

  03-03-2018 17:23 via twitter.com
  
  Takedown! Jazz get back on track with win over feisty Wolves#TheRoundup >> on.nba.com/2CUZ8nP https://t.co/xkUDuzAoH0
  
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• Letter: There are disturbing similarities between AR-15 owners, domestic terrorists and mass shooters

  03-03-2018 17:22
  I found this article to be among the most haunting I’ve read in recent memory. Using their own words, it put into clear focus disturbing similarities between these AR-15 owners and so many of the domestic terrorists and mass shooters we read about: a fetish for weapons designed to kill people and insecurities and fears that defy rational explanation. Time and again we have seen the disastrous consequences that come when these traits intensify and consume a person.We have been endowed with
  
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• Letter: With demolition of an eyesore, Other Side Academy's future is even brighter

  03-03-2018 17:19
  At last: the Other Side Academy, after a whole year of daily effort, has the right to tear down the infectious eyesore on 700 East. It can now build apartments for young folks who have overcome their addictions and are ready to work.If you pass by, just below South Temple on the west side of the street, you will see this eyesore. Then look on the corner at the mansion some of them live in now. The young folks living there are the best neighbors anyone could ask for. They have repainted the house
  
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• Letter: Gill’s lack of leadership is a disservice to the DA's office — it's time for a change

  03-03-2018 17:16
  As Sim Gill launches another campaign, it is clear now more than ever that voters must look elsewhere for trustworthy leadership. The DA’s Office is often an incredible resource for our community, and many of the public servants under Sim work diligently to hold criminals accountable while delivering justice to county residents. But Sim himself has failed to both lead his office and direct it down the right path, betraying many points of his own mission statement along the way.Lavish spend
  
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• Letter: Trump and LaPierre are nothing but loathsome provocateurs

  03-03-2018 17:15
  Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the NRA, came out on Feb. 22 with a forceful attack on the victims of the latest mass shooting. He claimed they were actors paid by “liberals” who intend to do all they can to undermine and eventually repeal the Second Amendment. LaPierre, who is paid an annual salary of $972,000 by the NRA, went on to assert that taking away the Second Amendment is only the first step in the liberal agenda to creating a socialist state.These endless mass k
  
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• [Deadspin] - Timberwolves Collectively Meltdown During Costly Conference Loss

  03-03-2018 17:13 via sportspyder.com
  ... olves Minnesota Timberwolves Jeff Teague karl-anthony towns jae crowder Utah Jazz NBA Basketball Minnesota Timberwolves Jeff Teague karl-anthony towns jae cro ...
  
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• [Yahoo Sports] - Gobert, Jazz outmuscle Timberwolves

  03-03-2018 17:03 via sportspyder.com
  ... the Timberwolves. Gobert responded to the call with back-to-back blocks. The Jazz retook a 22-18 lead on the strength of consecutive baskets from Gobert and M ...
  
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• [The Spun] - Jeff Teague Ejected After Incredibly Dirty Hit On Ricky Rubio

  03-03-2018 16:56 via sportspyder.com
  ... Teague with a cheap shot to Ricky Rubio, and Jae Crowder and the rest of the Jazz wanted to handle Teague. pic.twitter.com/AFlmLXIb4m — Andrew Jerell Jones (@ ...
  
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• Timberwolves Collectively Meltdown During Costly Conference Loss

  03-03-2018 16:39 via deadspin.com
  In the fourth quarter of Friday night’s Jazz win over the Timberwolves, Jeff Teague tracked Ricky Rubio in transition up the left sideline and randomly checked him into the row of courtside seats. The penalty for Teague was a scolding from Jazz forward Jae Crowder, and a Flagrant 2 foul, and an ejection, with five…Read more...
  
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• Timberwolves Collectively Melt Down During Costly Conference Loss

  03-03-2018 16:39 via deadspin.com
  In the fourth quarter of Friday night’s Jazz win over the Timberwolves, Jeff Teague tracked Ricky Rubio in transition up the left sideline and randomly checked him into the row of courtside seats. The penalty for Teague was a scolding from Jazz forward Jae Crowder, and a Flagrant 2 foul, and an ejection, with five…Read more...
  
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• [Larry Brown Sports] - Jimmy Butler posts his first tweets in years to take shots at Jazz

  03-03-2018 15:50 via sportspyder.com
  ... ts his first tweets in years to take shots at Jazz March 3, 2018 by 0 0 0 Some might say that Jimmy Butler is making the most o ...
  
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• [Sporting News] - Jimmy Butler goes off on Twitter, Jae Crowder after Timberwolves loss

  03-03-2018 14:35 via sportspyder.com
  ...  surgery, made it clear he appreciated Teague's hustle, after he chased down Jazz guard Ricky Rubio on a fast break and knocked him into the T-Wolves' bench....
  
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• [KSL] - The Triple Team: Jazz win physical, ejection-filled battle with Minnesota 116-108

  03-03-2018 09:36 via sportspyder.com
  ... d to as a Jazz killer on multiple occasions, and it turns out that that assertion is based...
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz-Pesky T-Wolves react: Gobert leads the band to big win

  03-03-2018 09:34 via sportspyder.com
  ... 11 games will be vital to playoff hopes 16h ago Jazz-Wolves Key Matchup: Rudy Gobert vs. Karl-Anthony Towns 17h ago All told, thi ...
  
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