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• West Virginia teachers: No raise, no school; strike goes on

  04-03-2018 23:29
  Unions representing West Virginia teachers and service personnel say they will stay out on strike after the state Senate voted to cut the 5 percent pay raise they had negotiated with the governor.A joint legislative committee has been formed to address differences in the pay raise bills of the state Senate and House.In a joint statement Saturday, the American Federation of Teachers-West Virginia, West Virginia Education Association and the School Service Personnel Association said Senate Preside
  
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• Once the underdog of the season, Utes exceeded expectations to go into Pac-12 Tournament as third seed

  04-03-2018 22:55
  At the end of last season, the Utes watched four of its top six scorers walk out the door, including one NBA first-round pick, and two of their most-experienced returners weren’t even eligible for part of last season due to transfer rules.And so Utah landed in seventh place in the Pac-12 preseason poll released at the conference’s media day — a clear signal onlookers expected a significant drop off from recent seasons. Senior graduate transfer Justin Bibbins, who attended Media
  
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• Commentary: Bill would rob victims of their autonomy. Again.

  04-03-2018 22:00
  Last December, I sat down on my parents’ bathroom floor as my friend described the events of the night before — the night she was raped. This was the girl who leaned over the driver’s seat to order for both of us at Taco Bell when I was anxious, always gave me the reclining chair during seventh period, and taught me about feminism. I was shaking. Her greatest fear was being raped.That night was not our only conversation, because the effects of rape can’t be fixed by some
  
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• Trump trade adviser says no exceptions for allies on new aluminum and steel tariffs

  04-03-2018 21:01
  Washington • The Trump administration sent mixed signals about its new aluminum and steel tariffs on Sunday, saying that any exceptions for allies are unlikely but also leaving room for an unpredictable president to change his mind.White House trade adviser Peter Navarro appeared to draw a firm line against case-by-case exemptions as he defended President Donald Trump's sudden imposition of new trade premiums, which are likely to hit Canada and Europe hardest."That's not his decision," Nava
  
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• Commentary: Political polarization does not serve public lands

  04-03-2018 21:00
  Lately we have been getting a steady dose of public lands controversy.Late last year, President Trump shrank Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments by 2 million acres, followed the next day by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke issuing his final report reviewing 27 national monuments. Next, Reps. Chris Stewart and John Curtis introduced legislation — H.R. 4558 and H.R. 4532, respectively — to codify President’s Trump’s actions and create a new national par
  
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• A year after that devastating semifinal loss to Saint Mary’s, BYU gets another shot at the Gaels in the WCC tournament

  04-03-2018 20:54
  Las Vegas • While assistant coaches Tim LaComb, Heath Schroyer, Quincy Lewis and Andrew May watched courtside as Saint Mary’s eked past finally full-strength Pepperdine 69-66 late Saturday night in a West Coast Conference quarterfinal game, BYU head coach Dave Rose sat alone in the stands at Orleans Arena with a pensive, reflective look on his face at times. Earlier Saturday, after Rose’s Cougars advanced to their fifth-straight semifinal appearance at the WCC tournament with an
  
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• Commentary: Massive project is needed to save Utah Lake

  04-03-2018 20:00
  Recently some in the news have called into question plans for restoring Utah Lake. We welcome the opportunity to provide some additional insights about the value of the Utah Lake Restoration Project to the state, its citizens and its environment.One of the largest natural lakes in the Western United States, Utah Lake is ecologically important to the natural resource systems, wildlife and water supply of our great state. However, after decades of degradation, today nearly every important element
  
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• BYU opens spring football practice Monday with focus on discipline, accountability

  04-03-2018 19:50
  Provo • Coach Kalani Sitake’s response to one of the the worst seasons in the modern era of BYU football was to revamp his offensive coaching staff and replace relatively inexperienced coaches at the college level with veterans such as new offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes and quarterbacks coach Aaron Roderick. But those are not the only off-field changes the third-year coach made as a result of the 4-9 season that cost assistants Ty Detmer, Reno Mahe, Mike Empey, Ben Cahoon and Steve
  
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  04-03-2018 19:40 via twitter.com
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz 2017-18 Week 21 Outlook, Predictions

  04-03-2018 19:37 via sportspyder.com
  ... Utah Jazz: Trey Burke has been kind of amazing for the Knicks by Ryan Aston ...
  
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• More than 1,400 Utahns ages 18 to 20 carry concealed firearms. Here’s why.

  04-03-2018 19:32
  Each aisle she turned down, he seemed to be there. By the shelves of Cap’n Crunch and Cocoa Puffs. By the cans of chicken noodle soup and pinto beans and pasta sauce. By the rows of fresh lettuce. And when Jacee Cole went to check out, he was there by the cash registers, too. She didn’t know who he was or what he wanted or why he was watching her. “I think I’m being followed,” she whispered to her mom on her phone.“I don’t know what to do.”As Cole
  
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• RSL adjusts approach on the road for 2018 season

  04-03-2018 19:17
  Frisco, Texas • The Mike Petke of last season may have pushed for another goal, instilling an aggressive mentality into a team that, when he took it over four matches into the season, was winless.Now, “We’re trying to adapt a little different mentality on the road this year,” Petke said after Saturday night’s 1-1 draw at FC Dallas. “We worked a lot this week and the week before knowing Dallas would be in better shape due to the two [CONCACAF Champions League] g
  
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  04-03-2018 19:15 via twitter.com
  
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• Commentary: Arguments for the death penalty are fundamentally flawed

  04-03-2018 19:12
  As Utahns move toward repeal of the death penalty, proponents of state executions continue to offer two fundamentally flawed justifications for maintaining death sentences: that it is the only way to bring justice to victims and it is necessary to protect the public.Sadly, prosecutors are at the forefront of trying to persuade grieving families that the prolonged suffering that follows a decision to pursue a death sentence is required to bring a just resolution to the case. In truth, there is no
  
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• Utah Jazz 2017-18 Week 21 Outlook, Predictions

  04-03-2018 19:08
  The Utah Jazz face an absolutely vital four-game stretch, including a bout with the New Orleans Pelicans, in the 21st week of the 2017-18 season. Between a 3-2 record and some sloppy play, the Utah Jazz haven’t exactly thrived since the All-Star break, but they were finally able to earn consecutive victories last week for […]
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• Commentary: Indignation about possible Russian meddling in the U.S. election rings a bit hollow.

  04-03-2018 19:00
  For more than a year now, the U.S. public has been subjected to often speculative yet highly publicized claims about “Russian meddling” in the 2016 presidential campaign. In a recent Salt Lake Tribune commentary, Scott Bell goes so far as to say, “There is no doubt Russia manipulated our 2016 elections, and influenced the outcome.”Whether such claims are true or not remains to be seen. But even if the worst of these scenarios turns out to be true, why is it being treated
  
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• U.S. House OKs bill extending Amber Alerts to tribal lands

  04-03-2018 18:30
  Washington • The House gave final approval Monday to a bill that will give tribes direct access to funds that will let them quickly post AMBER alerts over text messaging, radio and television to counties within reservation borders.The AMBER Alert in Indian Country Act was sparked by the May 2016 abduction of Ashlynne Mike, an 11-year-old Navajo girl. Authorities did not post an alert that Ashlynne was missing until the day her body was found near Shiprock, New Mexico.The bill, sponsored by
  
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• While the principal made thousands marketing this Utah school, students’ grades were mediocre and state funds were used to buy treats and video games

  04-03-2018 18:25
  The following story was written and researched by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune.In 2015, Ken Grover, an administrator in the Salt Lake City School District, took the stage at the Salt Lake City TedX talk for his 15 minutes of education-themed inspiration. He didn’t exactly have a Tony Robbins stage presence — Grover looks and sounds the part of a school principal down to the neat, slicked-back hair and dry, monotone jokes —
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - 20 years ago: Death threat can’t stop Karl Malone

  04-03-2018 18:12 via sportspyder.com
  ... explanation or why his trade to the Jazz didnt go through. Former Ute Keith Van Horn scored 23 points. ...
  
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• Another game, another 20+ points for Donovan Mitchell, who finished with 27 points, five rebounds and five assists… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  04-03-2018 18:01 via twitter.com
  Another game, another 20+ points for Donovan Mitchell, who finished with 27 points, five rebounds and five assists… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• 20 years ago: Death threat can’t stop Karl Malone

  04-03-2018 18:00
  Editor's note: Every Sunday, the Deseret News takes a look back into our archives.Karl Malone was the target of a death threat during the Utah Jazzs 122-115 victory over the New Jersey Nets, according to a source at Continental Airlines Arena.If Malone knew of the threat, he sure didnt act like it. He scored a team-high 32 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in Utahs victory.Also in attendance was Rony Seikaly, who spoke briefly with Jazz coach Jerry Sloan in the hallway. Sloan didnt seem to want to
  
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• Letter: Utah AR-15 owners’ reasons for having the assault weapon gives me pause

  04-03-2018 17:50
  I suppose that many of you were as amazed as I when reading the front-page article on the AR-15 in Tuesday’s Tribune. Knowing the reasons that many AR-15 owners stated for owning this assault weapon gave me pause.On the one hand, we have a weapon that has been used several times in mass shootings. And according to many experts its primary purpose is killing humans rapidly. Keeping legal the AR-15 and other assault weapons with large magazines seems absurd. But, on the other hand we now kno
  
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• Letter: Unlike politicians, teens can afford to tell the truth about guns

  04-03-2018 17:49
  The teens who are attempting to lead our nation in a more constructive direction regarding gun ownership are amazing and give me hope for a saner, brighter future for our country. They can afford to be undiplomatic and loud because they are not politicians and do not rely on fundraising to campaign for election or re-election to office.How refreshing it would be if we could eliminate or reduce the amount of money necessary to run for office and re-election to that office. The NRA and other group
  
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• Letter: The Second Amendment doesn’t prohibit regulating bullets — so let’s get to it

  04-03-2018 17:45
  “A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”The Second Amendment of the Constitution makes no mention of ammunition for said arms. So why not regulate the manufacturing, sale, transport and possession of bullets?After all, guns don’t kill people — bullets kill people.Michael Mitchell, Henrieville
  
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• Letter: Trump’s bravery boast runs five draft deferments deep

  04-03-2018 17:43
  So President Trump tells the nation’s governors on Monday that he would have gone into the high school in Florida without a gun.Really? This is coming from a guy who had five draft deferments during the Vietnam War?You’re no hero, either. Define irony.Dean Williams, Centerville
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Good news: Your cancer is cured! Bad news: Your family is a mess! That’s where ‘Life Sentence’ gets started.

  04-03-2018 17:41 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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• Letter: For the sake of 9 million kids, Congress must act now to extend CHIP

  04-03-2018 17:40
  The health and well-being of 9 million children is at risk!It’s been over 100 days since the GOP leadership in Congress let the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) expire and children, and states can’t wait any longer.Any spending bill that Congress takes up must include long-term funding for CHIP!This program plays a critical role in our nation’s health care by covering children who fall into a coverage gap—their families make too much to qualify for Medicai
  
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• A Salt Lake City principal traveled the world promoting his ‘innovative’ high school — while it fudged graduation rates and spent thousands on treats and video games

  04-03-2018 17:39
  The following story was written and researched by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune.In 2015, Ken Grover, an administrator in the Salt Lake City School District, took the stage at the Salt Lake City TedX talk for his 15 minutes of education-themed inspiration. He didn’t exactly have a Tony Robbins stage presence — Grover looks and sounds the part of a school principal down to the neat, slicked-back hair and dry, monotone jokes —
  
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• Utah lawmakers filed a record 1,359 bills this year — one of them to shame lawmakers who create too many

  04-03-2018 17:38
  With the end of this year’s legislative session on the horizon, Utah lawmakers are working through a record number of bills — and taking a step they hope may curb the flow in future years.State lawmakers opened 1,359 bill files this year, an all-time high that has increased from the previous record of 1,298 set last year.This comes after a November meeting during which legislative leaders discussed the problem of the increasing amount of bill requests. Members of the House said then
  
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• Tribune editorial: As UTA fades, transit should live on in Utah

  04-03-2018 17:37
  Utah Transit Authority has done a lot of things right. Launched in 1970 with the hope of avoiding Los Angeles’ smog and gridlock, it brought a credible car alternative to blossoming suburbs and urban corridors.Decades later, UTA built a light rail system that gained ridership beyond expectations and elevated the agency to a catalyst and shaper of development, as evidenced by the apartment boom along the university rail route. But for all of its successes, UTA ultimately was vanquished by i
  
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• Leonard Pitts: USA Today’s decision to legitimize Jerome Corsi is appalling

  04-03-2018 17:35
  Shouldn’t there be somebody to defend Donald Trump?Opinion page editors have been wrestling that question for over a year. A good opinion editor, you see, prides herself on ideological balance, mixing and matching pundits who reliably leave the conservative right gnashing its teeth with those who routinely leave the progressive left rending its garments.But Trump has thrown that balance into disarray.It’s easy to find progressive writers willing to lambaste him. But as more than one
  
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• Good news: Your cancer is cured! Bad news: Your family is a mess! That’s where ‘Life Sentence’ gets started.

  04-03-2018 17:35
  We’ve seen so many characters suffer through cancer on TV and in the movies that it’s become predictable. Characters die bravely, leaving behind devastated loved ones.“Life Sentence” turns that trope on its head in the most unlikely of ways.The new series (Wednesday, 8 p.m., The CW/Channel 30) centers on Stella (Lucy Hale, “Pretty Little Liars”), a young woman who has been battling cancer for eight years. Determined to live life to the fullest, she’s don
  
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• Stuart C. Reid: The Republican Party no longer upholds conservative values

  04-03-2018 17:30
  The Republican Party is no longer loyal to its once-prized conservative values of individual responsibility, integrity, morality and thrift. It has become insular, divisive, dishonorable and intemperate. It is becoming insurrectionary.The Republican acquiescence to division and disruption in exchange for power and position to win a few piddling policy battles is deplorable. This kind of politics should be denounced not only by Republicans but by all Americans.Once American conservatism represent
  
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• Lawmakers are working with Our Schools Now on a possible school-funding compromise in the final days of the legislative session

  04-03-2018 17:29
  Utah legislators are working behind the scenes to broker a possible compromise with members of the ballot initiative campaign pushing to raise school funding $715 million by increasing taxes.The negotiating is being done by a small group of top legislators from the House and Senate, and there is no final plan that’s been broadly released in either chamber.But the groups are exploring raising more money for schools outside of the ballot initiative, according to six sources with direct knowl
  
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• Here’s what you need to know about Utah’s proposed Down syndrome abortion ban

  04-03-2018 17:29
  Legal experts — including a Brigham Young University professor — have labeled the Down syndrome abortion bill before the Utah Legislature as all but certainly unconstitutional. Physicians point out it needs to be clarified and even then would limit their ability to have open conversions with their patients.And data suggest few Utah women seek an abortion for a Down syndrome diagnosis in the first place.Nevertheless, HB205 — which would criminalize doctors who perform an abortio
  
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• Utahns as young as 18 can carry a concealed firearm. This is why some choose to get a permit.

  04-03-2018 15:01
  Each aisle she turned down, he seemed to be there. By the shelves of Captain Crunch and Cocoa Puffs. By the cans of chicken noodle soup and pinto beans and pasta sauce. By the rows of fresh lettuce. And when Jacee Cole went to check out, he was there by the cash registers, too. She didn’t know who he was or what he wanted or why he was watching her. “I think I’m being followed,” she whispered to her mom on her phone.“I don’t know what to do.”As Cole pull
  
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• Hey, Utahns, do you like where you work? Nominate your company as a Top Workplace

  04-03-2018 14:00
  Ryan Anderson’s goal as one of the bosses at Fluid Advertising in West Bountiful has been to “create a work culture that gets people engaged in their jobs, gets people moving forward in their careers.”His efforts were rewarded last year, when the three dozen employees of his full-service advertising agency described their office aura in such glowing terms that Fluid was selected as one of “Utah’s Top Workplaces” by The Salt Lake Tribune and its partner, Energa
  
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• Kirby: A righteous rifle? A pious pistol? If churches bless our weapons, do they really become Godly guns?

  04-03-2018 11:48
  Today is the first Sunday of the month. In the Mormon world, it’s fast Sunday, the day we fast and give the money we would have spent on food to the ward for distribution among those who need help.Here’s the catch: Fast Sunday is also the day that we bless the latest additions to our wards, those who come in the form of babies.Depending on a ward’s demographics, baby blessings can take all of a minute or up to half an hour. I was once in a ward near Brigham Young University whe
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Kings Never Challenge Jazz in Easy 98 – 91 Victory

  04-03-2018 08:48 via sportspyder.com
  ...quality opponents in the playoffs? I’m not sure anyone knows, including the Jazz brain trust. Bogdonovic is a good player, kind of a Klay Thompson-lite. Fox...
  
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• Columbus beats defending champs Toronto in wacky MLS opener

  04-03-2018 08:30
  Toronto • Federico Higuain and Gyasi Zardes scored to help the Columbus Crew beat Toronto FC 2-0 on Saturday, spoiling the defending MLS champion Reds' home opener.Zack Steffen made two saves for Columbus.Higuain one-timed Milton Valenzuela' cross past diving goaltender Alex Bono in the 44th minute. Bono dove to get his hand on the shot, but couldn't get enough to keep it out. Higuain has 49 goals and 49 assists in 150 career MLS appearances.Zardes scored a minute into the second half, gett
  
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• Idaho tops Southern Utah 78-76 on Blake's putback

  04-03-2018 08:26
  Moscow, Idaho • Victor Sanders scored 28 points and Brayon Blake added 24, including the winning putback, to lift Idaho to a 78-76 win over Southern Utah on Saturday night.Tied at 76 with 11 seconds to play after Southern Utah's James McGee drained a 3-pointer, Sanders took the ball to the other end and launched a 3-point shot from the left side that bounced high off the back rim. Blake hauled it in for his 11th rebound of the game, spun to his left in traffic and swished in the winning jum
  
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• Caps light up Leafs, lights go out for outdoor game at Navy

  04-03-2018 08:25
  Annapolis, Md. • Alex Ovechkin moved closer to 600 career goals and the Washington Capitals put on an offensive showcase in beating the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 outdoors Saturday night at the U.S. Naval Academy.Ovechkin scored his 40th goal of the season and 598th of his career. Evgeny Kuznetsov, Nicklas Backstrom, John Carlson and Jakub Vrana also scored for Washington, which hardly looked like a team that had recently lost four of six to shrink its large lead atop the Metropolitan Division
  
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• Virginia holds off Notre Dame for fifth straight win

  04-03-2018 08:00
  Charlottesville, Va. • Devon Hall scored 17 points in his final game at John Paul Jones Arena and No. 1 Virginia outlasted Notre Dame 62-57 on Saturday.Ty Jerome added 13 points for the Cavaliers (28-2, 17-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who won their fifth in a row.Bonzie Colson, playing in just his second game since missing 15 with a broken foot, had 24 points and 14 rebounds for the Irish (18-13, 8-10). Martinas Geben added 14 points and 10 rebounds.No. 15 Michigan 75, No. 2 Michigan State
  
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• [KSL] - The Triple Team: Jazz get lead early, keep it throughout in Sacramento

  04-03-2018 07:58 via sportspyder.com
  ... ry frequently, and they also only made one corner three. But I did think the Jazz could have done a better job with executing the offense, in the second half...
  
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• [NBA] - The Roundup—Jazz take down Kings for second straight win

  04-03-2018 07:53 via sportspyder.com
  ... bFHN— Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) March 4, 2018 The Kings kept hanging around, and the Jazz kept g ...
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Trey Burke has been kind of amazing for the Knicks

  04-03-2018 07:51 via sportspyder.com
  ... on, there’s no denying the fact that Burke has been playing like the guy the Jazz had hoped to see when the traded into the top 10 to select him in the 2013 N ...
  
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• Rockets extend streak to 15 with 123-120 win over Celtics

  04-03-2018 07:48
  Houston • Eric Gordon scored 29 points off the bench, James Harden had 26 points and 10 assists, and the Houston Rockets outlasted the Boston Celtics 123-120 on Saturday night to extend their winning streak to a season-high 15 games.Houston trailed by six before using a 10-2 run, with the last five points coming from Trevor Ariza, to take a 117-115 lead with 1:16 remaining. Ariza made a 3-pointer before stealing the ball from Kyrie Irving and finishing with a basket on the other end to cap
  
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• Donovan (awesome) + Rudy (dominant) = W in Sactown 📝 >> on.nba.com/2I1GEFX https://t.co/jXrf3Rae0g

  04-03-2018 07:39 via twitter.com
  
  Donovan (awesome) + Rudy (dominant) = W in Sactown📝 >> on.nba.com/2I1GEFX https://t.co/jXrf3Rae0g
  
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