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• After Olympic win, Chloe Kim puts fame, fun in perspective

  10-03-2018 23:29
  Vail, Colo. • In between the dozens of media appearances that have suddenly become her new day job, Chloe Kim slipped away from the lunch table, disappeared into the restroom, pulled the gold medal out of her bag ... and just sat there and stared at it."My parents were like, 'Why did it take you so long?" Kim said. "I said, 'Just looking at it.' I was thinking about what this means to me and letting it sink in."Three weeks since the 17-year-old transformed herself from a mere snowboarding s
  
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• Beam does in Utah gymnasts in loss at Michigan

  10-03-2018 23:04
  MyKayla Skinner returned to the all-around Saturday, but even her dominating presence wasn’t enough for Utah’s fourth-ranked gymnastics team to escape Ann Arbor, Mich., with a win.The Utes fell to No. 7 Michigan 196.95-196.8 in front of 7,212 in Crisler Arena.Skinner, who sat out two events in Utah’s loss at Cal to rest a sore ankle, earned a 39.7 to tie her second-best all-around score of the season to win the category. She also won the vault (9.925), balance beam (9.925) and
  
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• Tribune Editorial: Herbert should veto this horrid land-grab bill

  10-03-2018 23:01
  Gov. Gary Herbert should not use his veto pen on Senate Bill 234, the Utah Inland Port Authority bill.No, he should find a large, red marker — or maybe a can of the sort of spray paint used by graffiti artists in urban areas — and obliterate a measure that seeks to unreasonably grab power and money away from the duly elected officials whose lawful responsibility it is to oversee the orderly development of Salt Lake City.In their wisdom, both houses of the Utah Legislature have adopte
  
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• Justice Department proposes banning rapid-fire bump stocks

  10-03-2018 23:00
  Washington • The Trump administration said Saturday it has taken the first step in the regulatory process to ban bump stocks, likely setting the stage for long legal battles with gun manufacturers while the trigger devices remain on the market.The move was expected after President Donald Trump ordered the Justice Department to work toward a ban following the shooting deaths of 17 people at a Florida high school in February. Bump stocks, which enable guns to fire like automatic weapons, were
  
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• Bouncing between the Jazz and the Stars, rookie Tony Bradley tries to keep growing

  10-03-2018 22:42
  Tony Bradley is here, in the starting lineup in an NBA arena. But not in an NBA uniform.It’s February, and the former North Carolina Tar Heel is suited up for the Salt Lake City Stars. He’s facing Lakers draft pick Ivica Zubac, a 7-foot-1 giant from Croatia, and it doesn’t go well.Zubac scores 25 points and grabs eight rebounds in a 118-114 South Bay Lakers win at Vivint Smart Home Arena. Bradley doesn’t have his A-game this evening: He scores seven points and has two reb
  
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• Commentary: 'Just Say No' approach leaves students unprepared to navigate decision making and healthy relationships

  10-03-2018 22:30
  Raising children these days is tricky. As parents we want to protect them from harm and support them in achieving their hopes and dreams. We know that even before puberty starts they are thinking about how their bodies compare to others in their peer group, if they have to give hugs and kisses to friends and relatives, or how to say yes or no to a cuddle or high five.What is our role as parents in helping them learn how to navigate personal safety, relationship safety and their own boundaries? A
  
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• Britain Covey is back, but his return to the field at Utah will play out at a deliberate pace

  10-03-2018 22:13
  It was on a doorstep in a neighborhood in central Chile that Britain Covey balled up his fist, like he had all those days before, and knocked. The door cracked open, offering a glimpse inside, and what he saw was a slice of home.It’s one of his favorite stories to tell of the endless favorites he holds dear. Because, really, what are the odds that of all places, of all potential pieces of home decor that could catch his eye in Talca, Chile, there would be a football helmet in his line of s
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz's Donovan Mitchell impresses famed NBA trainer Chris Brickley as fastest rookie to net 150 3-pointers

  10-03-2018 22:10 via sportspyder.com
  ... r him.” Famed NBA trainer Chris Brickley ( @Cbrickley603) congratulates Utah Jazz rookie @spidadmitchell on becoming the fastest rookie in league history to h ...
  
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• Trump he thinks North Korea will keep word on missile tests

  10-03-2018 22:00
  Washington • President Donald Trump said Saturday he believes North Korea will abide by its pledge to suspend missile tests while he prepares for a summit by May with the North’s leader, Kim Jong Un.Trump noted in a tweet that North Korea has refrained from such tests since November and said Kim “has promised not to do so through our meetings.”“I believe they will honor that commitment,” the president wrote.Trump shocked many inside and outside his administrati
  
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• Commentary: What lawmakers have done to our public lands is monstrous

  10-03-2018 22:00
  In October of last year, a nearly complete fossil of a Teratophoneus, a cousin of the well-known Tyrannosaurus rex, was airlifted out of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument right here in southern Utah. Treasure troves of fossils and numerous new species have been unearthed in this crown jewel of our public lands that advance our understanding of time historic.Land producing such discoveries surely merits our protection, but as you read this, those protections are being stripped away by t
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Donovan Mitchell impresses famed NBA trainer Chris Brickley as fastest rookie to net 150 3-pointers

  10-03-2018 21:58 via sportspyder.com
  ... r him.” Famed NBA trainer Chris Brickley ( @Cbrickley603) congratulates Utah Jazz rookie @spidadmitchell on becoming the fastest rookie in league history to h ...
  
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• Utah Jazz's Donovan Mitchell impresses famed NBA trainer Chris Brickley as fastest rookie to net 150 3-pointers

  10-03-2018 21:55
  MEMPHIS — Immediately following Utah’s 10th consecutive road victory in Memphis Friday, Utah Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell made his way over to hug a special guest.“It was actually my first time sitting courtside in an NBA game,” NBA trainer Chris Brickley said, laughing. “I’ve been working the league for five years, but this is the first time.”Casual fans may or may not know Brickley but the players certainly do.Brickley is one of the most sought-out tra
  
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• Commentary: Keep Utah Lake shallow and wet

  10-03-2018 21:13
  In the dry valleys of the Great Basin, Utah Lake stands out as a vibrant freshwater oasis — a warm, shallow wetland critical to surrounding ecosystems and society. Pressure from the 600,000 inhabitants in Utah Lake’s watershed has taken a serious toll on its hydrology, ecology and overall health. Perhaps just as troubling is the declining symbolic health of Utah Lake.What Utah Lake means to us is changing, and its status as a defining natural landmark appears to be evaporating. The r
  
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• Just 9️⃣ home games left! We need the best crowd in the NBA at @vivintarena cheering us on. Buy tickets to any t… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  10-03-2018 21:09 via twitter.com
  Just 9️⃣ home games left! We need the best crowd in the NBA at @vivintarena cheering us on.Buy tickets to any t… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Commentary: Love not guns

  10-03-2018 20:27
  Guns do not keep the peace.People with love in their hearts keep the peace. People with fear and hatred in their hearts sometimes use guns to kill other people, whereas people whose hearts are full of love don’t do that.Guns are not designed as a peacekeeping tool; guns are designed to kill. Killing is their sole purpose and usage and therefore cannot be used to keep any sort of peace. Peace is not the absence of war, it is the ability to retain love and calm in our hearts despite the craz
  
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• Critics silenced ahead of China's move to end Xi term limits

  10-03-2018 20:00
  Beijing • The day China’s ruling Communist Party unveiled a proposal to allow President Xi Jinping to rule indefinitely as Mao Zedong did a generation ago, Ma Bo was so shaken he couldn’t sleep.So Ma, a renowned writer, wrote a social media post urging the party to remember the history of unchecked one-man rule that ended in catastrophe.“History is regressing badly,” Ma thundered in his post. “As a Chinese of conscience, I cannot stay silent!”Censors sile
  
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• Bloomberg View: Don't be too relieved about Trump's tariff order

  10-03-2018 20:00
  Strange what qualifies as good news from the White House these days. President Donald Trump’s order on tariffs was more limited than first threatened and reassuringly vague. So yes, it could have been worse.Trump has given ground in the face of frantic representations from many Republicans and leaders of American business. “We’re going to be very flexible,” he says. His order sets a tariff of 25 percent on steel and 10 percent on aluminum -- but exempts Canada and Mexico
  
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• Crowder goes off as the Jazz thump the Grizzlies. Relive the best parts here! >> on.nba.com/2FtBAbD https://t.co/JZqNoG6pG6

  10-03-2018 19:06 via twitter.com
  
  Crowder goes off as the Jazz thump the Grizzlies. Relive the best parts here!>> on.nba.com/2FtBAbD https://t.co/JZqNoG6pG6
  
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• Trump flies solo more, is said to want to rely less on staff

  10-03-2018 19:00
  Washington • His staff hollowing out and his agenda languishing, President Donald Trump is increasingly flying solo.Always improvisational, the president exercised his penchant for going it alone in a big way this week: first, by ordering sweeping tariffs opposed by foreign allies and by many in his own party, then hours later delivering the stunning news that he’ll meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.An on-the-spot decision with global ramifications, Trump’s agreement to
  
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• Letter: No one wins in an escalating trade war

  10-03-2018 18:30
  Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said a 25 percent tariff on steel would cause only a 0.6 cent increase in the cost of steel in a can of soup, implying that the tariff is insignificant to consumers.However, other factors affect the price of a can of tomato soup.Tomato costs will increase with more expensive farm machinery. Fuel prices will rise due to higher costs for oil drilling equipment and pipelines. Processing costs will increase because of more costly plant equipment.Plus, all transportatio
  
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• Letter: Cutting the Food Stamp program known as SNAP is a terrible idea

  10-03-2018 18:30
  Debbie Baskin (“Cuts to the SNAP program will take food from the mouths of babes”) is right: cutting the Food Stamp program known as Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) by 30 percent is a terrible idea.Instead we should be increasing benefits for poor children and their families so they can eat.A recent study found that in 99 percent of counties across the U.S. (including all 29 counties in Utah) SNAP’s maximum per a meal benefit is less than the average cost of
  
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• Official: Gunman, three hostages dead after shootout at state-run veterans home

  10-03-2018 18:02
  A tense standoff between police and a gunman who had stormed into a veterans home in California and taken three employees hostage came to a grim end Friday night when officers entered the room the gunman was in to find him and all three hostages dead.The man had shown up at the largest veterans home in the United States with a rifle in the morning and exchanged gunfire with a sheriff's deputy before crashing a farewell party for employees of a organization that works with recent veterans and tak
  
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• Tony Jones: Pelicans amazingly continue to thrive after Cousins’ season-ending injury

  10-03-2018 17:46
  The Western Conference standings are so bunched up that a good week can put you in position to get home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs and a bad one can put you in 10th place.So for the eight teams not named the Golden State Warriors or Houston Rockets that are vying for the postseason, there is no margin for error with a little more than four weeks remaining in the regular season.I don’t know what’s ultimately going to happen to the New Orleans Pelicans. But this
  
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• Letter: A practical opinion on why we should keep the death penalty

  10-03-2018 17:20
  On March 4, Jean Hill delivered an opinion titled “Arguments for death penalty are flawed.” I’m sure, besides me, there are other Catholics and those of other faiths who find her argument flawed. Now for my honest, practical opinion of why we should keep the death penalty.Every day most of us in Utah go to a special room, sit on a porcelain apparatus, take care of business, and pull a handle eliminating waste which is delivered to the sewer. Every week most of us in Utah put ou
  
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• Letter: Utah Lake Restoration Project puts “the cart before the horse”

  10-03-2018 17:19
  There are a couple of language problems with the Utah Lake Restoration Project. It sounds innocuous enough until lines 68, 68a, and 68b. The House Bill 272 amendments state: “Subject to the approval of the Legislative Management Committee the division (meaning the State Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands) may dispose of appropriately available state land in and around Utah Lake.”The word “in” Utah Lake is bad enough, but what does “around” encompass?
  
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• Letter: These are not “donations” — they are bribes

  10-03-2018 17:17
  Regarding the article, “Mia Love is not on board with arming teachers…” (February 23, 2018), Courtney Tanner did not report the whole story. Mia Love said she received $3,000 in donations from the NRA. However, according FEC information (Feb. 1, 2018), she has accepted $93,119 from gun rights advocates (opensecrets.org; credit: Center for Responsive Politics.)These are not “donations.” They are bribes. She voted to relax gun restrictions for those with mental illne
  
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• Utah lawmakers made a few tweaks to liquor laws, but abstained from major alcohol legislation in 2018

  10-03-2018 17:12
  Utah lawmakers abstained from any major alcohol legislation in 2018.They let Utah’s tough new drunken driving law — the toughest in the nation — stand, albeit with a few minor tweaks. The law, passed in 2017, lowers the state’s blood-alcohol content for driving under the influence from 0.08 to 0.05 and goes into effect on Dec. 30.Not a single bill was introduced in 2018 to discuss what the state will do later this year when the selection of 3.2 beer in Utah grocery and co
  
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• ‘I hope they get fired’: Utah senators blame Salt Lake City lobbyists for controversial inland port negotiations; mayor, council call for veto of bill

  10-03-2018 15:00
  Three Utah senators criticized Salt Lake City and its lobbyists Friday over a controversial bill that the city denounced. One of the lawmakers went so far as to say the lobbyists should be fired.The measure, Senate Bill 234, would create the Inland Port Authority, an agency that would oversee the establishment of an international trade hub to be built in the northwest quadrant of Salt Lake City. It also spawned anger in the mayor’s office, which denounced the final version of the bill. May
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Can Utah Jazz get home court advantage in first round of the playoffs?

  10-03-2018 14:32 via sportspyder.com
  ... AD misses any sort of extended time, the Pelicans could very well fall. Utah Jazz may catch unexpected break after Anthony Davis injury https://t.co/NlTpx9YFJ ...
  
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• Can Utah Jazz get home court advantage in first round of the playoffs?

  10-03-2018 14:00
  It will take an incredible finish and an awful lot of help, but home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs isn’t out of reach for the Utah Jazz. After the Utah Jazz defeated the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night, they moved into sole possession of the eighth seed in the Western Conference. […]
  Can Utah Jazz get home court advantage in first round of the playoffs? - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Utah State’s run in Mountain West tourney ends with semifinal loss to New Mexico

  10-03-2018 08:49
  Las Vegas • Eight minutes in the first half on Friday night made all the difference, and it did not favor the Aggies.Utah State’s Mountain West Tournament run came to an end at the hands of third-seeded New Mexico in an 83-68 semifinal loss. Sophomore guard Sam Merrill led a quartet of Aggies with 10 points or more. Merrill scored 17, while Koby McEwen (16 points), Julion Pearre (13 points) and Quinn Taylor (10 points) rounded out the scoring leaders.The Aggies played without junior g
  
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• Eastern Washington tops Southern Utah 82-70 to advance to Big Sky finals

  10-03-2018 07:55
  Reno, Nev. • Bogdan Bliznyuk made 13 of 17 from the field and finished with 32 points to become to Big Sky Conference's career-scoring leader as Eastern Washington beat Southern Utah 82-70 on Friday night in the semifinals of the conference tournament.Bliznyuk, who has 2,127 career points, moved past Idaho's Orlando Lightfoot, who scored 2,102 from 1991-94.The third-seeded Eagles, who have won eight in a row, will play No. 1 seed Montana in Saturday's championship game. Eastern Washington b
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Jae Crowder’s career night fuels Jazz victory over Grizzlies

  10-03-2018 07:50 via sportspyder.com
  ...Mar 9, 2018, 11:25pm MST Share Jae Crowder’s career night fuels Jazz victory over Grizzlies Nelson Chenault-USA TODAY Sports On a sleepy night in ...
  
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• Utah State’s run in Mountain West tourney ends in semifinals

  10-03-2018 07:47
  Las Vegas • Utah State’s run in the Mountain West Tournament came to an end at the hands of New Mexico on Friday night in the Thomas & Mack Center on the UNLV campus.The Aggies fell 83-68 in the semifinals of the tournament. Sam Merrill led a quartet of Aggies with 10 points or more. Merrill scored 17, while Koby McEwen (16 points), Julion Pearre (13 points) and Quinn Taylor (10 points) rounded out the scoring leaders.The Aggies (17-17) trailed by as many as 23 points in the secon
  
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• Virginia tops Clemson to advance to ACC final

  10-03-2018 07:44
  New York • Kyle Guy scored 15 points and No. 1 Virginia advanced to the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game with a 64-58 victory over No. 19 Clemson on Friday night.The top-seeded Cavaliers (30-2) got several crucial plays from role player Jack Salt down the stretch and will face fifth-ranked and second-seeded Duke or 12th-ranked and sixth-seeded North Carolina for the tournament title Saturday night in Brooklyn.Virginia's only ACC Tournament crowns came in 1976 and 2014.Shelton Mit
  
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• Squad. https://t.co/nRziw1i6jb

  10-03-2018 07:14 via twitter.com
  
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• [NBA] - The Roundup—Jazz top Grizzlies for 10th straight road win

  10-03-2018 07:03 via sportspyder.com
  ... er.com/hh1z9pg15L— Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) March 10, 2018 The Jazz held onto a good-but-not-great lead throughout much of the second half befor ...
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz pick up 10th straight road win against Memphis Grizzlies

  10-03-2018 06:55 via sportspyder.com
  ... itter.com/6yj7incygi — Andy Larsen (@andyblarsen) March 10, 2018 Overall the Jazz shot the three-ball well at a clip of 40.6 percent as a team. Joe Ingles had ...
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Jazz rock 'n' roll in Memphis: Jae Crowder swishes most 3-pointers of career in Utah's 10th straight road win

  10-03-2018 06:45 via sportspyder.com
  ... e road or at home, just trying to win every game. That’s all we do, really.” Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell struggled mightily from the field, going 4 for 15, b ...
  
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• "Not every game is pretty. There were stretches where we weren't playing well offensively, but our defense held str… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  10-03-2018 06:44 via twitter.com
  "Not every game is pretty. There were stretches where we weren't playing well offensively, but our defense held str… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Jazz rock 'n' roll in Memphis: Jae Crowder swishes most 3-pointers of career in Utah's 10th straight road win

  10-03-2018 06:30
  MEMPHIS — His confidence was high. His jumper was on and Jae Crowder made the Memphis Grizzlies pay for sagging off of him at times.Crowder made the nets in FedExForum play sweet music Friday leading the Jazz to their 10th consecutive road victory, 95-78.He finished with a game-high 22 points off the bench in 33 minutes as the Jazz also collected their fifth straight win overall. Crowder’s six 3-pointers made were a career-best as well as his 11 3-point shot attempts.Thursday’s
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - No. 18 West Virginia tops No. 14 Texas Tech 66-63 at Big 12s

  10-03-2018 06:29 via sportspyder.com
  ... sas eases by K-State, 83-67, in Big 12 semifinal Crowder has season-high 22, Jazz beat Grizzlies 95-78 Grand Canyon beats Utah Valley, advances to WAC final B ...
  
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• Jazz beat Grizzlies 95-78 for 10th straight road win

  10-03-2018 06:19
  Memphis, Tenn. • A month ago, the Jazz had to grind out a four-point physical win in FedEx Forum.The Memphis Grizzlies had lost 10 straight games since that game headed into Friday night’s rematch with Utah, but the Jazz expected nothing to change. And they were right.It was a 95-78 victory for Utah (36-30), one that pushed the Jazz into a hard-earned top-eight spot in the Western Conference — which has been just out of reach since the Jazz have rolled to 17 wins in 19 games sta
  
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• Utah Jazz pick up 10th straight road win against Memphis Grizzlies

  10-03-2018 06:16
  The Utah Jazz were able to grind it out on the road to defeat the Memphis Grizzlies 95-78 for their 10th straight road win. The Utah Jazz entered Friday’s game against the Memphis Grizzlies on a nine-game road win streak in hopes of extending that during their playoff race surge. What many thought would be […]
  Utah Jazz pick up 10th straight road win against Memphis Grizzlies - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• [Fox Sports] - Grizzlies LIVE to Go: Gasol, Grizzlies continue to struggle against Jazz

  10-03-2018 06:15 via sportspyder.com
  ... 61+12288 Grizzlies LIVE to Go: Gasol, Grizzlies continue to struggle against Jazz UP NEXT Grizzlies LIVE to Go: Gasol, Grizzlies continue to struggle against...
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Jazz Smother Memphis Offense for 95 – 78 Victory

  10-03-2018 06:14 via sportspyder.com
  ... le Memphis isn’t the grit and grind unit of the past, against the slow-tempo Jazz they play physically against perimeter players, denying the ball on the wing ...
  
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• Jury convicts Utah woman in ‘hired hit man’ case, as prosecutors file new charges alleging she wanted two others killed in addition to her ex-husband

  10-03-2018 06:10
  A jury on Friday found Linda Gillman guilty of trying to hire a hit man to kill her ex-husband in 2016. Earlier Friday, prosecutors filed new charges alleging Gillman last month began plans to have two other people killed. The verdict on Friday afternoon was a split decision. Charged with two counts of first-degree felony criminal solicitation, Gillman, 70, was found guilty of conspiring to kill her ex-husband, but was acquitted of trying to have the ex-husband’s wife killed.She faces a po
  
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