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• Letter: California is being punished for its good deeds

  18-03-2018 23:23
  The phrase “no good deed goes unpunished” applies to California.California is trying to reduce carbon emissions by making energy from coal-fired power plants more expensive, but the Utah Legislature set aside $1.65 million to sue California over its fee on power from coal fired plants.California wanted to ensure the humane treatment of farm animals and passed a law that states, “Eggs sold in California must be from hens that have space to lie down, stand up, turn around and ful
  
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• Kushner’s real estate company reportedly falsified records to harass tenants, earn huge profits

  18-03-2018 23:02
  New York • When the Kushner Cos. bought three apartment buildings in a gentrifying neighborhood of Queens in 2015, most of the tenants were protected by special rules that prevent developers from pushing them out, raising rents and turning a tidy profit.But that’s exactly what the company then run by Jared Kushner did, and with remarkable speed. Two years later, it sold all three buildings for $60 million, nearly 50 percent more than it paid.Now a clue has emerged as to how President
  
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• [Hoops Rumors] - Northwest Notes: Gobert, Stockton, Nurkic, Brewer

  18-03-2018 22:31 via sportspyder.com
  ...yeah, there’s no question.” Gobert has been a double-double machine for the Jazz, averaging 14.0 PPG and 10.7 RPG. While the team struggled in his absence, G ...
  
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• Can Jazz center Rudy Gobert win Defensive Player of the Year despite his missed games?

  18-03-2018 22:31
  Like Rudy Gobert blocking a shot, Quin Snyder stopped a question in its tracks on Saturday night.He wanted to make a point after the reporter had suggested it was merely Snyder’s opinion that Gobert is the best defensive player in the NBA. So he interrupted.“I think it’s an empirical fact,” he said. “Empirical from the standpoint that if you look at every number, he has been dominant. I’m not pining for him. I will. But I am just stating what is happening with
  
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• Is your spin class too young, too thin and too white?

  18-03-2018 22:00
  After a few committed months of hot yoga at a studio in New York, Christina Rice had found her niche. So when the studio announced that it was offering teacher training, she signed right up.It was only when she arrived with her mat that she noticed something striking.There were 54 other women and men in the 10-week course, and not one of them looked like her. She was the lone African-American in the class."I did bond with some of the other students," says Rice. "But I did feel very isolated at t
  
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• Utes hoping NIT experience pays off in long run for underclassmen

  18-03-2018 21:47
  The Utes entered the postseason rallying around the idea of extending the season for their seniors, but when their postseason run ends, they’ll lose four starters to graduation.Utah’s NIT appearance, including the games and practices that come along with it, will likely benefit the program most in the form of additional court time for its underclassmen, who will likely have to step into bigger roles next season.The second-seeded Utes (20-11), who secured their fifth consecutive 20-w
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Jazz forward Jae Crowder relives 2012 March Madness win over BYU: ‘That triggered us to get to the Sweet 16’

  18-03-2018 21:07 via sportspyder.com
  ... he topic of March Madness is mentioned. Like the rest of the world, the Utah Jazz forward is following the NCAA Tournament. “It’s a lot of upsets, which I kne ...
  
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• Jazz forward Jae Crowder relives 2012 March Madness win over BYU: ‘That triggered us to get to the Sweet 16’

  18-03-2018 21:05
  SALT LAKE CITY — A smile creases the face of Jae Crowder when the topic of March Madness is mentioned.Like the rest of the world, the Utah Jazz forward is following the NCAA Tournament.“It’s a lot of upsets, which I knew was going to happen,” Crowder said. “I’ve been telling the guys in the locker room that upsets are going to happen because the margin between the higher seeds and the lower seeds is not big like it used to be.“It’s different now wi
  
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• Utes hoping NIT experience pays of in long run for underclassmen

  18-03-2018 21:04
  The Utes entered the postseason rallied around the idea of extending the season for their seniors, but when their postseason run ends they’ll lose four starters to graduation.Utah’s NIT appearance, including the games and practices that come along with it, will likely benefit the program most in the form of additional court time for its underclassmen who will likely have to step into bigger roles next season.The second-seeded Utes (20-11), who secured their fifth consecutive 20-win
  
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• Results: Putin far ahead in fraud-tainted Russian vote

  18-03-2018 20:53
  Moscow • Early results and an exit poll showed that Vladimir Putin handily won a fourth term as Russia's president Sunday, adding six years in the Kremlin for the man who has led the world's largest country for all of the 21st century.The vote was tainted by widespread reports of ballot-box stuffing and forced voting, but the complaints will likely do little to undermine Putin. The Russian leader's popularity remains high despite his suppression of dissent and reproach from the West over Ru
  
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• Homegrown player Corey Baird makes his MLS debut as RSL plays four academy products in Saturday’s 1-0 win over Red Bulls

  18-03-2018 20:46
  Real Salt Lake Academy product Corey Baird took off past the Red Bulls back line. He controlled the through ball from Albert Rusnák and looked to his right.Another couple of explosive touches and he could take a shot on goal in the last seconds of his MLS debut. Instead Baird slowed, eased his way into the corner and held the ball until New York defender Tyler Adams jumped into him, knocking him off of it. For that, RSL received a free kick, and the game was over. RSL had managed to hold
  
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• Supreme Court set to weigh abortion access, free speech

  18-03-2018 20:30
  Gilroy, Calif. • The 41 words at the center of the latest Supreme Court showdown on abortion are not readily visible at Christine Vatuone’s Informed Choices pregnancy center — not reproduced as a sign on 8 1/2-by-11-inch paper in at least 22-point type, as California law requires, or distributed to clients in printed or digital form.“Were you looking?” Vatuone asked with a smile, before her lawyer, Kristen Waggoner of the conservative legal organization Alliance Defe
  
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• [Bleacher Report] - Rudy Gobert Rips NBA Teams Tanking, Praises Jazz's Front Office

  18-03-2018 20:17 via sportspyder.com
  ... r for Rookie of the Year this season. Gobert  remains a proponent of how the Jazz went about recovering from the loss of Hayward. There's an argument to be ma ...
  
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• Fred Hiatt: Put the mayors in charge

  18-03-2018 19:53
  Why aren’t these people running the country?This past week, hundreds of mayors and other local officials came to Washington to try to get some action out of Congress and the administration, and many of them were asking common-sensical questions.Such as:Why would you start a trade war when so many people already are struggling to earn a living?Why would you cut taxes when we are desperate to fix potholes, replace rusting water pipes and modernize our ports?What country are you living in?Wel
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: At this point, Rudy Gobert is the ONLY choice for DPOY

  18-03-2018 19:30 via sportspyder.com
  ... ant through the team’s success. When he’s been on the court this season, the Jazz are allowing just 97 points per 100 possessions. That’s more than four whole ...
  
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• [The Score] - Gobert glad Jazz didn't tank: 'You don't learn how to win by losing on purpose'

  18-03-2018 19:02 via sportspyder.com
  ... t the alternative could have been, new franchise cornerstone is thrilled the Jazz never waved the white flag. "Just try to teach players how to make winning p ...
  
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• Utah Jazz: At this point, Rudy Gobert is the ONLY choice for DPOY

  18-03-2018 18:57
  Forget the missed games, Rudy Gobert’s defense has altered a season for the Utah Jazz and impacted the West’s playoff race. There are some things in life that are incontestable; things that exist in a certain state and will continue to do so regardless of what we do or say. In other words, the sky […]
  Utah Jazz: At this point, Rudy Gobert is the ONLY choice for DPOY - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz 2017-18 Week 23 Outlook, Predictions

  18-03-2018 18:50 via sportspyder.com
  ... Slow-Mo Joe shoots down Utah Jazz’s single-season 3-point record by Ryan Aston ...
  
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• [Uproxx: Dime Magazine] - Rudy Gobert Is Very Glad The Jazz Didn’t Try Tanking This Year

  18-03-2018 18:28 via sportspyder.com
  ... rt battle some injury issues. While it took some time and growing pains, the Jazz are now firing on all cylinders and are a team that looks poised to be a tou ...
  
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• Utah Jazz 2017-18 Week 23 Outlook, Predictions

  18-03-2018 18:13
  The Utah Jazz will face a much more difficult stretch in Week 23 as they put their nine-game win streak and fifth place spot in the West on the line. Make that nine in a row for the Utah Jazz! While last night’s bout against the Sacramento Kings was certainly too close for comfort, the […]
  Utah Jazz 2017-18 Week 23 Outlook, Predictions - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Noah Smith: Want affordable housing? Just build more of it

  18-03-2018 17:20
  After years of dithering and hoping the problem would go away, California is finally taking steps to address its housing crisis. In 2017 the state passed a series of bills designed to encourage the construction of new affordable housing — streamlining the regulatory approval process, providing more state funding and cracking down on local governments that fall short of their housing goals. Now, state Sen. Scott Wiener is pushing a new more aggressive package of legislation.The most dramati
  
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• Letter: Show you care and vote for stricter gun laws

  18-03-2018 17:18
  For as long as I’ve gone to school we’ve practiced for a school shooting. Before I could understand how the government worked, before I could write a paragraph, before I could spell democracy, I was preparing for a day that someone might barge into my classroom and try to murder me.I’ve grown up in a world where having a gun is more important than children’s lives. And while I’ve grown up afraid to go to school because I don’t want to be shot, there is no way
  
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• Letter: About that supposed ‘attack’ Lyman’s rural Utah is under ...

  18-03-2018 17:16
  Phil Lyman wants to run for Rep. Mike Noel’s newly vacant seat because rural Utah is supposedly “under attack.” I would contend that the opposite is the case. In recent years, Utah has moved the state prison to the capital city while removing the tax credit, drafted bills to remove its water rights, annexed the last undeveloped land and put an unelected committee in charge, and removed its ability to regulate billboard placement and sizes.What has the state done to “attac
  
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• Letter: Schools need to teach far more about Native Americans in Utah history classes

  18-03-2018 17:10
  I think that it is heartbreaking that the curriculum the state of Utah has given to U.S. history teachers does not include the majority of the history of how Native Americans were, and are, treated by the U.S. government. A surprising amount of students don’t know hardly anything about independent Native American nations, even though we live in a state with a large amount of reservation and independent nation land. This seems dangerous to me to raise the youth in Utah ignorant of a signifi
  
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• How Utah’s county jails have helped some state felons rebuild their lives and create a community

  18-03-2018 17:08
  Panguitch • When Jon Stubbs walked out of the Utah State Prison in the fall of 2016, he planned to find work, repair broken relationships and never get in trouble with the law again.So far, he’s done it.“Prison changed me,” Stubbs, now a co-owner of a trucking business, said from the cab of one of his dump trucks. “It saved me.”But the change didn’t come from his time spent as “one-triple-six-oh-two,” as he was called by officers at the state&
  
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• Leonard Pitts: What to do about Louis Farrakhan?

  18-03-2018 17:07
  And here we are again, back to the same question. What to do about Louis Farrakhan?The leader of the Nation of Islam has, for years, been a toxic fount of anti-Semitic and homophobic rhetoric. “These false Jews,” he preached in 2006, “promote the filth of Hollywood that is seeding the American people and the people of the world and bringing you down in moral strength. ... It’s the wicked Jews, the false Jews, that are promoting lesbianism, homosexuality. It’s the wi
  
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• Letter: I guess Mormon Rules mean we won’t ticket the speeders

  18-03-2018 17:04
  The only reason why Utah lowered the blood alcohol level from .08 to .05 is to save lives.Now that we have established that fact, let us take camera photos and send tickets to the low-lifers who are traveling in the HOV lanes without paying for a permit.How about connecting the dots above and taking photos of the cars that are speeding on the freeway and sending them a ticket also. Oh, wait a minute. Using Mormon Rules it isn’t a sin until you get caught. At least that’s what I have
  
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• Letter: Owners of firearms should learn the laws and not spread misinformation

  18-03-2018 16:46
  I enjoyed your Feb. 27 article on AR-15s. It was refreshing that you asked Utah citizens to comment on this issue instead of your usual comments from other parts of the country (from New York, Washington, D.C., Jennifer Rubin, etc.). It confirms what I thought. A lot of people in this country own guns, and most are level-headed on the Second Amendment and the use of firearms.However, there is one thing I take issue with. The woman pictured on your front page, Brianna Seymour, states in her comme
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Slow-Mo Joe shoots down Utah Jazz’s single-season 3-point record

  18-03-2018 16:45 via sportspyder.com
  ... Joe Ingles said his wife, Renae, informed him after the game that he set the Jazz franchise record for most 3-pointers made in a single season. “It’s an honor ...
  
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• Donovan scores. Rudy blocks. Jazz win (again). >> on.nba.com/2G29Eiz https://t.co/NNDRaSLzMG

  18-03-2018 16:24 via twitter.com
  
  Donovan scores. Rudy blocks. Jazz win (again).>> on.nba.com/2G29Eiz https://t.co/NNDRaSLzMG
  
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• Slow-Mo Joe shoots down Utah Jazz’s single-season 3-point record

  18-03-2018 16:18
  Joe Ingles’ breakout year for the Utah Jazz strikes another resounding note. He’s now etched his name into the team’s record book. The Utah Jazz had a pretty good Saturday night. Despite 14 3-pointers from the Sacramento Kings, the Jazz band were able to hold them off for a six-point win. It was their ninth […]
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• Utah’s county jails provide state inmates with programming that would otherwise remain out of reach

  18-03-2018 16:16
  Panguitch • When Jon Stubbs walked out of the Utah State Prison in the fall of 2016, he planned to find work, repair broken relationships and never get in trouble with the law again.So far, he’s done it.“Prison changed me,” Stubbs, now a co-owner of a trucking business, said from the cab of one of his dump trucks. “It saved me.”But the change didn’t come from his time spent as “one-triple-six-oh-two,” as he was called by officers at the state&
  
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• [KSL] - Video: Mark Eaton explains his new book and Donovan Mitchell's rookie rise

  18-03-2018 15:10 via sportspyder.com
  ... t the first signing will be on the main concourse of Vivint Arena during the Jazz's home game April 3 against the Los Angeles Lakers. Eaton made headlines mor ...
  
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• Roma Downey is bringing her new book with personal tales of faith to her 2nd home — Salt Lake City

  18-03-2018 15:00
  When Roma Downey’s publisher presented her with a book-tour schedule, Salt Lake City wasn’t on it. Downey insisted that had to change.“I went back and I said, ‘Oh, no. Wait a minute. I’ve got to go to Utah. It’s my second home,’” the former “Touched by an Angel” star said with a laugh.So she’ll be here Friday, March 23, to talk about and sign her first book, “Box of Butterflies: Discovering the Unexpected Blessings All Aroun
  
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• Junot Díaz says children’s books lack diversity. He hopes his will help change that.

  18-03-2018 15:00
  Twenty years ago, novelist Junot Díaz promised his goddaughters he would write a children’s book for them. Their request: to see people like them — Dominican girls living in the Bronx — in its pages.The girls are no longer girls but their book is finally here. On Tuesday, Díaz, best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,” published “Islandborn.” As promised, it is a picture book that features Domin
  
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• Gomberg: A blind man asked for help, I took his arm and the walk changed me

  18-03-2018 14:30
  I was walking back to work after a lunch meeting when I noticed someone who appeared to be visually impaired near the doors to my building at the University of Utah. I had seen him when I was circling the lot for a parking spot, but I hadn’t given him much thought.The moment my high heels hit the concrete leading to the door, he spoke in a voice quiet enough to make me realize he wasn’t able to accurately estimate my distance. “Excuse me,” he said, “how do I get to
  
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• Kirby: Republican? Democrat? Communist? Libertarian? Hell, I want Fido to run.

  18-03-2018 14:00
  Last Sunday, a member of my Mormon bishopric stood before the congregation and read a letter from the governing First Presidency encouraging us to take part in the political process even if we are fascists or communists.The letter didn’t specifically mention those two groups, only that “principles compatible with the gospel may be found in the platforms of each of the various political parties.”I don’t know that much about communists and fascists, but I’m pretty sur
  
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• [Give Me Sport] - Donovan Mitchell's 23rd 25-point game this season puts him in esteemed company in NBA history | GiveMeSport

  18-03-2018 13:54 via sportspyder.com
  ... dout may need to put up big numbers on a nightly basis from here on in.  The Jazz currently occupy the five seed in the West with a 40-30 record, but are just ...
  
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• Utah’s county jails provide state inmates programming that would otherwise remain out of reach

  18-03-2018 13:30
  Panguitch • When Jon Stubbs walked out of the Utah State Prison in the fall of 2016, he planned to find work, repair broken relationships and never get in trouble with the law again.So far, he’s done it.“Prison changed me,” Stubbs, now a co-owner of a trucking business, said from the cab of one of his dump trucks. “It saved me.”But the change didn’t come from his time spent as “one-triple-six-oh-two,” as he was called by officers at the state&
  
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• Who is funding the Orrin Hatch Center? We may never know.

  18-03-2018 13:00
  Washington • With Sen. Orrin Hatch’s pending retirement, friends and supporters are ramping up efforts to raise money for a center in his name to house his decades of papers, train new leaders and offer a forum for policy discussions.But who is funding the multimillion-dollar effort is likely to remain shrouded in mystery.The Orrin G. Hatch Foundation had raised, according to its most recent tax filing, nearly $6 million toward building a center at one of Utah’s universities, an
  
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• ‘My son’s dead because of a trigger-happy cop’: Father of Utah man shot by federal agents says the death was a case of mistaken identity

  18-03-2018 12:09
  The father of a man who was shot and killed by federal agents in Sandy on Tuesday says when agents gunned his son down, they were actually looking for another man.Bryan Keith Liles, 31, was killed by Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents across the street from the Historic Sandy station, 9000 S. 165 East.
  Following the 5 p.m. shooting, police said ATF agents had a warrant for Liles and traced him to the TRAX station. Police have not given other details, other than to say age
  
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• [Basketball Insiders] - Suns’ Chriss, Dudley Fined $25K for Altercation

  18-03-2018 11:41 via sportspyder.com
  ... , 2018 By G League guard David Stockton, son of Utah Jazz legend John Stockton, is signing a 10-day contract with the team, league sou ...
  
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• [Basketball Insiders] - Pistons’ SVG on Officiating: ‘It’s embarrassing for the league’

  18-03-2018 11:41 via sportspyder.com
  ... , 2018 By G League guard David Stockton, son of Utah Jazz legend John Stockton, is signing a 10-day contract with the team, league sou ...
  
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• Rebounding guy 🕷 https://t.co/525swjt54l

  18-03-2018 07:12 via twitter.com
  
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• [KSL] - The Triple Team: Jazz overcome Kings hot shooting thanks to Rudy Gobert

  18-03-2018 07:10 via sportspyder.com
  ... ees are the way to go. We now advance to the 3-point column: in the end, the Jazz took five more normal 3-point attempts than the Kings did. But the Kings mad ...
  
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• Kragthorpe: Another must-win win is a big relief for red-hot Jazz

  18-03-2018 06:46
  After all the agonizing scoreboard-watching the Jazz and their followers have done lately, everything around the NBA played out in their favor Saturday night.This part was not in the preferred script, though: Sacramento possessed the ball in the last minute of a tie game at Vivint Smart Home Arena.That’s when Rudy Gobert and the rest of the Jazz defense responded. Three empty trips for the Kings and a bunch of free throws for the Jazz secured a 103-97 victory, ending a night that reminded
  
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• Jazz hold off Kings to move up to fifth in Western Conference

  18-03-2018 06:46
  Seldom have the Utah Jazz been this complimentary to an opponent this season.Sure, they always say the right things. But, on Saturday night, following a 103-97 win over the Sacramento Kings, the Jazz locker room was a Sacramento love fest.“They played so much better than their record,” Jae Crowder said.“That team has a lot of talent. They deserve credit,” Rudy Gobert said.In the grind of a playoff race, the Kings strolled into Salt Lake City and gave the Jazz everything t
  
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• Real Salt Lake claims first win of the season, 1-0 over the Red Bulls

  18-03-2018 06:45
  Sandy • Albert Rusnák went a gutsy route with his first penalty kick in a Real Salt Lake jersey: the Panenka.Rusnák leaned back, surveying the goal with his weight on his right foot. He began his approach, accelerating as he went. And then, he stopped and tapped a shot right down the middle.There was nothing goalkeeper Luis Robles could do at that point. He had already committed to his left, and the chip floated right past him.That goal lifted RSL over the Red Bulls 1-0 on a s
  
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• Beau Hoge is healthy and ready to compete for BYU’s starting QB job

  18-03-2018 06:45
  Provo • For the record, redshirt junior quarterback Beau Hoge did not want to see offensive coordinator Ty Detmer get fired last November.“I love that guy a lot,” Hoge said. “Great coach, great person. I was close to him. It hurt all of us to see that, but this is a business, and tough decisions have to be made. We have to roll with the punches.”That said, Hoge also acknowledges the more versatile offense being installed by new offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes and n
  
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• [Standard-Examiner] - Utah Jazz beat Sacramento Kings 103-97 for 9th straight win

  18-03-2018 06:42 via sportspyder.com
  ...total to 179. He broke the Jazz single-season record of 178 set by Randy Foye during the 2012-13 season. ... ...
  
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