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• Tomorrow’s @UofUHealth report: Ricky Rubio (left hamstring soreness) is questionable.

  31-03-2018 23:52 via twitter.com
  Tomorrow’s @UofUHealth report: Ricky Rubio (left hamstring soreness) is questionable.
  
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• Letter: Does the media give criminals too much recognition?

  31-03-2018 23:16
  I have some concerns about showing the faces of certain criminals in the news. I’m thinking mostly of the recent article comparing Mark Hofmann with the Austin bomber and other articles about school shooters. While I don’t really have problems with the articles themselves (the Hofmann/Austin bomber article was a good bit of journalism in my opinion), I think seeing these people’s faces and names after they have been arrested or killed simply gives these people recognition that
  
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• Letter: Parents, do your duty and stand up to the NRA

  31-03-2018 23:14
  If you believe your First Amendment rights of freedom of religion allow you to “marry” multiple underage girls and enslave them, then you are a kidnapper and child molester.If you believe your First Amendment rights of freedom of speech allow you to bully and defame some kid on Facebook until they commit suicide, then you are a murderer.If you believe your Second Amendment rights allow you to possess all “arms,” no matter their mass destructive power, including automatic
  
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• Letter: Students are exercising their free speech rights

  31-03-2018 23:09
  Many people are saying the March for Our Lives protests are unwarranted, but that could not be further from the truth. In fact, those who say these protests have nothing to do with school perhaps have not considered the fact that these kids are participating in a learning experience about expressing their First Amendment (free speech) rights.No one is being forced to go to these protests; despite claims to the contrary (the NRA provided no proof for said claims). Also, many are saying these prot
  
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• Letter: Do something more about guns

  31-03-2018 23:05
  In response to the announcement that certain Republican legislators will hold town-hall meetings to listen to students’ voices about gun violence, I find their shedding of crocodile tears for victims of gun violence to be disingenuous. Instead of committing to take action to address the problems, they can only commit to giving students a “forum to be heard” and to launch yet another study. That way, they can say they were responsive to students’ concerns by “listeni
  
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• Letter: We have the power to regulate arms

  31-03-2018 23:01
  The pro-gun folks focus their Second Amendment claims on the phrase “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed” and seem to downplay the rest. But there is another phrase in the Second Amendment with equal importance: “well regulated.” That is the phrase that gives us, the people, the power to regulate the arms for the general welfare of We the People.The Florida kids leading the March for Our Lives don’t want to eliminate the right to ke
  
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• ABC’s ‘The Crossing’ looks good. My advice? Don’t watch it

  31-03-2018 22:58
  ABC’s “The Crossing” is a new science-fictionish TV show about time travel and the potential extinction of the human race.The first episode is pretty good. My advice? Don’t watch it. Not because it’s a bad show. Actually, the pilot (9 p.m. Monday, ABC/Ch. 4) is rather intriguing. It opens with a call to the sheriff (Steve Zahn) of a picturesque coastal town getting a call about a body that has washed up on the beach. Turns out there are a bunch of bodies — an
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Brad Rock: Jazz commitment strategy dates back to Mark Eaton

  31-03-2018 22:40 via sportspyder.com
  ... on by now is a Utah icon. He moved to Park City early in his tenure with the Jazz and never left. After a career that included an All-Star appearance and two...
  
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• Brad Rock: Jazz commitment strategy dates back to Mark Eaton

  31-03-2018 22:38
  SALT LAKE CITY — It’s never wise to venture into the paint against the Jazz, because it rarely turns out well. The big guy ends up swatting your shot all the way to France.These things happen when you’re facing a perennial Defensive Player of the Year candidate. Are we talking about Rudy Gobert?Yes and no.Gobert isn’t the original Jazz intimidator. That would be Mark Eaton. You can see him, too, Tuesday night when the Jazz host the Lakers.In a different era, before shoote
  
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• Girlfriend of man who allegedly dropped missing Utah teens down a mine shaft accused of obstructing justice

  31-03-2018 22:36
  The girlfriend of a man accused of killing two Utah teenagers and hiding their bodies in a mine shaft was arrested Friday on allegations she interfered with the investigation.Morgan Henderson, 34, had been in jail in Sanpete County for unrelated complaints until Friday, when Utah County authorities booked her into their jail for allegedly obstructing justice as police investigated the disappearance of 17-year-old Breezy Otteson and her boyfriend, 18-year-old Riley Powell, Utah County Sheriff&rsq
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Dante Exum could be a difference maker come playoff time

  31-03-2018 21:42 via sportspyder.com
  ... ular season, then he very well ought to be a key contributor and provide the Jazz with an enormous boost come playoff time. At his best, he can be such a weap ...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Dante Exum could be a difference maker come playoff time

  31-03-2018 21:30
  Dante Exum appears to be coming into his own. And if he continues this trajectory of improvement, he could be a huge asset for the Utah Jazz come playoff time. The Utah Jazz have looked a little bit dicey of late. After winning 21 of 23 games, many of them in commanding fashion, suddenly they’ve […]
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• Utah’s ‘free-range parenting’ law said to be first in the nation

  31-03-2018 21:17
  It all started when Lenore Skenazy let her 9-year-old ride the subway home alone. She gave him a map, a MetroCard, a $20 bill and — just in case — some quarters for a pay phone call, and left him in the handbag section in New York’s original Bloomingdale’s. It was all his idea. He had begged Skenazy to just leave him somewhere and let him find his way back all by himself, until finally, on a spring day in 2008, she let him do it.“I trusted him to figure out that he
  
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• Jazz big men Rudy Gobert and Derrick Favors haven’t let their size (or egos) get in the way of success

  31-03-2018 21:17
  It’s happened before, but it still sometimes surprises. As Rudy Gobert sat the final 7:11 of the game against the Memphis Grizzlies, Derrick Favors helped guide the Jazz to an eventual 107-97 victory.It wasn’t Gobert’s night. While he still had nine points and 10 rebounds, the 7-foot-1 center had been frustrated with Memphis’ physicality, had been on the officials to call more fouls, only took four shots. Favors seemed more engaged — he had four blocks to go with 10
  
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• Plan to block new gold mining near Yellowstone moves forward

  31-03-2018 21:09
  Helena, Mont. • U.S. government officials are moving forward with a plan to block new gold mining claims in the mountains north of Yellowstone National Park with Thursday’s release of a draft analysis of the proposal’s effects on the environment.The plan to withdraw more than 30,000 acres of public lands in the Absaroka mountains for 20 years from new claims for gold, silver, platinum and other “locatable” minerals has been in the works since 2016, when new explorati
  
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• A new report finds insufficient training caused the death of a Utah kayaker on Yellowstone Lake

  31-03-2018 20:57
  Jackson, Wyo. • A National Park Service report says a 23-year-old Utah man who lost his life guiding kayakers on Yellowstone Lake last summer spent at least 30 minutes in the cold water before being pulled out by rescuers.Timothy Conant, of Salt Lake City, was trying to assist a client who had overturned while on a June outing when he rolled his own kayak into water estimated to be about 43 degrees.The Jackson Hole News & Guide reports that Conant remained in the water as two other guid
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz react: Aussies lead the charge in win over Grizzlies

  31-03-2018 20:54 via sportspyder.com
  ...late has been no small feat. Meanwhile, Ingles continued to do it all for a Jazz squad that has depended on him to wear a multitude of hats all season long....
  
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  31-03-2018 20:53 via twitter.com
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• Utah Jazz react: Aussies lead the charge in win over Grizzlies

  31-03-2018 20:39
  Dante Exum and Joe Ingles paced the Utah Jazz to a big win over the scrappy (but tanking) Memphis Grizzlies. Sometimes, even when your opponent is actively trying to lose, a win can be well-earned. Such was the case on Friday night when the Utah Jazz seemingly needed multiple runs to put away the actively […]
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• Commentary: The shameful history of the Second Amendment

  31-03-2018 20:34
  In 1791, why was the Second Amendment thought necessary to help perfect the recently ratified U.S. Constitution? I suggest it was an afterthought to give assurance for ongoing white hegemony.Many of the Founding Fathers were uncomfortable with a national standing army. They knew that the national government could build up a national army as needed, but they hoped it could be minimized in peacetime. They preferred state-run militias. They knew that volunteers would man the local militias.The mili
  
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• Monson: Under pressure, the Jazz are cutting nuts, one game at a time

  31-03-2018 20:26
  The Jazz had given up a large lead and were trailing Memphis by four points deep into the third quarter Friday night. Coming in the wake of a bad loss to Boston, one that general manager Dennis Lindsey called “painful,” it was a dire situation in a game they could not lose, not if they had serious intentions of making the playoffs.It was, as former Jazz player Greg Foster once so eloquently termed it, “nut-cutting time.”The Jazz went ahead and cut those nuts, a phrase tha
  
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• Tony Finau: A long road to Augusta National from his ‘humble beginnings’ in Utah

  31-03-2018 20:21
  The greens have been skinned, leaving only a sand base on the small, elevated surfaces where Tony Finau learned to chip and putt. Chained baskets serve as targets and numbered signs direct players around the reconfigured disc golf course, although the original nine-hole Jordan River Par 3 layout remains traceable. The landmarks include the mound in the No. 1 fairway that once challenged the PGA Tour’s longest driver to fly his tee shot 90 yards just to get over it. As he stood on the manic
  
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• The latest from Mormon General Conference: Hold people accountable but be forgiving; Nelson prepared by God, LDS leaders ‘not humanly perfect’

  31-03-2018 20:21
  LDS General Conference opened Saturday with a “solemn assembly” to sustain Russell M. Nelson as the church’s 17 president and prophet — and, in a historic move, the naming of two ethnic minorities as new apostles: Gerrit W. Gong and Ulisses Soares.Here are the latest developments of conference and highlights from sermons:Elder Neil L. Andersen: People may learn from heaven for themselves that Nelson is a prophet
  Apostle Neil L. Andersen said people may learn for themselve
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Nash, Kidd, Hill in 13-member Basketball Hall of Fame class

  31-03-2018 20:15 via sportspyder.com
  ...in OT classic for Final 4 Brown's 3-pointer lifts Celtics to 97-94 win over Jazz Syracuse could lose a star, but future looking bright Autopsy disputes polic ...
  
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• Paul Mero: Mitt Romney has a Dreamer problem

  31-03-2018 19:28
  Mitt Romney’s stated desire to kick Dreamer kids out of the country is disconcerting and disappointing — and a policy that is Trumpian, not conservative.For a man who once excoriated Donald Trump for being “very very not smart,” Mitt is very very not smart about immigration policy generally and how Utahns view undocumented immigrants specifically.We could excuse Mitt for saying what he feels he needs to say to the red meat crowd in Utah County, except his opposition to Dr
  
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• Commentary: The Tribune provides a pulpit for an Easter sermon

  31-03-2018 19:26
  A strange thing happened to this preacher on my way to church today: The Salt Lake Tribune became my pulpit. Why not? It’s Easter Sunday! This is Utah, where we talk about religion every day.If you are not surrounded by Easter lilies and choirs with morning sunlight falling through stained glass windows then, “Blessed are you.” In fact, if Christ’s rising from the dead sounds like so much nonsense, you are in good company. When women, the first preachers of the Easter eve
  
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• Tony Jones on the NBA: Isaiah Thomas’ injury shows Kawhi Leonard isn’t wrong to sit

  31-03-2018 19:10
  Isaiah Thomas certainly has his warts. As a small guard, he always has been and always will be a liability defensively. He hasn’t always been a model locker room presence, as his quick exit out of Cleveland highlights. There’s certainly a reason he was traded from Phoenix to Boston, Boston to Cleveland and Cleveland to Los Angeles.And he’s not quite as good as he thinks he is. He’s really good offensively. Dynamic even. But when he told reporters he expected someone to ba
  
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• The latest from Mormon General Conference: Nelson has been prepared by God, but LDS leaders ‘are not humanly perfect’

  31-03-2018 19:02
  LDS General Conference opened Saturday with a “solemn assembly” to sustain Russell M. Nelson as the church’s 17 president and prophet — and, in a historic move, the naming of two minorities as new apostles: Gerrit W. Gong and Ulisses Soares.Here are the latest developments of conference and highlights from sermons:Elder Russell M. Ballard: Nelson prepared by God for his calling
  Elder Russell M. Ballard, acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, said Nelson ha
  
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• Mormon General Conference makes history; two minorities — Gerrit W. Gong, Ulisses Soares — named apostles; Nelson sustained as 17th president

  31-03-2018 18:56
  History was made — times three — as LDS General Conference convened Saturday.First, Mormons around the world participated in a “solemn assembly” and sustained Russell M. Nelson as the 17th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. At 93, the former heart surgeon and longtime apostle is the second oldest man to assume the reins of the Utah-based faith.Then, Gerrit W. Gong and Ulisses Soares became the first minorities to be named Mormon apostles.Nelson
  
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• Prep coaches to be honored by Utah Sports Hall of Fame

  31-03-2018 18:49
  The Utah Sports Hall of Fame Foundation will honor eight former coaches and two administrators April 9 during the annual Spring Honors & Awards Banquet at the Little America Hotel. Craig Gladwell, Esther Halliday, Mike Hansen, Brian Kuhlmann, Roger Pyper, Larry Swim and Jody Warren be honored as Distinguished High School Coaches. Ron Haun will receive a Coach of Merit award, reflecting his work at the high school and college levels. Becky Anderson and Dave Hoch will receive Distinguished Se
  
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  31-03-2018 18:37 via twitter.com
  
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• Being the bag man pays off with college scholarship for Park City senior

  31-03-2018 18:36
  Jack Hanskat can hold his own out on the links.The Park City High senior was a co-captain on the Miners golf team this school year, and Hanskat helped lead his team to its 10th straight state championship. But the 18-year-old Hanskat will have his college paid for because he can hold someone else’s golf bag, too.For the past three years, whenever Hanskat has received a message from the Park Meadows Country Club, the teenager has dropped whatever he was doing, put on his khaki shorts, white
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - KU moves on without Preston; star recruit's future uncertain

  31-03-2018 17:34 via sportspyder.com
  ...in OT classic for Final 4 Brown's 3-pointer lifts Celtics to 97-94 win over Jazz Syracuse could lose a star, but future looking bright Syracuse forward Matth ...
  
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• Jazz take down Grizz, look forward to huge matchup in Minnesota >> on.nba.com/2J85ZyH https://t.co/mI1JC748Sd

  31-03-2018 17:23 via twitter.com
  
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• Commentary: George Orwell was wrong — about the date

  31-03-2018 17:18
  George Orwell was wrong!About the date.It wasn’t 1984, it was 2016, for which evidence continues to grow on a daily basis. Orwell had the concepts, though — “Double-Speak” — where the “Ministry of Truth” was actually the office of lies and propaganda — and so forth. In the executive branch of our federal government, we have a racist attorney general who lied about a crime wave, the director of the Environmental Protection Agency who is a climate ch
  
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• Commentary: An Easter miracle on 1300 East

  31-03-2018 17:15
  Imagine a brilliant Easter morning, the sun rising in a crystal blue sky. Newly greening grass and sprouting daffodils counterpoint the still snow-clad mountains. There are magical days like this, sometimes enhanced by further wonders like the passing migration of swallow tail butterflies during the hunt for Easter eggs in the back yard.A day like that can approach miraculous perfection. My family lived that perfect day many years ago in our modest bungalow on 1300 East near the University of Ut
  
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• Commentary: Utah ranks high on list of free-speech states

  31-03-2018 17:12
  Imagine you lived in a state where it was illegal to express too much support for a candidate. Such a law would be a blatant violation of the First Amendment. The ability to support causes and candidates of one’s choice is key to participation in a democratic society. Yet, many states place limits on one of the most impactful ways to do so: donating money to campaigns and political groups.For those without the time to work or volunteer in politics, this outlet is especially important. As a
  
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• Christians unite for interfaith Good Friday procession through downtown Salt Lake City

  31-03-2018 15:20
  Utah Christians united to mark the start of the holiest weekend of the year with a Good Friday procession through the heart of Salt Lake City.The event, highlighting Holy Week activities and culminating with Easter Sunday services, began on the steps of the Cathedral of the Madeleine, 331 E. South Temple.The procession, symbolically retracing Jesus’ steps to the cross, pressed on to other area churches before concluding at St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, 231 E. 100 South.
  
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• Mormon General Conference convenes as members look forward to naming of 2 new apostles plus ‘solemn assembly’ to sustain new president

  31-03-2018 15:14
  LDS General Conference convenes Saturday as the faith’s nearly 16 million members look forward to the naming of two new apostles and a “solemn assembly” to formally sustain Russell M. Nelson as their 17th president and prophet.Nelson, 93, became leader of the church in January after the death of former President Thomas S. Monson — and is presiding at the twice-yearly General Conference for the first time.The church said the conference will feature a “solemn assembly
  
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• Pope Francis presides over Good Friday amid tighter security, controversy over whether hell exists

  31-03-2018 15:10
  Rome • Pope Francis presided over solemn Good Friday services amid heightened security at Rome’s Colosseum for the Via Crucis procession and a new communications controversy at home over the existence of hell.Wearing his white coat to guard against the nighttime chill, Francis listened intently along with some 20,000 faithful as the meditations re-enacting Christ’s crucifixion were read out in the torch-lit Colosseum. At the end, he delivered a meditation of his own, denouncing
  
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• Quickly and quietly, Salt Lake City added 39 new units of low-income housing at an old motel that will help keep people out of homelessness through 2020

  31-03-2018 15:00
  There was little fanfare when Salt Lake City landed dozens of new apartment units for residents making about minimum wage, an elusive and much-needed — if temporary — type of housing amid a statewide effort to pull people out of homelessness.There was no news conference to unveil the apartments. No ribbon-cutting. No ceremony. To passers-by, the rundown Capitol Motel on State Street near 1700 South has changed little. But inside, quiet work has taken place after a recent change in ow
  
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• Lawsuit accuses former University of Utah Hospital doctor of sexually assaulting 13-year-old patient six years ago

  31-03-2018 15:00
  She was terrified as her doctor, a pediatrician at a University Hospital medical center, masturbated while he sexually assaulted her.A week later, the 13-year-old girl tried to end her life rather than see him again.Now 19 years old, the woman has filed a lawsuit in 3rd District Court against the University Hospital, the University of Utah’s Madsen Health Center and the doctor.In 2011, the 13-year-old girl had been taken to the medical center for an examination, according to the lawsuit.Th
  
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• Alleged U. shooter faces more charges after threatening to stab officer in jail

  31-03-2018 15:00
  A Salt Lake County inmate — accused of fatally shooting a University of Utah student — allegedly threatened to stab an officer in his cell. Austin Jeffrey Boutain, 24, was charged in 3rd District Court on Friday with possessing items prohibited in a correctional facility, a second-degree felony; and threat of violence, a class B misdemeanor.Boutain arrived at Salt Lake County jail on Oct. 31 after reportedly killing 23-year-old ChenWei Guo in the foothills behind the University of Ut
  
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• How will southern Utah’s redrawn national monuments be managed?

  31-03-2018 14:00
  Kanab • Should a national monument encourage visitation to its grand attractions with paved roads and restrooms, or should federal managers seek to preserve the lands in their natural state?That is among the key questions the Bureau of Land Management will be weighing over the next year as it crafts new management plans for the greatly reduced Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in southern Utah.Kane County Commissioner Lamont Smith feels the BLM has erred in the pas
  
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  31-03-2018 08:25 via twitter.com
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - NBA Playoff Tracker: Utah Jazz tough win strengthens postseason chances

  31-03-2018 08:17 via sportspyder.com
  ...the third seed from the eighth seed. The Pelicans (43-33) are tied with the Jazz, but Utah owns the tiebreaker. The Thunder (44-33), along with the Timberwol ...
  
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• NBA Playoff Tracker: Utah Jazz tough win strengthens postseason chances

  31-03-2018 08:09
  This is an updated look at the NBA playoff picture and how it relates to the Utah Jazz.What happened FridayThe Jazz took on a Memphis Grizzlies team that had lost 23 of its previous 26 games, but had won back-to-back games against the Minnesota Timberwolves and Portland Trail Blazers, respectively. Memphis played the Jazz tight throughout, but sat Marc Gasol in the fourth quarter. Utah was victorious, 107-97, with Dante Exum and Donovan Mitchell combining for 43 points."The key for us was gettin
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - UConn-beaters Mississippi State, Notre Dame play for title

  31-03-2018 08:07 via sportspyder.com
  ...in OT classic for Final 4 Brown's 3-pointer lifts Celtics to 97-94 win over Jazz Syracuse could lose a star, but future looking bright Syracuse forward Matth ...
  
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• MLB roundup: Gregory Polanco’s homer lifts Pirates past Tigers in kooky opener

  31-03-2018 08:03
  Detroit • Gregory Polanco hit a three-run homer in the 13th inning to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 13-10 victory over Detroit on Friday — about an hour after the Tigers spilled onto the field to celebrate what they thought was a game-winning hit of their own.Nicholas Castellanos was initially called safe at home in the bottom of the 10th for the Tigers, but a replay review took the run away and the teams played on. Polanco's drive to right-center on a 3-0 pitch from Alex Wilson (0
  
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• Notre Dame beats UConn on last-second shot in overtime

  31-03-2018 07:57
  Columbus, Ohio • Arike Ogunbowale etched her name in Notre Dame lore with the shot that lifted the Irish over rival UConn.Ogunbowale’s jumper from the corner with a second left gave Notre Dame a 91-89 overtime victory Friday night, handing the Huskies their second straight stunning and sudden end to an undefeated season in the national semifinals.She finished with 27 points and Jackie Young had a career-high 32 to lead the Irish back to the championship game for the first time since 2
  
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