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• Restored Buddha on 9th shrine reopens two months after vandalism

  08-04-2018 23:25
  A little more than two months after someone destroyed a large Buddha head at a Sugar House shrine, the broken terra cotta statue has been repaired and the sacred space reopened Sunday in a rededication ceremony. Ben Dieterle, a Zen Buddhist, told The Tribune in January that his heart sank when he discovered that someone had thrown a rock into the shrine, destroying the Buddha statue, just six weeks after he and his friends had dedicated the site at 1917 S. 900 East in Salt Lake City. Known as th
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz have been better off with Slow-Mo’ Joe

  08-04-2018 23:17 via sportspyder.com
  ... season, but was only sixth among small forwards. So, in a nutshell, the Utah Jazz lost the sixth “best” small forward and replaced him with the seventh best....
  
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• Live: Jazz visit Lakers with chance to clinch playoff berth

  08-04-2018 23:14
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• .@Kickstradomis dropping off @spidadmitchell's kicks for #UTAatLAL 👟 https://t.co/yb2Cnx4kUk

  08-04-2018 23:05 via twitter.com
  
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• Utah Jazz have been better off with Slow-Mo’ Joe

  08-04-2018 23:04
  In the wake of Gordon Hayward’s unexpected departure from the Utah Jazz, Joe Ingles has stepped all season long as the team’s starting small forward. When Gordon Hayward announced his decision to leave the only professional team he had ever known to go play for his college coach and mentor, Brad Stevens, with the Boston […]
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• Tribune Editorial: UTA needs new management more than new name

  08-04-2018 23:01
  Does the Utah Transit Authority need a multi-million-dollar name change? After years of insulation from the taxpayers who pay for it, UTA is getting a much needed overhaul of its governance structure. So tattered is the public perception of Utah’s largest mass transit system that Utah legislators included a name change in the overhaul. UTA is to become TDU – Transit District Utah. Legislators wisely did not put any timetable on the name change, and that’s because it will take m
  
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• The last time we met up, KCP had 28 points and made five three-pointers. #UTAatLAL https://t.co/o2nGdkzr2q

  08-04-2018 22:42 via twitter.com
  
  The last time we met up, KCP had 28 points and made five three-pointers.#UTAatLAL https://t.co/o2nGdkzr2q
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Sunday SC7: Retooled Bench Lifts Utah, plus Playoffs, Game Balls, Rivalry Talk & More

  08-04-2018 22:23 via sportspyder.com
  ... t season to see the animosity develop into a full-fledged rivalry. Since the Jazz and Wolves are currently tracking to the Nos. 4 and 8 seeds, respectively, c ...
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: Republicans' midterm prospects are going from bad to worse

  08-04-2018 22:07
  Republicans desperate to find scraps of good news latch onto every blip in President Trump’s poll numbers. They tell themselves a good economy will save them — provided that Trump doesn’t “light American agriculture on fire,” as Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., put it, by igniting a trade war. In reality, their midterm prospects worsen by the day.Part of the problem is the stream of retirees. David Wasserman of Cook Political Report writes: “If Democrats pick up at lea
  
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• Southern Utah exhibit showcases clothes worn by sexual assault victims

  08-04-2018 21:58
  St. George • A new exhibit unveiled at Dixie State University on Monday showcases clothes that sexual abuse victims were wearing at the time of their assaults to dispel the myth that a person’s clothing justifies or condones acts of violence.The clothing items featured in the “What Were You Wearing?” exhibit range from denim shorts to pajama pants to a toddler’s size 2 nightgown, which represented the clothes worn by a woman who said she was assaulted by her father a
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Sabonis scores career-high 30, Pacers beat Hornets 123-117

  08-04-2018 21:56 via sportspyder.com
  ... nto tops in East, but road likely goes through LeBron Rubio scores 31, leads Jazz past Lakers 117-110 Latest in section Prince scores 33, Hawks beat resting C ...
  
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  08-04-2018 21:43 via twitter.com
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  08-04-2018 21:37 via twitter.com
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• Three Republican senators voice concern about EPA head Scott Pruitt's conduct

  08-04-2018 21:19
  Washington • Three Republican senators expressed concern Sunday about embattled Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, amid growing scrutiny over his spending and management practices.Sens. John Neely Kennedy of Louisiana, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Susan Collins of Maine voiced worry about Pruitt’s conduct in interviews on morning television talks shows. Their comments came just hours after President Donald Trump defended Pruitt, writing on Twitter that
  
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• Letter: Tribune’s coverage of the LDS conference belongs in the Deseret News

  08-04-2018 21:12
  I thought the Deseret News was the designated source of news for the Mormon faithful. During the current LDS general conference sessions, The Tribune has devoted a large portion of its paper to Mormon news and stories. Also, the coverage has not been confined to the local news section but has dominated the “so-called” main national section.If a person desires that degree of in-depth Mormon news coverage, then the Deseret News is your paper but for the rest of us, The Tribune needs to
  
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• Pierce: Shhh! Don’t tell Trump and his supporters that ‘Roseanne’ is not right-wing

  08-04-2018 20:57
  Roseanne Barr is back on TV; her revived sitcom is once again a big hit; she’s being hailed by the president of the United States – and she continues to stridently express views that would get just about any other TV star fired.But the messages delivered on the sitcom “Roseanne” (Tuesdays, 7 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4) are decidedly at odds with the messages Barr delivers in interviews and on Twitter. This doesn’t have anything to do with Barr’s support for Donald Trump.
  
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• Letter: If this is a drained swamp, we need to rethink who we vote for

  08-04-2018 20:46
  If this is what a drained swamp looks like, I think we should reconsider voting for qualified politicians. Pruitt is trying to dismantle the EPA while staying in a condo owned by oil lobbyists. So it’s no surprise that now Trump wants to rollback fuel efficiency standards so that more profit can be made from SUV sales while our children breathe their exhaust. General Motors’ report supporting relaxing these CAFE standards was written by the Heartland Institute, a well-funded propagan
  
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• Letter: Experience tells me we still have not reached King’s goal

  08-04-2018 20:41
  I was privileged to have Hosea Williams as the commencement speaker when I earned my master’s degree at New Mexico Highlands University, a primarily Latino university.I am proud to have graduated from a university where I, as a white person, was a minority.In February, I was thrilled to travel to USU to hear Angela Davis.These are all experiences that have greatly enriched my life, but they have made it clear to me that we still have not reached King’s goal. I too hope for a day when
  
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• BYU coaches happy with steps Cougars took toward more accountability and discipline during spring practice

  08-04-2018 20:37
  Provo • BYU ran roughly 70 plays in its 80-minute scrimmage on Saturday to wrap up its five-week spring football camp at waterlogged LaVell Edwards Stadium. Collectively, only three penalties were committed in the rain and there were no turnovers, remarkable considering the conditions. It was a far cry from the 2017 spring scrimmage when interceptions, fumbles and yellow flags ruled the day. Coaches opened the camp back on March 5 preaching the need for more accountability and discipline in
  
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• RSL turned in strong defensive performance vs. Whitecaps, despite injuries to the back line

  08-04-2018 20:24
  Vancouver Whitecaps midfielder Alphonso Davies raced up the left wing, but was met by RSL captain Kyle Beckerman. Unable to beat the veteran midfielder, Davies changed directions and took the ball across the middle. RSL got back in its block as Davies passed to the back line, which couldn’t make any headway up the right side either.Finally, Whitecaps defender Kendall Waston sent a long ball to forward Kei Kamara, but he had Justen Glad on his back, fighting for the header. The ball bounced
  
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• Letter: I served a Berlin mission in 1965 when a wall divided the city. Another shameful, cruel wall is not the answer

  08-04-2018 20:16
  In 1965 I served a Berlin Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Upon arriving I noticed the wall that separated East Berlin from West Berlin. The wall itself was approximately 14 feet high and four feet thick. On top of the wall embedded in the concrete were shards of broken glass and coils of barbed wired.On the east side of the wall was an area known as the “death strip.” It was approximately 100 feet wide and was cleared of all buildings or obstacles that a
  
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• Letter: How about a military parade along the border with Mexico?

  08-04-2018 20:09
  Here are some of my random thoughts. Random thought #1: We should declare our entire border with Mexico to be a military parade route. They could continually march along the border, turning around and going the other way each time they reach either the east or west end of the border. That way Trump gets border patrols and his parade all at the same time. They would need a couple of aerial tankers to refuel the fighters and bombers, but hey, what a show! And it would still be cheaper than his wal
  
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• Trump calls out 'Animal Assad' for apparent chemical attack in Syria, criticizes Putin

  08-04-2018 19:46
  Washington • President Donald Trump on Sunday condemned a “mindless CHEMICAL attack” in Syria that killed women and children, called Syrian President Bashar Assad an “animal” and delivered a rare personal criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin for supporting the Damascus government.As Washington worked to verify the claim by Syrian opposition activists and rescuers that poison gas was used, Trump said there would be a “big price to pay” for resorti
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - 20 years ago: Karl Malone scores 56 vs. Warriors; suspended for elbowing David Robinson the following night

  08-04-2018 19:42 via sportspyder.com
  ... ith 2.2 seconds remaining. It was the fourth-best individual scoring game in Jazz history. The following night Malone elbowed David Robinson in a 98-88 victor ...
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz can clinch playoff berth with win over Los Angeles Lakers

  08-04-2018 19:38 via sportspyder.com
  ... ir last 15 contests. Not only that, but the Jazz could receive a huge benefit from the fact that the Lakers are pretty banged ...
  
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• 20 years ago: Karl Malone scores 56 vs. Warriors; suspended for elbowing David Robinson the following night

  08-04-2018 19:30
  Editor's note: Every Sunday, the Deseret News takes a look back into our archives.Adam Keefe and Karl Malone combined for 60 points in a nail-biting 101-99 Utah Jazz victory over the Golden State Warriors. Keefe had four points and Malone had 56, including a driving, six-foot one-hander with 2.2 seconds remaining.It was the fourth-best individual scoring game in Jazz history.The following night Malone elbowed David Robinson in a 98-88 victory over the San Antonio Spurs and was suspended for a ga
  
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• Utah Jazz can clinch playoff berth with win over Los Angeles Lakers

  08-04-2018 19:23
  The Utah Jazz can clinch a playoff berth and continue their pursuit for third place in the Western Conference with a win over the Los Angeles Lakers. Regular season games don’t get much more important than this, folks. If the Utah Jazz manage a win over the Los Angeles Lakers in this afternoon’s showdown, they’ll […]
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• Ballet West spotlights ‘unexpected gems’ for ‘The Shakespeare Suite’ program

  08-04-2018 19:04
  Ballet West artistic director Adam Sklute considers the works of the company’s new dance concert “unexpected gems,” all of which showcase the company’s athletic and theatrical ability.Just the kind of program to help celebrate his 10th anniversary as artistic director.The triple-bill, opening Friday, April 13, features a variety of contemporary works: David Bintley’s contemporary reimagining of the Bard’s famous characters; Czech choreographer Jiří
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: A scenario where the Jazz make an appearance in the 2018 NBA Finals

  08-04-2018 18:39 via sportspyder.com
  ... pable. On the other hand, if the seven-seed DOES pull off the upset then the Jazz will be the odds-on favorite to advance to the Western Conference Finals. Th ...
  
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• There’s been a surge in the number of Utah women who carry guns — here’s why

  08-04-2018 18:36
  Michelle Camp looked around the crowded range where a group of men was taking turns shooting a rifle, and gunfire echoed loudly off the concrete walls. In lane No. 1, she calmly unrolled a new paper target. It was a Christmas tree with ornaments for bull’s-eyes. “Leftovers,” she shrugged, pinning it to the rack. Camp slid the sheet 5 yards out. With a deep breath, she raised her handgun. Her first shot hit a little low, blowing a clean hole through the right leg of a gingerbrea
  
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• Utah Jazz: A scenario where the Jazz make an appearance in the 2018 NBA Finals

  08-04-2018 18:27
  The Utah Jazz making the NBA Finals this year isn’t likely but also isn’t as far-fetched as some would have you believe. Key injuries to certain players combined with the Jazz’s surging success make this year as good as any for the Jazz to make a run. This article is not intended to be click […]
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz square off in Los Angeles with a playoff berth on the line

  08-04-2018 18:19 via sportspyder.com
  ... T Sports Net - Rocky Mountain Radio: 1280 AM/97.5 FM The Zone Injuries: Utah Jazz: - OUT (Knee) Ricky Rubio - Day to Day (Hamstring) Los Angeles Lakers: - Day ...
  
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• ‘We’ve been disenfranchised’: Republicans in San Juan County say redrawn voter districts unfairly favor Navajos

  08-04-2018 18:12
  Monticello • In this rural redrock town where buttes form the boundaries and windmills stand like a picket fence on the horizon, the largely Republican – and primarily white – residents are angry and resentful and frustrated. For more than three decades, they’ve been the dominant political party in this remote desert corner of Utah. For the first time, they’re likely to be overthrown. “I feel like we’ve been disenfranchised,” said Robert Turk, 57. I
  
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• Utah resorts made do, out-of-state guests came through, to salvage a low-snow ski season

  08-04-2018 18:10
  The snow didn’t get good until way late in the season, prompting many powder-spoiled Utahns to steer clear of the ski slopes this winter.But enough destination visitors were undeterred by the early-season drought, observed Ski Utah President Nathan Rafferty, that Utah’s resorts were “surprised on the revenue side how well they did.”“Destination guests came, had a good time and spent money,” said Rafferty, whose organization is the marketing arm of the state&rs
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - NBA playoff tracker: Utah Jazz have a shot at the No. 3 seed

  08-04-2018 18:05 via sportspyder.com
  ... ree days of the season. The good news is that thanks to Portland's loss, the Jazz can claim the No. 3 seed if they win their final three games. A victory toda ...
  
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• NBA playoff tracker: Utah Jazz have a shot at the No. 3 seed

  08-04-2018 17:50
  This is our update at the NBA playoff picture and how it relates to the Utah Jazz.What happened SaturdayThe Jazz had the day off, but there was a lot going in the tight race for seeding the Western Conference. On Saturday afternoon, Denver Nuggets eliminated the Los Angeles Clippers from the playoff contention with a 134-115 blowout victory in L.A.Meanwhile, New Orleans knocked off struggling Golden State 126-120 in Oakland to get within a half game of the fourth-place Jazz. The Pelicans are in
  
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• Blaze on 50th floor of Trump Tower in New York kills 1

  08-04-2018 17:42
  New York • A raging fire that tore through a 50th-floor apartment at Trump Tower killed a man inside and sent flames and thick, black smoke pouring from windows of the president’s namesake skyscraper.New York Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro said the cause of Saturday’s blaze is not yet known but the apartment was “virtually entirely on fire” when firefighters arrived after 5:30 p.m.“It was a very difficult fire, as you can imagine,” Nigro told reporters ou
  
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• Shhh! Don’t tell Trump and his supporters that ‘Roseanne’ is not right-wing

  08-04-2018 17:18
  Roseanne Barr is back on TV; her revived sitcom is once again a big hit; she’s being hailed by the president of the United States – and she continues to stridently express views that would get just about any other TV star fired.But the messages delivered on the sitcom “Roseanne” (Tuesdays, 7 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4) are decidedly at odds with the messages Barr delivers in interviews and on Twitter. This doesn’t have anything to do with Barr’s support for Donald Trump.
  
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• Leonard Pitts: Have you ever seen the moon?

  08-04-2018 17:13
  Have you ever seen the moon?You will likely answer that you have, many times. But a new short video by filmmakers Wylie Overstreet and Alex Gorosh may have you reconsidering whether you’ve ever actually seen it at all.Their names will be unfamiliar to you. A check of the authoritative IMDb website turns up resumes thin to the point of translucence. Overstreet, for example, is listed as “Miscellaneous Crew” on “Taking Chance,” a 2009 film starring Kevin Bacon. Gorosh
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz control their own destiny for No. 3 seed in the West

  08-04-2018 16:07 via sportspyder.com
  ... ed in the Western Conference playoffs. The Utah Jazz officially control their destiny to the no. 3 seed in the Western Conference ...
  
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• Kirby: When a church leader falls, it shouldn’t shake your faith unless you had your faith misplaced to begin with

  08-04-2018 15:26
  I don’t remember when I ceased being awed by people in positions of ecclesiastical authority.It probably started sometime during the first couple of weeks in Provo’s Language Training Mission (now the Missionary Training Center). Already stunned by my stay at the mission home in Salt Lake City, I started wondering about some of the people around me. When I got to my LDS mission in Uruguay, the process continued through a series of district and zone leaders, and assistants to the pres
  
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• ‘We’re taking the power back’: Utah women are carrying guns at a quickly growing rate

  08-04-2018 15:00
  Michelle Camp looked around the crowded range where a group of men was taking turns shooting a rifle, and gunfire echoed loudly off the concrete walls. In lane No. 1, she calmly unrolled a new paper target. It was a Christmas tree with ornaments for bull’s-eyes. “Leftovers,” she shrugged, pinning it to the rack. Camp slid the sheet 5 yards out. With a deep breath, she raised her handgun. Her first shot hit a little low, blowing a clean hole through the right leg of a gingerbrea
  
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• Utah needs a better strategy to prevent suicide. A researcher is about to spend years talking with grieving families to design it.

  08-04-2018 15:00
  When you visit a mother to learn about her child’s suicide, expect to stay awhile. Expect to be asked if you want to visit his room. Or flip through his book of baby pictures. Or see his soccer trophy, which you notice looks identical to your son’s soccer trophy.“She starts crying, and you start crying,” said University of Utah psychiatrist Doug Gray, recalling his interviews with families whose children have died by suicide.The conversations were part of Gray’s res
  
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• MLB roundup: Red Sox beat Rays 10-3 for 7th straight win

  08-04-2018 08:01
  Boston • Xander Bogaerts hit the first grand slam for Boston since the end of the 2016 season and drove in a career-best six runs to carry the Red Sox to a 10-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday for their seventh straight victory.J.D. Martinez and Rafael Devers homered for Boston, and Rick Porcello (2-0) pitched into the eighth inning.This is just the second time in franchise history that the Red Sox have lost their season opener and won the next seven. The other came in 1904 when Bos
  
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• Doubles win by Sock, Harrison puts U.S. in Davis Cup semifinals

  08-04-2018 07:34
  Nashville, Tenn. • Jack Sock and Ryan Harrison put the United States in the Davis Cup semifinals for the first time since 2012 by beating Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen 5-7, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (3), 6-4 Saturday to finish off an American sweep.The United States now will play either Croatia or Kazakhstan in the semifinals Sept. 14-16.John Isner and Sam Querrey set up the doubles match for the clincher by winning both their singles matches Friday at the Curb Events Center at Belmont University. Sock
  
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• Justify wins Santa Anita Derby by 3½ lengths for Baffert

  08-04-2018 07:31
  Arcadia, Calif. • Justify vaulted into the role of probable Kentucky Derby favorite with a three-length victory over Bolt d’Oro in the $1 million Santa Anita Derby on Saturday.Trained by Bob Baffert and winner of his three career starts by a combined 19 lengths, Justify had to finish first or second to earn enough qualifying points to run in the Derby on May 5.It wasn’t a problem.Justify led all the way under Mike Smith to claim the 100 points toward qualifying for the 20-horse
  
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• NBA roundup: Russell Westbrook, Thunder beat Rockets 108-102

  08-04-2018 07:08
  Houston • Russell Westbrook and Paul George each scored 24 points, and the Oklahoma City Thunder used a timely fourth-quarter run to pull away for a 108-102 win over the Houston Rockets on Saturday night.The Thunder were down one with about seven minutes left before scoring the next 11 points.Oklahoma City is vying with several teams for the final playoff spots in the loaded Western Conference. The victory gives the Thunder a 2-1 win in the season series and snaps the Rockets' 20-game home
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz-LA Lakers key matchup: Derrick Favors vs Julius Randle

  08-04-2018 06:57 via sportspyder.com
  ... lf months later, and the Jazz have ripped off a 27-5 run and now have a greater than 99 percent chance of...
  
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• Utah Jazz-LA Lakers key matchup: Derrick Favors vs Julius Randle

  08-04-2018 06:44
  The Utah Jazz will look to continue their march towards home court advantage as they face the LA Lakers on Sunday. Derrick Favors vs. Julius Randle will be a key matchup to clinching a playoff spot. The playoffs are just on the horizon for the Utah Jazz, and a victory over the Los Angeles Lakers would […]
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• Real Salt Lake is “a fun team to watch” in 2-1 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps

  08-04-2018 06:44
  Sandy • Real Salt Lake forward Luis Silva turned his back to the crowd and tugged on the shoulders of his jersey to proudly display his name and number to the roaring Real Salt Lake fans after scoring the go-ahead goal Saturday night.Silva’s first goal of the season was one of the flashes of strong offensive play reminiscent of the product RSL put on the field in the second half of last season. It helped lift RSL to a 2-1 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps, RSL’s second win of
  
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