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• While Thunder’s Paul George hopes to morph into ‘Playoff P,’ Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell aims to be consistent

  14-04-2018 23:49
  Any long-time Karl Malone fan can appreciate the occasional switch to third person.Paul George had such a moment on Saturday, as he explained to Oklahoma City media the difference between his regular season self and “Playoff P,” the chosen name of his postseason persona. “Y’all haven’t met Playoff P yet, huh?” he said. “Man, it’s a fun guy to watch. It’s an out-of-body person where I just lock in and put myself into a different zone.”Pa
  
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• Utah Royals suffer first loss of the season in inaugural home match

  14-04-2018 23:48
  The ball stretched the net toward a sea of yellow, and for a second the drums and thunder sticks fell silent. Then came the exhale of disappointment from the sellout crowd.Utah Royals FC fell to Chicago 1-0 in front of a full Rio Tinto Stadium Saturday afternoon. Their first-ever loss came in their inaugural home match.Chicago’s goal came after the Royals failed to fully clear a ball in the box. Utah got a head on the cross, but Danielle Colaprico was there to meet the ball at the top of t
  
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• Commentary: Utah and feds must resolve cannabis banking issue

  14-04-2018 23:45
  The push for legalized medical cannabis in Utah is entering a crucial new phase.Several recent polls indicate three-out-of-four Utah voters support legalized medical marijuana in some form. Stories of Utahns with chronic, painful conditions who might benefit from the use of medical cannabis have tugged at our heart strings. The opioid epidemic rightly compels us to consider alternative approaches to the management of pain, including cannabinoids, to the extent that such therapies prove effective
  
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• Quarterback Tyler Huntley shines and kicker Matt Gay supplies the drama as Red team beats Whites, 25-23, in Utah’s annual spring game

  14-04-2018 23:32
  For an intrasquad practice game that leads into summer which leads into preseason practices to get ready for actual games, the Utes found a way to inject some excitement into the annual Red-White spring game.After walk-on quarterback Drew Lisk (133 passing yards, two touchdowns) led his team to a go-ahead touchdown on a 12-yard pass to Samson Nacua with 33 seconds remaining, the defending Lou Groza Award winner Matt Gay answered with 57-yard field goal as time expired to give the Red Team a 25-2
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - While Paul George hopes to morph into ‘Playoff P,’ Donovan Mitchell aims to be consistent

  14-04-2018 23:17 via sportspyder.com
  ...Thunder, 6 p.m. Wednesday, NBA TV Game 3 • Thunder at Jazz, 8 p.m. April 21, ESPN Game 4 • Thunder at Jazz, 8:30 p.m. April 23, TNT Gam ...
  
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• Tribune Editorial: The people of Utah know that medical marijuana should be available to alleviate pain and suffering

  14-04-2018 23:11
  Despite a robust 76 percent public support for the Utah medical marijuana initiative, the governor, a state medical association and even The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have recently come out, or hinted, against it. Utah isn’t the hive of compassion and innovation those leaders like to claim it is.Last month Gov. Gary Herbert came out against the initiative citing his main objection that medical marijuana would “open the door to recreational use.” Except it won&
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz refuses to be ‘punked’ in first round playoff series against Oklahoma City Thunder

  14-04-2018 23:03 via sportspyder.com
  ... E_Woodyard) April 13, 2018 Utah’s season has been rather interesting, as the Jazz started 19-28 after pushing through the league’s toughest December schedule...
  
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• Utah Jazz refuses to be ‘punked’ in first round playoff series against Oklahoma City Thunder

  14-04-2018 23:00
  SALT LAKE CITY — Making sense of all the madness regarding the Western Conference NBA standings is now over.The playoff spots are secured and scheduled dates are set for the 16 teams competing for a title.With that being said, it’s a fresh new start for both the Oklahoma City Thunder and Utah Jazz, who will meet in the first round as the fourth and fifth seed with identical 48-34 records.Game 1 is set for Sunday at 4:30 p.m. MT on TNT.Oklahoma City won the regular season series 3-1,
  
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• Utah’s versatile DB Terrell Burgess taking aim at a starting spot in fall

  14-04-2018 22:58
  Terrell Burgess wanted his own personal review. He had a front-row seat to a last-minute two-point conversion by teammate Jaylen Dixon in Saturday’s Red-White game at Rice-Eccles Stadium, a somewhat controversial snag that put the White squad up 23-22 with 33 seconds left on the clock.So right there, the junior defensive back found Utah’s video equipment guy, and asked for a replay.The call stood, but one of Utah’s several key returners in what might be its most talented defens
  
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• [KSL] - Jazz match up well against star-laden OKC

  14-04-2018 22:57 via sportspyder.com
  ... fety, ready to intercept those passes. The Thunder certainly did that to the Jazz in their four regular season matchups, the Jazz turned the ball over on abou ...
  
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• Trump claims success in Syria, but chemical weapons remain

  14-04-2018 22:47
  Washington • President Donald Trump on Saturday declared “Mission Accomplished” for a U.S.-led allied missile attack on Syria’s chemical weapons program, but the Pentagon said the pummeling of three chemical-related facilities left enough others intact to enable the Assad government to use banned weapons against civilians if it chooses.“A perfectly executed strike,” Trump tweeted after U.S., French and British warplanes and ships launched more than 100 missiles
  
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• Kragthorpe: Ute freshman QB Jack Tuttle says, ‘I promise you, I’m going to get better.’

  14-04-2018 22:46
  Utah offensive coordinator Troy Taylor already made a major decision about the program’s quarterbacking, elevating Tyler Huntley over former starter Troy Williams last August. Taylor is deferring his next pick of QBs to August. After the Utes’ Red-White Game ended spring practice Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Taylor declared a “dead heat” in the competition — for the No. 2 job. Huntley is entrenched as the starter. And as Saturday’s showing illustrated, tru
  
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• Commentary: Celebrating “Equal Pay Day” is a worthy crusade. Or is it?

  14-04-2018 22:45
  This year’s Equal Pay Day fell on April 12. On this day we solemnly remind ourselves that this is how long a woman would have to work, starting on Jan. 1, 2017, to finally earn as much money as all the men, who closed out their 2017 earnings on Dec. 31, 2017. Then we just as solemnly foreswear ourselves to continue the fight for equal pay until women in our great nation earn as much as men by the end of each year.It’s a huge injustice and a worthy crusade. Or is it? Let’s look
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz vs Oklahoma City Thunder: Playoff Series Preview

  14-04-2018 22:44 via sportspyder.com
  ...brought to you by SLC Dunk the Utah Jazz affiliate of SB Nation. Every week Mychal Lowman and James Hansen discuss fe ...
  
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• Cleo Wade’s book ‘Heart Talk’ encourages a healthy soul diet

  14-04-2018 22:38
  Cleo Wade is known for not only her poetry, but her positive, uplifting Instagram mantras that have earned a following that includes Yara Shahidi and Jessica Alba.So it’s not surprising that on a day when she’s running around like crazy promoting her new book, she doesn’t complain about being tired, but has another affirmation that fuels her eternally optimistic outlook.“I [recently] went on a complaint cleanse,” said the poet and activist, whose reasoning was simpl
  
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• Letter: Thanks, Sen. Hatch, for all your work on the Special Diabetes Program

  14-04-2018 22:34
  My son and I met with Sen. Orrin Hatch some 13 years ago to discuss Type 1 diabetes (T1D) and the need for a cure for this difficult disease. At that time, Hatch promised to help us with this lofty goal. Last month, I was again on Capitol Hill to celebrate the renewal of the Special Diabetes Program (SDP) and to thank Hatch for his longstanding commitment.Hatch has been an unwavering champion of this program, which provides critical research that has directly impacted the life of those with diab
  
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• From green to great: How Jazz coach Quin Snyder and his staff evolved into a playoff-ready team of their own

  14-04-2018 22:29
  The newly remodeled Zions Bank Basketball Campus is a state-of-the-art facility, with everything from video games in the players lounge to an underwater treadmill for hydrotherapy. But it’s a table in a conference room that Utah Jazz head coach Quin Snyder sees as the metaphor for the progress of the last four years.When Snyder was hired here in 2014, he had never before been an NBA head coach. The coaches that were assembled had little NBA experience on their resumes. So Snyder went to wo
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - From green to great: How Jazz coach Quin Snyder and his staff evolved into a playoff-ready team of their own

  14-04-2018 22:02 via sportspyder.com
  ... yder in the past, and Snyder relied on him for advice and support. After the Jazz’s plane would land in a city ahead of a game, Skeeter would grab some burger ...
  
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• Letter: First Arpaio, now Libby; the Lyman pardon must be coming soon

  14-04-2018 21:54
  Given the recent presidential pardon of former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and now the pardon of former Vice President Dick Cheney’s operative “Scooter” Libby, surely a Trump pardon for San Juan County Commissioner Phil Lyman is on the presidential agenda.Chuck Wullstein, Salt Lake City
  
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• Letter: So San Juan Republicans feel disenfranchised? Welcome to my world

  14-04-2018 21:51
  I laughed out loud when I read the headline of the April 8 Utah section (“We’ve been disenfranchised”) and then read who was claiming to have been disenfranchised ­— San Juan County Republicans. I guess they should know. Republicans wrote the book on disenfranchising voters through gerrymandering in Utah. But isn’t it enough that we’ve taken away Native Americans’ land? Do we have to take away their votes as well?As a non-Republican living in Utah, I
  
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• Letter: Only assault weapon lovers talk about eradicating Second Amendment

  14-04-2018 21:49
  Wade Miller states, “there has been a considerable discussion concerning eradicating the Second Amendment.” This could not be further from the truth. My son and I had the honor of participating in the March For Our Lives a few weeks ago and the actual discussion was about stronger background checks with a focus on mental health, licensing and registration (similar to driving and registering a car), getting rid of the gun-show loophole, and taking a good look at the purpose and value
  
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• Letter: Let’s not forget U.S.-led airstrikes killed hundreds of civilians last year

  14-04-2018 21:47
  Bashar al-Assad, the president of Syria, just launched a horrible chemical attack on his own people, killing dozens, this includes women and children.We are all correct to be horrified, but let us not ignore our own actions.U.S.-led airstrikes killed 1,060 civilians in Iraq and Syria in August 2017.To yell out in rage and astonishment at the actions of Assad and then turn the other cheek to the bloody deaths caused by the U.S. is sickening.Matthew D. Hansen, Taylorsville
  
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• Letter: Trump’s lawyer stars in funniest lawyer joke ever

  14-04-2018 21:45
  I just heard the funniest lawyer joke ever. “A lawyer without his client’s knowledge or OK pays $130,000 to shut down a bad situation for the client and does not expect to be paid back.” Hilarious.Bob Gilchrist, Millcreek
  
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• Jim Bradley: Mt. Baldy tram will alter the character of Alta

  14-04-2018 21:45
  One of Alta’s founders, J. Laughlin, said it best: “You’ve got to keep some places like God made them…If you overdo it, you’ll destroy Alta.” There’s no doubt that the proposals included in Alta’s Master Development Plan just approved by the United State Forest Service threaten to overdo it. Most egregious of the proposed projects is Alta’s plan to place a new tram on Mt. Baldy.Baldy is one of our most iconic peaks in the Wasatch. Allowing f
  
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• Letter: Jim Crow is alive and well in San Juan County

  14-04-2018 21:43
  San Juan County’s population is 56 percent Navajo (2010 Census), and the San Juan white minority gerry-rigged the county to disenfranchise the American Indians.So a federal judge orders San Juan Country to realign itself to reflect the makeup of whites and Indians, and the whites feel “disenfranchised!” Jim Crow is alive and well in San Juan County!KT Magnusson, Salt Lake City
  
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• Letter: Rio Grande’s out, so the freedom of outdoor living is now on Victory Road

  14-04-2018 21:40
  Located East of Beck Street on Victory Road is a new location for the homeless after their removal from Rio Grande Street. Everything is free, there is no rent, no garbage pickup, no power, water, or sanitary facilities. Just pitch your tent behind any boulder, throw your garbage on the ground and enjoy the freedom of outdoor living. You have got to see it to believe it. Just make sure to roll your windows up.E.R. Smith, Salt Lake City
  
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• Kragthorpe: We’re about to find out how the Jazz’s new cast will perform on the playoff stage

  14-04-2018 21:24
  The images are indelible, from a playoff series vs. the Los Angeles Clippers that lasted seven games over 16 days and produced some of the Jazz’s best moments of this decade.Joe Johnson’s buzzer-beater in Game 1 and his fourth-quarter surge in Game 4. Rodney Hood’s clutch shooting in Game 5. Gordon Hayward’s 26-point effort and George Hill’s dagger in the lane when the Clippers were rallying in the fourth quarter Game 7.The common thread of the names from last April
  
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• Utah Jazz roster has much less playoff experience than last year's team

  14-04-2018 21:00
  SALT LAKE CITY —– When the Utah Jazz take on the Oklahoma City Thunder Sunday night at Chesapeake Energy Arena, they’ll look little like the team that opened the 2017 playoffs against the Los Angeles Clippers.Like last year, the Jazz are the Western Conference No. 5 seed and they finished the regular season with just three fewer regular-season wins than last year.Otherwise, the Jazz have little in common with last year’s team that beat the Clippers in seven games before b
  
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• Jazz roster has much less playoff experience than last year's team

  14-04-2018 21:00
  SALT LAKE CITY —– When the Utah Jazz take on the Oklahoma City Thunder Sunday night at Chesapeake Energy Arena, they’ll look little like the team that opened the 2017 playoffs against the Los Angeles Clippers.Like last year, the Jazz are the Western Conference No. 5 seed and they finished the regular season with just three fewer regular-season wins than last year.Otherwise, the Jazz have little in common with last year’s team that beat the Clippers in seven games before b
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Jazz roster has much less playoff experience than last year's team

  14-04-2018 21:00 via sportspyder.com
  ... ng out two with injuries, while Derrick Favors started just two games as the Jazz went with veteran Boris Diaw in starting lineup in the other games. Another...
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Kyrylo Fesenko dominates FIBA Europe Cup semifinal

  14-04-2018 20:52 via sportspyder.com
  ...when Mehmet Okur ruptured his Achilles tendon. His play down low helped the Jazz persevere in their first-round series against Carmelo Anthony and the Denver ...
  
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• Commentary: The resistance is strong, but shouldn’t be necessary

  14-04-2018 20:45
  I was 15 years old when I first heard of Donald Trump. He was in the popular hashtags of Facebook – that is to say, mocking him was.The hashtag #trumpyourcat was trending, and cat owners posted pictures of their pets’ fur styled into a Trump-esque combover. I thought nothing of it at the time.Then I started hearing about the presidential election. Trump scandals piled up at the same time as support for him did. As a feminist, I was outraged. As a person with anxiety, I was terrified.
  
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• [Yahoo Sports] - The 3 NBA Playoff First Round Matchups to Watch Even If You’re Busy

  14-04-2018 20:42 via sportspyder.com
  ... ference’s pack of good-not-great teams began to falter down the stretch, the Jazz kept on going strong, bolstered by Ricky Rubio’s stellar work and the return ...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Kyrylo Fesenko dominates FIBA Europe Cup semifinal

  14-04-2018 20:36
  Former Utah Jazz center and cult hero Kyrylo Fesenko came up big in his team’s first FIBA Europe Cup semifinal bout this week. You may not have asked for it, perhaps you didn’t even think about it. Deep down, though, you know you need it. So here it is — your update on famed former […]
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• Letter: Yes, indeed, letter of the law is but a hobby horse

  14-04-2018 20:07
  Professor Paul Cassell’s well-argued commentary, “Lessons on legislating from Justice Scalia and Dr. Seuss” (Tribune, April 4), makes clear once again that strict construction, letter of the law, “textualism” is a hobby horse to be called out when wanted and then ridden to any desired destination. Corporations are persons, anyone? Please.Henry Whiteside, Salt Lake City
  
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• Zucchini stir fry with ginger dressing at Rawtopia Living Cuisine in Millcreek proves eating raw can be delicious

  14-04-2018 19:58
  So this is how spiralized zucchini is supposed to taste. The springy noodles lie on leafy greens and are topped with chopped broccoli, avocado, green onions, celery and peppers, then sprinkled with black sesame seeds. The coconut nectar, creamy brown Korean-style ginger dressing and curried-ginger almonds spread on top are a great introduction to how delicious raw food can be.Read the full restaurant review here.Rawtopia Living Cuisine and Beyond • 3961 S. Wasatch Blvd., Millcreek; 801-486-
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Thunder look to live up to high expectations vs. Jazz

  14-04-2018 19:53 via sportspyder.com
  ... pril 14, 2018 @ 10:56 am AP Thunder look to live up to high expectations vs. Jazz Alex Goodlett Apr 14, 2018 Updated 4 min ago Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchel ...
  
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• [Fox Sports] - Thunder look to live up to high expectations vs. Jazz

  14-04-2018 19:53 via sportspyder.com
  ... a new one starting.” Here are some things to watch when the Thunder face the Jazz: GOBERT vs. STEVEN ADAMS This is a matchup of two of the league’s best cente ...
  
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• Copper Hills senior Carter Johnson the personification of a team captain for Grizzlies soccer team

  14-04-2018 19:31
  West Jordan • His captain was hobbled, struggling to find the flow of a game earlier this season, so when he found the time, Eddie Moura pulled aside Carter Johnson and asked for an honest assessment. Johnson, Copper Hills’ senior captain and leading scorer and assist man, gave his coach an answer expected from the man with the armband.“I will go at 50 percent,” he told Moura. “This is what I got. If you feel like you can’t put me back in, that’s fine, bu
  
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• ’Cathy’ cartoonist returns to humor writing with her first book of essays

  14-04-2018 19:30
  When the iconic “Cathy” comic strip ended in the fall of 2010, the final panel bid farewell by introducing a third generation: Cathy announced that she was pregnant with a girl, and Cathy’s mother fell to her knees, celebrating the realization she was becoming a grandma.In her own life at that time, cartoonist Cathy Guisewite was experiencing a different sort of cross-generational moment. After 34 years of creating “Cathy,” she had decided it was time to devote all
  
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• Syrians gather in capital in defiance after airstrikes

  14-04-2018 18:53
  Damascus, Syria • Hundreds of Syrians gathered at landmark squares in the Syrian capital Saturday, honking their car horns, flashing victory signs and waving Syrian flags in scenes of defiance that followed unprecedented joint airstrikes by the United States, France and Britain.A few hours earlier, before sunrise, loud explosions jolted Damascus and the sky turned orange as Syrian air defense units fired surface-to-air missiles in response to three waves of military strikes meant to punish
  
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• Former Salt Lake County Recorder Gary Ott’s family settles up with his former fiancee. She got the house and says she’s not done.

  14-04-2018 18:43
  The family of former Salt Lake County Recorder Gary Ott, who died after prolonged suffering from dementia that was unveiled before his death, has agreed to a settlement that will leave his house with the woman who was accused of keeping his condition a secret.Ott died in October, amid a court case that may have determined whether his siblings or his former assistant and fiancee, Karmen Sanone, would get his entire estate. His death prevented a judge from ruling, and the parties agreed to terms i
  
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• Ricky Rubio and the Jazz made a pact based on trust, and it has paid off handsomely for both parties

  14-04-2018 18:40
  Among the post-game handshakes and congratulatory hugs that came last week after the Utah Jazz had secured a place in the NBA playoffs, one moment stood out. Quin Snyder turned to his point guard and placed his hands on the man’s shoulders.The Jazz would not be a part of this postseason without Ricky Rubio — and Rubio couldn’t have done it if Snyder hadn’t embraced him fully over the past year.“He’s been great since Day 1,” Rubio said. “He’s
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Battle of the Bigs: Rudy Gobert vs Steven Adams

  14-04-2018 18:28 via sportspyder.com
  ... Containing Adams on the offensive glass is going to be a critical key to the Jazz’s success if they want to make it to the next round. Gobert also had a great ...
  
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• Over 82 games, we felt it all—hope, heartbreak, heroics—and now it’s time for the playoffs. Make sure you’re there… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-04-2018 18:28 via twitter.com
  Over 82 games, we felt it all—hope, heartbreak, heroics—and now it’s time for the playoffs. Make sure you’re there… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Jazz rookies Royce O’Neale, Donovan Mitchell lean on each other during first NBA playoff experience

  14-04-2018 18:11 via sportspyder.com
  ...during my career but not in the NBA playoffs so I’m looking forward to it.” Jazz PG Ricky Rubio has a ton of international experience but is heading into his ...
  
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• Driver charged with manslaughter and DUI for a crash that paralyzed his passenger and killed a 5-month-old girl

  14-04-2018 18:09
  The traffic light had been red for at least 7.5 seconds when a green truck barreled into Mountain View Corridor’s intersection with Rosecrest Road (14400 South) and crashed into two other vehicles, injuring five and killing a baby girl. The driver of the truck, 26-year-old Lawrence Probert of Kearns, was charged in 3rd District Court on Friday. He’s facing four felonies — including second-degree felony manslaughter and third-degree felony driving under the influence of drugs &m
  
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• Utah Jazz rookies Royce O’Neale, Donovan Mitchell lean on each other during first NBA playoff experience

  14-04-2018 18:00
  SALT LAKE CITY — Down the hall, then down another hall, on the same floor of the same Utah complex is the distance that separates Royce O’Neale’s apartment from Donovan Mitchell’s.You’ll likely ever see one without the other.The Utah Jazz teammates are frequently popping up on each other to experience life together in Salt Lake City as rookies.On Sunday, the duo can officially add another chapter to their growing friendship as they head into their first NBA playoffs
  
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• Jazz rookies Royce O’Neale, Donovan Mitchell lean on each other during first NBA playoff experience

  14-04-2018 18:00
  SALT LAKE CITY — Down the hall, then down another hall, on the same floor of the same Utah complex is the distance that separates Royce O’Neale’s apartment from Donovan Mitchell’s.You’ll likely ever see one without the other.The Utah Jazz teammates are frequently popping up on each other to experience life together in Salt Lake City as rookies.On Sunday, the duo can officially add another chapter to their growing friendship as they head into their first NBA playoffs
  
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• Methane flaring wastes millions of dollars on Utah’s public lands, but are federal limits a good solution or an undue burden?

  14-04-2018 17:36
  The Interior Department is poised to dramatically roll back new methane-waste prevention rules for oil and gas operations on public and tribal lands.The measures, referred to collectively as the methane rule, were expected to capture up to $1 billion worth of natural gas that would otherwise be flared at well heads or released directly into the atmosphere over the next 10 years.While environmental and good-government groups decry what they see as avoidable waste and pollution, energy producers c
  
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