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• [Standard-Examiner] - Jazz heading home, looking for 2-1 lead on the Rockets

  03-05-2018 23:59 via sportspyder.com
  ... the Jazz to be in the second round of these playoffs, or to have grabbed home-court a ...
  
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• With Utah motorcycle deaths up 50% this year, officials stress importance of safety gear and call for increased caution

  03-05-2018 23:45
  With Utah motorcyclist deaths up by 50 percent so far this year — including six in the past month — Utah officials on Thursday urged riders to take steps similar to those that saved Peter Ballentine’s life back in 2012.On a trip back from Jackson, Wyo., “I came over a rise and there were five black Aberdeen Angus cattle in the road.” He managed to miss most, but clipped the last one — sending him and his cycle skidding, cracking its gasoline tank.“My mot
  
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• [Clutch Points: BBall Breakdown] - Donovan Mitchell is evolving faster than Jazz opponents can defend

  03-05-2018 23:45 via sportspyder.com
  ... chell is evolving faster than Jazz opponents can defend Donovan Mitchell is evolving faster than Jazz opponents ...
  
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• As trial begins for three Utah men accused of gang raping a 9-year-old girl, the defense points to lack of physical evidence in the case

  03-05-2018 23:41
  A jury trial began Thursday for three men accused of gang-raping a 9-year-old girl at a Uintah County home two years ago, while her mother was in the garage smoking meth.But defense attorneys told jurors there is no physical evidence to support the girl’s claims.Prosecutors have accused Larson RonDeau, 38, Jerry Flatlip, 31, and Randall Flatlip, 28, of holding down the girl in a Vernal home while each took turns sexually assaulting her. They are each charged with first-degree felony counts
  
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• ‘Behind the Headlines’: An officer fights his demons and the demons of other cops, the EPA gives Utah a pollution deadline and Orrin Hatch gets a tribute in SLC

  03-05-2018 23:30
  The EPA gives Utah three years to bring its ozone pollution down to acceptable levels. The newly announced Hatch Center aims to honor the legacy of retiring Sen. Orrin Hatch. And a Utah police officer, who sought help after years of on-the-job trauma, is working to get other officers to do the same.At 9 a.m. Friday, Salt Lake Tribune reporter Emma Penrod, Washington bureau chief Thomas Burr, government and politics editor Dan Harrie, senior managing editor Matt Canham and columnist Paul Rolly jo
  
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• Trendy new food hall with 8 to 10 eateries — including a beer and wine bar — will open at The Gateway in Salt Lake City

  03-05-2018 23:27
  Food courts at the shopping mall are so 1980s. Today, it’s food halls that are trendy. The Ferry Building Marketplace in San Francisco and Chelsea Market in New York are two of the most famous food halls, but there are dozens of similar venues — which offer an eclectic lineup of eateries in a casual, open setting — popping up all over the country.Salt Lake City will get one later this year at The Gateway, officials announced Thursday.SkinnyFats, a rapidly growing Las Vegas-base
  
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• Surveillance video shows Utah County inmate tumble over second-story balcony as he runs from Spanish Fork courtroom

  03-05-2018 23:25
  After running handcuffed from a courtroom and jumping off a second-story balcony, a Utah County jail inmate is recovering from a head injury, police said Thursday.The 35-year-old inmate — one of several who had been transported to the Spanish Fork courthouse — was sitting in a second-story courtroom during a hearing for a misdemeanor charge Monday morning, Spanish Fork police Lt. Matt Johnson said Thursday.Surveillance video from the court shows the inmate stand up at 9:24 a.m., and,
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Did you hear the one about polygamy jokes on Twitter during Utah Jazz games? Wives have plural views of whether they are funny.

  03-05-2018 23:23 via sportspyder.com
  ... izona polygamist Moroni Jessop has read the jokes made on Twitter during the Jazz games and says they are hilarious. I live in SLC, and this really offends me ...
  
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• Did you hear the one about polygamy jokes on Twitter during Utah Jazz games? Wives have plural views of whether they are funny.

  03-05-2018 23:14
  Moments after the Utah Jazz lost Game 5 of their playoff series against the Oklahoma City Thunder, a Twitter user offered some comical perspective. The Utah Jazz blowing that 25 point game was about as outrageous for Utahns as polygamy getting banned— Efrain (@lopezefr014) April 26, 2018The joke was a hit with a key demographic for such comedy — polygamists. “I think most can laugh at themselves,” Joe and Alina Darger said in an email to The Salt Lake Tribune.They also ca
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Utah Jazz and Hamilton

  03-05-2018 23:14
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Friday, May 4, 2018.<br>You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below.<br>Sucking Newspapers Dry<br>The Mudslinging Begins<br>Butchering the Truth <br>Road to the Peace Prize <br>Teacher’s Pest <br> The Dr. Seuss Reboot <br>Good Guy Without a Gun<br>The Right Stuff<br>Enfant Terrible<br>Serving Cats and Dogs<br>Want more Bagley? Become a fan on
  
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• Washington NFL team says cheerleaders treatment report is cause for concern

  03-05-2018 23:12
  Washington president Bruce Allen said Thursday the NFL team is "looking into" troubling allegations former cheerleaders made to The New York Times about the treatment of cheerleaders at a 2013 calendar photo shoot in Costa Rica.In a statement, Allen said the team had spoken with "a number of" cheerleaders who provided accounts that "directly contradict" details in the Times' story, which cited five cheerleaders present at the photo shoot who did not disclose their names because they had signed n
  
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• Tribe: More than 100 horses apparent victims of drought

  03-05-2018 23:00
  Flagstaff, Ariz. • Dozens of horses have died on tribal land in northern Arizona, apparently after getting trapped in a muddy stock pond as drought grips the region.Navajo Nation spokesman Mihio Manus said Wednesday that 111 horses died in the pond near Cameron over the past week. Officials are trying to determine how best to deal with the carcasses that could attract scavenging birds, dogs and other wildlife, he said.The stock pond typically is a good spot for thirsty animals, being one of
  
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• Opposition grows against CIA nominee who oversaw torture, black site

  03-05-2018 22:59
  Washington • To the White House, Gina Haspel is the best person to head the CIA at a challenging time in the world.To more than 100 retired military leaders, she’s quite possibly the worst.Haspel, who is acting director of the CIA pending Senate confirmation, has faced a groundswell of opposition since President Donald Trump tapped her to head America’s premier intelligence agency.David Irvine, a Utahn and retired Army brigadier general, is one of those former top military leade
  
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• Donovan Mitchell’s putback dunk goes viral after Game 2

  03-05-2018 22:51
  Houston • Joe Ingles kept shaking his head as Donovan Mitchell walked the media through his fourth-quarter putback dunk after Game 2 on Wednesday night.Ingles finally was asked what Mitchell should have done on the dunk.“His mid-air decision should’ve been to get back on transition defense,” Ingles said with a parental tone. “I guarantee you that’s in the film session tomorrow.”With all due respect, film sessions don’t go viral.Donovan Mitchell brou
  
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• [Yahoo Sports] - Who Is Igor Kokoškov? Phoenix Suns Name First Non-american Head Coach in NBA History

  03-05-2018 22:43 via sportspyder.com
  ... ds). Yahoo Sports Jason Glad arrived at Toyota Center dressed head-to-toe in Jazz gear, complete with a Rudy Gobert jersey, which immediately made him a whipp ...
  
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• [Fox Sports] - Jazz heading home, looking for 2-1 lead on the Rockets

  03-05-2018 22:37 via sportspyder.com
  ... the Jazz to be in the second round of these playoffs, or to have grabbed home-court a ...
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Video: Houston Rockets’ James Harden slaps phone after fan calls him ‘worst flopper in the NBA’

  03-05-2018 22:35 via sportspyder.com
  ... a. Last Friday, Westbrook had interactions on the way to the tunnel with two Jazz fans during Game 6 of the Thunder's first-round series against Utah. One cam ...
  
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• Video: Houston Rockets’ James Harden slaps phone after fan calls him ‘worst flopper in the NBA’

  03-05-2018 22:28
  For the second straight week, an interaction occurred between a fan and an NBA player from the playoff opponent of the Utah Jazz.Last week, it was Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook. This week, it's Houston Rockets guard James Harden.A video posted to Facebook by user Jason Glad shows Harden slapping a fan's phone Wednesday night after being called 'the worst flopper in the NBA.' The Jazz beat the Rockets 116-108 in Game 2 in Houston Wednesday to even their Western Conference semifina
  
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• [KSL] - John Stockton joins chorus, says rookie Mitchell is 'really special'

  03-05-2018 22:23 via sportspyder.com
  ... Rockets with a 116-108 win Wednesday, flipping the home-court advantage. The Jazz return home to host the next two games in Salt Lake, with Game 3 taking plac ...
  
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• Jazz guard Dante Exum showed how to beat the Rockets. Now, he and his teammates must do it again.

  03-05-2018 22:23
  As the final buzzer sounded on a 116-108 win over the Houston Rockets on Wednesday, Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell made a beeline towards Dante Exum, determined to reach his teammate for anyone else did.He made his way through a maze of bodies. Finally, Mitchell found one of the heroes Utah’s Game 2 victory at the Toyota Center, the win that tied what was supposed to be a lopsided series up at 1-1.The two held a long embrace. Mitchell patted Exum on the head. And then, they turned to celebra
  
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• [USA Today: Hoops Hype] - Jazz have the highest turnover rate among all teams in the postseason

  03-05-2018 22:14 via sportspyder.com
  ... ams turned the ball over in transition more often than Utah (14.5 percent). #Jazz turned the ball over twice as frequently as #Rockets but not that deleteriou ...
  
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• Jazz have the highest turnover rate among all teams in the postseason

  03-05-2018 22:12
  The Houston Rockets should know that this young Utah Jazz team has a higher turnover rate than any other team in the playoffs so far.
  During the regular season, the Jazz averaged 14.7 turnovers per game. This has jumped to 15.8 turnovers per game in the postseason. Ricky Rubio (3.0) and Donovan Mitchell (2.9) both rank in the top 10 for most turnovers per game among Western Conference guards this postseason.
  The Jazz have the highest TOV% of any team in the playoffs. That sur
  
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• Trump proposes easing oil, gas leasing restrictions in West

  03-05-2018 22:00
  Billings, Mont. • The Trump administration wants to ease restrictions on oil and gas leasing and other activities across a huge swath of the American West that were put in place to protect an imperiled bird.The move involves conservation plans for greater sage grouse approved in 2015 under former President Barack Obama. President Donald Trump has vowed to increase U.S. energy production and open more lands to drilling.Conservation groups critical of Trump’s energy policies warned Wedn
  
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• Letter: Would that all Utah’s politicians were as commendable as Lt. Gov. Cox

  03-05-2018 22:00
  I don’t know much about other states’ lieutenant governors, but I doubt any of them are as amazing as Utah’s. Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox is kind, funny, smart, accessible and, most important, willing to be a servant for all Utahns — Republican, Democrat and independent alike.I’d love for all our politicians to be like Mr. Cox!Matthew Jacobson, St. George
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Brad Rock: Brad Rock: Jazz make it academic: 2018 team is better than 2017

  03-05-2018 21:59 via sportspyder.com
  ... yder. He’ll remember the name. The Jazz responded like it was a fire alarm, making nine of their first 13 shots. Aft ...
  
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• After Russell Westbrook’s run-in with fans during Thunder series, Jazz asking their supporters to show more courtesy and restraint toward visitors

  03-05-2018 21:52
  All-Star point guard Chris Paul knows what to expect from the crowd of 18,000-plus fans when the Houston Rockets arrive Friday at Vivint Smart Home Arena.“It’s going to be loud, rowdy,” he predicted.That’s the reputation the home of the Utah Jazz — considered to be one of the NBA’s most raucous venues — has earned over the years. But after Oklahoma City star Russell Westbrook’s run-ins with fans last week in Utah and his pointed remarks during a po
  
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• [USA Today: For The Win] - This is the season of NBA players vs. fans

  03-05-2018 21:48 via sportspyder.com
  ... uL — Dave McMenamin (@mcten) May 2, 2018 Russell Westbrook had a run-in with Jazz fans twice in Utah last week: There was Rodney Hood — then with the Jazz — s ...
  
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• [CBS Sports] - 2018 NBA Playoffs Injury Tracker: Celtics' Jaylen Brown unable to practice, doubtful for Game 2 - CBSSports.com

  03-05-2018 21:40 via sportspyder.com
  ... ot practice with the team on Wednesday. No. 1 Houston Rockets vs. No. 5 Utah Jazz Rockets: None Jazz: Ricky Rubio (hamstring) missed Game 1 and could be out e ...
  
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• From Frida to Rico: Jorge Fierro changes his upscale Salt Lake City bistro to reconnect with the beans and tortillas that made him famous

  03-05-2018 21:37
  Salt Lake City’s Frida Bistro, which opened in 2009, has always been a dining anomaly, serving “elevated Mexican food” that was more refined than the more familiar south-of-the-border fare.Colorful and rebellious, however, doesn’t always translate with customers, nor does it create a successful bottom line, says owner Jorge Fierro, who has changed the name and concept of the restaurant at 545 W. 700 South.Rico Cocina y Tequila Bar debuted this week — just in time fo
  
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• ‘Hall and Oates’? They can’t go for that. But ‘Daryl Hall & John Oates’ will be performing in Salt Lake City on Tuesday.

  03-05-2018 21:36
  So, when Hall and Oates perform at —No, wait — is it “Hall and Oates” or “Hall & Oates”? You see it both ways depending where you look. If they were a newer musical act, it would be displayed consistently as part of a brand strategy, replete with a logo and corresponding domain name.Hall and Oates. Hall & Oates. Hall + Oates. Hall x Oates.Let’s see … Google … Wikipedia … iTunes … Spotify … Oh! hallandoates.com.
  
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• Holly Richardson: Faux outrage over a dress undermines the times that call for real outrage

  03-05-2018 21:30
  Keziah Daum found out the hard way how easily offended some people are when she posted pictures of her prom dress. Found in a “vintage” shop in Salt Lake City, the high-collared, form-fitting red dress was a beautiful Chinese-style dress. A few days later, she was slammed on Twitter for “cultural appropriation.”Keziah did not mock Chinese culture, nor did she derive any financial benefit, nor was she exploiting a power differential with the wearing of a qipao, as one migh
  
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• [Sporting News] - Have the Jazz found a Harden stopper in Dante Exum?

  03-05-2018 21:26 via sportspyder.com
  ... nation of his defense and the nine points he scored off the bench helped the Jazz outscore the Rockets by double-figures with him on the court. Slowing Harden ...
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Brad Rock: Quin Snyder is earning another smart-guy degree in the playoffs

  03-05-2018 21:23 via sportspyder.com
  ... mind long before Hayward ever announced his departure. • He made defense the Jazz’s calling card by committing to long, multi-position players such as Mitchel ...
  
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• >… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="viewarticle">Be able to say, "I was there when..." Be there for our first home game of Round 2. #TakeNote >>… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

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• Utes’ Sedrick Barefield tests NBA Draft market, works out for Los Angeles Lakers

  03-05-2018 21:04
  A member of the Utes men’s basketball team will test the NBA Draft waters for the second year in a row.Utah junior guard Sedrick Barefield, a 6-foot-2 guard from Corona, Calif., participated in an NBA pre-draft workout with the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday. Barefield was one of 236 college players who declared for the draft as early entry candidates, though he did not hire an agent and is expected to return to the program next season. Utes forward David Collette went through a similar pr
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Mitchell, Exum put double exclamation points on huge win

  03-05-2018 21:04 via sportspyder.com
  ... rated dunker. Now, here’s what Mitchell and Exum did down the stretch as the Jazz battled to steal the game and level their second-round series — 🕷️ Another l ...
  
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• Letter: Jazz coverage floods The Tribune, which specializes in Wasatch Front news

  03-05-2018 21:00
  My goodness, are the Utah Jazz the only game in town? Three and four full pages of Jazz coverage in the Sports section is ridiculous.No space for the Major League Baseball box scores. I for one will be glad to see the Jazz finally wrap it up so we can see something else in the sports pages.Whatever happened to The Tribune’s coverage of Utah prep sports? All we ever see is one or two games in the Wasatch Front highlighted and that’s it.Actually the front-page banner, “Utah&rsquo
  
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• Christine Emba: How to talk politics like a French person

  03-05-2018 21:00
  This week, U.S. newspapers were frothing with updates about the national outrage that was comedian Michelle Wolf’s monologue at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, the Trump team’s leaked list of potential questions by special counsel Robert Mueller III and performative accusations from Republican House members on the state of the FBI.In France, meanwhile, the newspaper Le Monde sent out a news alert about how French President Emmanuel Macron likes ... wine.Your
  
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• Brad Rock: Quin Snyder is earning another smart-guy degree in the playoffs

  03-05-2018 20:57
  SALT LAKE CITY — It should come as no surprise that Quin Snyder would look smart in these playoffs. He has two fancy degrees, one in law, the other an MBA. But figuring out James Harden and the Houston Rockets is an education all its own.Apparently Snyder is magna cum laude in basketball, too.A lot of things aren’t nearly as good as their reputation, whether it’s cars, actors or cheeseburgers. But there’s no way to explain away this year’s Jazz as an accident, or ev
  
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• Ichiro Suzuki transitioning to front office with Mariners

  03-05-2018 20:56
  Seattle • Ichiro Suzuki is leaving the playing field and transitioning into a front office role with the Seattle Mariners, although he is not completely shutting the door on playing again.The Mariners announced Thursday that Suzuki was becoming a special assistant to the chairman effective immediately. The team said Suzuki will have an active presence with the team and assist with outfield play, base running and hitting.But nowhere in the announcement do they say the 44-year-old is retiring
  
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• Utah Jazz: Mitchell, Exum put double exclamation points on huge win

  03-05-2018 20:48
  Donovan Mitchell and Dante Exum abused the rim and, in turn, the Houston Rockets, during the Utah Jazz’s upset win in Game 2. If you’re ever not sure whether or not your hammer dunks are truly epic in nature, I’ve got a surefire way to figure it out. When James Harden — the likely NBA […]
  Utah Jazz: Mitchell, Exum put double exclamation points on huge win - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Film Academy expels Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski

  03-05-2018 20:42
  Los Angeles • The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board of Governors has voted to expel Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski from its membership.The film academy said Thursday that its board of governors met Tuesday night and voted on their status in accordance with their Standards of Conduct.The organization that puts on the Oscars also expelled Harvey Weinstein from its ranks in October.Only one person is thought to have been previously expelled from the academy: Carmine Caridi, a ch
  
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• With Utah motorcycle deaths up 50% this year, officials stress importance of safety gear; call for increased caution

  03-05-2018 20:35
  With Utah motorcyclist deaths up by 50 percent so far this year — including six in the past month — Utah officials on Thursday urged riders to take steps similar to those that saved Peter Ballentine’s life back in 2012.On a trip back from Jackson, Wyo., “I came over a rise and there were five black Aberdeen Angus cattle in the road.” He managed to miss most, but clipped the last one — sending him and his cycle skidding, cracking its gasoline tank.“My mot
  
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• Amid Stormy Daniels news, Trump announces faith-based effort on National Day of Prayer

  03-05-2018 20:34
  Washington • President Donald Trump in a Rose Garden ceremony Thursday announced an executive order he said would expand government grants to and partnerships with faith-based groups.A top faith advisor to Trump said the aim was a culture change producing less conversations about church-state barriers “without all of these arbitrary concerns as to what is appropriate.”Trump has shrunk the infrastructure built by presidents Bush and Obama, the latter who created offices across mo
  
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• ‘Itzhak’ shows how even a violin whiz can crack wise

  03-05-2018 20:30
  “When I hear that playing, it’s like breathing. It’s like being alive.”That’s Toby Perlman, the wife of Itzhak Perlman, describing the music of her husband in the documentary “Itzhak.” Director Alison Chernick profiles the violin virtuoso, through his performance, of course, but she also reveals a personality as expressive as his musicianship.We are introduced to the film’s subject not in a concert hall, but at Citi Field in Queens, N.Y., where the
  
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