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• Jennifer Rubin: The gullible Trump finally finds out Kim Jong Un isn’t ‘honorable’

  16-05-2018 23:53
  President Donald Trump is desperate for a flashy, big win in foreign policy after a series of less-than-successful stunts. His pullout from the Iran deal has been widely criticized; his advisers’ prediction that our European allies would follow us seems highly questionable. Moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem touched off mass protests in which approximately 60 Palestinians were killed. His concession to China on ZTE led to bipartisan scorn. In short, he has put all his eggs in the North K
  
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• ‘Trib Talk’: Paul Rolly’s five things to know about Utah politics, Mormons and The Salt Lake Tribune

  16-05-2018 23:48
  On today’s episode of “Trib Talk,” Tribune reporter Benjamin Wood chats with recently retired columnist Paul Rolly about his view of Utah politics after a long media career, and the recent staff cuts at The Salt Lake Tribune.A lightly edited transcription of their conversation is included below.Paul Rolly: 1974, I started as a copy boy.Benjamin Wood: That’s Paul Rolly, longtime and recently retired columnist for The Salt Lake Tribune.
  Rolly: I was promoted to obit[uary] w
  
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• Marcus Smart 'was born with his hands dirty.' And he'll do anything to help the Celtics win.

  16-05-2018 23:45
  Boston • Marcus Smart doesn't care about the effect the hardwood can have on human flesh. He plays with the abandon of a hair-on-fire stuntman for his Boston Celtics, diving then crashing to the floor while pursuing a loose ball.His bandaged right wrist should serve as a reminder of recent surgery, but that does not seem to cross Smart's mind when he belly-flops onto the leather shoes of the Cleveland Cavaliers coaches.On Tuesday night as the Celtics took control of the Eastern Conference f
  
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• Phew! Yoeli Childs will return to BYU after testing NBA waters

  16-05-2018 23:27
  BYU got itself a boost Tuesday night. After deliberating for two months whether to stay in Provo or officially opt in for the upcoming 2018 NBA Draft, BYU big man Yoeli Childs announced Tuesday evening that he will return to the Cougars for his junior season. “These last two years I’ve spent at BYU have been incredible,” Childs wrote in his Twitter post. “The culture here is special and BYU has the best fans in the country. From teammates to coaches to fans it really feel
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: High Church

  16-05-2018 23:22
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Thursday, May 17, 2018.<br>You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below.<br>Always In Our Hearts<br>Ruffing the Fourth Estate<br>Mother’s Day<br>Takers<br>Be Prepared <br> Keep on Truckin’ Trump <br>We Care About Memories <br> The Liar’s Club <br>Utah Jazz and Hamilton <br>Sucking Newspapers Dry<br>Want more Bagley? Become a fan on
  
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• Here are the 12 restaurants in Salt Lake County where diners can legally bring their pup on the patio

  16-05-2018 22:58
  It’s warm outside and you and Fido are ready to enjoy some al fresco dining.But so far in 2018, only 12 bars and restaurants in Salt Lake County can legally allow pups on the patio, officials from the health department announced Wednesday. Health officials expect additional establishments will apply as the summer dining season continues. By the end of summer last year, 16 establishments had received the variance, officials said.
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• Former Ute football coach Dennis Erickson will lead Salt Lake’s team in startup league

  16-05-2018 22:57
  After retiring from the University of Utah and walking away from football last year, Dennis Erickson moved to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, started playing golf, and soon realized something about himself.“I got tired of hooking it out of bounds and hitting it right all the time, so I thought I better get back in coaching and have a little bit of fun,” he said. “Golf gets old after a while.”Erickson, who spent four seasons on the Utes coaching staff, will soon be back on the
  
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• Real Salt Lake and the Utah Royals share Rio Tinto Stadium’s field. That means lots of work for the grounds crew

  16-05-2018 22:55
  Dan Farnes stood on the edge of his masterpiece: over 80,000 square feet of grass, cut, rolled, fertilized and aerated with precision.The sun shone down on the expanse of green in the middle of Rio Tinto Stadium, only run down next to the sidelines, revealing the assistant referees’ path back and forth as they tracked the last man back.“We want the surface to be as flat as possible,” said Farnes, the director of Field and Grounds for RSL, the Utah Royals and Real Monarchs, afte
  
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• Supporters say they have made the November ballot with initiative aimed at reforming redistricting — and targeting gerrymandering

  16-05-2018 22:48
  A voter initiative focused around redrawing Utah’s legislative and congressional districts in a way that is fair and nonpartisan may be headed to the Nov. 6 ballot after organizers say it received enough public support on petitions.Utahns for Responsible Government, the group backing the Better Boundaries initiative, announced Wednesday it had submitted more than 150,000 county clerk-approved petition signatures before the May 15 deadline. State law requires 113,143 signatures of registere
  
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• Megan McArdle: A reckoning is coming for blue states

  16-05-2018 22:39
  Before the ink was dry on our new tax bill, outraged blue states were screaming about the cap on the deductibility of state and local taxes. Their governments were also frantically seeking ways around it, and small wonder. For decades, high-tax states with a lot of wealthy residents enjoyed a hefty subsidy from the rest of America. Legislators were understandably panicked over what voters might do when handed the rest of the bill.That panic generated some desperate ideas. The most popular, curre
  
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• Senate backs effort to restore ‘net neutrality’

  16-05-2018 22:34
  The Senate has voted to kill a Federal Communications Commission rule that repealed the Obama administration’s ban on internet providers blocking or slowing down certain content.Back in December, the FCC repealed “net neutrality” rules that ensured equal treatment for all web traffic.The Obama-era rule prevented providers such as AT&T, Comcast and Verizon from interfering with internet traffic and favoring their own sites and apps. Critics, including the Trump administratio
  
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• MLS week in review: Wayne Rooney could be coming to MLS, but the English superstar’s deal in principle with D.C. United leaves room for questions

  16-05-2018 22:21
  Wayne Rooney dominated headlines in the United States this past week with his possible move to MLS. But the likelihood of him actually signing with D.C. United has been just as much a topic of conversation as the confirmation that the English football star had moved closer to a deal with D.C..Rooney and United have agreed to a deal in principle for £12 million, according to multiple reports. On Thursday, the Washington Post reported that there was a 50-50 chance of the deal actually going
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz ’17-18 review: Erik McCree’s journey to Utah

  16-05-2018 22:18 via sportspyder.com
  ... elped me a lot, man.” McCree said when asked about how he benefited from the Jazz’s focus on each individual player on the roster. “Just like you said, they t ...
  
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• NAILED IT twitter.com/JazzTown45/sta…

  16-05-2018 22:17 via twitter.com
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• Keep your screen game strong in the offseason 📱 #WallpaperWednesday https://t.co/OG28sRvs7t

  16-05-2018 22:03 via twitter.com
  
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• Utah Jazz ’17-18 review: Erik McCree’s journey to Utah

  16-05-2018 22:00
  A move to the Utah Jazz mid-season was key in Erik McCree’s development as an undrafted rookie looking to leave a mark in this league. He may not get the attention that the top players on the Utah Jazz roster get, but Erik McCree can ball. He proved that with his play in the G-League. […]
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• Marriage proposal upstaged by 3-year-old’s call of nature

  16-05-2018 21:55
  Bay City, Mich. • A Michigan boy found a way to make his mark on the occasion of his mother’s marriage proposal.Allyssa Anter said “yes” Saturday to the question popped by her boyfriend, Kevin Przytula. Video shows the bride-to-be and man on bended knee are blissfully unaware that right next to them, 3-year-old Owen Anter has dropped his pants to urinate in front of Bay City’s Ring of Friendship sculpture.They were alerted to the pint-sized proposal crasher by the gi
  
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• [Hoops Rumors] - 2018 NBA Offseason Salary Cap Digest: Utah Jazz

  16-05-2018 21:55 via sportspyder.com
  ...$20,056,693 Projected Salary Cap: $101,000,000 Projected Cap Room: None The Jazz aren’t typically major players in free agency, so our cap projection assumes ...
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Celtics' Marcus Smart has been unflappable against Cavaliers

  16-05-2018 21:39 via sportspyder.com
  ... augh off Hood's apology for not entering Game 4 Quiz: Do you know these Utah Jazz players? Paul scores 27 and Harden has 24 as Houston wins 100-87 Raptors fir ...
  
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• Dana Milbank: Hey, Democrats, what’s the big idea? No, really. What’s the big idea?

  16-05-2018 21:16
  Washington • A dozen possible Democratic presidential candidates assembled at a downtown Washington hotel Tuesday for one of the first cattle calls of the 2020 campaign. The good news: There were, on that stage, all of the personal qualities and policy ideas needed to defeat President Trump. The bad news: These qualities and ideas were not in any one person.The perfect candidate to dethrone Trump would have Sen. Sherrod Brown’s (Ohio) blue-collar appeal, the youth of Sen. Chris Murphy
  
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• LDS Church wants court to dismiss lawsuit accusing former MTC president of rape, saying it wasn’t filed in time

  16-05-2018 21:10
  The LDS Church and the former president of the Missionary Training Center in Provo are asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a woman who alleges the MTC leader sexually assaulted her while she was a missionary there in 1984. They argue she missed legal deadlines by decades.In filings in federal court, attorneys for Joseph Bishop, accused of the assault, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints contend the statute of limitations ended in either the late 1980s or early 1990s, wel
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - A Moose in Utah? Greg Monroe and the Jazz Could be a Good Fit

  16-05-2018 21:10 via sportspyder.com
  ... ooted isn’t unwarranted. That said, Utah’s system might mask that issue. The Jazz did increase their pace factor by over four points last season compared to 2 ...
  
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• ‘The divide holds up’: How two rural Utah counties disagree on most everything, but especially environmental policies

  16-05-2018 21:09
  Grand and San Juan counties, neighbors in the southeastern corner of Utah, are divided by a dusty 60-mile border and, according to a new poll, a stark split in public opinion. It’s an unusual but not wholly unexpected fracture for this rural — and mostly red — area of the state. But at its heart, more pronounced here than anywhere else, are decades of differences over land management policies that have largely determined economic prosperity, population growth, unemployment rate
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Oops — Utah County forgot to process a box of Count My Vote petitions, which might just put the initiative over the top to be on the ballot

  16-05-2018 21:02 via sportspyder.com
  ... eading claims and intimidation of its own. Former Gov. Mike Leavitt and Utah Jazz owner Gail Miller, both leaders of Count My Vote, recorded robocalls to peti ...
  
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• Oops — Utah County forgot to process a box of Count My Vote petitions, which might just put the initiative over the top to be on the ballot

  16-05-2018 20:56
  Reports of the death of the Count My Vote ballot initiative may have been greatly exaggerated — thanks to a box of petition signatures that state officials just found and say the Utah County Clerk’s office never processed.“We found one box that contained 105 petition packets that do not appear to have been reviewed by your office,” Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox, the state’s top election official, wrote Wednesday to Utah County Clerk-Auditor Bryan Thompson.Taylor Morgan, exec
  
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• A Moose in Utah? Greg Monroe and the Jazz Could be a Good Fit

  16-05-2018 20:50
  Greg Monroe is going to be an unrestricted free agent next season, and the Utah Jazz would be wise to put him on their list of potential targets. The Utah Jazz are primed to be players in the free agency market this upcoming offseason, and with Derrick Favors becoming a free agent himself, finding someone […]
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• Citing student debt ‘crisis,’ Utah Reps. Love and Bishop sign letter urging Trump officials to reverse course on oversight of student loans

  16-05-2018 20:30
  Two members of Utah’s all-Republican congressional delegation have joined Democratic colleagues in pushing back against recent moves by the U.S. Department of Education to restrict state oversight of student loan providers.In a letter to U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, dated Wednesday, Utah’s Rep. Mia Love and Rep. Rob Bishop ask DeVos to withdraw her department’s recent position that states lack the authority to regulate private lenders contracting with the federal gover
  
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• Jazz unveil their Utah Summer League lineup with some new faces

  16-05-2018 20:28
  A year ago, the Utah Jazz first got a whiff of Donovan Mitchell’s potential — not in October, but in July.The Utah Summer League returns once again July 2-5, bringing the next round of NBA talent to Salt Lake City for first impressions.Some of the participants have changed: The Atlanta Hawks and the Memphis Grizzlies will be joining the San Antonio Spurs and the Jazz for the annual round-robin format, spread over three days of competition with a break on July 4. The venue is also dif
  
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• Kragthorpe: Location helps the Celtics climb faster than the Jazz

  16-05-2018 20:15
  Here in Utah, everybody should have seen this coming. The Boston Celtics own a 2-0 lead over Cleveland in the NBA’s Eastern Conference finals, in a season when they’ve played without Gordon Hayward and also lost Kyrie Irving to injury. They’re healthy, compared to the state of the team in late March when Al Horford, Marcus Smart and Marcus Morris missed the Celtics’ game vs. the Jazz at Vivint Smart Home Arena.That’s the night Boston somehow hung around and then sco
  
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• .@rickyrubio9 looks back at the 2017-18 season and what his experience was like playing for Quin Snyder. “I love p… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-05-2018 20:08 via twitter.com
  .@rickyrubio9 looks back at the 2017-18 season and what his experience was like playing for Quin Snyder.“I love p… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Kristen Bell narrates cuddly IMAX documentary ‘Pandas’

  16-05-2018 20:05
  Anyone who has seen Kristen Bell break down in (happy) hysterics over a sloth knows the actor’s affinity for animals, especially those of the cute and cuddly variety. So when the people behind the new IMAX original film “Pandas” asked “The Good Place” star if she would consider narrating the documentary, it was a no-brainer.“I’m not unsecretive about the fact that I’m an animal lover, or an IMAX lover to be totally honest with you,” Bell said
  
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• The deputy who failed to confront the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter is getting pension

  16-05-2018 19:23
  Fort Lauderdale, Fla. • A Florida sheriff’s deputy who failed to confront a gunman during a Feb. 14 school massacre is receiving a monthly state pension of $8,702.35.The SunSentinel reports 55-year-old Scot Peterson, who resigned and retired after the shootings, began receiving payments in April.Surveillance video showed Peterson outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School as the gunman killed 17 people inside with an AR-15 assault-style rifle. Broward Sheriff Scott Israel said Peter
  
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• Thousands of pages of congressional testimony shed light on 2016 Trump Tower meeting

  16-05-2018 19:22
  Washington • A music promoter who promised Donald Trump Jr. over email that a Russian lawyer would provide dirt about Hillary Clinton in June 2016 made the offer because he had been assured the Moscow attorney was “well connected” and had “damaging material,” the promoter testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee.Rob Goldstone told the committee that his client, the Russian pop star and developer Emin Agalarov, had insisted he help set up the meeting between Presid
  
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• Gina Haspel, Trump’s pick to lead CIA, wins support of Senate Intelligence Committee

  16-05-2018 19:22
  Washington • The Senate Intelligence Committee moved Wednesday to recommend Gina Haspel for CIA director, setting up a floor vote that her opponents say will signal to the world whether the United States condemns or condones torture.The committee voted 10 to 5 to in favor of her nomination.With two of 51 Republicans committed to voting against Haspel, and five Democrats already indicating they will support her, it appears she is set to become the agency’s first female director.Haspel&
  
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• This new restaurant coming to Salt Lake City’s 9th and 9th neighborhood is for the birds — the breaded, fried and crispy kind

  16-05-2018 19:21
  A new restaurant will be opening in Salt Lake City’s 9th and 9th neighborhood — and the menu is for the birds.The Birdhouse will build its nest at 854 E. 900 South, adjacent to the East Liberty Tap House, and will specialize in chicken. There will be fried and grilled chicken as well as chicken salad, chicken sandwiches and other chicken specialties, said owner Scott Evans.The restaurant will be Evans’ sixth Salt Lake City dining business. In addition to the East Liberty Tap Ho
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz announce Utah Summer League schedule

  16-05-2018 19:18 via sportspyder.com
  ... now which teams will be participating and when those games will be held. The Jazz will be joined in Summer League by the returning San Antonio Spurs as well a ...
  
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• Utah A.G. appears to bend to will of frustrated lawmakers — will sue Purdue Pharma over opioid abuse and deaths

  16-05-2018 19:16
  Top officials in the Attorney General’s Office said Wednesday the state of Utah would file suit against one of the world’s largest opioid manufacturers for the high rates of addiction and overdose deaths during the past decade.The complaint, which chief criminal deputy Spencer Austin said could be filed within 10 days, will follow months of frustration from lawmakers who lashed out Wednesday at Attorney General Sean Reyes, saying he has played a passive role in responding to the cris
  
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• Michigan State and Nassar victims reach $500M settlement

  16-05-2018 19:14
  Lansing, Mich. • Michigan State University has agreed to pay $500 million to more than 300 women and girls who said they were assaulted by sports doctor Larry Nassar in the worst sex-abuse case in sports history, the university announced Wednesday.The deal surpasses the more than $109 million that Penn State University paid to settle claims by at least 35 people that assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky had sexually abused boys, though the Nassar settlement involves far more victims."We
  
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• Utah ‘Dreamers’ can go to law school, but can’t sit for the bar exam. The Legislature may change that.

  16-05-2018 19:13
  Utah legislators are considering a request to allow “Dreamers” — undocumented people brought to the United States as children — to take the bar exam and, if they pass, become licensed attorneys.The Judiciary Interim Committee took up the issue Wednesday because an unnamed, undocumented graduate from Brigham Young University’s law school would like to take the Utah bar exam.Randy Spencer, partner with the Fillmore Spencer law firm in Utah County, said the woman appli
  
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• Utah Jazz announce Utah Summer League schedule

  16-05-2018 19:07
  The Utah Jazz have announced the Utah Summer League schedule which includes a pair of newcomer teams in the Atlanta Hawks and Memphis Grizzlies. Along with the NBA Draft and the exciting free agency period, one of the offseason traditions that has become a highly anticipated mainstay among Utah Jazz fans is the Utah Summer […]
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jazz unveil their Utah Summer League lineup with some new faces

  16-05-2018 19:07 via sportspyder.com
  ...4. The venue is also different: After two years at the Huntsman Center, the Jazz will play in Vivint Smart Home Arena, which underwent renovations last summe ...
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Offseason Q&A Continued: Specific Targets & More

  16-05-2018 18:56 via sportspyder.com
  ... kely trade Love for picks and young guys. If that scenario plays out, do the Jazz try to get Love? And what would they have to give up? @MarshallDjm Love is r ...
  
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• [KSL] - Utah Jazz Summer League dates and teams announced

  16-05-2018 18:53 via sportspyder.com
  ... . The games will take place at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. MT, with the Jazz playing in the later game on all three days. Here's the full schedule: Monda ...
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Four internal improvement focuses this offseason

  16-05-2018 18:53 via sportspyder.com
  ... Utah Jazz ’17-18 Season Review: Royce O’Neale finds a home by John Keeffer ...
  
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• [Hoops Rumors] - Jazz Announce Utah Summer League Details

  16-05-2018 18:50 via sportspyder.com
  ...California Classic Summer League in Sacramento – will still take place. The Jazz and Spurs will return for this year’s Utah Summer League at the Vivint Smart ...
  
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• We all hear the same thing! https://t.co/z1w79DdjV4

  16-05-2018 18:48 via twitter.com
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz announce 2018 summer league in Salt Lake City

  16-05-2018 18:45 via sportspyder.com
  ... cause of the renovations taking place at Vivint Arena, it will return to the Jazz's home this year. Per the results of Tuesday night's NBA Draft Lottery, the...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Four internal improvement focuses this offseason

  16-05-2018 18:37
  In order for the Utah Jazz to take yet another critical leap next season, their first focus will need to be on internal improvement this summer. Recently here on TheJNotes.com, my partner in crime Ryan Aston bestowed us with an exceptional gift – a Utah Jazz offseason wishlist detailing where this Jazz team needs to […]
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• Utah Jazz announce 2018 summer league in Salt Lake City

  16-05-2018 18:31
  The Utah Jazz Summer League will be returning for a fourth season.The Jazz announced Wednesday morning that it will be joined by three teams for a four-day event July 2-5. Along with Utah, the San Antonio Spurs will make a return appearance, while the Atlanta Hawks and Memphis Grizzlies will participate for the first time.After the league was played at the Huntsman Center last year because of the renovations taking place at Vivint Arena, it will return to the Jazz's home this year.Per the result
  
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• Taylorsville 14-year-old identified as victim of head-on crash

  16-05-2018 18:26
  Police have identified the teenager who died in a head-on collision early Monday morning as 14-year-old Nevaeh Padilla of Taylorsville.The 18-year-old driver of the vehicle in which Padilla was riding is in custody.According to Unified Police, the fatal crash involved a Chevrolet Trailblazer traveling west on 3900 South. It swerved into the eastbound lane and collided with a Nissan sedan about 1 a.m. Tuesday. Padilla was pronounced dead at the scene.The driver and passenger of the Nissan suffere
  
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