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• Fact check: Romney criticized for assault-weapons ban

  02-06-2018 23:59
  Mitt Romney’s record on gun control came up this week during debate for a U.S. Senate seat in Utah, a conservative Western state with strong support for the Second Amendment.Romney’s opponent, Republican Utah state lawmaker Mike Kennedy, criticized him for signing an assault-weapons ban as governor of Massachusetts, a state that’s long had tough gun laws.The two men are vying to replace long-serving Sen. Orrin Hatch, who is retiring after more than four decades. They’ll c
  
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• Blue Boutique’s landlord is fighting Salt Lake City over a complaint about the adult store’s window displays

  02-06-2018 23:56
  Salt Lake City has ordered a well-known lingerie and adult toy store in Sugar House to take down some of its glitzy window signs, and the building’s landlord is pushing back.George A. Hunt, an attorney and co-owner of Blue Boutique’s building at 1383 E. 2100 South, says a January citation from the city alleging that too many of the store’s windows were covered with signs is unconstitutional — not for free speech reasons but because city inspectors were responding to an an
  
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• A century later, Chapman Library may not still be the ‘greatest’ thing to hit Salt Lake City’s west side, but it remains a neighborhood gem

  02-06-2018 23:46
  Salt Lake City staged a ceremony Saturday to mark the 100th anniversary of the Chapman Branch library, which was called the greatest civic and cultural development the city’s west side had ever seen when it opened.Hundreds of people christened the opening of the library in Poplar Grove in late May 1918, when the neighborhood was home to a growing immigrant and worker population.The Carnegie Foundation donated today’s equivalent of nearly $500,000 as part of a massive effort to build
  
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• Bible group issues new employee commandments: Thou shalt go to church, and thou shalt not have sex outside of man-woman marriage

  02-06-2018 23:01
  One of the oldest nonprofit organizations dedicated to distributing Bibles around the world soon will require all employees to adhere to orthodox Christian beliefs and heed a conservative code of sexual ethics.Employees are resigning in protest of the new policy, which will effectively prohibit sexually active LGBT people and couples in cohabitating relationships from working for the American Bible Society. But the organization stands by it as a measure intended to bring “unity and clarity
  
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• Letter: Support climate-conscious students on ‘Congressional Call-in Day‘

  02-06-2018 23:00
  I salute the ambitious, respectful, persistent students who conceived of — then tirelessly worked to gain — support for the Utah climate resolution, HCR07 (“Guv signs teens’ climate change impact resolution,” The Tribune, May 21).Many of these enlightened, civic-minded students are headed to Washington, D.C., to take their advocacy of “sound science” and “Economic and Environmental Stewardship” to our members of Congress. On June 12, 18 Utah
  
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• Letter: NFL’s no-kneeling rule is the most sensible solution

  02-06-2018 23:00
  Although there is no comparison with the tragic Las Vegas shooting and the current problem with NFL games, there are some similarities. They both involve large crowds of people who are only trying to enjoy a few hours of the good life. One involves the First Amendment and the other involves the Second Amendment.The NFL protests happened because of police brutality and racial inequality, which are basically only symptoms of problems in our society. To delve deeper into the cause of these problems
  
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• Letter: Curbing light pollution at the U. should include dimming the stadium

  02-06-2018 23:00
  What a good idea, working on deflecting light downward in order to help birds and other wildlife, as well as giving us a tiny chance to see more of the night sky!A lot of us here in the Avenues and Federal Heights would be extra thrilled if the lighting folks would turn their attention to the stadium.It has been lighting our homes at all hours, often all night when no one is no one using it.I have asked several times over the years if they would just put deflectors to guide the light downward in
  
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• Tribune editorial: Lee and Hatch should stand against Mortensen

  02-06-2018 22:45
  Utah’s Sen. Mike Lee, a champion of the Constitution’s separation of powers and the prerogatives of the U.S. Senate, has been presented with a golden opportunity to put his vote where his mouth is.He should stand firmly against the nomination of Ron Mortensen to head the State Department bureau that deals with migrants and refugees.Utah’s other senator, the soon-to-retire Orrin Hatch, is so far in the tank for the current occupant of the Oval Office that he might not be reachab
  
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• Serena Williams wins to set up French Open showdown with Maria Sharapova on Monday

  02-06-2018 22:44
  Paris • There was no rust evident. No comeback needed. Serena Williams quite simply produced the best performance so far in her return to Grand Slam tennis and easily reached the French Open’s fourth round.Williams dominated for stretches against 11th-seeded Julia Goerges of Germany, playing cleanly right from the start of a 6-3, 6-4 tour de force at Court Suzanne Lenglen that lasted a mere 75 minutes Saturday and lacked much in the way of theatrics.Now, then, comes the drama. Waiting
  
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• Pope Francis digs deeper into roots of Chile sex abuse scandal, meets with priests from cultlike community

  02-06-2018 22:44
  Vatican City • Pope Francis is digging deeper into the roots of Chile’s sex abuse scandal by meeting with priests who were trained in a cultlike Catholic community and suffered psychological and sexual abuse there.Francis celebrated Mass on Saturday with three priests trained by the Rev. Fernando Karadima, a powerful preacher in Chile who was sentenced by the Vatican in 2011 to a lifetime of penance and prayer for having sexually and spiritually abused young parishioners through an ab
  
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• Want to show off your pickup skills? Be one of the next 10 teams to sign up for our 3on3 tournament and you’ll be… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  02-06-2018 21:54 via twitter.com
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Rudy Gobert wins NBPA Locksmith Award

  02-06-2018 21:28 via sportspyder.com
  ... hat on a nightly basis and cool to see a player who only was a member of the Jazz for the latter part of the year earn such a nod on his new team. RELATED PRO ...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Kragthorpe: BYU and Utah have upgraded their basketball schedules, via Nevada and Kentucky

  02-06-2018 21:20 via sportspyder.com
  ... rward Jontay Porter returning to the Tigers. Some mock drafts had him in the Jazz’s range (No. 21), before he decided to stay in school. Tulsa will come to th ...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Rudy Gobert wins NBPA Locksmith Award

  02-06-2018 21:17
   Just as Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell was selected as the NBA’s top rookie by his peers, Rudy Gobert received the NBPA Award for being the league’s best defender. The Defensive Player of the Year Award won’t be handed out until the NBA Awards Show on June 25th. Rudy Gobert is one of the finalists […]
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• Commentary: We should standardize automobiles, not students

  02-06-2018 21:00
  “I believe in standardizing automobiles. I do not believe in standardizing human beings. Standardization is a great peril which threatens American culture.” — Albert EinsteinWe have known, for a long time, that it’s impossible to standardize students; yet we still keep trying to do it. After the “Nation at Risk “report in 1983 there have been four major attempts to improve the factory system. “No Child Left Behind”, “Race to the Top” an
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - What does the future hold for Ricky Rubio and the Utah Jazz?

  02-06-2018 20:59 via sportspyder.com
  ... er to cancer, so this cause hits close to home for him. RELATED PRODUCT Utah Jazz New Era Official Team Color 9FORTY Adjustable Hat - Navy Buy Now! He’s nomin ...
  
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• What does the future hold for Ricky Rubio and the Utah Jazz?

  02-06-2018 20:47
  Ricky Rubio was an integral part of the unexpected playoff run that the Utah Jazz experienced this year. Does he fit into the team’s long-term plans? By the end of the 2017-18 season, Ricky Rubio had become a staple of the young Utah Jazz core that worked itself into the Western Conference Semifinals. Despite not […]
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• Commentary: Utah Pride arrives in 2018 at a moment of both celebration and trepidation

  02-06-2018 20:24
  Next month is the third anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recognition of marriage equality. While this landmark decision remains the law of the land, next month the Supreme Court may announce whether religious beliefs castigating or condemning homosexuality can be used to trump laws that protect LGBT people from discrimination.Justice Anthony Kennedy will have likely cast the key vote in both cases, and rumors abound of his retirement. The departure of Kennedy, coupled with the appoi
  
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• Trump reinstates summit with Kim Jong Un for June 12 in Singapore

  02-06-2018 20:00
  WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Friday capped a week of whipsaw talks by reinstating a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un just days after he had abruptly canceled it, but he also sought to lower expectations over the potential for a quick denuclearization deal.Trump made the announcement in impromptu remarks outside the South Portico after meeting for more than 90 minutes with a top Kim aide in the Oval Office. Kim Yong Chol, the vice-chairman of North Korea’s Central Commi
  
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• Commentary: There are dangers lurking in those direct-to-consumer DNA tests

  02-06-2018 20:00
  DNA test kits that let people trace their ancestry have become wildly popular. Companies such as Ancestry.com, MyHeritage and 23andMe racked up record sales during the latest Christmas shopping season. TV and Internet ads promoting gene kits are ubiquitous.More than 12 million people have had their DNA sequenced using these kits, 10 million since 2016. Some kits offer the possibility of revealing genetic markers for diseases such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and Celiac.While some dire
  
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• Commentary: Strengthening our immune system in the Trump era

  02-06-2018 20:00
  My fellow Americans, we are under attack. As a physician, I can tell you that this attack is every bit as dangerous as a virus or a cancer, and just as insidious.Our journalists are doing stellar jobs of sounding the alarm that our Democratic institutions are under attack.Paul Waldman in particular notes a recurring pattern: “It goes like this: President Trump makes a ridiculous accusation that almost everyone immediately understands to be false. Then we in the media, because it’s th
  
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• Commentary: Some homeowners are at the mercy of unmonitored and predatory management companies

  02-06-2018 20:00
  Utah’s booming population growth is demanding more and more residential housing, and according to recent reports, our builders are building more than any state in the nation. However, with this success come unintended consequences: predatory Home Owner Associations (HOA).As counties along the Wasatch Front and throughout Utah strive to meet these growth demands, they are turning to more efficient ways of using available land. Cities, counties, and developers frequently turn to Smart Growth
  
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• Busboy who held dying RFK speaks of lingering pain

  02-06-2018 20:00
  Los Angeles • Juan Romero was a teenage Mexican immigrant working as a hotel busboy 50 years ago when he was thrust into one of the seminal moments of the decade.Romero had just stopped to shake the hand of Robert F. Kennedy on the night of his victory in the California presidential primary on June 5, 1968 when a gunman shot the New York senator in the head. Romero held a wounded Kennedy as he lay on the ground, struggling to keep the senator’s bleeding head from hitting the cold floo
  
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• Kirby: With Mormons’ lifting of the black priesthood ban, God finally set right what we got wrong

  02-06-2018 19:58
  A couple of weeks ago, a member of my Mormon ward acknowledged to me that it wasn’t until his mission that he realized blacks had once been denied the priesthood and temple entrance.Elder B served in Central America from 1999 to 2001. His introduction to the divisive racial issue came while going through some old church magazines in an apartment that Mormon elders had long occupied. “It bothered me so much that I had to go see the mission president so he could talk me off the ledge,&
  
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• Kathleen Garn, wife of former Utah Sen. Jake Garn, dies at 68

  02-06-2018 19:57
  Kathleen Garn, wife of former Utah Sen. Jake Garn for the past 41 years, died Thursday in Salt Lake City. She was 68.“Kathleen was fond of saying that Jake had three loves in life — politics, flying and her,” the Garn family wrote in a statement.According to the family, Kathleen and Jake Garn were enjoying dinner Thursday evening when she suddenly collapsed. She was taken to University of Utah Hospital, where she died.“Senator Garn is obviously broken-hearted,” the
  
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• A Utah woman saw her friend get shot to death and ended up spending 31 days in jail. Why? She missed a court date to testify.

  02-06-2018 19:57
  She has never even been accused of a crime, but for 31 days starting in late April, Alexus Irizarry sat behind bars at the Salt Lake County jail.The 18-year-old Utah woman was actually a victim — someone shot at her black Toyota Tacoma early one August morning in 2017 while she was at a West Valley City park, and one bullet struck her friend in the head. He died later that day in a hospital.But seven months after the shooting, Irizarry found herself in handcuffs and being led to a cell. Sh
  
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• ‘Be One’ celebration thrills the audience with stories of trailblazing black Mormons and songs of rejoicing and reflection from Gladys Knight, multiracial choirs and others

  02-06-2018 19:56
  Multiracial choirs accented in blue, purple, green, maroon and orange — swaying in unison in front of the massive organ pipes — rocked a packed LDS Conference Center in downtown Salt Lake City on Friday night in an animated gala celebrating the 40th anniversary of the end of the Mormon church’s centurylong ban on blacks holding the priesthood and entering its temples.Latter-day Saints from various African nations as well as Brazil, Haiti, Jamaica and other countries, told of th
  
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• Monson: What else could LeBron James have done if he had set his mind to it?

  02-06-2018 19:49
  No matter what happens in the NBA Finals, LeBron James will be free shortly thereafter to play for pretty much whichever team he wishes. What club wouldn’t want the best player on the planet and perhaps — dare we even entertain the possibility? — the best basketball player ever? And while it’s typically good form for players to stay right where they are, playing for their incumbent team, the team for which and with which they’ve worked and sweated and competed, supp
  
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• ‘Sherlock’ star Cumberbatch praised for tackling muggers

  02-06-2018 19:30
  London • The food-delivery firm Deliveroo thanked Benedict Cumberbatch on Saturday after a newspaper reported that the “Sherlock” star had fought off muggers who were attacking one of its cyclists.Uber driver Manuel Dias told the Sun newspaper that he was driving Cumberbatch and his wife Sophie Hunter along London’s Marylebone High Street when they saw a cyclist being hit with a bottle.He said Cumberbatch jumped out of the car and grabbed one of the attackers.“I had
  
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• Connor Boyack: Utah’s Constitution should protect your right to work

  02-06-2018 19:00
  President Obama did what none of his presidential predecessors had done: He shone a spotlight on an alarming trend that hurts American workers. Known as occupational licensure, this trend requires “unnecessary training, lengthy delays, or high fees,” as the Obama White House once stated. “This can in turn artificially create higher costs for consumers and prohibit skilled American workers … from entering jobs in which they could otherwise excel,” they continued.And
  
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• Commentary: The right to vote is key to democracy

  02-06-2018 19:00
  Winston Churchill famously quipped on the floor of British House of Commons in November 1947, “Democracy is the worst form of government except all the other forms that have been tried from time to time.” His assessment is as true to today as it was then. Representative democracy, while imperfect and messy, is still the best system of governance we have. And essential to our democracy is the right to vote. While it’s the very thing that can make democracy so messy, it’s a
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Rudy Gobert is awarded the Locksmith Award from NBPA

  02-06-2018 18:27 via sportspyder.com
  ... . Essentially, it’s another entry in the “what should the Jazz do with ” conversation. A topic every media outlet covering the Jazz has add ...
  
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• George Pyle: Willful ignorance of health care policy is a pre-existing condition for Kennedy and Romney

  02-06-2018 18:00
  It only took about eight minutes of an hour-long debate to make it crystal clear that neither of the Republican candidates for Utah’s open seat in the U.S. Senate should hold public office ever again.Their ignorance of health care policy is deep, willful and, unless you are healthy or rich, literally threatens your life.On the surface, that may be kind of a surprise. One of the candidates, Mitt Romney, implemented one of the most intelligent and successful health care reforms since Medicar
  
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• Pierce: The show can go on without Roseanne — but should it?

  02-06-2018 17:30
  Roseanne’s TV career is dead (at least for the moment). Does “Roseanne” have to die, too?Not necessarily.Yes, Roseanne Barr deserved what she got. The racist tweet that got her sitcom canceled wasn’t her first, and it wasn’t her last. There’s no excuse. There’s only one explanation — she’s a racist, despite her denials.But the rest of the cast and crew didn’t deserve what they got, even though an argument can certainly be made that that
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Five most gut-wrenching moments of the past 365 days

  02-06-2018 17:09 via sportspyder.com
  ... Utah Jazz: Five wings that should be targeted in free agency by John Keeffer ...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Five most gut-wrenching moments of the past 365 days

  02-06-2018 16:57
  Although by and large the 2017-18 Utah Jazz season was an overwhelming success, let’s not pretend that it didn’t come with more than its fair share of heartbreaking moments. Let’s face it, if you’re a Utah Jazz fan, you’re probably feeling pretty good about the team and the bright future ahead. While it would’ve been […]
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Former Utah Jazz player Rodney Hood stays even-keeled during NBA Finals despite topsy-turvy season with Cleveland Cavaliers

  02-06-2018 15:54 via sportspyder.com
  ... in September. Hood entered the year expecting to be the go-to scorer for the Jazz after the departure of Gordon Hayward until rookie guard Donovan Mitchell em ...
  
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• Former Utah Jazz player Rodney Hood stays even-keeled during NBA Finals despite topsy-turvy season with Cleveland Cavaliers

  02-06-2018 15:49
  With 2.6 seconds remaining in overtime and Game 1 of the NBA Finals completely out of reach, Rodney Hood entered the game for Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James.James exited the court with 51 points, eight rebounds and eight assists while Hood wasn't in long enough to log any statistics as the Cavaliers lost to Golden State 124-114 in Oakland, California.Afterward Hood called his mother, Vicky, who was miles away in Cleveland babysitting his 6-week-old twins, Riley and Rich.The 2017-18 N
  
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• Catherine Rampell: Trump’s trade policy is stuck in the ’80s. The 1680s.

  02-06-2018 15:01
  Washington • President Trump often seems as though he’s stuck in the ’80s. But maybe the better comparison is to the 1680s, not the Reagan era.Consider his announcement Thursday of new tariffs on steel and aluminum imported from the European Union, Canada and Mexico. These countries not only supply about half of our imports of these metals; they are also among our closest allies.Astonishingly, the White House claims that alienating these important military allies is necessary &l
  
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• Tribune editorial: Don’t expect a renaissance for The Leonardo

  02-06-2018 15:00
  “They’re probably on eight lives out of nine.”<br>—A Salt Lake City council member, speaking about The Leonardo.It was always a gamble, and it was always a jumble. The Leonardo, Salt Lake City’s attempt at capturing science and art in one building in the spirit of Leonardo da Vinci, has been like the helicopter da Vinci conceived centuries before human flight was invented: great idea, but it never really got off the ground. The Tribune this week that The Leona
  
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• Rich Lowry: Roseanne’s lunacy tells us nothing about America

  02-06-2018 15:00
  Valerie Jarrett, the former Obama aide targeted by Roseanne Barr, says the comedienne’s train wreck should be a “teaching moment.” And so it should — about the poisonous kookery of Roseanne Barr.Given the political freight piled atop the hit revival of her TV program, it was inevitable that Barr’s spectacular Twitter flameout would be interpreted as a portentous statement on Donald Trump’s America.Chris Hayes of MSNBC says that her “problem turned out to
  
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• John Brennan: I served four presidents. Trump does not measure up.

  02-06-2018 15:00
  My first visit to the Oval Office came in October 1990, when I was a 35-year-old CIA officer. Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had invaded Kuwait two months before, and President George H.W. Bush wanted to discuss the implications of a U.S.-led military coalition that would ultimately push the Iraqis out.I remember the nervousness I felt when I entered that room and met a president of the United States for the first time. By the time the meeting ended, his intellectual curiosity, wisdom, affabilit
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: Trump's pardons show he has a twisted view of who qualifies as a victim

  02-06-2018 15:00
  President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions have no compassion to spare for children brought to the border by parents fleeing repression or simply seeking a better life. The Trump administration is unmoved by the sight of children being torn away from their parents — even if those parents are following the precise letter of the law in presenting themselves as refugees. (Thankfully, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat, is considering legislation to end this horrific p
  
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• Holly Richardson: This summer, our family has decided to act like tourists in our own state.

  02-06-2018 15:00
  Do you remember being a kid and having the entire summer looming large before you? It seemed like those warm, languorous days just stretched on forever, with bike rides, swimming, popsicles and lemonade stands. Now, I find the days of summer fly and each summer, I start with the best of intentions. I am determined to squeeze every bit of fun, family time and adventure out of those three short months, hemmed in on both sides by school schedules. At least that’s the plan on June 1. By the ti
  
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• [Fox Sports] - HIGHLIGHTS: Mavs Gaming defeat Jazz Gaming 62-59 in NBA2K League 'Game of the Year'

  02-06-2018 08:46 via sportspyder.com
  ...Pacific Apps Follow FOX Sports Hi, Southwest HIGHLIGHTS: Mavs Gaming defeat Jazz Gaming 62-59 in NBA2K League ‘Game of the Year’ Jun 2, 2018 at 2:17a ET Mavs ...
  
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• [Give Me Sport] - NBA players name Rudy Gobert as the league’s top defender | GiveMeSport

  02-06-2018 07:01 via sportspyder.com
  ... ll-Star center Joel Embiid and New Orleans Pelicans superstar Anthony Davis. Jazz coach Quin Snyder began lobbying for Gobert to win the award all the way bac ...
  
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• Utah hires South Florida athletic director Mark Harlan as its new AD as Chris Hill says goodbye

  02-06-2018 06:42
  On the day Chris Hill rode off into the sunset in a Utah-themed bus, the Utes also settled on his successor. Utah has hired University of South Florida athletic director Mark Harlan to replace Hill, who after 31 years at the helm, officially retired Friday morning as athletic director at Utah.“After an extensive national search during which we spoke with a number of outstanding candidates, Mark emerged as our clear top choice,” Utah president Ruth V. Watkins in a statement. “Ma
  
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