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• Justin Bibbins draws NBA inspiration from Kyle Kuzma, other former Utah Utes

  10-06-2018 23:49
  SALT LAKE CITY — Justin Bibbins was chilling in the Los Angeles area around 1 p.m. Saturday when he received an unexpected call from his agent.The Utah Jazz were extending an invite for the former University of Utah floor general to come in for a pre-draft workout with five others on Sunday morning."I just hopped on a plane and came right out here," Bibbins recalled. "You can't miss an opportunity like that if they call. I'm happy to be in Utah again."Bibbins worked out at the Jazz practic
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Justin Bibbins draws NBA inspiration from Kyle Kuzma, other former Utah Utes

  10-06-2018 23:48 via sportspyder.com
  ...Bibbins said. Former @UtahMBB guard Justin Bibbins worked out with the Utah Jazz today. Watching the success of former Ute Kyle Kuzma serves as motivation fo ...
  
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• Senators continue search for sexual harassment economic data after Labor Dept. refuses to help

  10-06-2018 22:30
  Washington • There’s #MeToo and #NoMore.Now it’s time for #HowMuch.The #MeToo and #NoMore movements have heightened the public’s awareness of sexual harassment and the determination of women to fight against domestic violence and sexual assault.While those efforts have made enormous strides, nothing moves America like money. That raises the question: How much does sexual harassment cost? What is the economic impact to the workplace of men (mostly) who impose their warped n
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz Draft targets and their statistical comparisons

  10-06-2018 22:13 via sportspyder.com
  ... hose of Utah’s current draft targets? By Jun 10, 2018, 2:06pm MDT Share Utah Jazz Draft targets and their statistical comparisons Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty...
  
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• White House takes up fight against ‘back-stabbing’ Trudeau

  10-06-2018 21:59
  Quebec City • Bashing the leader of one of America’s venerable allies, the White House escalated its trade tirade and leveled more withering and unprecedented criticism Sunday against Canada’s prime minister, branding Justin Trudeau a back-stabber unworthy of President Donald Trump’s time.“There’s a special place in hell for any foreign leader that engages in bad faith diplomacy with President Donald J. Trump and then tries to stab him in the back on the way ou
  
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• Migrant aid ship awaits OK to dock after Italy, Malta say no

  10-06-2018 21:48
  Rome • A private rescue ship carrying 629 migrants remained Sunday evening on a northward course in the Mediterranean Sea after more than a day of not receiving permission to dock in either Italy or the small island nation of Malta.Aid group SOS Mediterranee said the passengers on its ship, the Aquarius, included 400 people who were picked up by the Italian navy, the country’s coast guard and private cargo ships and transferred. The rescue ship’s crew itself pulled 229 migrants
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - 2018 NBA Draft Player Profile: Elie Okobo

  10-06-2018 21:35 via sportspyder.com
  ... a good defender at the position. His shooting showed in his workout with the Jazz: Elie Okobo shot the best among the six prospects in the famous Jazz 100 dri ...
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Donovan Mitchell using star power to recruit free agents

  10-06-2018 21:21 via sportspyder.com
  ...have to do something big. I see myself playing (in) the NBA Finals with the Jazz.” said according to Catalan . It’s a bold statement and statements of a simi ...
  
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• William McDowell-White: Australia, Guard, 6'5, 182 lbs PreDraft Workout Interview 🎙️: on.nba.com/2kZAagw https://t.co/6Ky3WsvpAU

  10-06-2018 20:28 via twitter.com
  
  William McDowell-White: Australia, Guard, 6'5, 182 lbsPreDraft Workout Interview 🎙️: on.nba.com/2kZAagw https://t.co/6Ky3WsvpAU
  
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• .@justinbibbins1: @UtahMBB, Guard, 5'8, 150 lbs PreDraft Workout Interview 🎙️: on.nba.com/2Jst6aX https://t.co/MePGCXDPd5

  10-06-2018 20:26 via twitter.com
  
  .@justinbibbins1: @UtahMBB, Guard, 5'8, 150 lbsPreDraft Workout Interview 🎙️: on.nba.com/2Jst6aX https://t.co/MePGCXDPd5
  
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• Pierce: Maybe Samantha Bee should have been fired, but Roseanne definitely deserved cancellation — and it’s bogus to claim the two are the same

  10-06-2018 20:15
  This will surprise some of you — at least those who complained to me about my endorsement of ABC firing Roseanne Barr — but I could make a case that TBS should have fired Samantha Bee.That does not, however, mean that what Barr did and what Bee said are analogous. Not even close.What Bee said on her show, “Full Frontal,” was beyond distasteful. Commenting on a tweet by Ivanka Trump, Bee said, “You know, Ivanka, that’s a beautiful photo of you and your child. B
  
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• Rafael Nadal beats Dominic Thiem to win record-extending 11th French Open title

  10-06-2018 18:09
  Paris • Rafael Nadal needed less than a set to take command of the French Open final and overcame a late problem with his racket-holding hand to earn a record-extending 11th championship at Roland Garros by beating Dominic Thiem 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 on Sunday.At 2-1 in the fourth set, Nadal stopped serving during a game because he couldn’t straighten his left middle finger. At the following changeover, Nadal was given a salt pill by a doctor and had his left forearm massaged by a trainer.But
  
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• With his heart and charisma in hand, Mark Pope is in it for the long haul at UVU

  10-06-2018 17:40
  Whenever Mark Pope walks into his office in the NUVI Basketball Center on the campus of Utah Valley University, he’s filled with a sense of pride.“We built this building,” he said. “When I got here, this was just a grassy field. It wasn’t even an idea that had really been conceived. There’s something beautiful about that.”That’s why, in a profession that rewards coaches for climbing the ladder as fast as possible, the 45-year-old Pope can picture h
  
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• Documentary by BYU professor follows life of eccentric Utah filmmaker

  10-06-2018 17:26
  A film set to premiere at the Sheffield International Documentary Festival in England this month documents the story of an eccentric Utah filmmaker who has made 200 low-budget movies in the past two decades.The Daily Herald reports the documentary film “The Insufferable Groo” made by Brigham Young University film professor Scott Christopherson follows Stephen Groo’s life as he films “The Unexpected Race,” an elf-human love story.The Provo independent filmmaker has d
  
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• Both candidates for Salt Lake County district attorney agree on need for review of wrongful conviction claims

  10-06-2018 17:24
  Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill says his office is months away from the launch of a long-gestating Conviction Integrity Unit, which would review the cases of individuals who maintain their innocence despite being found guilty in court.But Gill is also months away from a re-election challenge by Nathan Evershed, a deputy district attorney in Gill’s office. And on the topic of conviction integrity, both men say they support the use of review panels to look at prosecutor conduct a
  
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• Letter: Wake up and elect representatives who represent Utah

  10-06-2018 17:22
  This morning (June 7) I enjoyed another of Pat Bagley’s fine cartoons. It depicts “The People of Utah” as being young and old, male and female and ethnically diverse. It depicts “The Politics of Utah” as identical dumpy-looking middle-aged white guys. The unmistakable message is that our elected representatives are not indicative of the people of Utah at all. This is why we are obliged to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to put initiatives on the ballot to get
  
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• Letter: Utah students are truly the future

  10-06-2018 17:22
  The next chapter is unfolding for Utah Connections Academy’s graduating class of 2018, and as principal, I couldn’t be more proud of the achievements of our incredible students. Our 104 graduates, who chose to enroll in online learning from their homes all across the state, earned about $61,000 in scholarships. A number of those students plan to continue with school by attending college or enrolling in vocational training, while others will serve in the military or immediately enter
  
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• Letter: Here’s how to solve Utah’s drought — dump our representatives in Washington

  10-06-2018 17:21
  About 8,600 U.S. locations set record temperatures last month. The economic consequences of climate disruption are massive, and we all pay directly or indirectly. According to drought.gov, “Abnormal dryness or drought is currently affecting approximately 2,764,000 people in Utah, which is about 100 percent of the state’s population.”The book “Climate of Hope” by Michael Bloomberg and Carl Pope describes how cities, businesses and individuals are already taking actio
  
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• Commentary: LDS Church needs more financial transparency

  10-06-2018 17:20
  MormonLeaks’ recent discovery of what looks like LDS Church-owned firms bearing stock-market investments valued at more than $32 billion is cause for renewed calls for financial transparency. Use of secret companies and reliance on a few lines from an accounting firm at General Conference are not good enough. Recently in my ward’s sacrament meeting, a speaker claimed that tithing is also used to relieve global poverty and hunger. No one corrected her, even though the church’s o
  
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• Commentary: Puerto Rico is retracing Utah’s steps to statehood

  10-06-2018 17:19
  As has been the common history of the 37 U.S. territories that have traveled the road to statehood, Utah and Puerto Rico share many of the political obstacles and congressional impediments in their saga for equal inclusion in the union.In 1848, Mexico ceded to the U.S. the territories of Utah and other future states, and Congress enacted an organic act for the Utah Territory. Similarly, in 1898, Spain ceded Puerto Rico, and in 1901, the Foraker Act was legislated for the island. Provisions in bo
  
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• George Pyle: Religion doesn’t take away free will, even if you want it to

  10-06-2018 17:16
  “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”<br> — Albus Dumbledore
  Several years ago there was a bit of a fuss in the media about a T-shirt that was being sold in the Provo area. It said, “I can’t. I’m Mormon.”The entrepreneur involved told the Deseret News at the time that, growing up a member of the LDS Church in Nevada — where Mormons are well known but not a majority — the couplet served him
  
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• Leonard Pitts: Republicans have brought this on themselves

  10-06-2018 17:12
  He’s a Republican, of course.Meaning South Dakota State Rep. Michael Clark. On Monday, Clark, being presumably of sound mind and body, suggested on Facebook that maybe racial segregation wouldn’t be such a bad idea. A businessman, he wrote, “should have the opportunity to run his business the way he wants. If he wants to turn away people of color, that’s his choice.”Naturally, he apologized the next day. But what were we supposed to do with that? This was not a poor
  
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• Commentary: Without guns, there is no America

  10-06-2018 17:11
  I’m pro-gun. Maybe that’s shocking to you. I believe my interpretation of the Second Amendment is shared with those who wrote it, and that means something to me. I believe in truth and facts.There are two facts I’m especially concerned about as it relates to guns. Fact One: There is no America without the right to bear arms. Without guns, we’d still be British. Fact Two: Kids are getting gunned down and murdered in schools. How do we reconcile this and not become the even
  
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• Commentary: There is a medical way to treat opioid addiction

  10-06-2018 17:09
  Recently, I spent the morning in Judge Royal Hansen’s courtroom waiting for my daughter, who has struggled with IV heroin use for more than a decade, to be sentenced.Her crimes are not extraordinary, violent or malicious. All are related to the lifestyle that often accompanies severe Substance Use Disorder (SUD) — retail theft, use or possession of a controlled substance and use or possession of paraphernalia.Our system is clogged with people suffering from SUD, which the Diagnostic
  
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• Commentary: Empowering teacher leaders to drive improvement

  10-06-2018 17:06
  I’m a teacher because that’s my passion and calling in life. I also hold a demanding second job that enables me to maintain a comfortable middle-class lifestyle.On a recent duty weekend, I had a conversation with a leader about teacher pay. He insisted that I could just work my contract hours at school and then my hourly wage would be quite good. My response: Not if I want to be a good teacher.All students deserve high-quality, effective teachers. Here’s what that looks like fo
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utes point guard Justin Bibbins to audition for the Utah Jazz

  10-06-2018 17:05 via sportspyder.com
  ... ast month in preparation for workouts. RELATED PRODUCT Donovan Mitchell Utah Jazz Fanatics Branded 2018 All-Star Game Slam Dunk Champion T-Shirt – Navy Buy No ...
  
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• Commentary: Abortion rights activists employ the most overused straw man in the book

  10-06-2018 17:03
  The term “pro-choice” is a straw man.A straw man is a misrepresentation of an opponent’s position that is set up because it is easier to tackle than the opponent’s true argument. It is a rhetorical fallacy that dodges a direct rebuttal to an opposing view.When a straw man is employed in a discussion, it is not usually intended to persuade the opponent, but rather targets the discussion’s spectators with an appeal rooted in emotion rather than logic. Employing this t
  
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• Gomberg: Might our confusion about consent stem from how we treat our kiddos?

  10-06-2018 17:01
  I sat on a panel a couple weeks ago about whether #MeToo is a movement or just a moment. The two-hour discussion was broadcast live on KPCW and hosted by the Park City Area Project for Deeper Understanding, a group seeking to fight cultural polarization through public education.Together, we explored the notion of whether today’s heightened visibility of sexual misconduct and assault will have lasting impacts, or if it will be found by the broom of silence and swept back under the rug. The
  
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• Tribune editorial: Too many people in Olympia Hills? Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow

  10-06-2018 17:00
  Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams has a dilemma, and it encapsulates the Point of the Mountain’s coming density wars. The County Council earlier this week approved a massive, city-size development in the southwest corner of the valley, and it would be unlike anything else around it. Mayors of nearby cities say it would put 33,000 residents — about two-thirds the population of Herriman — in 900 acres.The approval for the Olympia Hills project came on recommendation of McAdams&r
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Deron Williams won’t rule out a return to basketball

  10-06-2018 16:57 via sportspyder.com
  ... dered those to be the best years of his career. “I had a great time with the Jazz,” he said. “Those were my most memorable years for sure, my best seasons. It ...
  
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• Utes point guard Justin Bibbins to audition for the Utah Jazz

  10-06-2018 16:55
  All-Pac-12 first-teamer and Utes point guard Justin Bibbins is set to work out with the Utah Jazz ahead of the 2018 NBA Draft. The 2017-18 University of Utah Runnin’ Utes basketball season was a bit of a mixed bag. At 23-12 overall (11-7 in conference), the Utes were one of the Pac-12’s better squads. However, […]
  Utes point guard Justin Bibbins to audition for the Utah Jazz - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Commentary: The bail system in the U.S. — and in Utah — is broken

  10-06-2018 16:54
  It’s no longer breaking news that an alarming number of American families are just one unexpected bill away from the edge of their own personal financial cliff — in fact, new data continue to bear it out. This trend has crossed class and racial boundaries for some time.But these reports tend to focus on medical emergencies or car repairs as the surprises that threaten the financial solvency of American families. They leave out one critical contributor that local governments can actua
  
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• Commentary: Letter grades don’t reflect students’ accomplishments

  10-06-2018 16:52
  The grades students earn in school bear significant ramifications to their lives in the classroom and beyond. They determine whether students pass and earn credit for a course, matriculate to the next grade, graduate, earn admission to college and qualify for scholarships.High school graduation is linked to a person’s future earnings, health, possibility of incarceration and even life expectancy. In other words, this is a high-stakes issue.Despite the ubiquity of letter grades, they receiv
  
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• Commentary: All educators should be allies for our LGBTQ students

  10-06-2018 16:49
  The Utah Pride Center, having just successfully presented Utah Pride Week, asks all of us in Utah to come together for the LGBTQ community, including their goal of creating and maintaining a welcoming and safe school environment for LGBTQ students and adults alike. As an elementary school teacher in the Salt Lake City School District, I challenge all my fellow educators to step up to the plate in your schools and communities and commit to becoming knowledgeable of the biases confronting our LGB
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - UVU women’s golfer and home course stars will take their shots in the 120th State Amateur

  10-06-2018 16:30 via sportspyder.com
  ... cle continues below Related Article s Kragthorpe: The way they’re built, the Jazz will have to defy NBA personnel trends to get anywhere. Yeah, Paul George wo ...
  
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• Medical marijuana is a popular choice for pain relief, and that’s what worries some Utahns

  10-06-2018 16:30
  The main reason patients turn to medical marijuana is for relief from chronic pain. After all, it works.But opponents of a November ballot initiative that would make medical cannabis available in Utah for a wide array of patients worry that the proposal’s “chronic or debilitating pain” provision is too broad and would open the door to recreational marijuana use.Groups fighting the measure — including the LDS Church and the Utah Medical Association — argue the tally
  
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• Kirby: Be careful which parts of Mormon doctrine you think will never change. In 180 years, they might.

  10-06-2018 16:22
  Give Mormonism another 180 years. Really. Let’s assume that by then Jesus still hasn’t returned and burned the world to a nice crisp, sending us to hell or some state of glory.If life is still an option, what will our descendants be thinking about us and what we believed in long-ago 2018? Thanks to technology, they’ll know a lot more about us than we currently know about our Mormon ancestors.Future Mormon No. 1 • “Women couldn’t have the priesthood? That’
  
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• After moving to the U.S., he went blind and spiraled into depression. Then a woodworking class gave the Utah man new life.

  10-06-2018 16:20
  Provo • “Five. Six. Seven,” counts Nick Rios as he finishes waiting for the blade of his table saw to stop spinning. Packed tightly among various woods, tools and finished products in his storage-unit workshop at Provo Central Storage, Rios carefully removes the wood from the saw and continues on to the next step of creating a pen.The Provo resident creates finely-crafted pens, cutting boards and pen boxes from wood to sell to customers. Rios himself, however, has never actually
  
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• UVU women’s golfer and home course stars will take their shots in the 120th State Amateur

  10-06-2018 16:18
  Farmington • Utah Valley University’s Carly Dehlin is in the field for the 120th State Amateur, joining the best men’s golfers in Utah. This development is not nearly as surprising as Dehlin’s rise among the top players in Utah women’s golf and the Western Athletic Conference. Mix in how she was unaware that women were allowed to enter the State Am until BYU’s Naomi Soifua qualified last year, and Dehlin will be worth watching as the stroke-play portion of the
  
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• Watch where you step: With prey getting scarce, Utah rattlesnakes are on the prowl and hungrier than ever

  10-06-2018 16:15
  Elena Asparouhova had avoided hiking on Utah’s Mount Olympus for years because of its well-deserved reputation as a haven for rattlesnakes. Her first visit to the peak rising behind Salt Lake City recently lived up to its billing when she encountered a snake coiled under a log below the summit.What was surprising was the snake’s furious rattling, provoked by an earlier hiker who flung rocks at the venomous viper in a misguided attempt to shoo it away.“It was a yard away from wh
  
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• Brigham Young may have started the priesthood ban on blacks, but he was ‘no racist,’ say his descendants. His ‘mission was to save the church’

  10-06-2018 16:15
  Recent research into the history of the LDS priesthood/temple ban on blacks — which ended June 8, 1978 — puts the prohibition’s origin squarely on the shoulders of Mormonism’s iconic pioneer-prophet: Brigham Young.The racial policy, which barred black men and boys from being ordained to the church’s all-male priesthood and women and girls from its temples for more than a century, caused endless pain and suffering to Mormons of African descent. And it clearly contrad
  
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• Pierce: Maybe Samantha Bee should’ve have been fired, but Roseanne definitely deserved cancellation — and it’s bogus to claim the two are the same

  10-06-2018 16:13
  This will surprise some of you — at least those who complained to me about my endorsement of ABC firing Roseanne Barr — but I could make a case that TBS should have fired Samantha Bee.That does not, however, mean that what Barr did and what Bee said are analogous. Not even close.What Bee said on her show, “Full Frontal,” was beyond distasteful. Commenting on a tweet by Ivanka Trump, Bee said, “You know, Ivanka, that’s a beautiful photo of you and your child. B
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Rumor: Tobias Harris ‘would be interested’ in joining Utah Jazz

  10-06-2018 15:03 via sportspyder.com
  ... le, though, the timing couldn’t be better for when his contract expires. The Jazz have been meticulous with their contracts to ensure that they have ample cap ...
  
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• Rumor: Tobias Harris ‘would be interested’ in joining Utah Jazz

  10-06-2018 15:00
  In a recent podcast, David Locke mentioned a rumor that LA Clippers forward Tobias Harris had expressed interest in joining the Utah Jazz. Although the Utah Jazz historically have been known as a team that struggles to attract talent in free agency, recently that trend has seemed to be changing. When Joe Johnson agreed to […]
  Rumor: Tobias Harris ‘would be interested’ in joining Utah Jazz - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz 2018 Draft Profile: Grayson Allen

  10-06-2018 14:13 via sportspyder.com
  ... outs out of anyone who attended the Combine. Now, how would Allen fit on the Jazz? Well, at 21st overall, he’d give the Jazz another athletic guard that they...
  
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• Utah Jazz 2018 Draft Profile: Grayson Allen

  10-06-2018 14:00
  Duke senior guard Grayson Allen will be one of many options for the Utah Jazz come draft night when the team is selecting 21st overall. The Utah Jazz are in position to land a good player in the 2018 NBA Draft. Picking 21st overall, they will have a lot of options. That player could be […]
  Utah Jazz 2018 Draft Profile: Grayson Allen - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Real Salt Lake can’t stop Zlatan, Galaxy in 3-0 loss

  10-06-2018 07:25
  He gave them Zlatan.Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice to lift the L.A. Galaxy over Real Salt Lake, 3-0 at the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif., on Saturday.His first goal came after Real Salt Lake defender Justen Glad and goalkeeper Nick Rimando made heroic saves to keep the match scoreless into the second half. But Ibrahimovic couldn’t be contained for much longer. In the 61st minute, the Galaxy took advantage of RSL’s inability to clear a throw-in into the box. Rimando came off his l
  
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• Utah state representative nominated to fill Sen. Margaret Dayton’s seat

  10-06-2018 05:45
  Provo • Utah Rep. Keith Grover is set to take former Sen. Margaret Dayton’s seat in the Utah Senate.Utah County Republican Party Chairman Rob Craig announced the selection Thursday.Dayton resigned for health reasons.Grover’s name will be passed along to Gov. Gary Herbert, who is responsible for the official appointment.The Daily Herald reports two candidates had originally filed to fill the vacancies, but Grover was left as the sole candidate when Charles Larson withdrew his can
  
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• Dana Milbank: We’ll get through this, America. Even L’Affaire Chick-fil-A.

  10-06-2018 05:45
  Washington • It was another one of those weeks in which the wheels seemed to come off the axle of the American motor coach.President Trump speculated about his power to pardon himself for crimes, and his lawyer said the president could shoot the now-former FBI director with legal impunity.Trump is feuding with Canada and our closest allies in Europe, but is looking forward to “friendly” talks with North Korea, which, according to the CIA, has no intention of denuclearizing but i
  
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• George F. Will: Does North Korea wish to become Upper Volta without rockets?

  10-06-2018 05:44
  Washington • Back when the Soviet Union had a first-rate nuclear arsenal but a ramshackle third-world economy that produced no consumer goods other than vodka and caviar that anyone elsewhere would buy, the nation was disparaged as “Upper Volta with rockets.” Today the question is: Would North Korea like to become Upper Volta without rockets and without exportable vodka or caviar?This question is central as the president undertakes to bring about the “complete, verifiable
  
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