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• World Cup roundup: Harry Kane scores hat trick in England’s 6-1 rout of Panama

  24-06-2018 23:50
  Nizhny Novgorod, Russia • With two penalties and an accidental deflection, Harry Kane moved ahead of David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo and put England into the round of 16 at the World Cup.Kane scored half of England’s goals Sunday in a 6-1 rout of Panama, the national team’s largest-ever margin of victory at the World Cup.“The third one is probably one of the luckiest ones of my career,” said Kane, who took the game ball to the locker room. “Sometimes you go
  
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• Trump says ‘invaders’ entering U.S. from Mexico should be deported ‘immediately, with no Judges or Court Cases’

  24-06-2018 23:32
  Washington • President Donald Trump on Sunday compared people entering the U.S. from Mexico to invaders and said they should be immediately sent back without appearing before a judge.The American Civil Liberties Union said in response that such a step would be illegal and violate the Constitution that Trump swore to uphold.“We cannot allow all of these people to invade our Country,” the president said on Twitter as he was being driven to his private golf club in Northern Virgini
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Will Quin Snyder, Rudy Gobert or Donovan Mitchell win an end-of-season award?

  24-06-2018 23:26 via sportspyder.com
  ... e Year (Lindsey is thought to be in contention), the Community Assist Award (Jazz point guard Ricky Rubio is a finalist) and the fan-voted Play of the Year. T ...
  
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• Will Quin Snyder, Rudy Gobert or Donovan Mitchell win an end-of-season award?

  24-06-2018 23:14
  As one sign that the Utah Jazz are an up-and-coming team in the NBA, head coach Quin Snyder, defensive anchor Rudy Gobert and budding superstar Donovan Mitchell will be in contention to receive the league's Coach of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year honors, respectively, on Monday night at the second annual "NBA Awards Show" in Santa Monica, California.Among the 18 finalists for six different awards related to play on the court (voted on by media before the playoffs b
  
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• Roseanne Barr in interview: ‘I made myself a hate magnet’

  24-06-2018 22:47
  New York • In an emotional interview, Roseanne Barr said she definitely feels remorse for the racist tweet that prompted ABC to cancel the revival of “Roseanne.”Barr recorded a podcast interview with her longtime friend, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, who on Sunday published an edited transcript and recording of the conversation. In the interview, Barr claims she “never would have wittingly called any black person . a monkey.”Barr spoke through tears for much of the intervie
  
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• Police say 25 injured in building explosion in Germany

  24-06-2018 22:37
  Berlin • Twenty-five people were injured, four of them severely, during an explosion that destroyed an apartment building in the western German city of Wuppertal, police said Sunday.Police said the explosion produced a large bang and rocked the multi-story building shortly before midnight Saturday, frightening people nearby so badly they ran out into the streets.The cause and nature of the explosion was under investigation, German news agency dpa reported. The blast had so much force it des
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Grayson Allen selection will be exercise in trusting Dennis Lindsey

  24-06-2018 22:08 via sportspyder.com
  ... lable talent. When all was said and done and based on who was available, the Jazz went with Grayson Allen. I saw many Jazz fans upset over the selection of Gr ...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Grayson Allen selection will be exercise in trusting Dennis Lindsey

  24-06-2018 22:00
  Some Utah Jazz fans were skeptical about the team’s decision to draft Duke product Grayson Allen, but they’d be best off trusting Dennis Lindsey. When Grayson Allen‘s name was called last Thursday as the Utah Jazz‘s selection with the No. 21 pick in the 2018 NBA Draft, it was met with several differing reactions among […]
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• Leonard Pitts: This is not how justice is supposed to work

  24-06-2018 20:30
  So it looks like Charles Rhines is going to be executed — and it’s probably because he’s gay.Well, not only that. There’s also the matter of his committing an especially heinous murder in 1992. Rhines, caught burglarizing a doughnut shop in Rapid City, South Dakota by an employee named Donnivan Schaeffer, stabbed the 22-year-old in the abdomen and back. Then, as Schaeffer pleaded for his life, Rhines thrust the blade into the base of his skull.Point being that this guy is
  
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• Commentary: Crisis everywhere, but who’s been successful in helping solve the problem?

  24-06-2018 20:30
  Homelessness crisis, opioid epidemic, rampant substance abuse. We’ve heard about the problems, but have you heard about anybody successfully combating these problems?Millions of taxpayer dollars are spent on increased enforcement, more jail beds, new homeless shelters and drug diversion programs. But are these actually solving the problem? And is the status quo a productive use of taxpayer dollars?One thing is clear: Locking people up behind bars does not address the root causes that led t
  
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• Commentary: Amazing progress for women’s leadership in higher ed

  24-06-2018 20:30
  Exciting things are happening in Utah in terms of gender and top leadership in higher education. Four of the eight public colleges and universities in Utah are now headed by women (once the new president of Utah Valley University arrives in September).About nine months ago, I published a research and policy brief for the state of Utah titled, “The Status of Women Leaders in Utah Education: A 2017 Update,” and the stats have already changed. Utah has always been behind the national av
  
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• California wildfire burns 12 buildings, threatens hundreds

  24-06-2018 19:10
  Clearlake Oaks, Calif. • A wind-driven fire racing across dry brush in a largely rural area of Northern California has destroyed 12 buildings and threatened hundreds of others.State fire officials say the Pawnee Fire broke out near the community of Clearlake Oaks on Saturday evening and was burning out of control Sunday.California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Battalion Chief Jonathan Cox says 600 homes have been evacuated.He says cause of the fire isn’t immediately known
  
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• For 60 years, this Utah man has worked four 10-hour days on his feet, operating presses, lasers and other machinery. His boss says ‘we’d be lost without him.’

  24-06-2018 19:00
  Ogden • Not only is Hartmut Jeske old enough that he could have retired at least 15 years ago, even the job itself is nearing retirement age.As of June 16, the 80-year-old North Ogden man has been working the same job — at the same company — for 60 years.Sixty.And this isn’t some cushy desk job we’re talking about here. Jeske is a fabricator for Richards Sheet Metal Works in Ogden. He spends his four 10-hour days each week on his feet, operating presses, lasers and o
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Five reasons No. 21 pick Grayson Allen will succeed

  24-06-2018 18:52 via sportspyder.com
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• Utah Jazz: Five reasons No. 21 pick Grayson Allen will succeed

  24-06-2018 18:46
  With the 21st pick in the 2018 NBA Draft, the Utah Jazz acquired Duke’s Grayson Allen. Here are some reasons to be bullish on the pick. It’s official — Grayson Allen is the newest member of the Utah Jazz. And while he may not have been the most hyped or most physically gifted player in […]
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• George Pyle: Don’t bet your future on people who look like me

  24-06-2018 18:30
  Last week in this space, readers were subjected to another series of inspirational stories about my father who, for all his wisdom and accomplishment, couldn’t dodge the fact that he looked a lot like me.In the days since, it has become clear that if my sons — who look like one another but not so much like me — and their progeny are to live in a wise and accomplished world, they will have to start depending on people who don’t look like me.This will be upsetting — n
  
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• Commentary: Salt Lake County’s looming crisis in unsheltered homelessness

  24-06-2018 18:30
  Every year, communities that receive federal funding to combat homelessness are required to count all of their homeless residents. Salt Lake County’s count for this year took place Jan. 24-27, but the results are not yet available to the public. In the 2017 count, 1,886 people were found in a shelter or other residential facility for homeless people and 161 people were found sleeping outdoors.This means that in the coldest month of the year, about 8 percent of the homeless people in our co
  
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• Commentary: Maybe it is time to find a new New Colossus

  24-06-2018 18:30
  Some 2,300 years ago, the ancient Greek city of Rhodes built a monument. It was tall, around 100 feet high, and celebrated Rhodes’ victory in its war with Cyprus. As such, it was a celebration of military strength and economic prowess.It collapsed 54 years after it was finished, but ever since it has captured the imagination of many. After all, it was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. It’s called the Colossus of Rhodes. Google it, and you will see what I mean.So why do w
  
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• Commentary: As the Democrat in the race, I’d rather debate Curtis

  24-06-2018 18:30
  Many people in 2016 weren’t happy about their choices for president. “Vote the lesser of two evils” isn’t the best case for voting.Now the primary election is here and we’re running into in a similar situation with the candidates in Utah’s 3rd Congressional District Republican primary.As the Democratic challenger, I’ve been traveling throughout the district getting my name out. When I tell people I’m running for Congress, they ask, “Against w
  
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• As driving ban ends, Saudi Arabia’s women take to the roads with joy and relief

  24-06-2018 17:56
  Jiddah, Saudi Arabia • With her husband in the passenger seat and her daughter cheering her on, Dania Alagili guided her sport utility vehicle onto the King Abdulaziz Road early Sunday, breaking a social barrier as she braved the roaring Saudi traffic.“This is a day I’ve been waiting for,” she said. “For the last 30 years.”Saudi Arabia allowed women to drive for the first time on Sunday, lifting a ban that was the last of its kind in the world and one that had
  
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• Trump administration says it knows location of all children

  24-06-2018 17:38
  Trump administration officials say the U.S. government knows the location of all children in its custody after separating them from their families at the border and is working to reunite them.A fact sheet on “zero-tolerance prosecution and family reunification” released Saturday night by the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies involved in the separations also says a parent must request that their child be deported with them. In the past, the agency says, many parents e
  
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• Bone Thugs-n-Harmony set to wrap up Salt City Sounds concert series

  24-06-2018 17:03
  Broadway Media exec Jake Jensen is passionate about music.Hearing that the Twilight Concert Series was going away bummed him out to the point that he became one of the driving forces behind reviving it for 2018 and subsequently filling its lineup.Yet Twilight isn't even the local concert series he's most invested in or passionate about. No, that would be Salt City Sounds.He did, after all, first conceive of it when he was a teenager.“Salt City Sounds started off as a doodle on my notebook
  
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• Tribune editorial: One small step toward gun sanity

  24-06-2018 16:25
  One small step for gun sanity — maybe more than one — has come from an ad hoc group of Utah politicians and experts. Very broadly, what the Utah Safe Schools Commission has done is to give voice to the common-sense realization that it is no loss of Second Amendment rights for a state to realize that not every breathing human being has a right to any sort of firearm he may be able to lay his or her (usually his) hands on at any time.One specific recommendation in the panel’s rep
  
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• Commentary: New opportunities await LDS youth as Mormons leave Scouting

  24-06-2018 16:23
  As a member of the LDS church, I welcome the changes that have been announced to leave the Scouts BSA (formerly known as the Boy Scouts of America) by Dec 31, 2019. This change will be beneficial to our youth and will offer them an increased opportunity to get to know those involved in Scouting outside of our faith.My earliest memories of participating in the Boy Scouts came when I was just a child. My father had been asked to be the scoutmaster of our ward. Soon after my father’s service,
  
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• Commentary: This has always been our America

  24-06-2018 16:21
  “This is not my America,” is a statement I’ve heard so many people say recently, as they watched children being ripped from their parents at the U.S. border. While I wish that statement were true, it is far from it. This is exactly what America is, and what it has been since its inception. I think that before we can move forward from this absolutely disgraceful place that we find ourselves in, we have to take an honest look at the past.As early as 1879, Richard Henry Pratt foun
  
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• Commentary: Failure to vaccinate threatens everyone

  24-06-2018 16:20
  We’ve all seen it coming — an increase in parents and even custodians, in spite of clearly proven science, refusing to have their children vaccinated and likely immunized against a plethora of horrible diseases — polio, measles (two kinds: roseola and rubella), mumps, typhoid fever, tetanus, chicken pox (often followed by very painful shingles in later years), diphtheria, whooping cough, meningitis, cervical and other cancer-causing papilloma virus and even rabies after a child
  
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• An ex-Utah County deputy’s confession to Mormon leaders led to his arrest for child molestation 10 years later

  24-06-2018 16:10
  Two young women told investigators in Mesa, Ariz., that one of the department’s former officers had groped and sexually assaulted them 11 years earlier at sleepovers.The handwritten report from 1995 doesn’t explain the steps detectives took next, but within months, the case went dormant. An investigator wrote that there was scant evidence and no likelihood that Officer Gerald Salcido would ever be convicted.Years went by.Salcido moved to Utah, where he worked as a Provo officer for 1
  
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• Kirby: I’m speaking in my Mormon ward today, so hold on to your spiritual butts

  24-06-2018 16:09
  The lineup for my Mormon ward’s sacrament meeting Sunday includes me. I’ll be speaking for several minutes. This assumes that I’m not ejected before then.What? No, of course it wasn’t my idea.Clark Dana, first counselor in the bishopric, drew me out of the ward library and asked — in a tone normally reserved for the planning of a robbery — if I would be willing to say a few words in sacrament meeting sometime during the month.I was surprised for a number of re
  
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• Gomberg: The best live theater is the overly dramatic men’s soccer players at the World Cup

  24-06-2018 16:09
  Watching the men’s FIFA World Cup, going on in Russia, reminds me just how much I love soccer. In fact, I think I can safely say men’s soccer is one of my favorite forms of live theater.Sure, there’s athleticism and pride for country, but really some of the best artistry is that of the fake injury. It’s improv stage combat method acting at its finest, and nearly deserves its own Tony Awards category that could be given for execution, believability and successfully earned
  
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• There’s more support than ever for those ‘escaping polygamy’

  24-06-2018 16:08
  Rose believed God would punish her for leaving her family in the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. That punishment might have included, she feared, a car wreck. “So when I stole the van,” Rose said, “I was driving 5 miles an hour, or something, down the road so I didn’t crash.” Rose was 17. She didn’t know where to go. She eventually found help through relatives who previously had left the FLDS. If her younger siblings want
  
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• Mitt Romney: Where I stand on the Trump agenda

  24-06-2018 16:08
  One of the questions I am asked frequently on the campaign trail is whether as Senator I will support the Trump agenda. I’ve learned this means different things to different people. That difference, I believe, is a defining choice for Republicans.On one hand there are those who believe supporting the Trump agenda means supporting every policy the president proposes, whether or not they actually agree with that policy. It means refraining from criticizing anything the president says or does
  
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• A slight majority of Utahns say President Trump is doing a good job — but approval dips on his immigration policy

  24-06-2018 16:05
  Washington • More than half of Utahns now approve of President Donald Trump, but not his immigration policies or his leadership style.Some 52 percent of registered voters give Trump good marks overall while 45 disapprove, a new Salt Lake Tribune-Hinckley Institute of Politics poll shows.Trump’s approval rating has hovered around 50 percent since he was elected, though deep red Utah hasn’t been nearly as friendly as it usually is to a Republican president. He won the state by few
  
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• After a fight over never-before-tried drugs, Nevada prepares for its first execution since 2006

  24-06-2018 16:00
  Las Vegas • Nevada plans to carry out its first execution in 12 years using a never-before-tried combination of drugs that drew a court challenge over concerns that a convicted murderer could suffer during the lethal injection.Scott Raymond Dozier is scheduled to die July 11, Department of Corrections spokeswoman Brooke Santina said Wednesday, a day after a judge in Las Vegas signed the death warrant.The state Supreme Court decided last month not to stop the execution on procedural grounds,
  
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• Pierce: What are the best shows on TV? Critics don’t agree

  24-06-2018 15:00
  There’s a misperception out there that TV critics are some sort of monolith. That there’s some sort of critical consensus. To prove that wrong, you need look no further than the nominees for this year’s Television Critics Association Awards — which include a few shows I don’t much care for, one that troubles me greatly and one I absolutely loathe. Don’t get me wrong. The TCA Awards are more legit than, say, the Emmys, because they’re given by people who
  
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• Letter: Tribune’s reporting on ex-mayor was mean-spirited, misleading and corrupt

  24-06-2018 15:00
  I am shocked that The Salt Lake Tribune would engage in gratuitous public humiliation based on obviously empty claims by two disgruntled former employees (“Working for ex-SLC mayor a bitter pill for some women,” June 17). It seems The Salt Lake Tribune was attempting to channel the National Enquirer. It’s a sad state that even the most modest standards for journalism have been abandoned.It’s obvious the reporter had an agenda with a narrative that was possible only by ign
  
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• Letter: Tribune forgot that Republicans aren’t the only ones running for Senate

  24-06-2018 15:00
  Could you have a little more information on who is running for the U.S. Senate besides two Republicans?Or at least report how one is a carpetbagger and the other with no experience?Paul Jerominski, Salt Lake City
  
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• Letter: Remember Trump’s many misdeeds

  24-06-2018 15:00
  Soon after the presidential election in 2016, nearly all of the Republican senators and members of Congress who had soundly rejected Donald Trump after the release of the “Access Hollywood” video only a few weeks before were now endorsing him, prostrating themselves in his presence and over eager to do his bidding. “Give him a chance,” they said, “he will change and become presidential.”Now, 500-plus days into his presidency, Trump has shown no evidence of cha
  
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• Letter: Here’s how to combat Utah’s spike in suicides

  24-06-2018 15:00
  What can we do to combat the 46 percent spike in suicides in Utah since 1999?The obvious solution is to increase psychiatric care options and to lower the cost. Health care in America is already much worse than necessary, but access to mental health care is abysmal. Increasing the number of psychologists and psychiatrists and subsidizing visits would be a first step.Reducing the stigma attached to seeking counseling or mental health care must be a priority. A step in this direction — one d
  
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• Letter: Detained border children are a medical disaster waiting to happen

  24-06-2018 15:00
  The next tragedy we are likely to witness is an epidemic of measles, whooping cough, or other childhood diseases. Some 2,000 uninoculated children thrown together in makeshift quarters is a disaster waiting to happen.Carol G. Ogden, Salt Lake City
  
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• Letter: Before they ‘fix’ student grades, lawmakers need to stop giving misleading grades to Utah schools

  24-06-2018 15:00
  In its June meeting, the Education Interim Committee discussed competency-based education, a new model for flexible learning. Rep. Eric Hutchings and Sen. Howard Stephenson gave impassioned commentary about the inadequacy of letter grades and final exams to represent student learning.Because there was no opportunity for public comment, I could not point out the irony that this committee still has not taken action on the accountability dashboard by which schools themselves receive an inadequate l
  
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• Can the Utah Shakespeare Festival make you a more tolerant person?

  24-06-2018 15:00
  At first glance — and at second, third and fourth glance — this year’s Utah Shakespeare Festival lineup looks … well … eclectic.And not just because the offerings from William Shakespeare himself include comedy (“The Merchant of Venice” and “The Merry Wives of Windsor”), tragedy (“Othello”) and history (“Henry VI, Part One”). The award-winning festival in Cedar City has put together a program that includes a modern-d
  
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• In historic trial, Vatican convicts ex-diplomat of child porn distribution

  24-06-2018 08:02
  Vatican City • The Vatican tribunal convicted a former Holy See diplomat Saturday and sentenced him to five years in prison for possessing and distributing child pornography in the first such trial of its kind inside the Vatican.Monsignor Carlo Capella admitted to viewing the images during what he called a period of “fragility” and interior crisis sparked by a job transfer to the Vatican embassy in Washington. He apologized to his family and the Holy See, and appealed for lenien
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz Notes: Gordon never called Gail, Ty Corbin update

  24-06-2018 07:29 via sportspyder.com
  ... ted. We had some good words, and there’s no animosity.” So there you have it Jazz fans. Good on Gail for being the bigger person and reaching out to Hayward h ...
  
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• Utah Jazz Notes: Gordon never called Gail, Ty Corbin update

  24-06-2018 07:22
  Your scoop of the latest Utah Jazz news including Gordon Hayward never calling Gail Miller, Tyrone Corbin’s new coaching gig and more! Although the biggest news stories surrounding the Utah Jazz right now are their recent draft selection of Grayson Allen, their three nominees for Monday’s NBA Awards Show and the impending free agency period, […]
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• Korean pianist wins Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition in Salt Lake City

  24-06-2018 07:20
  Changyong Shin, a 24-year-old pianist from South Korea, won first prize in the Gina Bachauer International Artists Piano Competition, which wrapped up Saturday night in Salt Lake City’s Abravanel Hall.His prize includes $50,000, a commemorative gold medal, concert engagements with the Utah Symphony and in New York City, and a recording engagement.Aristo Sham, 22, of Hong Kong, won the silver medal and $25,000. He also will perform with the Utah Symphony on a future season. Sergey Belyavski
  
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• MLB roundup: Font, Rays shut down Yankees

  24-06-2018 07:12
  St. Petersburg, Fla. • Wilmer Font worked into the sixth inning to get his first major league win, Willy Adames homered and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees 4-0 on Saturday.Font (1-3) allowed three hits, one walk and struck out four over 5 2/3 innings. Four relievers completed a four-hitter.Adames had an RBI single during a two-run second and added a solo homer in the seventh off Sonny Gray (5-5).The Rays have won the first two of a three-game series against the Yankees, who hav
  
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• Oregon State beats Mississippi State 5-2, will play Arkansas in CWS finals

  24-06-2018 06:59
  Omaha, Neb. • Kevin Abel and Jake Mulholland made it look easy for Oregon State.Until it wasn’t.Abel turned in the Beavers’ best start of the College World Series and the usually reliable Mulholland came on in the eighth inning with a four-run lead and retired the first five batters he faced.But Mississippi State proved to be no easy out this postseason and, suddenly, the Bulldogs were down three runs with the bases loaded and Jordan Westburg — founder of the team’s
  
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• RSL laments missed opportunities after 1-1 draw with San Jose

  24-06-2018 06:55
  Sandy • Real Salt Lake coach Mike Petke was breaking down his team’s one and only goal Saturday night when he stopped during his post-game press conference.“I’m just thinking back to [another] shot that hit the crossbar,” Petke said. “… I think we should have had a couple more.”RSL dominated possession and racked up 28 shots at Rio Tinto Saturday night but ended up settling for a 1-1 draw with the last-place San Jose Earthquakes.“We did more
  
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