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• Authorities abandon ‘zero-tolerance’ for immigrant families

  25-06-2018 23:56
  Reno, Nevada • The nation’s top border enforcement official acknowledged Monday that authorities have abandoned, for now, the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” policy toward immigrant families after the president ordered an end to the separation of parents and children who cross the southern border.The comments by Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan came shortly after Attorney General Jeff Sessions defended the administration’s tact
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - If seeking more irritants, Utah Jazz should consider Lance Stephenson in FA

  25-06-2018 23:55 via sportspyder.com
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• If seeking more irritants, Utah Jazz should consider Lance Stephenson in FA

  25-06-2018 23:49
  Former Indiana Pacer Lance Stephenson officially became a free agent on Monday. His reputation as an irritant could make him an interesting fit with the Utah Jazz. The Utah Jazz have built a reputation as a team that nobody wants to face. Between their gritty defense and hard-nosed effort on both ends of the floor, […]
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• Trib Caucus: What to watch for in Utah’s primary election tomorrow, and how it may gauge voter support for Trump

  25-06-2018 23:27
  Occasionally, The Salt Lake Tribune’s political reporters and columnists chat about the hottest topics of the week. The following is a lightly edited transcript of their conversation on Tuesday’s primary election in Utah, which includes the Senate Republican primary between Mitt Romney and Mike Kennedy and the 3rd District Republican primary between John Curtis and Chris Herrod.Taylor Anderson (government reporter): Welcome to this week’s Trib Caucus Slack chat, which we starte
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Predicting the NBA Awards Show winners

  25-06-2018 23:18 via sportspyder.com
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• Utah’s 2018 nonconference schedule continues to be beefed up as Runnin’ Utes add Nevada to the mix

  25-06-2018 23:12
  The Runnin’ Utes continue to beef up their schedule. Big time.On Monday, the Utah men’s basketball program announced an agreement for a home-and-home series with the Nevada Wolf Pack starting this season. The reigning Mountain West Conference regular season champions are scheduled to visit the Huntsman Center this year with the first of two games played in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Dec. 29. The date of the return leg in Reno, Nev., next year is expected to be announced at a later d
  
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• Utah Jazz: Predicting the NBA Awards Show winners

  25-06-2018 23:09
  The Utah Jazz will be well-represented in the NBA Awards Show with three finalists. Here’s my predictions on how the evening will go. The NBA Awards Show that is set to be held tonight (June 25th) at 7:00 PM MT holds extra significance for Utah Jazz fans this time around. That’s because the team has […]
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• Go back to Utah’s old caucus-convention election laws? Voters say no way.

  25-06-2018 23:06
  By a 2-to-1 margin, Utah voters are opposed to returning to old election laws that made the caucus-convention system the sole method to select party nominees — which in many races prevented primary elections, like the one being held Tuesday.They prefer the new system that also allows candidates to qualify for the ballot by gathering signatures. That may give voters more choice and more ability to disagree with party delegates who historically chose nominees from the political fringes.&ldqu
  
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• Ishaan Tharoor: Trump’s hard-line view of immigration draws parallels to the 1930s

  25-06-2018 23:00
  History doesn’t repeat itself, the saying goes, but it often rhymes.This week in Washington, the ugly doggerel of the present was voiced in angry and tendentious tweets from the White House. President Donald Trump’s decision to forcibly separate migrant children from their parents at the border provoked a heated and sustained backlash, both at home and abroad. Nevertheless, even after they grudgingly moved to end the policy on Wednesday, Trump and his lieutenants continued to tar imm
  
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• House passes bill to designate the Golden Spike National Historic Park in Utah

  25-06-2018 23:00
  Washington • The House on Monday passed Rep. Rob Bishop’s legislation to designate the Golden Spike National Historic Park in northern Utah, elevating the status of the location that connected the transcontinental railroad.While not the same as a national park, the designation would make Golden Spike the 52nd national historic park and highlights the prominence of the less-visited spot. Other national historical parks include Abraham Lincoln’s Birthplace in Kentucky, Appomattox
  
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• Toxic algae bloom spreading to more parts of Utah Lake

  25-06-2018 22:36
  Salt Lake City • State officials say a toxic algae bloom has spread in Utah Lake near Provo making more areas unsafe for recreation.The Utah Department of Environmental Quality said in a statement Monday that it’s now warning people at Lincoln Marina, Sandy Beach and Utah Lake State Park about the presence of high levels of toxin-producing cyanobacteria.It was previously detected in Provo Bay.Blue-green algae occur naturally in many freshwater systems and can proliferate rapidly under
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: When will Mitt Romney speak out about Trump?

  25-06-2018 21:52
  When most of us last heard from former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on the subject of President Donald Trump, it was to accept Trump’s endorsement for his U.S. Senate bid, something Romney previously said he would not do.Romney tweeted on Feb. 19, “Thank you Mr. President for the support. I hope that over the course of the campaign I also earn the support and endorsement of the people of Utah.”For many, this was another infuriating Romney flip-flop. Others saw it
  
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• A behind-the-scenes look at @GraysonJAllen's big night in the big 🍎 #TakeNote #NBADraft2018 https://t.co/p2Gz0IAFuW

  25-06-2018 21:41 via twitter.com
  
  A behind-the-scenes look at @GraysonJAllen's big night in the big 🍎#TakeNote #NBADraft2018 https://t.co/p2Gz0IAFuW
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - DiVincenzo can hook up dad, a Bucks fan, with new gear

  25-06-2018 21:38 via sportspyder.com
  ... ts Most Popular Spurs draft Miami guard Lonnie Walker, USC big man Metu Utah Jazz select Grayson Allen with 21st pick Indiana Pacers take UCLA point guard Aar ...
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Two more players reported for summer league

  25-06-2018 21:02 via sportspyder.com
  ... e from The J-Notes Utah Jazz: Grayson Allen selection will be exercise in trusting Dennis Lindsey Utah Ja ...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Two more players reported for summer league

  25-06-2018 20:54
  Two more players have been linked to the Utah Jazz for their summer league roster. NBA Summer League action tips off in July. With the 2018 NBA Draft now behind us, prospects that weren’t fortunate enough to hear their names get called on draft night have begun to hitch their wagons to NBA Summer League […]
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• Laura Ingalls Wilder’s name stripped from children’s book award over ‘Little House’ depictions of Native Americans

  25-06-2018 20:38
  Laura Ingalls Wilder was on the brink of having an award named in her honor, from the Association for Library Service to Children, when in 1952 a reader complained to the publisher of “Little House on the Prairie” about what the reader found to be a deeply offensive statement about Native Americans.The reader pointed specifically to the book’s opening chapter, “Going West.” The 1935 tale of the pioneering family seeking unvarnished, unoccupied land opens with a char
  
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• Weekly Run podcast: Will Jazz fans fall in love with Grayson Allen, the most hated man in college basketball?

  25-06-2018 20:06
  Over the past four years, few college basketball players have been as polarizing as Grayson Allen.Should the reputation he earned at Duke follow him to Utah? Or will Jazz fans fall in love with this year’s first-round draft pick? This episode of the Weekly Run podcast breaks it down.At 2:25 — Jazz fans have been slow to warm up to a number of draft picks over the years. The case of Grayson Allen is all at once the same and very different.At 4:30 — What did the combo guard do to
  
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• Medical milestone: U.S. OKs marijuana-based drug for seizures

  25-06-2018 19:53
  Washington • U.S. health regulators on Monday approved the first prescription drug made from marijuana, a milestone that could spur more research into a drug that remains illegal under federal law, despite growing legalization for recreational and medical use.The Food and Drug Administration approved the medication, called Epidiolex, to treat two rare forms of epilepsy that begin in childhood. But it’s not quite medical marijuana.The strawberry-flavored syrup is a purified form of a c
  
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• Former Ute offensive coordinator Aaron Roderick is back at BYU. His first task as Cougars’ QB coach? Pick a starter.

  25-06-2018 19:37
  ProvoAaron Roderick anxiously studied his phone, hoping to learn that his 9-year-old son found his assigned basketball court among the dozens temporarily created in a convention center in Sandy, 30 miles away.In August, Roderick will navigate the four contending quarterbacks through a similarly complicated search that comes with a deadline. One of them will take the field Sept. 1 at Arizona, beginning a pivotal season for BYU’s football program.It barely would be an exaggeration to say one
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Will the Utah Jazz take home any season awards?

  25-06-2018 19:22 via sportspyder.com
  ... hirt wasn’t the only piece of apparel that made some waves online yesterday. Jazz Twitter was briefly aflame after a video was published by SLAM online of LeB ...
  
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• Top Free Agent Decisions: The Northwest

  25-06-2018 19:00 via basketballinsiders.com
  With free agency coming up soon, it's now time to look at some of the biggest decisions the teams from the Northwest division will have to make.
  
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• Utah’s 2018 non-conference schedule continues to be beefed up as Runnin’ Utes add Nevada to the mix

  25-06-2018 18:54
  The Runnin’ Utes continue to beef up their schedule. Big time.On Monday, the Utah men’s basketball program announced an agreement for a home-and-home series with the Nevada Wolf Pack starting this season. The reigning Mountain West Conference regular season champions are scheduled to visit the Huntsman Center this year with the first of two games played in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Dec. 29. The date of the return leg in Reno, Nev., next year is expected to be announced at a later d
  
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• Trump takes aim at Virginia restaurant that asked his press secretary to leave

  25-06-2018 18:11
  Washington • President Donald Trump lashed out Monday at a Virginia restaurant that refused to serve his press secretary, writing on Twitter that the Red Hen has “filthy canopies, doors and windows” and “badly needs a paint job.”The president’s attack on the exterior of the tiny farm-to-table establishment came in response to an incident Friday night in which its owner asked White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders to leave on grounds that she worked
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Weekly Run podcast: Will Jazz fans fall in love with Grayson Allen, the most hated man in college basketball?

  25-06-2018 17:45 via sportspyder.com
  ... he Weekly Run podcast breaks it down. At 2:25 — Jazz fans have been slow to warm up to a number of draft picks over the years. Th ...
  
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• Lawnmower man makes Utah the 34th stop on his 50-state grass-cutting trek

  25-06-2018 17:18
  An Alabama man is in Utah mowing lawns on Monday, en route to cutting grass in all 50 states this summer. And it’s the second year in a row that Rodney Smith Jr. is pulling off the feat.Hello to Utah. I will be mowing in Salt Lake City,UT in the morning . If you know anyone who is elderly, disabled, a single mother or a veteran who needs their lawn mowed let me know . It’s free . pic.twitter.com/FtU5boaon7— Rodney Smith Jr (@iamrodneysmith) June 24, 2018 “Hello to Utah,&
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the lost art of shunning

  25-06-2018 17:05
  White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders — whose lies are piling up at a furious rate and whose defense of the child-separation policy prompted a reporter to exclaim, “Come on, Sarah, you’re a parent” — was reportedly asked to leave a restaurant in Virginia on Friday because she works for President Donald Trump.In a tweet, she explained that “I was told by the owner of Red Hen in Lexington, VA to leave because I work for @ POTUS and I politely left.&
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Rudy Gobert and the Quest for DPOY - the Final Chapter

  25-06-2018 16:17 via sportspyder.com
  ...for DPOY - the Final Chapter - SLC Dunk clock menu more-arrow no yes a Utah Jazz community ✕ Rudy Gobert and the Quest for DPOY - the Final Chapter It’s the...
  
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• Letter: Thanks to little-known Utah law, survivors can lose a loved one’s house

  25-06-2018 16:12
  Your loved one over the age of 55 has worked all their life paying off their mortgage, paying property taxes and keeping up their property — but has the misfortune to contract a long-term illness.Your whole family works hard to keep this loved one in their home, and you are so grateful for Medicaid to supplement Medicare so that your loved one can receive the medical care they need. You met all the financial requirements, the asset requirements and you are assured you will not have to move
  
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• Letter: Vote against Romney’s political poppycock

  25-06-2018 16:11
  The definition of “political persuasion” is “whatever appeals to emotions, using a sticking point of conviction and promises; thereby taking hold of another’s will.” A strategy straight out of a current TV ad, stating the crisis and declaring great power and future success, complete with lofty guarantees and answers. Unfortunately, the usual flip-flop, up-and-down platform continues on, much like the lost 1994 election against a formidable Sen. Ted Kennedy. Who shou
  
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• Letter: Trump’s actions are an affront to our flag

  25-06-2018 16:10
  Remember the apoplectic spasms of patriotic furor over kneeling NFL players who nonviolently protested police brutality? Critics of these peaceful acts of conscience seethed with indignation and outrage at such a perceived slight to flag and country. Others, on the other hand, admired the character required to risk so much in such a public assertion of personal conviction.Personally, I don’t find a kneeling Colin Kaepernick nearly as offensive as what I witnessed as I observed America&rsqu
  
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• Letter: What’s Trump’s final solution?

  25-06-2018 16:09
  Concerning President Donald Trump’s practice of removing children of asylum-seekers from their parents and confining them to internment camps: In the face of almost universal condemnation, some Republicans, even the president himself, acknowledge that the practice is an interim solution. I shudder to think what they have in mind for their final solution.George A. Sumner, Salt Lake City
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Congress fails to pass immigration reform every time

  25-06-2018 16:08
  Congress fails to pass immigration reform every time. Poll: 52% of Utah voters approve of President Trump. Gas tax increase not so popular.Happy Monday. Close, but no cigar. Congress has been trying to tackle immigration reform for more than a dozen years without success. And it’s not just a GOP problem. Washington has had every iteration of partisan control of the White House and Congress over the past 12 years, and the result has always been the same: failure. [WaPost]In other news:A new
  
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• Letter: Let’s rally behind iconic Salt Lake business RA-ELCO

  25-06-2018 16:04
  On the first day of summer, RA-ELCO Electronics, an iconic Salt Lake City business, unfortunately burned to the ground.This business was THE go-to center for all things electronic. The owner, Robert Gunnell, had amassed an amazing arsenal of electronic parts and systems that just could not be found anywhere else in the valley. This local business was everything that one could hope for in a home-grown company. Service was impeccable, the knowledge base of the owner and employees was beyond reproa
  
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• Letter: There is no more GOP, only the Trumpublican Party

  25-06-2018 16:02
  President Donald Trump is a masterful political strategist. He has remade the GOP in his own image and likeness. The GOP base supports him with unswerving and unprecedented loyalty. In Republican primaries, Trump’s loyalists torpedo his critics and thereby silence would-be GOP opposition. As long as Trump retains the support of his base — the sole aim of his numerous rallies — he can hold our legislative representatives hostage and remain head of the Republican Party.Has any po
  
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• Letter: Darin Mann is the compelling choice for House District 24

  25-06-2018 16:01
  I am writing in response to the article "Crowd of Democrats jockeys for primary win to replace retiring state Rep. Rebecca Chavez-Houck.”The article covered the Democratic race for House District 24. One of the things that spoke to me was each candidate’s focus on the need for change in how politics in the district are both won and practiced.For me, the most compelling was Darin Mann’s stance for a higher standard of care for constituents in the district and a raise in the mini
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: Trump is dragging down everyone around him — including his wife

  25-06-2018 15:59
  Embarking on her flight to visit children whom her husband had snatched from their parents, first lady Melania Trump donned a jacket with this message plastered on the back: “I really don’t care. Do U?” (Apparently, Zara charges $39 for such things.) She either didn’t bother to think about her sartorial choice (a first for the woman with outfits that cost more than most people’s cars) or wanted to send a weird message to someone. Her husband? The press? Her office d
  
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• Commentary: Trumpism, like all populist movements, won’t die quickly

  25-06-2018 15:55
  Three years after Donald Trump rode down his golden escalator to present himself as the great hope of a new American populism, his detractors are increasingly betting that Trumpism will end in a dramatic confrontation between the president and the investigators examining how he won office.Some, like the New Yorker’s Adam Davidson, say Robert Mueller’s team will lift the fog from Americans’ eyes and lead us back toward a sober embrace of the very institutions that voters rebelle
  
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• Michael Bloomberg: Why I’m supporting Democrats in 2018

  25-06-2018 15:48
  I’ve never much liked political parties. I’ve always believed that we should put country before party. Too many politicians practice the reverse, with terrible consequences for the American people.But although I don’t believe in partisanship, I very much believe in the importance of politics and elections. That’s how we make change and progress in a democracy.Over the years, I have supported candidates in both parties who were willing to break with partisanship and the sp
  
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• Letter: Detained teen immigrants are doing fine — it looks like a summer camp to me

  25-06-2018 15:43
  The American public is pretty upset with the policy to separate illegal alien fathers from their children. It does seem like a cruel policy, but it certainly isn’t a new policy. Maybe separating them from their mothers is really what we abhor. Criminal fathers have always served time without their families, and these young children cannot enter the country unless an adult brings them, and so they aren’t criminals. I have seen pictures of the children being held, and the majority of t
  
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• Letter: Don’t blame Trump — and don’t be too eager to let in the immigrants

  25-06-2018 15:42
  We are deluged by displays of crying children at our borders, separated from their parents, and as we are told, it is only because of the media-declared demon who sits in the White House.However, dear friends and neighbors, please take note of the U.S. Constitution, Article I. It is the mandated role of the Congress to set forth laws and rules regarding access to these United States — not the president.Now, a simple question to all the celebrity sycophants, blubbering academia and tree-hug
  
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• Letter: Utah politicians must stop Trump’s march to dictatorship

  25-06-2018 15:41
  An open letter to all Utah candidates seeking national office:Donald Trump, with the collusion of the Utah congressional delegation, is now asking the Pentagon to house 20,000 minor children and their families on military bases. This is for the sole purpose of evading the powers of the states to monitor the care of children in the custody of their governments. On military bases, he can avoid state oversight. In addition, he is asking the Department of Defense to send hundreds of JAG lawyers (mil
  
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• Proposed gas-tax hike to boost Utah school funding may be in trouble, new poll says

  25-06-2018 15:40
  The road to November’s election could be bumpy for supporters of increased school funding, according to a new poll that shows majority opposition to a proposed gas-tax increase. The nonbinding ballot question — approved by Utah lawmakers in March — is opposed by 56 percent of registered Utah voters, compared with 42 percent who indicated support for boosting the state’s gas tax by 10 cents per gallon to indirectly fund education. Backers of the plan say it’s too ear
  
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• Gehrke: Utah’s School Safety Commission surprised me — by coming up with real gun-related recommendations

  25-06-2018 15:00
  In the days after the massacre of 14 students and three staff members at a high school in Parkland, Fla., lawmakers in Utah were generally at a loss on how to respond — and were unable to pass any legislation to protect Utah schools. What they were able to do — set up an informal Utah School Safety Commission to look into possible responses to the spate of school shootings — appeared to me like window dressing. A group that would meet simply to create the illusion of action whi
  
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• [ESPN] - Everything you need to know for Monday night's awards

  25-06-2018 14:48 via sportspyder.com
  ... NBA's second-best defense and was arguably Utah's most important player (The Jazz won 66.1 percent of games Gobert played in and only 42.3 percent of games Go ...
  
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• Luxury apartments, built in the midst of Salt Lake City’s homeless crisis, prove to be a smart gamble

  25-06-2018 14:02
  Developers of new luxury apartments who bet big on a tarnished western edge of downtown Salt Lake City appear to be winning.The transit-oriented Alta Gateway Station project at 505 W. 100 South went up in a neighborhood about a block away from what was then the center of Utah’s homelessness crisis, spilling out of The Road Home shelter nearby.As construction crews for the Denver company Wood Partners first dug into the former warehouse land west of The Gateway Mall in summer 2015, the shop
  
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• Road warrior: Truex tricks Harvick on track, conquers Sonoma

  25-06-2018 05:04
  Sonoma, Calif. • Martin Truex Jr. was running second as the laps dwindled in Sonoma, and crew chief Cole Pearn didn’t think they were as fast as Kevin Harvick.Pearn told his team to prepare for a pit stop on the 73rd lap, and he told Truex over the radio to bring in the car.It was all trickery.Harvick’s crew chief, Rodney Childers, called in his driver for tires and fuel in anticipation of Truex’s stop — but Pearn’s driver actually stayed out for seven more lap
  
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