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• Firefighter killed in wildfire near Yosemite National Park

  14-07-2018 23:58
  Yosemite National Park, Calif. • A firefighter was killed Saturday while battling a wildfire burning near Yosemite National Park, California state fire officials said.The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said Heavy Fire Equipment Operator Braden Varney was killed while fighting the Ferguson Fire in the morning hours.The blaze broke out around 10:30 p.m. on Friday in Mariposa County, near the west end of Yosemite National Park and the Sierra National Forest.Fire official
  
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• British Open title shows Jordan Spieth can handle about anything

  14-07-2018 23:31
  The scenes were nothing alike and wildly memorable.Both started with a tee shot that sailed some 60 yards to the right during the final round of the British Open, and that’s where the similarities end.Seve Ballesteros didn’t have to take a penalty drop from near the front tire of a black car in a parking lot at Royal Lytham & St. Annes. He had a two-shot lead, and once he dropped his ball away from the cars, he had a short iron onto the green. The great Spaniard went on to captur
  
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• Commentary: An eerie absence in Romney’s commentary

  14-07-2018 23:00
  In late June, an op-ed by none other than U.S. Senate candidate Mitt Romney appeared in our own Salt Lake Tribune, and Mr. Romney finally seemed to address that that nasty dilemma stuck in Utah’s political craw: Whether to support or oppose President Donald J. Trump.And how simple the answer turned out to be! When it comes to Trump, writes placatory Romney, praise the good and reject the bad. Well, that’s pretty reasonable, right?But as I read Romney’s “Where I stand on t
  
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• Looks like these two will get to keep hanging out ⤵️ twitter.com/utahjazz/statu…

  14-07-2018 22:49 via twitter.com
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• We’ve signed Naz to a two-way contract. >> on.nba.com/2Llzb5J

  14-07-2018 22:30 via twitter.com
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz agree to two-way deal with Naz Mitrou-Long one day after inking his best friend Georges Niang

  14-07-2018 22:18 via sportspyder.com
  ... t. I feel blessed right now. I feel really good. Naz Mitrou-Long In his lone Jazz game against Denver on Dec. 26, he famously nailed a triple in one minute be ...
  
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• Utah Jazz agree to two-way deal with Naz Mitrou-Long one day after inking his best friend Georges Niang

  14-07-2018 22:10
  LAS VEGAS — Soon after the ink dried on Georges Niang's new contractto remain in Utah on Friday, his best friend Naz Mitrou-Long came up to his room at the Encore Las Vegas Hotel/Casino to congratulate him right away.Less than 24 hours later, Mitrou-Long would be sharing a similar experience.Around noon Saturday, the former Iowa State star signed a two-way deal with the Utah Jazz at the same hotel next to his agent, Mike Silverman."That was really the goal for me coming out of summer leagu
  
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• Jazz agree to two-way deal with Naz Mitrou-Long one day after inking best friend Georges Niang

  14-07-2018 22:10
  LAS VEGAS — Soon after the ink dried on Georges Niang's new contractto remain in Utah on Friday, his best friend Naz Mitrou-Long came up to his room at the Encore Las Vegas Hotel/Casino to congratulate him.Less than 24 hours later, Mitrou-Long would be sharing a similar experience.Around noon on Saturday, the former Iowa State star signed a two-way deal with the Utah Jazz at the same hotel next to his agent, Mike Silverman."That was really the goal for me coming out of summer league," said
  
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• Commentary: Speak up about Cottonwood ski resort land grab

  14-07-2018 22:00
  A new bill soon to be presented to Congress, the Central Wasatch National Conservation and Recreation Area Act (CWNCRA), would allow for the transfer of up to 340 acres of developable public Forest Service land located in Big and Little Cottonwood canyons to the Alta, Brighton, Snowbird and Solitude ski resorts.Once these resorts gain title to the land they will be able to develop it as they see fit. Expect to see new structures, hotels, lodges, condominiums and other businesses that will bring
  
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• Commentary: Lee’s public lands plan pits Utahns against each other

  14-07-2018 21:00
  Don’t believe Sen. Mike Lee when he says Utah has to choose between public lands and affordable housing. It’s a false choice and a dirty trick. And it flies in the face of Utahns’ actual experience of the beautiful landscapes we treasure.In a recent speech to the conservative Sutherland Institute, Lee repeatedly demonized public lands and touted three horrible bills he intends to introduce to destroy them.Despite Lee’s claims, Utahns overwhelmingly support public lands. A
  
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• Kragthorpe: Utes' star kickers Matt Gay and Mitch Wishnowsky are expecting even more from themselves

  14-07-2018 20:44
  The Lou Groza Award stands in the window, like a golden football ready to be kicked. Three trophies representing the Ray Guy Award, showing a punter’s follow-through, are aligned on a nearby shelf.The displays in the entrance of the Spence and Cleone Eccles Football Center honor Utah’s specialists of the past and present, with the strong possibility of additions to come. Ute kicker Matt Gay and punter Mitch Wishnowsky enter their senior seasons with hopes of earning more trophies, bu
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Ever an underdog, Jairus Lyles wants to show he can keep growing with the Jazz

  14-07-2018 20:40 via sportspyder.com
  ... st: How Jazz did in free agency, and what we learned from summer league Former Jazz great ...
  
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• Ever an underdog, Jairus Lyles wants to show he can keep growing with the Jazz

  14-07-2018 20:36
  At the moment, Jairus Lyles keeps having the same conversation, which gets tiring after a while.“Everywhere I go people are talking about the Virginia game,” he said. “I don’t want to be known as just the guy who beat Virginia.”And yet that event, when his 16-seed UMBC Retrievers toppled the top-seeded Cavaliers, is the thing that opened a door to the NBA for Lyles, who signed a contract with the Utah Jazz on Thursday.It’s been a solid summer for Lyles, a 6-fo
  
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• Higher density may help Utah’s housing crisis — but it’s a solution many don’t want near them

  14-07-2018 20:24
  Standing in wide open farmlands by his home outside Herriman, Justin Swain hardly seems ready to talk about housing density. Yet his story of battling development to protect a way of life is like so many resonating in Utah.When Swain chose two years ago to build in Herriman’s semi-rural Creek Ridge neighborhood, the Utah native settled on a larger lot of about a quarter acre, giving him “a nice-sized backyard” for his three kids.“It was very much a quality-of-life decisio
  
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• American Fork Police: Wreck kills 1 as pickup runs red light during chase

  14-07-2018 20:01
  American Fork, Utah • American Fork police say a 21-year-old West Jordan man was arrested after a pickup ran a red light during a pursuit and collided with a car, killing a man who was a passenger in the car.Police said the pursuit began Friday when a Utah County sheriff's deputy stopped the pickup but it then sped off as the deputy approached the truck to make contact with the driver.Police said 21-year-old Trevor Pitcher from West Jordan was arrested after the collision on suspicion of ma
  
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• Commentary: We have the cure for blood cancers but Congress must make it affordable

  14-07-2018 20:00
  As a doctor at the Intermountain Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, there’s no greater joy than bringing hope to my patients who are battling blood cancers like leukemia and lymphoma. Across the country, more than 1.3 million Americans are fighting these heart-wrenching diseases, with a new patient being diagnosed every 3 minutes.Over my 23-year career, I have made it my personal mission to fight for my patients by providing the best care possible. This
  
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• 2 arrested at right-wing, pro-Trump protests in London

  14-07-2018 19:58
  London • British police have arrested a man and a woman at a right-wing protest in London, where people supporting a prominent right-wing activist were joined by a “Welcome Trump” rally.The small rally supporting U.S. President Donald Trump — who's in Scotland after visiting London — joined the "Free Tommy Robinson" protest Saturday in London's Whitehall. Robinson —whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon — founded an anti-Muslim group and was jailed for
  
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• Salt Lake City-born filmmaker brings her ’Alaska Is a Drag’ to Utah’s LGBTQ film festival

  14-07-2018 19:42
  Shaz Bennett is coming home to Salt Lake City this week, bringing the movie she’s worked on for six years.Her coming-of-age story “Alaska Is a Drag” has played the film-festival circuit over the past several months and will continue that run when it debuts at Salt Lake City’s Damn These Heels LGBTQ Film Festival, which runs Friday through Sunday, July 20-22, at the Rose Wagner Center for the Performing Arts.“Alaska Is a Drag” is one of the 23 features that wil
  
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  14-07-2018 19:29 via twitter.com
  
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• BYU’s Tanner Mangum has recovered from Achilles injury and says he’s ready to reclaim starting quarterback role

  14-07-2018 19:02
  Provo • After BYU quarterback Tanner Mangum ruptured his Achilles tendon while setting up to throw a pass last November at Bulldog Stadium in Fresno, Calif., there were fears that a complete recovery would take up to a year, maybe nine months at the earliest.An unrepentant optimist, Mangum said a few months later that it wouldn’t take nearly that long for him to return for his senior season.He was right.Mangum, who turns 25 on Sept. 8, received full clearance to participate in contact
  
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• Highway reopens in Zion National Park after storm closure

  14-07-2018 18:34
  Springdale, Utah • A highway through Zion National Park on southern Utah has reopened after being closed due to mud and debris from a heavy rainstorm.Park officials said Friday the Zion-Mount Carmel Highway was reopened after being closed from Canyon Junction to the park's east entrance after the storm Wednesday night.Officials said the mud and debris were up to 4 feet (1 meter) deep and that plows cleared a path to dozens of vehicles that were stranded.No injuries were reported.Officials s
  
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• Serena Williams’ Wimbledon run comes to an end as Angelique Kerber wins title

  14-07-2018 18:28
  London • Angelique Kerber claimed her first Wimbledon title with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over seven-time champion Serena Williams.Kerber made just five unforced errors compared to Williams' 24 as the German reversed the result of the 2016 final.It is the third Grand Slam title of Kerber's career, adding to her Australian and U.S. Open triumphs in 2016.The 36-year-old Williams, who was seeking a 24th Grand Slam title, 10 months after having her first child.This story will be updated.
  
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• Djokovic outlasts Nadal in five-set marathon to reach Wimbledon men’s final

  14-07-2018 18:22
  London • From the way Novak Djokovic repeatedly smacked his racket against his shoe after one miss, to the shouts directed at himself and his coach after others, it was clear how much he wanted to prove he's past the roughest patch of his career.Djokovic sent the strongest signal yet he is back at the top of tennis by reaching his fifth Wimbledon final with a 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (9), 3-6, 10-8 victory over rival Rafael Nadal on Saturday in a match suspended overnight."It really could have gone ei
  
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• Belgium wins third-place match at World Cup, beating England 2-0

  14-07-2018 18:17
  St. Petersburg, Russia • Belgium earned its highest World Cup finish on Saturday by beating England 2-0 in the third-place match.Thomas Meunier and Eden Hazard scored a goal each for the Belgians, who lost to France in the semifinals on Tuesday.Meunier scored in the fourth minute, knocking a cross from Nacer Chadli past England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford. Hazard added the other off a pass from Kevin de Bruyne in the 82nd.Toby Alderweireld denied England's best chance of the game, sliding on
  
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• [NBC Sports: Pro Basketball Talk] - GM Dell Demps: Julius Randle, Elfrid Payton additions make Pelicans better

  14-07-2018 18:12 via sportspyder.com
  ... ent in Utah. In Las Vegas, that “fell” to 15 points a game. It impressed the Jazz enough that they are giving him a guaranteed contract for next season, the t ...
  
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• Cleaning up contamination: What happens to Utah’s meth houses

  14-07-2018 18:10
  Provo • A hazmat suit and respirator is what Jared Herbert typically wears to work. If passersby ask what he is working on, he tells them he’s just cleaning a house. Or taking care of a residential chemical contamination.He never gives the real reason why his cleaning crew travels in unmarked vans to rip out carpet, scrub air ducts or load furniture into a dumpster."We keep it as discreet as we can," he explained. "You want to know that someone has meth in your neighborhood, but you a
  
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• Monson: Watching the Utes play in early season games will no longer put you into a coma

  14-07-2018 18:04
  Kudos to the Utes.They’ve taken a few of the unwanted zzzzzzzzzz’s out of your early winter nights.They’ve made it worth your effort and time this coming season to stay awake — and on certain occasions even alert — for their non-conference basketball schedule in November and December, a span that too often in the past has been nothing more than an extended snooze-fest, a time to snore away until Pac−12 play started in January.In 2018-19, Larry Krystkowiak has
  
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• When fencing becomes an obstacle or hazard for migrating wildlife, one Wyoming group steps in to disassemble it. So far, members have pulled 200 miles of barbed wire.

  14-07-2018 18:00
  Jackson, Wyo. • A pronghorn lingered nearby as Steve Morriss removed barbed wire from an obsolete fence on the Pinto Ranch in Grand Teton National Park.“It waited for us to be done, said ‘thank you’ and then went on its way,” Morriss said about the encounter, which happened years ago but left an indelible impression.He’s been disassembling and bailing barbed wire to help wildlife ever since.For about a decade, Morriss has been a devoted member of the Jackson Ho
  
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• Holly Richardson: Magician helps restore hope when it’s been stolen violently

  14-07-2018 17:31
  Fleeing violence, Bifituu Kadir came to the United States as a refugee from Ethiopia in 2015. Her husband is a refugee in Turkey, unable to yet join his wife. She was resettled in Boise, Idaho, in an apartment complex that housed many other refugees, including those from Somalia, Iraq and Syria. Her world revolved around her young daughter, Ruya, a cute little girl with a big smile who loved pink and purple.At Ruya’s third birthday party on June 30, 30-year-old Timmy Kinner stabbed her two
  
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• Florida school shooting survivors will speak in Utah today: Here’s what you need to know

  14-07-2018 17:26
  Exactly five months ago, they survived a mass shooting at their Florida high school. Today, they’ll be in Utah to talk about the national movement for gun reform that came next.Student survivors and activists from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School will visit the largely conservative state for a widely anticipated town hall on Saturday. The 90-minute event, which will be held at the Mountain America Expo Center, 9575 S. State Street, starts at 6 p.m.The venue can hold up to 3,000 attende
  
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• Trump faults Obama for U.S. response to Russian hacking

  14-07-2018 17:22
  Washington • President Donald Trump on Saturday scolded the Obama administration for not responding aggressively enough to Russian hacking of Democratic targets in the 2016 U.S. election — cyberattacks underpinning the indictment of 12 Russian military intelligence officers.Trump's first response to special counsel Robert Mueller's initial charges against Russian government officials for interfering in American politics came in tweets the president posted while at his golf resort in S
  
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• [NBC Sports: Pro Basketball Talk] - Magic Johnson: Lakers will consult with LeBron on big moves

  14-07-2018 17:20 via sportspyder.com
  ... ent in Utah. In Las Vegas, that “fell” to 15 points a game. It impressed the Jazz enough that they are giving him a guaranteed contract for next season, the t ...
  
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• Nancy Sinatra Sr., first wife of Frank Sinatra, dies at 101

  14-07-2018 17:18
  Los Angeles • Nancy Sinatra Sr., the childhood sweetheart of Frank Sinatra who became the first of his four wives and the mother of his three children, has died. She was 101.Her daughter, Nancy Sinatra Jr., tweeted that her mother died Friday and a posting on her web page said she died at 6:02 p.m. but didn't indicate where she died."She was a blessing and the light of my life," her daughter said.Attempts to reach representatives for Sinatra Jr. late Friday were unsuccessful.Nancy and Frank
  
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• Tribune editorial: BYU must police openly or not police at all

  14-07-2018 17:00
  Third District Judge Laura Scott has made clear what should have been obvious all along. Any Utah police department is going to have to behave like a police department, even if it’s the Brigham Young University Police Department.BYU wanted it both ways. The school argued that its standing as a private institution meant that its police department was not subject to the transparency laws other Utah police departments must follow. The department has had all the powers of a police department,
  
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• Students who opt out of testing will be counted as failing, after feds reject Utah’s requests for flexibility

  14-07-2018 15:00
  Utah’s public schools are poised to take a hit from parents who excuse their children from year-end tests.After its series of requests for flexibility from federal education laws were denied, the Utah Board of Education has agreed to count opt-outs as students who took tests but failed in order to achieve a minimum participation rate of 95 percent.That means schools with high numbers of students who opt-out of assessments — including many charter schools and some school districts &md
  
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• Rich Lowry: Yes, the Supreme Court is undemocratic

  14-07-2018 15:00
  In an era of partisan polarization, it is rare to get agreement on anything, but about this there should be a consensus: The Supreme Court is an undemocratic institution whose power should be carefully circumscribed.The right has long been of this view, and the left is suddenly and opportunistically partway there.In an essay capturing progressives' newfound skepticism, Ezra Klein of Vox wrote that the Supreme Court "has always been undemocratic" and is now becoming even "more dangerous."This rep
  
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• Letter: Utahns want solutions to climate change — and so do some of our leaders

  14-07-2018 15:00
  “Overnight the mercury hit a record low of 46 degrees.” Can you imagine such a headline in July? According to The Salt Lake Tribune, that was the record low for Salt Lake City in 1882 (“The Weather,” July 9). As temperatures have risen, we forget how much cooler summers used to be. It’s not just higher temperatures that are a concern but the effects they cause, such as more frequent and severe wildfires, reduced spring snowpack and worsened summer ozone air pollutio
  
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• Letter: Stop the senseless slaughter of Utah predators

  14-07-2018 15:00
  Regarding your recent editorial: Utah taxpayers have been subsidizing coyote slaughter since 2012. $50 bounties are paid annually from the Mule Deer Protection Act (SB245). As it turns out, fraudulent claims were paid out of taxpayer money!The fund tops at $750,000 annually. The number of documented coyotes slaughtered since 2012 is an annual average of 14,892, for a total of 74,460 harvested as of 2017. The majority of Utah taxpayers abhor this slaughter of wildlife, yet it continues.Coyotes ar
  
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• Letter: Lagoon and other private zoos are cruel to animals

  14-07-2018 15:00
  There was a time in our country when cruelty to animals by their owners was an accepted right, under the notion that animals were property and their owners could do with them as they willed. Thankfully, in our more enlightened age, deliberate cruelty to animals has been criminalized and such cases tend to draw public outrage.How, then, are we to view the apparent “right” of private zoos like that at Lagoon to keep large wild animals like lions, tigers, kangaroos, etc., in tiny, concr
  
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• Letter: It’s past time to end bounty kills in Utah

  14-07-2018 15:00
  Thank you for your coverage and editorial regarding the felony fraud investigation associated with the DWR coyote bounty, under the guise of mule deer protection. You are correct that the “science” has been suspect.It amazes me that we are appalled by rhino, elephant and gorilla poaching and lion trophy hunting in Africa but have Utah state employees who continue to rationalize bounty hunting on coyotes, cougars and bobcats. None of these animals are being killed for meat or clothing
  
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• Letter: By supporting Trump, Utahns will get the government we deserve

  14-07-2018 15:00
  How does Donald Trump continue to have support of 40 percent nationally and even a higher rating in Utah? Hardly a day goes by without a scandal, and many days have multiple embarrassments. Most of his supporters are people who are either anti-gun restrictions, anti-women’s rights, anti-immigration, anti-civil rights, anti-gay, anti-NATO, anti-free press, or anti-elitist. And of course anti-Obama. What these various antis have in common is they are all anti-government. These Trumpers hate
  
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• Holly Richardson: Magicican helps restore hope when it’s been stolen violently

  14-07-2018 15:00
  Fleeing violence, Bifituu Kadir came to the United States as a refugee from Ethiopia in 2015. Her husband is a refugee in Turkey, unable to yet join his wife. She was resettled in Boise, Idaho, in an apartment complex that housed many other refugees, including those from Somalia, Iraq and Syria. Her world revolved around her young daughter, Ruya, a cute little girl with a big smile who loved pink and purple.At Ruya’s third birthday party on June 30, 30-year-old Timmy Kinner stabbed her two
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - REPORT: Georges Niang signs with the Utah Jazz

  14-07-2018 06:49 via sportspyder.com
  ... signed by the Utah Jazz. Forward Georges Niang has agreed to a multiyear deal with the Utah Jazz, le ...
  
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• Consolation play ends NBA Summer League for losers’ bracket

  14-07-2018 06:47
  Las Vegas • Trips to Las Vegas feel better when they end on a win.The consolation round of the NBA Summer League gave teams a chance to experience that Friday. They had already been eliminated from the chance to win the tournament championship, but at least some can head to the airport on a high note.Many of the top performers on the teams who played Friday were already done for the week, sitting out the games so as not to risk injuries.The winners’ bracket of the tournament resumes w
  
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• Locals in NBA Summer League: Kyle Collinsworth, Tyler Rawson, C.J. Wilcox get significant minutes Friday

  14-07-2018 06:37
  At least in terms of playing time, it was a good day for locals at the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas on Friday.Playing in their final contests in Sin City, former American Fork, Salt Lake Community College and University of Utah big man Tyler Rawson, former Pleasant Grove guard C.J. Wilcox and former BYU star Kyle Collinsworth all played at least 17 minutes for their respective squads.Rawson played a team-high 30 minutes for the Orlando Magic, which was the only one of the three to lose Friday,
  
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• 10 months after baby’s birth, Serena Williams in Wimbledon final vs. Angelique Kerber

  14-07-2018 06:02
  London • Serena Williams has been saying it over and over and over: Wimbledon is only her fourth tournament since returning to the tour after having a baby.“Every time I go out there, I want to, I guess, take a giant step forward,” she said. “Keep taking giant steps, but keep improving.”Williams played a total of seven matches in 2018 before arriving at the All England Club, and she’ll be playing her seventh match in the last two weeks when she meets 11th-seede
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Could Georges Niang become the next Royce O’Neale?

  14-07-2018 04:08 via sportspyder.com
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• Utah Jazz: Could Georges Niang become the next Royce O’Neale?

  14-07-2018 03:54
  Now that Georges Niang is officially a part of the Utah Jazz roster, it will be exciting to see if he can follow in the footsteps of last year’s diamond in the rough Royce O’Neale. A number of reports indicated on Friday evening that the Utah Jazz have officially signed G-League and Summer League standout […]
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz agree to multiyear deal with Georges Niang

  14-07-2018 03:45 via sportspyder.com
  ... st but was waived shortly after. He found his way back into the NBA when the Jazz inked him to a two-way deal back in January. He only played in nine games fo ...
  
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• Former BYU golfer Patrick Fishburn makes the cut at Web.com Tour’s Utah Championship, but trails leader by 9

  14-07-2018 03:28
  Farmington • Patrick Fishburn probably isn’t going to win the first-place check of $126,000 at the Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank, the Web.com Tour event that is being contested at Oakridge Country Club this week.But the former BYU golfer, who turned professional a few months ago, is going to win a decent pile of cash — something that didn’t happen the last time he won a tournament in the state of Utah.Fishburn won the 2017 Utah Open by nine shots at Riverside C
  
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