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• Biskupski, McAdams join national mayors to urge action as Utah sees worst growth in backlog of U.S. citizenship applications

  30-07-2018 23:44
  Last year, Utah’s backlog of legal immigrants who are awaiting approval of U.S. citizenship applications grew faster than in any other state.So Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski and Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams joined a group of 45 mayors and county executives nationally to ask federal officials Monday to “take aggressive steps to reduce the waiting time” — which now takes up to 20 months.“This alarming backlog means that many in our community who started
  
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• [NBA] - Utah Jazz Announce Basketball Staff Addition

  30-07-2018 23:33 via sportspyder.com
  ... coach Posted: Jul 30, 2018 The Utah Jazz announced today that the team has hired Fotis Katsikaris as an assistant coa ...
  
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• We’ve added Fotis Katsikaris as an assistant coach. Katsikaris is the first-ever native Greek NBA assistant coach… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-07-2018 23:29 via twitter.com
  We’ve added Fotis Katsikaris as an assistant coach. Katsikaris is the first-ever native Greek NBA assistant coach… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Bonneville plays tough in first round of Women’s State Amateur

  30-07-2018 23:27
  Bonneville Golf Course proved to be difficult Monday for the golfers in the 112th Women’s State Amateur, with only Xena Motes managing to match the par of 72 in the first round.Only six players broke 80 on the 6,263-yard layout, while anyone shooting 81 or better remained in decent shape to qualify for match play. After Tuesday's second round, the starting field of 53 will be reduced to 16.Four-time champion Kelsey Chugg is in excellent position to advance, standing fifth with a 76 after b
  
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• Confusion over gender-inclusive restrooms at the LoveLoud Festival led some LGBTQ groups to leave the event early

  30-07-2018 23:16
  She just wanted to use the restroom before a celebrity meet-and-greet at Saturday’s LoveLoud Festival.But Bobbee Trans Mooremon had a hard time finding a gender-inclusive one. The transgender woman, who is disabled and uses a walker, was told by a festival staffer to go to a nearby men’s restroom.Mooremon, who was volunteering with the nonprofit QueerMeals, had been told all of the facilities at the University of Utah’s Rice-Eccles Stadium would be gender-inclusive for the even
  
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• Utah lawmaker asks for fewer opinions about the environment and pollution at inaugural inland port authority meeting

  30-07-2018 23:13
  Members of the public were pleasantly surprised Monday when the newly-elected chairman of the Utah Inland Port Authority, Derek Miller, opened the board’s inaugural meeting up for comment.Representatives from the Wasatch Clean Air Coalition, Westside Coalition, Heal Utah and Breathe Utah each took a turn at the microphone, introducing themselves and their organizations, thanking Miller for the unexpected opportunity to speak and expressing general encouragement that the development of an i
  
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• I-80 in Parleys Canyon to close two nights this week — to build Utah’s first-ever bridge just for wildlife

  30-07-2018 22:55
  Imagine 106 fatal accidents in two years along one short stretch of freeway — and the public howl that might result to demand improvements.Actually, that occurred the past two years around Parleys Summit on Interstate 80, but the fatalities were wildlife: 98 deer, three moose, two raccoons, two elk and a cougar all struck and killed by vehicles.The continuing roadkill there in recent years did spur a public call for improvements — and the Utah Department of Transportation is respondi
  
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• Air marshals have conducted secret in-flight monitoring of U.S. passengers for years

  30-07-2018 22:35
  Federal air marshals have for years been quietly monitoring small numbers of U.S. air passengers and reporting on in-flight behavior considered suspicious, even if those individuals have no known terrorism links, the Transportation Security Administration said on Sunday.Under a sensitive, previously undisclosed program called "Quiet Skies," the TSA has since 2010 tasked marshals to identify passengers who raise flags because of travel histories or other factors and conduct secret observations of
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - After a worldwide tour, Jazz star Donovan Mitchell is back home and ready to work

  30-07-2018 22:31 via sportspyder.com
  ... n. After they shot the commercial, Harden worked out with Mitchell alongside Jazz assistant coach Johnnie Bryant. And after spending Pioneer Day in Utah, Mitc ...
  
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• Utah Inland Port Authority formally launches with Derek Miller as chairman and James Rogers, vice-chairman

  30-07-2018 22:23
  The board of directors of a planned international trade hub in Salt Lake City elected Salt Lake Chamber president Derek Miller as its chairman Monday, with Salt Lake City Councilman James Rogers as vice-chairman.Miller and Rogers were elected unanimously by the board, which formally convened for the first time Monday after an attempt to seat the board last month stalled amid procedural and conflict-of-interest concerns.Following his election, Miller remarked that the board had answered three out
  
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• “Maybe we’ll kill it:” This Utah police station is taking in strays after an ongoing battle with the local animal shelter

  30-07-2018 22:19
  Logan • Police are setting up kennels at a northern Utah police station for stray animals after a split with the local Humane Society left the city of Logan without an animal shelter.The rift that started over impounding and boarding fees has grown increasingly fraught, and Police Chief Gary Jensen told the Herald Journal newspaper the shelter has changed its locks."If you call us and you have a vicious dog, will we come and get it? Yeah," Jensen said. "I'm not quite sure what we'll do with
  
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• Prosecutor: Minneapolis cops justified in shooting black man

  30-07-2018 22:09
  Minneapolis • Two Minneapolis police officers who shot and killed a black man were justified in using deadly force, a prosecutor announced Monday, saying the man was fleeing police and had turned toward them with a loaded gun before he was shot.Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said Thurman Blevins had refused commands to stop and show his hands, and was clearly a danger to the officers and community."The decision to use deadly force against Mr. Blevins under those circumstances was aut
  
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• CBS could face turmoil amid Moonves harassment inquiry

  30-07-2018 22:05
  New York • CBS faces major challenges if CEO Les Moonves is sidelined while the CBS board investigates sexual harassment allegations against him.According to multiple reports, the board is meeting today to consider the scope of its inquiry. Some directors have also suggested suspending Moonves while the probe is underway, these reports state.On Friday a New Yorker article quoted six women spanning three decades accusing Moonves of sexual harassing them. CBS issued a statement even before th
  
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• Number of people ordered to flee California fires hits 15K

  30-07-2018 21:59
  Redding, Calif. • The number of people ordered to flee from two Northern California wildfires swelled Monday to 15,000 as the flames rolled toward several small lake towns, and firefighters were hopeful that the state’s largest and deadliest blaze of the year was slowing down after days of explosive growth.The twin fires in Mendocino and Lake counties flared up late Sunday, forcing the new evacuations from the 4,700-resident town of Lakeport and other communities near Clear Lake, abou
  
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• Unified Police Department says it will become more open in the wake of an audit, but defends officer moonlighting

  30-07-2018 21:09
  The Unified Police Department will end its practice of withholding the names and genders of all officers from the state’s transparency website on security grounds and will begin disclosing the identities of those who are not working undercover or likely to do so soon.The UPD board also is taking steps to make more information public about its own members and activities by posting on its website the board minutes, meeting recordings and board contact information.Additionally, the UPD has pl
  
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• Utes get a big commitment from Pleasant Grove’s 7-3 Matt Van Komen

  30-07-2018 21:01
  Matt Van Komen's first scholarship offer came as he prepared to rebound a free throw. Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak called out to him during a summer basketball game in Las Vegas, prior to the 7-foot-3 center's sophomore year at Pleasant Grove High School.“He just stood up on the baseline and offered him,” Van Komen's father, Troy, marveled. “Who does that?”Van Komen never forgot that gesture, having cited it as the first moment he thought playing college basketball was a
  
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• Utah’s growing population could threaten its massive cherry production

  30-07-2018 21:00
  Santaquin • Harvesting Utah’s tart cherry crop — the second largest in the country — is part physics, part mechanical ingenuity and a lot of wow.It happens like this: Two large pieces of farm equipment sidle up on either side of a tree laden with cherries.The driver of the first vehicle — a hydraulic shaker — pushes a button and rattles the tree trunk loosening about 130 pounds of cherries from the branches and creating a mini-red rainstorm.The catch frame on t
  
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• BYU assistant coach Ed Lamb says soph Joe Critchlow is strong candidate to be starting QB; junior Beau Hoge may switch positions

  30-07-2018 20:46
  BYU football coaches agree that keeping opening-game opponent Arizona in the dark regarding which of four candidates will be the Cougars’ starting quarterback on Sept. 1 in Tucson has some strategic value.But it doesn’t appear that little bit of potential gamesmanship is going to keep them from picking — and announcing — a starter as soon as possible. In fact, the choice could be made much sooner than almost anyone suspects, if Assistant Head Coach Ed Lamb’s comment
  
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• Utah Inland Port Authority formally launches with Derek Miller as chairman and James Rogers, vice-chair

  30-07-2018 20:04
  The board of directors of a planned international trade hub in Salt Lake City elected Salt Lake Chamber president Derek Miller as its chairman Monday, with Salt Lake City Councilman James Rogers as vice-chairman.Miller and Rogers were elected unanimously by the board, which formally convened for the first time Monday after an attempt to seat the board last month stalled amid procedural and conflict-of-interest concerns.Following his election, Miller remarked that the board had answered three out
  
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• Kragthorpe: Baseball is more fun in the low minors, as a visit to Ogden‘s Lindquist Field confirms

  30-07-2018 19:56
  OgdenSo I'm standing with my forearms atop the fence, less than 20 feet from the first-base coach, and wondering how to capture the atmosphere of Lindquist Field. And then a dinosaur waddles beside me.The Ogden Raptors' venue is not quite a throwback to the Mesozoic Era in Utah, or even to the late 1960s, when future legends of the Los Angeles Dodgers roamed Ogden. But the ballpark that helped revitalize Ogden's historic downtown certainly has an old-time, unpretentious look and feel, with an ab
  
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• Australian archbishop convicted of sex abuse cover-up resigns

  30-07-2018 19:42
  Vatican City • Pope Francis on Monday accepted the resignation of an Australian archbishop convicted in criminal court of covering up the sexual abuse of children by a priest, taking action after coming under mounting pressure from ordinary Catholics, priests and even the Australian prime minister.It was the second major announcement of a sex abuse-related resignation in as many days, after Francis’ dramatic sanctioning and demotion this weekend of a prominent U.S. cardinal. The move
  
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  30-07-2018 18:03 via twitter.com
  
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• Two fires combine to threaten residents of Grouse Creek in Box Elder County

  30-07-2018 17:58
  Fire continued to threaten the ranching community of Grouse Creek in Box Elder County as two wildfires combined to create a single blaze that has burned more than 100,000 in Utah and Nevada.According to Chief Deputy Dale Ward of the Box Elder County Sheriff’s department, residents in the Grouse Creek area were ordered to evacuate on Sunday, “but then they got a few things under control and allowed them to stay in their homes. But they’ve been told to be ready to evacuate if nec
  
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• Under Trump, more than a half-million Utah acres will be auctioned for oil, gas leasing; that’s more than the sale DeChristopher monkey-wrenched

  30-07-2018 16:46
  The Trump administration’s vision of American “energy dominance” is taking shape across the West, and, for Utah, that means a return to oil and gas leasing in places valued for wildlife habitat, recreation and artifacts — along with new limits on public participation in decision making in the name of “streamlining” the approval process.Later this year, the Bureau of Land Management’s Utah office intends to embark on two of its largest lease offerings in
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Trump tax cuts paying off for executives in ‘eye-popping’ stock sell-offs

  30-07-2018 16:24
  U.S. public companies have announced more than $600 billion in stock buybacks, leading to big payouts for CEOs. Outgoing Sen. Orrin Hatch intends to have a role in what may be his final Supreme Court confirmation fight. Utah members of Congress are avoiding town hall meetings for the most part.Happy Monday! The Trump tax cuts have worked wonders for the bottom lines of Fortune 500 companies — and their executives. So far this year, public companies have announced more than $600 billion in
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Morning links: Utah Jazz ranked after free agency; Matt Wells talks about his basketball ban

  30-07-2018 16:00 via sportspyder.com
  ...of the Thunder, Lakers, Pelicans, Nuggets, Spurs and Blazers. “The Jazz spent their offseason holding on to their own free agents and watching their ...
  
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• Morning links: Utah Jazz ranked after free agency; Matt Wells talks about his basketball ban

  30-07-2018 15:53
  With all the big free agency moves complete, several outlets have taken a fresh look at the NBA landscape. Here's how the Utah Jazz measure up against the competition:• ESPN has the Jazz as the seventh-best team in the league behind the Warriors, Celtics, Rockets, Sixers, Raptors and Thunder."The Jazz can rely on one of the most coveted words in the NBA: continuity. Get everyone healthy, let the youngsters spend the summer getting better and roll into the season as a true Western Conference
  
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• Ex-LDS bishop starts hunger strike to protest ‘worthiness’ interviews; church responds

  30-07-2018 15:44
  Sam Young is a former bishop with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is also the founder of a group that calls itself “Protect LDS Children.”FOX 13 News reported that Young and members of the group started a hunger strike in hopes of influencing the LDS Church to stop allowing bishops to do one-on-one interviews with minors to determine their “worthiness.”Church leaders counsel youth and often conduct a series of interviews, which Young and many other for
  
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• Missing Utah boy found unharmed in Wyoming

  30-07-2018 15:33
  A missing Utah boy who became separated from his Boy Scout group in the backcountry of western Wyoming has been found unharmed.Garrett Hunter, 13, of Draper, who has autism, went missing on Saturday morning somewhere between 1,000 Island Lake and Mary’s Lake. He was found in good condition on Sunday night, according to the Sublette County Sheriff’s Office.Volunteers planned to hike out with the boy on Monday morning.
  
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• David Von Drehle: Trump fits perfectly in the digital age

  30-07-2018 15:29
  Donald Trump is the first digital age president — not chronologically, of course, but in terms of fluency. It's a strange thing to say about a man in his 70s who has never shown much interest in Silicon Valley, much less created a single line of code that we know of. He plays golf, not Fortnite, and may have been born wearing a necktie.Whether by instinct or by analysis (and this is one of the great polarizing mysteries of Trump), this president behaves in ways that acknowledge and exploit
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - 2018 Utah Jazz Preseason: Previewing Utah’s NBA and NBL opponents

  30-07-2018 15:26 via sportspyder.com
  ... Defensive Player of the Year. While that statement will certainly cause many Jazz fans to perk up, this Australian league DPOY doesn’t patrol the pain, he sec ...
  
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• Ishaan Tharoor: Which Europe does Trump want?

  30-07-2018 15:26
  Consider it detente. The United States and the European Union, seemingly at the brink of a trade war until Wednesday, managed to calm things down after a meeting between President Donald Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. At a joint news conference in the White House's Rose Garden that afternoon, Trump and Juncker announced plans to de-escalate the crisis that was sparked by Trump's decision this year to slap tariffs on aluminum and steel exports from the E.U. The two a
  
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• Commentary: Something stinks in Utah. It’s our congressmen.

  30-07-2018 15:20
  Something in in the air stinks. No, it’s not the delightful scent with overtones of boiled egg wafting in from the great Salt Lake, nor is it our EPA-rated-dangerous air. It’s an odd scent, one that people on the political left in Utah are familiar with and have come to recognize as omnipresent. That smell is the purposeful obtuseness, likely motivated for partisan reasons, of some Utah elected officials who are unwilling to publicly address the obvious counterarguments to their narr
  
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• E.J. Dionne: Putin, Trump and the Reactionary International

  30-07-2018 15:19
  Washington • The links among Vladimir Putin, President Trump and segments of both the Republican Party and the American conservative movement seem bizarre. How can this be, given the Russian president’s KGB pedigree and a Cold War history during which antipathy toward the Soviet Union held the right together?In truth, there is nothing illogical about the ideological collusion that is shaking our political system. If the old Soviet Union was the linchpin of the Communist International,
  
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• Trump’s drive for ‘energy dominance’ brings more Utah oil, gas leasing to more places that more people don’t want it

  30-07-2018 15:15
  The Trump administration’s vision of American “energy dominance” is taking shape across the West, and, for Utah, that means a return to oil and gas leasing in places valued for wildlife habitat, recreation and artifacts — along with new limits on public participation in decision making in the name of “streamlining” the approval process.Later this year, the Bureau of Land Management’s Utah office intends to embark on two of its largest lease offerings in
  
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• Tart cherry farmers in Utah are finding sweet success even though birds, bugs, housing development and foreign imports can sometimes be the pits

  30-07-2018 15:11
  Santaquin • Harvesting Utah’s tart cherry crop — the second largest in the country — is part physics, part mechanical ingenuity and a lot of wow.It happens like this: Two large pieces of farm equipment sidle up on either side of a tree laden with cherries.The driver of the first vehicle — a hydraulic shaker — pushes a button and rattles the tree trunk loosening about 130 pounds of cherries from the branches and creating a mini-red rainstorm.The catch frame on t
  
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• Letter: While we’re fixing Utah roads, I have one for the list

  30-07-2018 15:00
  I am one of those people who love to camp in public lands, so I have not appreciated Rep. Mike Noel’s efforts to take public lands away from the public over the years, but I have to say I am glad he sponsored SB2004, which will provide funds for counties to maintain more existing roads in public lands. I hope that one of the roads on the list is the one we use in the edge of the San Rafael Swell, north of Goblin Valley, which has much deteriorated in recent years.Fred Ash, Sandy
  
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• Letter: Utah schools need more mental health professionals

  30-07-2018 15:00
  I read about the Jordan School Board’s decision to hire a psychologist per elementary school in response to the suicides and in recognition of the tremendous stresses that involve our students. Bravo to the school board for this forward thinking! I would also point out that psychologists in the schools are generally used for testing and limited counseling. Mental health counselors are great at counseling and working with groups to improve mental health and to be alert to individuals in cri
  
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• Letter: Questions must be answered before Utah goes nuclear

  30-07-2018 15:00
  I read with interest your July 25 article "The first small nuclear modular reactor in the country may be coming soon." Unfortunately, this NuScale reactor system is being presented as if its design is fully tested and will be ready to produce power by 2026. The NuScale design being developed on behalf of Utah municipal utilities is a radically new, experimental reactor system that has never been built anywhere. With the bankruptcy of Westinghouse due to new reactor construction last year and the
  
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• Letter: How to solve the Salt Lake airport’s short-term parking problems

  30-07-2018 15:00
  I was delighted to read Lydia R. Berggren's letter ("Missionaries clog airport," July 24) regarding those who like to turn a flight arrival into a social event, but I would like to add concerns and possible solutions that could possibly maintain the integrity of the short-term parking facility.Hourly parking, after the first 90 minutes, should charge $8 an hour. (For those who can't accurately access arrival and departure times, use the economy lot.) For all-day users, raise the daily maximum to
  
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• Letter: All Salt Lakers should be grateful for exceptional firefighters

  30-07-2018 15:00
  July 24 was a very scary day for many in Salt Lake City as flames, smoke and drifting ash erupted from the hillside above the state Capitol, climbing rapidly in wind-fanned fury. My wife described her fear watching flames shoot higher and higher, racing toward the many homes spread around the conflagration. She feared the first firefighters on the scene would be overwhelmed by the magnitude of the blaze, but hopeful as she watched them take up positions, get their equipment deployed and begin to
  
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• Gehrke: How a changing Utah population may lead to a more politically balanced state

  30-07-2018 15:00
  What might it take for Utah to change from a solidly red state politically to a more purplish hue? Perhaps it’s just a matter of time.We all know Utah’s population has been exploding. It was the fastest-growing state in 2016 and has been among the fastest growing states for decades. Between 2000 and 2010, just two states — Nevada and Arizona — saw more growth.But dig deeper into those trends and forecast what they mean for our future, and you’ll see a strikingly dif
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Where will Grayson Allen fit into the Utah Jazz rotation?

  30-07-2018 14:17 via sportspyder.com
  ... g scorers. Russ Isabella-USA TODAY Sports : O’neale became a big part of the Jazz rotation at the end of last season and the playoffs. When missed games, O’ne ...
  
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• Atlanta Braves pitcher Sean Newcomb nearly throws no-hitter, then apologizes for tweets

  30-07-2018 04:56
  Atlanta • Sean Newcomb thought his near no-hitter would be the story of the day.Then he picked up his phone.Newcomb said he had forgotten about racist, homophobic and sexist tweets he sent as a teenager, but was quickly reminded a few minutes after speaking with the media about the Atlanta Braves’ 4-1 win Sunday over the Los Angeles Dodgers.After seeing that he had been called out, the 25-year-old Newcomb said it was his idea to bring reporters back to the clubhouse so he could addres
  
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• Welshman Geraint Thomas completes his rise from support rider to Tour de France champion

  30-07-2018 02:57
  Paris • The spits and the jeers. The eggs thrown at team cars. The attempts to unbalance riders while riding up the most grueling climbs.Geraint Thomas never flinched at whatever fans — or his rivals — threw at him or Team Sky.The Welsh rider was the steadiest rider from the start, the strongest in the Alps and the Pyrenees. On Sunday he concluded his transformation from a support rider into a champion of cycling’s biggest race by claiming his first Tour de France title.&l
  
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• Ex-LDS bishop starts hunger strike to protest ‘worthiness’ interviews

  30-07-2018 02:49
  Sam Young is a former bishop with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is also the founder of a group that calls itself “Protect LDS Children.”FOX 13 News reported that Young and members of the group started a hunger strike in hopes of influencing the LDS Church to stop allowing bishops to do one-on-one interviews with minors to determine their “worthiness.”Church leaders counsel youth and often conduct a series of interviews, which Young and many other for
  
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• Kyle Busch wins at Pocono for his sixth NASCAR Cup series victory of the season

  30-07-2018 02:20
  Long Pond, Pa. • Kyle Busch and his Joe Gibbs Racing team were in sync everywhere on the track but victory lane. When it was time to snap photos of the winners, some members flashed one finger, others held up six.Yes, that’s one for the win at Pocono Raceway and six for the total this season.Busch then heard his name shouted from the top of the Richard Petty 200 Victory Circle. He craned his neck toward the section where the words were flanked by two images of Petty in his feathered S
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah Jazz’s Ekpe Udoh will continue to “stay ready” as he prepares for next season

  30-07-2018 01:49 via sportspyder.com
  ... new that I still had to go to work.” So, for what basketball reasons did the Jazz bring Udoh back? The answers are simple, if yet complex. Udoh wasn’t a scori ...
  
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• Utah Jazz’s Ekpe Udoh will continue to “stay ready” as he prepares for next season

  30-07-2018 01:39
  Ekpe Udoh stayed ready. By the end of last season, “stay ready” had become a mantra of sorts for a faction of the Utah Jazz bench. With as much depth as the Jazz boasted, there simply wasn’t enough playing time to go around among some guys who were a part of the rotation in the beginning of the season. Udoh was one of those guys. So were Alec Burks, Raul Neto and Jonas Jerebko. Udoh didn’t know if or when he was going to play from game-to-game. But his professionalism, hi
  
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