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• 30 years later, Barry Sanders reflects on his Heisman season

  28-08-2018 23:58
  Stillwater, Okla. • It took Barry Sanders four games to figure out how special his 1988 season at Oklahoma State might be.Returning the season’s opening kickoff for a touchdown against Miami (Ohio) didn’t do it for him. Neither did his dominance of Texas A&M or his 304 yards and five touchdowns rushing against Tulsa.It started becoming real for him during a masterful performance at Colorado. The Buffaloes were on the rise with a defense that included future NFL players Kanav
  
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• A Utah teen admitted he attacked and raped a jogger earlier this year. Now, he’ll face an adult prison sentence.

  28-08-2018 23:55
  A Utah teenager admitted Tuesday that he attacked and raped a woman who was jogging on a Sandy trail earlier this year.Rainie’r Craig Peterson, 16, pleaded guilty to charges in both juvenile and adult court, admitting he grabbed and assaulted a 50-year-old woman as she ran alongside the TRAX line near Sandy on March 19.As part of a plea deal, he admitted to a charge of aggravated kidnapping in juvenile court Tuesday morning. Later, he went before another judge and pleaded guilty as an adul
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Donovan Mitchell’s cryptic tweet about Adidas

  28-08-2018 23:45 via sportspyder.com
  ...Adidas may have struck gold when they inked him to an endorsement deal. The Jazz guard is one of the most likable players in the game, with limitless potenti ...
  
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  28-08-2018 22:49 via twitter.com
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• Utah defendants in alleged Kingston Group fraud were tipped off to 2016 federal raid, paid bribes, were on way to Turkey, prosecutors say

  28-08-2018 22:43
  The defendants accused of a $511 million fraud destroyed evidence in anticipation of a 2016 raid on a home and businesses with ties to a polygamous sect, prosecutors said in court papers unsealed Tuesday.That raid by FBI and IRS agents targeted homes and offices of Kingston Group members. Federal prosecutors wrote that bookshelves had been emptied and computer hard drives had been wiped before agents arrived.“The investigation has not revealed how the defendants learned that the government
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Tales of Tag: Ice, Expletives and More First-Hand Anecdotes Involving Double-Zero

  28-08-2018 22:43 via sportspyder.com
  ... vorite candies — to the game on the night Ostertag’s turned 33. So after the Jazz knocked off the visiting Magic, a good-natured Ostertag used those giant mit ...
  
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• Utah Supreme Court will consider whether BYU’s Police Department should be subject to open-records laws

  28-08-2018 22:32
  Utah’s highest court will soon consider the question of whether Brigham Young University’s Police Department should have to comply with the state’s open-records laws.The Utah Supreme Court will hear the appeal filed by BYU lawyers earlier this month after a 3rd District judge ruled that the private university’s police force is a governmental entity that has to follow the same rules for transparency as other police departments across the state.The ruling comes in a 2016 la
  
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• Fake news? No, but Ben McAdams campaign says a fake reporter likely had ties to Mia Love campaign. Love camp denies it.

  28-08-2018 22:27
  Call it a different kind of fake news.The congressional campaign of Democratic Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams says a young woman falsely claiming to be a BuzzFeed reporter attended a July news conference and asked a question that might assist GOP attacks on him.Shannon Havlicak Grondel acknowledges she is not a reporter but says she did not claim to be. She said a McAdams volunteer asked where her work may be used, and she said the BuzzFeed Community platform — where rules allow the pu
  
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• Utah firefighter adopts dog he found near California fire

  28-08-2018 22:03
  Salt Lake City • A Utah firefighter whose department is still reeling from the death of one of their own during California’s largest wildfire is starting a new chapter with a dog he found near the same fire.Draper firefighter Patrick Cullen said Monday he never forgot the exhausted, thirsty German Shepherd who emerged from the wilderness in Northern California earlier this month.Cullen had to leave the dog behind so he could fight the fire but eventually found him again at the Mendoci
  
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• Catherine Rampell: Has Trump really ended NAFTA? Not just yet.

  28-08-2018 21:58
  President Trump announced Monday that he’s “terminating” the North American Free Trade Agreement, and boasted that he and Mexico just struck “maybe the largest trade deal ever made.”Actually: Trump can’t unilaterally kill NAFTA; this is only a possible step toward any new trade deal involving Mexico; it’s probably not a good step; and it may not actually lead to any new deal at all.In other words, it's precisely the puffery we've come to expect from a pr
  
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• Dana Milbank: In death, as in life, McCain has a way of bringing out the loons.

  28-08-2018 21:57
  Washington • President Trump displayed his innate grace and decency Saturday by spiking a White House statement honoring the late Sen. John McCain’s life. Monday morning, the flag over the White House was (until criticism poured in) back to full staff, six days before protocol says it should have been.Even for Trump, this seemed churlish. Unless there is another explanation: John McCain is not dead.When McCain's family put out the news Friday that he had discontinued treatment for his
  
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• Who says players have all the fun? #NationalBowtieDay https://t.co/9CEsVe2LTr

  28-08-2018 21:14 via twitter.com
  
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• Monson: Here’s the big secret to Utah football’s big success

  28-08-2018 20:42
  The secret to Utah football’s success this season is no secret at all.Everyone on the team knows exactly what it is and why it is and how it is.It’s the major component that makes good teams great.In its absence, good teams are made disappointing.And it applies perfectly for the Utes’ opener on Thursday night against Weber State. Thereafter, it fits from start to finish in a Pac-12 schedule that includes lesser teams and better ones. It also applies to games against opponents s
  
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• Algae and toxins found in the Jordan River; Utah authorities say people and pets should stay out of the water

  28-08-2018 20:36
  People should stay out of the Jordan River and keep their dogs from swimming in or drinking the water, the Utah Department of Environmental Quality is warning, because of an outbreak of the algae-related toxin cyanobacteria.The DEQ announced Tuesday that low levels of anatoxin-a, a toxin produced by growth of blue-green algae, have been detected at three recreation areas along the Jordan River and its tributaries:• Jordan Narrows, north of Lehi’s Thanksgiving Point.• Blackridge R
  
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• Rock On: Mailman taking new route; Kyle Whittingham still underrated

  28-08-2018 20:30
  NOT BLOWING SMOKEDonovan Mitchell is rumored to have a signature shoe in the works. Cool for him.But the Mailman has something truly unique on the market.La Aurora recently introduced Barrel Aged by Karl Malone cigars. Karlmalonecigars.com says the tobacco is aged six years in bulk, six months in rum barrels and placed in an aging room for three months.Incidentally, the Mailman played until he was 41.That's what you call quality aging.CASH FLOW ON GOAn anonymous panel of coaches polled by CBS.co
  
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• When it comes to generating offense, the Jazz depend on execution, not shotmaking, as their biggest weapon

  28-08-2018 20:28
  More than any other contending team in the NBA, the Jazz need their players to be open to be efficient offensively.Think about their Western Conference competition. How many players do they have that can make tough shots? Golden State has five All-Stars now, three of whom are among the 10 best shot-makers ever. Houston has an all-time backcourt with James Harden and Chris Paul, and Portland has a very talented one with Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum. Oklahoma City has their elite pair, too: Ru
  
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• Worker found electrocuted at Utah state archives building

  28-08-2018 20:15
  A 33-year-old man who was reported missing after not coming home from work Monday was found dead Tuesday morning at the Utah state archives building.The man was working in a lightly trafficked area on the first floor of the Utah State Archives and Records Service building, 346 S. Rio Grande St., on Monday when he was electrocuted, Salt Lake City police Sgt. Brandon Shearer said. Police haven’t released the man’s name.While other workers were in the building at the time, none of them
  
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• Utah has cornered the market on Thursday night season openers, but that will change next year with a trip to BYU

  28-08-2018 20:04
  Kyle Whittingham, the state of Utah’s highest-paid public employee, reports to work whenever he’s told to be there. Traditionally, that includes the Thursday evening prior to Labor Day.No questions asked.That was the case until this week, anyway, when Whittingham suddenly wondered why his Utah football team has staged Thursday games 10 years in a row. During his weekly news conference Monday, Whittingham interrupted his own answer about the Utes' recent history of openers by saying,
  
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• Shooting suspect was able to buy guns despite mental illness

  28-08-2018 20:02
  Baltimore • Even though the suspect in a shooting at a Florida video game tournament had been hospitalized for mental illness, authorities say he was able to legally purchase the two handguns he was carrying at the time of the attack.David Katz had a 9mm handgun and .45-caliber handgun when he opened fire Sunday at a gaming bar inside a collection of restaurants and shops in Jacksonville. He killed two people and wounded 10 others before fatally shooting himself during the "Madden NFL 19" t
  
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• Fall, is it really you?! Jazz Basketball is 50 days away 🙏 AND Pumpkin Spice Lattes are back. Drink up!… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-08-2018 19:08 via twitter.com
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• Navajos to narrow record list of 18 presidential candidates

  28-08-2018 19:05
  Flagstaff, Ariz. • Voters on the country’s largest American Indian reservation are headed to the polls to narrow a record field of 18 candidates for Navajo Nation president.More than 93,000 Navajos are registered to vote in Tuesday's primary. The top two candidates move on to the November general election.Candidates have spent the last couple of days campaigning on the radio, in tribal communities and on social media. The field includes seasoned politicians who tout experience and new
  
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• Trial date set for Utah man accused of filming teen’s suicide

  28-08-2018 19:00
  A judge has set a trial date for a Utah man accused of encouraging a high school friend to hang herself and filming the act.Court records show 19-year-old Tyerell Przybycien is set to go on trial for murder starting Dec. 5.Prosecutors say he was fascinated with death and told a friend that helping her would be “like getting away with murder.”They say Przybycien bought a rope and tied the noose for the 16-year-old girl who hanged herself in Spanish Fork Canyon in May 2017.Defense atto
  
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• Hawaii’s QB stars ready for big season across the South

  28-08-2018 18:54
  Marcus Mariota's emergence as one of the NFL's top young stars helped a lot of people realize a good quarterback can be found in the state of Hawaii.A few years later, it's become obvious the islands have quite a few guys who can spin a football.The 24-year-old Mariota — now entering his fourth season with the Tennessee Titans after winning the Heisman Trophy at Oregon — was the start of a mini-wave of quarterbacks from Hawaii who are now making a name for themselves at the college l
  
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• Tell the Tribune: Are there too many students in your kid’s classroom?

  28-08-2018 18:44
  Utah has long had some of the largest class sizes in the nation, with rooms sometimes bursting with 40 or even 50 students. With school starting this month across the state, we want to hear from parents and teachers who have seen the overcrowding firsthand. Your responses won’t be published without your permission. A reporter from The Salt Lake Tribune might reach out for further comment. window.jQuery || document.write('<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-2.2.3.min.js"><\/scrip
  
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• Pac-12 preview: They never rebuild, but the USC Trojans will only go as far as their freshman QB will take them

  28-08-2018 18:38
  Sam Darnold left USC with two years of eligibility remaining, so JT Daniels graduated from high school a year early.The Trojans' quarterbacking succession plan became accelerated in 2018, another reason USC is the most interesting football team in the Pac-12 South this season. Just like always, in other words.The conference’s defending champions received the endorsement as the South’s top pick from half of the voters in the Pac-12′s official media poll (USC got 22 of 42 first-p
  
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  28-08-2018 18:33 via twitter.com
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• Commentary: Why it’s so hard to hold priests accountable for sex abuse

  28-08-2018 17:41
  A grand jury report recently found shocking levels of child sex abuse in the Catholic Church. It uncovered, in six dioceses, the sexual abuse of over 1,000 children and named 301 perpetrator priests. It also found that religious officials had turned a blind eye to the abuse.In response, Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church, wrote a letter addressed to “the People of God,” saying,“With shame and repentance, we acknowledge as an ecclesial community that we were not whe
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Ricky Rubio and Jae Crowder are winning basketball players

  28-08-2018 17:36 via sportspyder.com
  ...don’t think it’s a coincidence that both of these guys ended up on the Utah Jazz. Utah’s general manager has become really good at identifying talent that fi ...
  
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• With call for Pope Francis to resign, divisions within the Catholic Church explode into view

  28-08-2018 17:17
  Dublin • Pope Francis has long faced criticism from traditionalists — a group that includes academics as well as cardinals — who say the church is too willingly following the whims of the anything-goes modern age.Much of the dissent has remained within the Vatican’s walls as Francis’ opponents worked to stonewall reforms. A few high-ranking church leaders have questioned him publicly about his teachings. But the simmering opposition has suddenly exploded across the C
  
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• [The Big Lead] - The 10 NBA Rookies You Need to Get Excited About For 2018

  28-08-2018 17:04 via sportspyder.com
  ... son McIntyre | 32 minutes ago Follow @jasonrmcintyre 10. Grayson Allen, Utah Jazz He’s on a team that could contend for the WCF, and he’s going to play, too,...
  
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• Attempts to revive the 100-year-old Utah Theater in downtown Salt Lake City aren’t ‘feasible or viable,’ officials say

  28-08-2018 16:54
  Prospects of a comeback for the 100-year-old Utah Theater in downtown Salt Lake City are looking bleak.Almost a year into the latest study of how to revive the dilapidated historic theater on Main Street, city staffers report the concept still faces substantial obstacles over parking and building access — along with a projected funding gap of at least $20 million.The city’s Redevelopment Agency (RDA) bought the theater and a nearby retail space in 2010 and has been in exclusive talks
  
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• She oversaw the push to shrink two Utah national monuments. Now, she’s going to work for one of the world’s largest oil and gas companies.

  28-08-2018 16:34
  A Department of Interior official who oversaw last year’s drive to shrink two massive national monuments in Utah has left the department to join BP’s government affairs team, a spokesman for the energy giant confirmed Monday.Former deputy chief of staff Downey Magallanes served as a top adviser to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke from the time he took over the department. Her portfolio included policy as well as operations, which encompassed a push to expand oil, gas and mining producti
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Morning links: Will the Utah Jazz be the 2nd-best team in the West?; Joe Ingles for prime minister?

  28-08-2018 16:34 via sportspyder.com
  ... uld want as prime minister out of Milwaukee Bucks guard Matthew Dellavedova, Jazz forward Joe Ingles and former University of Utah big man Andrew Bogut. Ingle ...
  
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• Morning links: Will the Utah Jazz be the 2nd-best team in the West?; Joe Ingles for prime minister?

  28-08-2018 16:25
  Ever since the Houston Rockets lost Trevor Ariza and Luc Richard Mbah a Moute in free agency in early July, there's been talk that the Utah Jazz could surpass them as the second-best team in the Western Conference next season.The Ringer's D.J. Foster took a deep dive into answering the question of whether the Jazz will do so. Foster explored how Utah had such a strong finish to last season, the plethora of lineup combinations head coach Quin Snyder will have at his disposal and the defensive str
  
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• Political Cornflakes: For U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, all signs point to the emergency exit

  28-08-2018 16:23
  Rumblings of an imminent ouster of Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions are growing deafening. BYU’s top cop is already out, but who knew? And Moab is reeling after a weekend ICE raid that swept up nine employees and scared many more into staying home.Happy Tuesday. As President Trump steps up his attacks on former Alabama senator and current U.S. Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions, Republicans in his home state who have in the past defended him are remaining largely silent. [Politico] And now Jerry Falwell Jr.
  
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• Trump’s economic adviser: ‘We’re taking a look’ at whether Google searches should be regulated

  28-08-2018 16:06
  Washington • The Trump administration is “taking a look” at whether Google searches should be regulated by the government, according to Larry Kudlow, the president’s economic adviser.The announcement puts the search giant squarely in the White House's crosshairs amid a wider series of allegations against the tech industry that it systematically discriminates against conservatives on social media and other platforms.Kudlow's remark to reporters came hours after President Do
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Commentary: Why The Tribune’s ranking of the most influential people in sports in Utah is totally depressing and wrong.

  28-08-2018 15:10 via sportspyder.com
  ... is that there sure are a lot of Tribune sports section writers who watch the Jazz. The top four spots all went to people somehow affiliated with the local bas ...
  
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• Monica Hesse: A woman’s right to be left alone should be inalienable

  28-08-2018 15:00
  A woman I know was 53 years old the last time she rejected a stranger's advances, and it went badly. A man on the New York subway kept asking her out, complimenting her breasts and butt, though he didn't use those words. When she told him she wasn't interested, he pivoted to yelling, "I'm going to f--- you up, you fat bitch," until she asked the other passengers to take out their cellphones and document what was happening. This was just a few days ago.Another woman I know was 15 the first time s
  
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• Letter: Trump’s Space Force is convoluted folly

  28-08-2018 15:00
  The Strategic Defense Initiative (a plan for the militarization of outer space that surfaced during the Ronald Reagan administration) is back in the form of President Donald Trump’s Space Force.According to a Wikipedia article on the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO):“It was set up in 1984 within the United States Department of Defense to oversee development. A wide array of advanced weapon concepts, including lasers, particle beam weapons and ground- and space-based m
  
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• Letter: There is hope for those who have trouble paying for health care

  28-08-2018 15:00
  Reading about the elderly man begging for money to buy insulin left me almost as heartbroken and angry as reading about young men my son’s age dying because they couldn’t afford insulin.My son aged out of our health insurance over a year ago, and he was angry and depressed that his country didn’t value his life because he was unlucky enough to inherit a genetic, insulin-dependent diabetes. No retail job he has ever worked hard at has offered affordable insurance or enough pay t
  
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• Letter: The pope has failed to lead, so he must get out of the way

  28-08-2018 15:00
  In an Aug. 20 Tribune article, David Zubik, bishop of Pittsburgh's Catholic diocese, claimed his office had followed “every single step” regarding the 300 clergy accused in the recent grand jury report. He spoke of an independent board reviewing individual charges deciding whether to submit the information to law enforcement, remove the errant priest or return certain accused individuals “back to the ministry.” Back to the world where their transgressions apparently went
  
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• Letter: Lack of coverage of Transplant Games was shameful

  28-08-2018 15:00
  We have a friend who had a double lung transplant five years ago. He told us about the Transplant Games coming to Salt Lake City Aug. 2-7. We were happy to support the 1,000-plus athletes who attended from all over the world. We watched them compete and loved hearing their inspirational stories.We were disappointed in the lack of coverage by our local sports channels. There was very little coverage of the games as they were happening. The Opening Ceremony at Smith’s baseball park was cover
  
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• Gehrke: In a tumultuous time, the Senate will miss Sen. John McCain’s voice of conscience

  28-08-2018 15:00
  In mid-2003, I’d just sat through a marathon hearing about the latest scandal at the U.S. Olympic Committee — this one over lavish spending — where the chairman, Sen. John McCain, had unloaded on Olympic execs with both barrels.It was trademark McCain.After the hearing, a gaggle of reporters trailed the senator — there were always reporters trailing the senator — with the usual follow-ups. I was in mid-question when his staff tried to end the interview. McCain scowl
  
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• Commentary: Why The Tribune’s ranking of the most influential people in sports in Utah is totally depressing and wrong.

  28-08-2018 15:00
  As a teenager busy participating in sports, I don’t normally take the time to read the sports section (or any section) of the newspaper. I love soccer, Nordic ski racing and track and enjoy backpacking, and alpine skiing. I love to watch ski jumping and all the winter Olympic sports.So I decided to look at the sports section in The Salt Lake Tribune recently, excited to maybe see a recap of a recent sports event I would enjoy — such as the Utah Royals game or the recent national Nord
  
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• Commentary: Why some white Americans see racial equality as oppression

  28-08-2018 15:00
  Protesters may have toppled “Silent Sam,” a Confederate monument at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, last week, but the university has vowed to reinstall it. Two hundred miles north, the figure of Gen. Robert E. Lee still stands tall in Charlottesville, even after its potential removal inspired a deadly march by white nationalists last summer. Debates continue to rage over the Confederate memorials littering the nation’s landscape. Shall we topple, relocate, rep
  
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• Projecting the Top 30 centers for 2018-19

  28-08-2018 10:57
  The center position has seen a major resurgence over recent years, with an abundance of young phenoms joining the ranks to solidify what was becoming a pretty weak spot in the NBA.
  And if anything, the new generation of centers are more versatile than ever before. In 2018, teams expect their centers not just to protect the paint and rebound, but to handle the ball, space the floor and even create looks for teammates. If your big man can’t do at least two of the aforementioned three things,
  
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• Letter: I hope the Utah State Fair’s circus doesn’t include animal abuse

  28-08-2018 08:00
  When I read the Utah State Fair pamphlet, I was very upset to see that an item listed under the “entertainment” column is a circus! I am really hoping that this is not the type of circus that includes tortured, abused animals who have been beaten to learn ridiculous tricks. So many circuses have been shut down because of public outcry, so I am hoping that the fair organizers did not make a terrible mistake by booking this kind of circus. If so, I hope that the protestors are getting
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Three Grayson Allen stats to get excited about

  28-08-2018 07:56 via sportspyder.com
  ... Utah Jazz notes: Ingles’ netball future, Stars drop ’18-19 schedule by Ryan Aston ...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Three Grayson Allen stats to get excited about

  28-08-2018 07:46
  Grayson Allen was a somewhat controversial pick for the Utah Jazz, but a few things about his game make him stand out as an excellent addition. To say that the Utah Jazz‘s 2018 first-round draft pick was a polarizing selection would be a wild understatement. Often heralded as a dirty player, a poor sport and […]
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• Two men who wanted ‘to find and harass homeless people,’ Ogden police say, are charged with murder

  28-08-2018 06:11
  Two men are accused of murdering a man in an Ogden transient camp after, police say, they went there to “find and harass homeless people.”The victim, Brian Racine, was found 4 a.m. Aug. 18 by others at a camp by the 21st Street Pond, near 650 W. 20th Street, according to police statements in charges filed Monday. Racine had been shot in the head, police wrote. He had been staying in the camp with a group of people who said they left him alone near the pond about two hours earlier, po
  
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