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• Thanks for coming! Pro tip: Hydrate and ice those muscles. twitter.com/telemundoutah/…

  21-09-2018 23:43 via twitter.com
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• RSL’s Joao Plata gets fined for flopping

  21-09-2018 23:38
  Real Salt Lake forward Joao Plata was fined “an undisclosed amount” by Major League Soccer after being found guilty of “simulation/embellishment” in the team’s most recent game, the league announced Friday.The MLS Disciplinary Committee issued the fine.Plata’s infraction occurred in the 79th minute of Wednesday’s 1-1 draw against Minnesota United. Video of the incident shows Plata falling to the ground on the left side of the goal as he attempts to dribb
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz reveal which kits they’ll rock for each game in 2018-19

  21-09-2018 23:38 via sportspyder.com
  ... e feeling blue. Here’s the full game schedule for the blues and whites , via Jazz Twitter — ❕ ASSOCIATION ❕ pic.twitter.com/yyHeh6ZRpe — Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) ...
  
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• Museum shows off modern Muslim women’s fashion

  21-09-2018 23:03
  San Francisco • The head covering is among the most identifiable elements of Muslim women’s dress and most likely to be portrayed as drab and restrictive to the Western eye.But a new exhibition in San Francisco shows that the covering used by some Muslim women can be a bright yellow head wrap or a loose drape of rose; a black silk and lace scarf by Dolce & Gabbana; or a hood attached to a knee-length dress.“Contemporary Muslim Fashions” opens Saturday at the de Young M
  
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• 14-second clock after offensive rebound among new NBA rules

  21-09-2018 22:48
  NEW YORK — The shot clock will be reset to 14 seconds after offensive rebounds next season, down from 24, and the NBA has made alterations to two other rules.The clear-path foul was simplified and the definition of a hostile act expanded for purposes of triggering an instant replay review.The changes were approved unanimously by NBA owners Friday.A team grabbing the rebound of its own missed shot has been given the full shot clock. Under the new rule — in effect in the NBA G League s
  
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• Pope Francis lets more bishops go as part of Chile sex abuse fallout

  21-09-2018 22:45
  Vatican City • Pope Francis on Friday accepted the resignations of two more bishops in Chile as fallout mounted from widespread sex abuse scandals there.Without citing reasons, the Vatican said the latest to leave their posts were the bishops of San Bartolome de Chillan, Monsignor Carlos Eduardo Pellegrin Barrera, and of San Felipe, Monsignor Cristian Enrique Contreras Molina.Earlier this year, Chile’s bishops submitted offers to resign en masse to Francis, in response to his belated
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: ‘Murphy Brown’ really wants to tick Trump off

  21-09-2018 22:42
  The executive producer of “Murphy Brown” isn’t afraid of Donald Trump. Isn’t afraid she’s going to piss him off. Isn’t afraid he’s going to sue.As a matter of fact, she's rooting for him to do just that.Diane English, who created the show back in 1988, isn’t revealing a lot about the first new episode in 20 years (Thursday, 8:30 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2). But she did say she went to the Warner Bros. legal department to ask if there would be any “fallo
  
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• Evermore, a fantasy theme park in Utah County, prepares for its big opening

  21-09-2018 22:40
  Evermore is a new theme park that promises an “immersive theatrical” experience, set in an old-world Gothic European village. Costumed actors and performers, special effects and “cutting-edge” technology are all part of the show.The park will have a seasonal event, “Lore,” playing each evening in two versions: “Magical World of Lore,” from 5 to 7 p.m. each night, is an all-ages Halloween-style trick-or-treating adventure; and “The Cursed Worl
  
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• Sex is a gift from god, not taboo, between couples, says Pope Francis

  21-09-2018 22:39
  Vatican City • Pope Francis has told French young people that sex is a “great” gift from God, not a taboo, and should be lived as a lifelong, passionate love between man and woman.Francis urged the group of young Catholics from the Grenoble diocese to protect their sexuality from pornography and other temptations that separate sex from love.He acknowledged people “fall” and commit sin — but said “this isn’t the sexuality of love.”He said: &ldq
  
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• Ready for the @LAKings to come to town📍 Will you be there? Tickets: bit.ly/2O0ISLH https://t.co/eetStjtDyJ

  21-09-2018 22:28 via twitter.com
  
  Ready for the @LAKings to come to town📍Will you be there?Tickets: bit.ly/2O0ISLH https://t.co/eetStjtDyJ
  
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• Utah Jazz reveal which kits they’ll rock for each game in 2018-19

  21-09-2018 21:48
  On the heels of their Classic Edition jersey reveal, the Utah Jazz have unveiled their full uniform schedule for the 2018-19 season. Earlier this week, the Utah Jazz’s new Classic Edition uniforms were revealed to overwhelming praise from the Jazzland masses. As a jersey aficionado, my first thought was “take my money!” when I laid eyes […]
  Utah Jazz reveal which kits they’ll rock for each game in 2018-19 - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - Ne
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz rank 2018-19: Georges Niang rises to No. 14

  21-09-2018 21:47 via sportspyder.com
  ... n the modern NBA. In many ways, Niang has the potential to be the player the Jazz hoped they’d eventually get when they drafted Trey Lyles in 2015. Niang does ...
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz Rank: Georges Niang voted 14th most valuable on the roster

  21-09-2018 21:35 via sportspyder.com
  ... er. Still (fairly) fresh off signing a Royce O’Neale-esque contract with the Jazz, would love to build off his summer momentum. Georges only logged 32 minutes ...
  
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• Utah Jazz rank 2018-19: Georges Niang rises to No. 14

  21-09-2018 20:00
  Utah Jazz forward Georges Niang is locked-in to a roster spot for the 2018-19 season, but can he stake his claim on a long-term gig? If you’re just a casual fan of the Utah Jazz, the name Georges Niang may not mean much to you. After all, the 25-year-old made just nine appearances for the […]
  Utah Jazz rank 2018-19: Georges Niang rises to No. 14 - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Mark up your calendar! Here are the dates we're wearing each of our jerseys 🗓 💜 CLASSIC 💜 https://t.co/UcCAvOwVN8

  21-09-2018 19:07 via twitter.com
  
  Mark up your calendar!Here are the dates we're wearing each of our jerseys 🗓💜 CLASSIC 💜 https://t.co/UcCAvOwVN8
  
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• Enhance your Jazz experience with the updated app—your hub for live game audio, mobile ticket management and more!!… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  21-09-2018 17:32 via twitter.com
  Enhance your Jazz experience with the updated app—your hub for live game audio, mobile ticket management and more!!… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Morning links: Animals vs. Sporting Events; Utah Jazz's 40th season video

  21-09-2018 15:42 via sportspyder.com
  ... en. Fun stuff. 40TH SEASON This year will be the 40th season in Utah for the Jazz, and the team reminded fans of that in spine-tingling fashion Thursday with...
  
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• Morning links: Animals vs. Sporting Events; Utah Jazz's 40th season video

  21-09-2018 15:31
  Remember the time a rat was thrown onto the court at a Utah Jazz game? Or when fish used to be tossed onto the ice after Utah Grizzlies' goals? Or, much more recently, when a duck became the talk of the MLS at an RSL game?We're used to animals as mascots in the sports world, but there are occasions when animals become part of the play — and it's often hilarious.Such was the case Thursday in Cleveland when a furry friend was captured by a Browns fan during an NFL game.Nbd, just a Browns fan
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Before the NBA stopped the Chris Paul to Lakers trade, they forced New Orleans Jazz to trade the Magic Johnson pick to the Lakers

  21-09-2018 15:12 via sportspyder.com
  ... 4, the league sanctioned a trade deal between the Lakers and the New Orleans Jazz that eventually gave L.A. the rights to the 1979 first overall pick. “August ...
  
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• Evermore, fantasy theme park in Utah County, prepares for its big opening

  21-09-2018 08:29
  Evermore is a new theme park that promises an “immersive theatrical” experience, set in an old-world Gothic European village. Costumed actors and performers, special effects and “cutting-edge” technology are all part of the show.The park will have a seasonal event, “Lore,” playing each evening in two versions: “Magical World of Lore,” from 5 to 7 p.m. each night, is an all-ages Halloween-style trick-or-treating adventure; and “The Cursed Wor
  
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• Behind the Headlines: Salt Lake City mayor says inland port lawsuits coming, former LDS bishop excommunicated over criticism of one-on-one interviews, one of Elizabeth Smart’s kidnappers released from prison

  21-09-2018 07:05
  Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski says lawsuits are coming on the inland port because she believes the legislation that created it is unconstitutional. A Vernal detective walks a delicate line between enforcement and entrapment in sexual solicitation arrests. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints excommunicates a former LDS bishop who has been critical of one-on-one interviews between Mormon clergy and youths. And one of Elizabeth Smart's kidnappers is freed from prison.At 9 a.m. F
  
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• Won, won and won! Browns beat Jets for first win since 2016

  21-09-2018 05:55
  Cleveland • For the first time in 635 days, the Cleveland Browns found a way to win.Baker Mayfield showed them how.The No. 1 overall pick replaced injured starter Tyrod Taylor and sparked the Browns, who got two 1-yard touchdown runs from Carlos Hyde and beat the New York Jets 21-17 on Thursday night for their first win since Dec. 24, 2016.And so ends Cleveland’s 19-game winless streak, the NFL’s second-longest since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger.The Browns (1-1-1) trailed 14-0 in the
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Purple uniforms to debut Nov. 7, celebrate 40 seasons in Utah

  21-09-2018 05:19 via sportspyder.com
  ...the 40-year anniversary. If this doesn’t give you chills, then you’re not a Jazz fan– Celebrating 40 Seasons in Utah. pic.twitter.com/PgFE8eYFZO — Utah Jazz...
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Mitchell, O’Neale and Niang all to attend USU Football game

  21-09-2018 05:19 via sportspyder.com
  ... ans should really be motivated to #PackTheMav now. Not only will the trio of Jazz players be in attendance at the game, but it looks like the USU Football Equ ...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Purple uniforms to debut Nov. 7, celebrate 40 seasons in Utah

  21-09-2018 05:08
  The Utah Jazz will debut their throwback purple uniforms on November 7th in conjunction with a celebration of 40 seasons in Utah. Although the new but familiar purple throwback Utah Jazz uniforms have already made their rounds throughout the web after being revealed by the players earlier in the week, the Jazz made it official […]
  Utah Jazz: Purple uniforms to debut Nov. 7, celebrate 40 seasons in Utah - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• US-6 , 89 reopened as firefighters make progress against Pole Creek, Bald Mountain fires

  21-09-2018 05:03
  Two highways surrounding the lightning-caused Pole Creek and Bald Mountain fires were re-opened Thursday, allowing some residents to return to their homes after they were forced to evacuate.First, US-6 through Spanish Fork Canyon was reopened on Thursday morning. By the evening, US-89 was also re-opened, and some families displaced by the wildfires were allowed to come back home. Utah County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Spencer Cannon said the area remains under pre-evacuation status, meanin
  
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• Busy day lands Angels' Arcia, a former Salt Lake Bees catcher, in the record books

  21-09-2018 04:58
  Oakland, Calif. • Los Angeles Angels catcher Francisco Arcia began the day behind the plate, did a brief stint on the mound and ended up in the major league record books.Arcia pitched two innings of relief and hit his sixth home run in the Angels’ 21-3 loss to the Oakland Athletics on Thursday.In doing so, Arcia became the first player to catch, pitch and homer in the same game according to the Angels.“They just told me that,” Arcia said. “I’m pretty happy, I g
  
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• Donors pledge $40 million toward proposed 100,000 square foot expansion of Huntsman Cancer Institute

  21-09-2018 04:37
  Donors have pledged half the money needed to build a proposed expansion of the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, which officials say is needed to accommodate the growing number of patients seeking treatment there.Huntsman Cancer Foundation chairman and CEO Peter Huntsman announced the $40 million donation Thursday at the foundation’s annual gala. The project must secure the rest of the funding — likely through bonds approved by the legislature — before constr
  
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• Utah Jazz: Mitchell, O’Neale and Niang all to attend USU Football game

  21-09-2018 04:31
  Donovan Mitchell, and a pair of his Utah Jazz teammates Royce O’Neale and Georges Niang, will be in attendance at this Saturday’s Utah State football game. In recent weeks, speculation has been high that Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell could very well be in attendance at Utah State’s upcoming football game against Air Force on […]
  Utah Jazz: Mitchell, O’Neale and Niang all to attend USU Football game - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs,
  
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• Federer to play doubles with Djokovic at Laver Cup

  21-09-2018 04:19
  Chicago • Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic have played against each other 46 times. From Monaco to Shanghai and everywhere in between. Regular, run-of-the-mill tournaments and major finals.On Friday night, they play on the same side of the net for the first time.Federer and Djokovic will close out the first day of the second edition of the Laver Cup when they take on Jack Sock and Kevin Anderson in doubles at the United Center. Federer and Djokovic are playing for Team Europe, while Sock an
  
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• ‘Let it burn’? That’s not the case, says Forest Service, which blames weather anomaly for losing control of Pole Creek Fire , Utah’s largest blaze in six years.

  21-09-2018 04:12
  On the morning of Sept. 6, lightning struck trees at the head of Pole Canyon east of central Utah’s Mount Nebo. Although the flames were not spreading, by the next day the U.S. Forest Service deployed 52 people, including two ground crews, to “confine and contain” a fire that was about the size of a suburban residential lot.The agency’s plan was not to stomp out the flames burning far from homes but rather to rein in what became known as the Pole Creek Fire.“They we
  
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• [NBC Sports: Pro Basketball Talk] - Knicks won’t rush Kristaps Porzingis or future building plans

  21-09-2018 03:45 via sportspyder.com
  ... ’Neale, plus players with another season in the system. The surprise for the Jazz last season was a respectable offense (16th in the league), which came about ...
  
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• [NBC Sports: Pro Basketball Talk] - Richard Jefferson’s father killed in drive-by shooting in Los Angeles

  21-09-2018 03:44 via sportspyder.com
  ... ’Neale, plus players with another season in the system. The surprise for the Jazz last season was a respectable offense (16th in the league), which came about ...
  
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• Broncos changed travel schedule after 1-7 road record

  21-09-2018 03:12
  Englewood, Colo. • The Denver Broncos have adjusted their travel itinerary in hopes of changing their fortunes on the road.They’re no longer flying out on Friday for trips to the East like this weekend’s game at Baltimore .“We’re not going to worry about how far we’re traveling, what time the game starts — we don’t care,” coach Vance Joseph said. “It’s going to probably rain on Sunday. We don’t care. I think pushing it back a
  
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• Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock 🕰 @rudygobert27 https://t.co/rg2QaSxHn2

  21-09-2018 02:30 via twitter.com
  
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• Mystery surrounds who funded billboards that quote LDS scripture to support medical marijuana initiative

  21-09-2018 02:28
  A new billboard on the busy 600 South off ramp of Interstate 15 on Thursday urged Utahns to vote for Proposition 2 to legalize medical marijuana by quoting the LDS “Word of Wisdom” — most famous for leading to the faith’s ban on coffee, tobacco and alcohol.The church itself, of course, is urging its members to vote against the ballot initiative.Exactly who paid for the ad attempting to use LDS scriptures against the church’s stand is a mystery, allowed because of an
  
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• Lake Powell pipeline will have to jump through more federal hoops

  21-09-2018 02:08
  Utah water officials will have to wade through a multitude of federal agencies to secure permits for the proposed Lake Powell pipeline, potentially setting back approval for the controversial project.Even though the pipeline’s entire purpose is moving 86,000 acre-feet of water to growing Washington and Kane counties, proponents wanted permitting to be handled primarily by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC.But on Thursday, the commission ruled that it has jurisdiction only o
  
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• Eugene Robinson: We must give Ford’s allegation the hearing it deserves

  21-09-2018 02:00
  Washington - “It never happened” and “it wasn’t him” are legitimate, if inconsistent, arguments for defenders of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to make. “We have to stick to our deadline” and “there’s no need to involve the FBI” are nothing but partisan Republican talking points. And excuses like “he was only 17” and “boys will be boys” are simply vile.Obviously, I don't know whether Christine Blasey Ford'
  
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• [NBC Sports: Pro Basketball Talk] - Report: Numerous teams interested in possible Jimmy Butler trade

  21-09-2018 01:59 via sportspyder.com
  ... ’Neale, plus players with another season in the system. The surprise for the Jazz last season was a respectable offense (16th in the league), which came about ...
  
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• Tiger Woods returns to Tour Championship with share of lead

  21-09-2018 01:46
  Atlanta • The crowd at East Lake was larger and louder than it has been in five years, which was the last time Tiger Woods was at the Tour Championship.It was no coincidence.Woods played one of his best rounds of the year in his return to the FedEx Cup finale and caused the biggest cheer of a sun-baked Thursday afternoon by making an eagle putt from just over 25 feet on the par-5 18th for a 5-under 65 and a share of the lead with Rickie Fowler.It was the second time in as many FedEx Cup pla
  
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• Some people in new Mia Love attack ad say their images were ‘stolen’ from old ad they did in support of Ben McAdams. They demand it stop airing.

  21-09-2018 01:45
  Don and Marilyn Remington, both 87, were astonished to see themselves on a TV ad for GOP Rep. Mia Love — and say her campaign “stole” their images from an ad they did two years ago for her opponent, Democratic Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams.“I just laughed the first time I saw it,” Marilyn says. “But after the second, third, fourth and fifth times — and the tenth — it got old.”So a lawyer for the Remingtons sent a letter to the Love campa
  
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• Despite protests, Russia’s anti-doping agency reinstated

  21-09-2018 01:25
  The World Anti-Doping Agency declared Russia’s scandal-ridden drug-fighting operation back in business Thursday, a decision designed to bring a close to one of sports’ most notorious doping scandals but one bitterly disputed by hundreds of athletes and described as “treachery” by the lawyer for the man who exposed the corruption.On a 9-2 vote, the executive committee took the advice of the agency’s compliance review panel and declared RUSADA as having satisfied cond
  
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  21-09-2018 01:00 via twitter.com
  
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• [Yahoo Sports] - How far can contrarian, big, defensive Jazz go in the West this season?

  21-09-2018 00:20 via sportspyder.com
  ...or it can at least threaten them, by just doing what they do better. If the Jazz are going to live up to a top-four slot, a few things have to happen, and it ...
  
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• [NBC Sports: Pro Basketball Talk] - New 76ers GM Elton Brand won’t yield control, but will collaborate

  21-09-2018 00:11 via sportspyder.com
  ... ’Neale, plus players with another season in the system. The surprise for the Jazz last season was a respectable offense (16th in the league), which came about ...
  
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• [NBC Sports: Pro Basketball Talk] - How far can contrarian, big, defensive Jazz go in the West this season?

  21-09-2018 00:11 via sportspyder.com
  ... ’Neale, plus players with another season in the system. The surprise for the Jazz last season was a respectable offense (16th in the league), which came about ...
  
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