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• ‘This wasn’t innocent hazing’: Utah teen athlete accused of sexually abusing nine juveniles

  01-10-2018 23:56
  A Utah teenager faces more than a dozen criminal charges for what Sanpete County prosecutors say was hazing that went too far.The 16-year-old was charged Friday in the county’s juvenile court with six counts of first-degree felony object rape and four charges of second-degree felony forcible sexual abuse.Charging records do not give more details about the teen’s alleged criminal behavior. But Sanpete County Attorney Kevin Daniels said the case involves at least nine juvenile victims.
  
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• .@ThaboSefolosha Practice Interview 🎙️ 🎥: on.nba.com/2IvRG7c https://t.co/Gh4y8EuvAm

  01-10-2018 23:48 via twitter.com
  
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• .@spidadmitchell Practice Interview 🎙️ 🎥: on.nba.com/2Nfebhd https://t.co/YrWRzPA7DM

  01-10-2018 23:32 via twitter.com
  
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• Utah Royals retain 21 players, let three go

  01-10-2018 23:21
  The Utah Royals have retained 21 players from its inaugural roster, the team announced Monday.U.S. Women’s National Team players Becky Sauerbrunn, Kelley O’Hara, Christen Press and Amy Rodriguez were all retained, as were Desiree Scott and Diana Matheson, who play on the Canadian National Team.The Royals offered new contracts to the following five players: Abby Smith, Samantha Johnson, Maddy Laddish, Brittany Radcliffe and Sydney Miramontez. The team also exercised the contract optio
  
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• Head Coach Quin Snyder Practice Interview 🎙️ 🎥: on.nba.com/2zKcgOd https://t.co/lUAVNQP3A2

  01-10-2018 23:21 via twitter.com
  
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• NBA Daily: Grayson Allen Impressive in Professional Debut

  01-10-2018 23:12 via basketballinsiders.com
  In a game where the Utah Jazz were expected to dominate, Grayson Allen stood out with a superb offensive display.
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - 2019 Salary Cap Calculator

  01-10-2018 22:59 via sportspyder.com
  ... xtension can they fit into the generated cap space? Dan Clayton says: The Jazz don’t have 2017-18 cap space to negotiate his salary upward, so an R&E is of ...
  
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• Utah teen accused of sexually abusing nine people in what prosecutors say was hazing that ‘crossed the line’

  01-10-2018 22:22
  A Utah teenager is facing more than a dozen criminal charges for what Sanpete County prosecutors say was hazing that went too far.The 16-year-old was charged Friday in Sanpete County’s juvenile court with six counts of first-degree felony object rape and four charges of second-degree felony forcible sexual abuse.Charging records do not give more details about the teen’s alleged criminal behavior. But Sanpete County Attorney Kevin Daniels said the case involves at least nine juvenile
  
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• How the Vatican handled reports of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s alleged sexual misconduct and what it says about the Catholic Church.

  01-10-2018 22:17
  In November 2000, a Manhattan priest got fed up with the secrets he knew about a star archbishop named Theodore McCarrick and decided to tell the Vatican.For years, the Rev. Boniface Ramsey had heard from seminarians that McCarrick was pressuring them to sleep in his bed. The students told him they weren’t being touched, but still, he felt, it was totally inappropriate and irresponsible behavior — especially for the newly named archbishop of Washington.Ramsey called the Vatican&rsquo
  
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• Ann Cannon: Mormons who aren’t all-in need not be all-out — let’s make room for everyone

  01-10-2018 22:07
  Through the years, lots of people I love have exited the Church Formerly Known as Mormon. While any transition can be temporarily bumpy, their departure from the faith has never changed the way I feel about them and, as far as I can tell, it hasn’t changed the way they feel about me. So that’s a big old win right there.Why did they leave? Lots of reasons, and often I understood those reasons.In the midst of all this leaving, I can remember a fireside my husband and I attended. I want
  
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• Commentary: More Mormon missionaries are coming home early, study shows

  01-10-2018 21:49
  I’ve been hearing a good deal lately about early return missionaries — Mormon young adults who head out on their mission, only to come home before their assignment (two years for men and 18 months for women) is up.It’s this week’s topic of Rosemary Card’s excellent new podcast “Q.MORE,” with guest Thomas McConkie; a feature story in LDS Living has just addressed one missionary’s early return in a compassionate way; and rumors are abounding that Oct
  
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• BYU loses a top pass-catcher for the season, but is hopeful key defenders will return Friday against Utah State

  01-10-2018 21:29
  Provo • Injuries have taken their toll on BYU’s football team after the Cougars played four Power Five opponents in their first five games of the season.Tight end Moroni Laulu-Pututau is the latest player to sustain an injury, and BYU confirmed Monday that the junior is out for the season with an ACL tear. Laulu-Pututau noted the setback on Twitter Sunday night.Coach Kalani Sitake said that freshman Hank Tuipulotu could see some time in Laulu-Pututau’s absence, although the prim
  
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• Kyle Whittingham says Utah’s first-half defensive struggle against Washington State was a mistake of ‘trying to get cute’

  01-10-2018 21:25
  Utah football coach Kyle Whittingham liked how his offense established “more of an identity” in Saturday's 28-24 loss to Washington State, even though the Utes scored only three points in the second half.And he second-guessed himself for authorizing a defensive scheme that was a case of “trying to get cute” in the first half, when the Cougars scored 21 points. The coaching staff adjusted at halftime, using a standard four-man front, and succeeded in getting more pressure.
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz alums: Gordon Hayward struggling to find his shot thus far

  01-10-2018 20:26 via sportspyder.com
  ... id player, they’ll need to see exceptional production out of him. Next: Utah Jazz: The J-Notes composite ’18-19 NBA Awards predictions I’d wager he’ll get the ...
  
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• At 12 years old, she says she was raped repeatedly by a man working for the LDS Church Indian Student Placement Program. Today, she’s still fighting for change.

  01-10-2018 19:57
  Bízhínłth baá says she was repeatedly raped by her foster father in a small town in Utah’s Cache County.Then 12 years old, the Navajo girl knew that what her foster father was doing to her “three or four times a week” wasn’t right, but when she reached out for help to a local leader of the women’s Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, baá says, she was met with disbelief. Worse, she was scolded and slappe
  
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• Commentary: County boundaries have no bearing on wilderness

  01-10-2018 19:42
  I grew up in Price, Utah, just an hour from the San Rafael Swell. Any decisions that could impact this part of Southern Utah catch my attention. If repetition is critical to developing a “sense of place,” my love for the Swell stems from almost weekly visits throughout my childhood.In May, 2018, Rep. John Curtis and Sen. Orrin Hatch introduced the Emery County Public Land Management Act (HB 5727 and S. 2809). The first thing I noticed about the bill is that all decision-making ends a
  
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• As fires fade, fear of flooding and deadly mudslides intensifies in Utah County — and it is expected to rain all week

  01-10-2018 19:02
  Utahns who survived this summer’s fires face the possibility of flooding and devastating mudslides this week — and the danger will continue for three years.“There’s definitely potential for flooding where there are burn scars,” said National Weather Service meteorologist Christine Kruse.It’s a particular concern for areas affected by the Pole Creek and Bald Mountain fires, which have burned 102,188 acres and 18,620 acres, respectively. (As of Monday morning, P
  
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• Los Angeles has its 1st electric scooter DUI prosecution

  01-10-2018 19:00
  Los Angeles • A Los Angeles man has been fined $550 and ordered to pay restitution for riding an electric scooter while intoxicated and knocking over a 64-year-old pedestrian on a sidewalk.The City Attorney's Office said Thursday the prosecution of 28-year-old Nicholas Kauffroath was the first motorized scooter driving under the influence legal case with a charge in Los Angeles.The office says in a statement that Kauffroath on Aug. 4 had a blood-alcohol level more than three times the limit
  
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• Barbara Ballard, wife of Mormon apostle, dies at 86

  01-10-2018 18:43
  Barbara Bowen Ballard, who considered her greatest success to be as a wife to Mormon senior apostle M. Russell Ballard, mother to their seven children and wise adviser to her 43 grandchildren, died Monday at her home.She was 86.In recent years, Ballard battled several health issues, including Alzheimer’s disease, according to a news release, with her “characteristic grace and sense of humor.”
  (Photo courtesy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Members of the Bal
  
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• Margaret Sullivan: Press coverage of Kavanaugh is imperfect. But imagine if we didn’t have it.

  01-10-2018 18:34
  As the Brett Kavanaugh nomination turmoil rages on, the mainstream press is under fire. And not just from the predictable right.Jeff Greenfield, the former CBS correspondent, described some of the news media Sunday as slanted against President Donald Trump and Kavanaugh — “a kind of resistance.”Two Columbia Journalism Review writers deplored the "media bullying" of Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused the Supreme Court nominee of sexual assault.And the social-media world went
  
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• Utah Jazz alums: Gordon Hayward struggling to find his shot thus far

  01-10-2018 18:32
  Coming back from a gruesome injury in 2017-18, former Utah Jazz All-Star Gordon Hayward is off to a slow shooting start for the Boston Celtics. NBA Preseason is a glorious time as it gives die-hard basketball fans their first chance to see their beloved team back in action after a long hiatus. It’s a time […]
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• At 12 years old, she says she was raped repeatedly by a man working for the LDS Church’s Indian Student Placement Program. Today, she’s still fighting for change.

  01-10-2018 18:27
  Bízhínłth baá says she was repeatedly raped by her foster father in a small town in Utah’s Cache County.Then 12 years old, the Navajo girl knew that what her foster father was doing to her “three or four times a week” wasn’t right, but when she reached out for help to a local leader of the women’s Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, baá says, she was met with disbelief. Worse, she was scolded and slappe
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Opening NBA Preseason weekend recap: The Utah Jazz are back!

  01-10-2018 18:15 via sportspyder.com
  ... gue, here are some of the players who stood out, who don’t play for the Utah Jazz: Charlotte rookie (12th pick overall) had some impressive highlights over ag ...
  
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• Las Vegas shooting hero Jonathan Smith struggled to leave his apartment for six months. Now he’s studying to be a cop.

  01-10-2018 18:00
  Buena Vista, Calif. • The bracelet is still on Jonathan Smith’s wrist, right where he put it a year ago as he entered the Route 91 Harvest music festival on the Las Vegas Strip. It was there when country star Jason Aldean took the stage, when what sounded like fireworks morphed into a shower of bullets, when the blood started to run down his shirt, when he tried to drag concertgoers away from danger, when he almost lost his life.It's a tactile talisman now, along with the bullet still
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz’s Derrick Favors has been working on his 3-point shot

  01-10-2018 17:54 via sportspyder.com
  ... utchPoints Jazz’s Derrick Favors has been working on his 3-point shot by October 1, 2018 The ...
  
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• U.S., Canada and Mexico just reached a sweeping new NAFTA deal. Here’s what’s in it.

  01-10-2018 17:25
  The United States, Canada and Mexico finalized a sweeping new trade deal late Sunday, just hours before their Oct. 1 deadline. President Donald Trump was up early Monday tweeting that the agreement is “a great deal for all three countries,” and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Sunday night that it was a “good day for Canada.”The new deal is expected to take effect around Jan. 1, 2020. Congress has to approve it, a process that will take months, but confirmation looks li
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - How boxing helps Jazz center Rudy Gobert in his pursuit to become one of ‘best players in the history of the game’

  01-10-2018 17:10 via sportspyder.com
  ... c.twitter.com/uIlGlnYP2j— Rudy Gobert (@rudygobert27) September 14, 2018 His Jazz teammate Donovan Mitchell joked during Media Day that he’s working with anot ...
  
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• How boxing helps Jazz center Rudy Gobert in his pursuit to become one of ‘best players in the history of the game’

  01-10-2018 17:03
  SALT LAKE CITY — A late-night video tweet from Rudy Gobert hit the timelines of all his 355,000-plus Twitter followers on the night of Sept. 13.The shirtless Utah Jazz center, wasn't in the basketball gym, he stood in the center of the boxing ring at Central Park Community Center with local trainer Matt Peña.Gobert snapped his wrist with each punch, slightly turned his hips and tucked his shoulders to display great mechanics. He then brought his guard right back to punching in the 1
  
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• Las Vegas victims honored on 1st anniversary of shooting

  01-10-2018 17:00
  Las Vegas • A somber sunrise remembrance ceremony started Monday in Las Vegas with survivors, families of victims, first-responders and elected officials remembering the lives lost when one year ago when a gunman opened fire on a crowd attending an outdoor country music concert in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.Several hundred people gathered at an outdoor amphitheater during an event that began with a prayer and words from Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval."Today we remember t
  
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  01-10-2018 16:59 via twitter.com
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• Salt Lake Tribune photos of the month for September 2018

  01-10-2018 16:22
  September was busy in Utah with the State Fair, the start of football season and cooler days that allowed one to actually enjoy being outside.But it was dry, and wildfires continued to burn throughout the month.The Salt Lake Tribune photo staff spent its time gathering images of all the top news in the state, including the release of Wanda Barzee, jailed for more than 15 years after assisting in the kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart; a visit from Anita Hill, whose name is back in the news as the U.S
  
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• Blind Utahn Danelle Umstead is ‘Dancing with the Stars’

  01-10-2018 16:22
  When Park City’s Danelle Umstead got an email asking her to be a contestant on the current season of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars,” she thought it was somebody’s idea of a joke.“Not gonna lie — I thought I was getting punked in some way,” she said. “I was, like, 'Are you kidding me? Is this really real?'”And Umstead had plenty of reason for skepticism. For one thing, she has zero dancing experience. For another — she's blind.&ldq
  
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• The Inland Port Authority, a board in chaos, says it is working to become more transparent and accountable

  01-10-2018 16:21
  Last week, as the Inland Port Authority Board considered its last agenda item of the night — one that needed to be reconsidered, since it seemed to have been put on the agenda incorrectly at the group’s August meeting — the power went out.That meant a board that has faced accusations of operating in the shadows was literally working in the dark.The lights came on a short time later, along with microphones and a tape recorder. But it was a moment emblematic of the chaos the boar
  
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• Mormons and sex: Before marriage, it’s an absolute no-no, but after exchanging vows, it’s an emphatic yes-yes — and not just for making babies.

  01-10-2018 16:21
  From over the wooden pulpit at many Mormon congregations and conferences, church leaders have spoken often about sex — and almost exclusively about chastity.Having sex before marriage, they warn, is “a serious sin.” Wearing modest clothing is the “foundation stone” of abstinence. Members should control their thoughts and avoid pornography to maintain their “moral cleanliness.” Those single and dating should not participate in “passionate kissing&rd
  
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• A lone holdout presses LDS Church lawsuit after 12 others settle sex abuse claims involving former American Indian foster program

  01-10-2018 16:21
  Bízhínłth baá says she was repeatedly raped by her foster father in a small town in Utah’s Cache County.Then 12 years old, the Navajo girl knew that what her foster father was doing to her “three or four times a week” wasn’t right, but when she reached out for help to a local leader of the women’s Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, baá says, she was met with disbelief. Worse, she was scolded and slappe
  
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• Tribune editorial: Stop with the constitutional longshots, Utah legislators

  01-10-2018 16:04
  It wasn’t the first time a federal judge has tossed out a Utah law, but it’s not often the judge goes on to tell Utah legislators to stop wasting money.U.S. District Judge David Nuffer this week awarded $474,455 in attorney fees to Brewvies after the suds-and-cinema emporium successfully argued it has a constitutional right to sell beer and show “Deadpool” to a roomful of adults. Nuffer had ruled in August that the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control did not hav
  
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• Molly Roberts: Did two women in an elevator change everything?

  01-10-2018 16:02
  Jeff Flake loves decorum, but it doesn't look like it was decorous behavior that moved him to reconsider a vote that could change the country's future. Was it two women in an elevator, yelling at him?The Arizona Republican had said in a statement that he would vote in favor of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, when on his way to the Judiciary Committee meeting room on Friday, Ana Maria Archila and Maria Gallagher put themselves right in front of him, and right in his face."Don't look away f
  
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• Max Boot: Beto’s challenge to the GOP on guns

  01-10-2018 15:52
  Win or lose, Rep. Beto O’Rourke, D-Texas, has some serious cajones. He is running against Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and running strongly, in a state where guns are regarded by many as a birthright — and he is advocating not just minor gun controls but a complete ban on the sale of semiautomatic assault rifles such as the AR-15. His sensible stance has been predictably attacked by Texas Republicans, who will use it to paint him as out of step with “Texas values.”There is, on
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Kavanaugh urged to keep up the aggressive reaction to allegations against him.

  01-10-2018 15:16
  Kavanaugh urged to keep up the aggressive reaction to the allegations against him. Hatch wants FBI to say if anyone attempts to delay the Kavanaugh probe. Kem Gardner donates $100k to anti-Prop 2 effort. Happy Monday. Judge Brett Kavanaugh is being advised to mount an aggressive and proactive campaign to win over the swing-vote senators who will determine whether he is confirmed to the Supreme Court. There’s no holding back now and keeping up the attitude Kavanaugh brought to the Judiciary
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Stephon Marbury tells Donovan Mitchell to aim for MVP award

  01-10-2018 14:49 via sportspyder.com
  ...back.” Marbury, clearly a fan of Mitchell, replied to the post and told the Jazz star to “go for MVP.” Stephon Marbury to Donovan Mitchell after last night's ...
  
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• NBA Daily: Gobert and Mitchell Ready for Year Two

  01-10-2018 14:35 via basketballinsiders.com
  After leading the NBA's biggest surprise team last season, Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell believe they're ready to take another step forward.
  
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• Real Salt Lake plays Sporting KC to a 1-1 draw

  01-10-2018 07:14
  Real Salt Lake badly needed a result on the road in order to keep its playoff position. On Sunday, in front of a national TV audience, it did exactly that.RSL went onto rival Sporting Kansas City’s pitch and played its way to a 1-1 draw. The result elevated RSL to 46 points, but the team is still in the sixth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.“This is a tough place to come play,” RSL coach Mike Petke told FS1 after the game. “They had the bulk of the posses
  
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• NFL roundup: Raiders give coach Jon Gruden his first win in nine years, 45-42 in overtime over Browns

  01-10-2018 07:09
  Oakland, Calif. • Jon Gruden smiled as soon as Matt McCrane’s kick sailed through the uprights.After nine years in the broadcast booth, three straight weeks of blown second-half leads and a roller-coaster game that featured three lead changes and 38 points after the start of the fourth quarter, Gruden finally won his first game in 3,591 days.“It feels like my first win in 100 years,” he said. “It’s great to be back.”Derek Carr threw four TD passes and a g
  
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• Mike Scioscia bids farewell as Angels manager after 19 years

  01-10-2018 06:58
  Anaheim, Calif. • Mike Scioscia started out smiling in front of the crowded room. It wasn’t long, though, before tears glistened in his hazel eyes.He stepped down as manager of the Los Angeles Angels after 19 seasons on Sunday, ending the longest current tenure in the majors with a come-from-behind victory.“It’s been second to none. It’s been incredible,” he said of his time in Anaheim.Scioscia guided the Angels to the franchise’s only World Series title
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: The J-Notes composite ’18-19 NBA Awards predictions

  01-10-2018 05:56 via sportspyder.com
  ... Utah Jazz alums: Hayward inks massive shoe deal, returns to action by Ryan Aston ...
  
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• BYU tight end Moroni Laulu-Pututau out for remainder of season with an ACL injury

  01-10-2018 05:54
  Provo • BYU tight end Moroni Laulu-Pututau has suffered another season-ending injury.The junior announced on Twitter Sunday night that he has a torn anterior cruciate ligament and will miss the remainder of the season.Laulu-Pututau suffered the injury during BYU’s first series in its eventual 35-7 loss to Washington on Saturday in Seattle.“I have torn my ACL and will be needing surgery,” the player known as MLP wrote in a tweet Sunday. “It hurst so much more emotiona
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Jazz find positives to playing foreign teams despite huge margins of victory

  01-10-2018 04:33 via sportspyder.com
  ... lay halfway around the world.” One thing he didn't say and is one reason the Jazz will have had three games against Australian teams in two years, is that the ...
  
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• Utah Jazz: The J-Notes composite ’18-19 NBA Awards predictions

  01-10-2018 04:25
  The Utah Jazz had one NBA Award winner in Rudy Gobert last season. Can he repeat this time around? We here at The J-Notes came together to predict all the awards for 2018-19! The Utah Jazz made sure to get the 2018-19 season started off with a bang on Saturday night by putting on an […]
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• Jazz find positives to playing foreign teams despite huge margins of victory

  01-10-2018 04:24
  SALT LAKE CITY — This one was over before many of the 17,000-plus fans had even settled into their seats at Vivint Arena as the Utah Jazz raced out to a 15-0 lead over a badly overmatched Perth Wildcats basketball team Saturday night.Soon the Jazz led by as many as 31 points in the first quarter and eventually by 61 points in the fourth before winning by 58 in a 130-72 victory in the preseason opener.The Jazz looked sharp in their first outing of 2018-19, shooting 71 percent midway through
  
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• E.J. Dionne: Kavanaugh hearing taught us a great deal about the character of two people

  01-10-2018 02:15
  WASHINGTON -- In a process already saturated with cynicism and soured by bad faith, it would be shameful but unsurprising if an FBI investigation aimed at shedding light on Christine Blasey Ford's accusations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh became the object of political manipulation.The probe is happening because Republican Sens. Jeff Flake of Arizona and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska grasped how hypocritical it would be for their party to claim to take Ford's heartfelt and credible te
  
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