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• Utah League of Cities’ former finance chief charged with skimming $30k for travel, drinks, clothing

  08-10-2018 23:56
  Twenty months after the state auditor accused her of embezzling $30,000 for trips, dinners, alcohol and lingerie, the former chief financial officer of the Utah League of Cities and Towns has been formally charged with misuse of public money.Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill filed the charge, a second-degree felony, against Michelle Pickering Reilly, 54, of Salt Lake City, who worked 31 years at the league, a group funded by cities to offer training and handle lobbying.Charging documen
  
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• Salt Lake County launches a conviction integrity unit to review the cases of people who say they are innocent

  08-10-2018 23:40
  Following a national trend in district attorney offices, Salt Lake County’s top prosecutor announced the creation of a panel that will review the cases of people who say they are innocent despite being found guilty in court.The first such oversight board in Utah, it will provide an independent review of the conduct of prosecutors and potential cases of wrongful conviction.Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill announced Monday that his office has launched a conviction integrity unit,
  
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• Police searching for missing 15-year-old boy last seen leaving Hillcrest High

  08-10-2018 23:31
  Police are searching for a 15-year-old boy who was last seen Thursday leaving his Midvale high school.Unified Police Department says there is no evidence to suggest that Ricky Marrott was taken against his will. But, according to a news release, officers “have exhausted all plausible leads.”“We’re kind of at a loss,” said Sgt. Melody Gray. “There’s always a concern when there’s a child, and you don’t have any idea what’s happened to him
  
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• Utahn becomes one of the first in the state to receive nonbinary ‘X’ markers on birth certificate and driver license

  08-10-2018 23:08
  The change felt both tiny and monumental: just a different keystroke on a legal document that could help bring Mel Van De Graaff’s life into alignment.The odds of getting a judge in a conservative state to grant an order allowing an "X" to fill the box that defines gender on Van De Graaff’s driver license and birth certificate instead of an "F" seemed slim at the time. But Van De Graaff, who identifies as neither male nor female and uses the pronouns ‘they’ and ‘the
  
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• Commentary: Don’t call Latter-day Saints ‘Mormons,' Nelson takes on past presidents and other conference takeaways

  08-10-2018 23:07
  It was an exciting General Conference for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints this past weekend, with several major announcements as well as undercurrents of larger themes. Here are nine highlights.“Mormon” has become a four-letter word.In the Sunday morning session, President Russell M. Nelson hammered hard on the church’s name, urging members to stop using the nickname “Mormon” and stating the reason behind the recent campaign to use the faith’s
  
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• Margaret Sullivan: The planet is on a fast path to destruction. The media must cover this like it’s the only story that matters.

  08-10-2018 22:13
  After a week of dire news - the certainty of our ruptured nation, the likelihood of a journalist being murdered - the United Nation's report on climate change was, for some people, a bridge too far."I heard something about it," a normally well-informed friend told me, "but I'm on a week-long hiatus from the news."For those who were still able to take it in, the report could hardly have been more frightening: By 2040 - only 22 years from now - the world will in deep trouble, according to the unas
  
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• Brighten up your Monday with all the best buckets! 👌🎯💦 #ThreesoftheWeek @MountainAmerica 🎦:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  08-10-2018 21:53 via twitter.com
  Brighten up your Monday with all the best buckets!👌🎯💦 #ThreesoftheWeek @MountainAmerica🎦:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Who will decide if BYU needs a quarterback change? ‘It will come down to me,’ head coach Kalani Sitake says.

  08-10-2018 21:45
  Provo • Will BYU change its starting quarterback after a pair of lackluster offensive performances in losses to Washington and Utah State?Head coach Kalani Sitake didn’t answer that question directly Monday at his weekly news conference, but he did make one thing clear. He will be the person who makes the final decision.“Everything is my call, so yeah,” he said. “It will be all of our call [to discuss]. But it will come down to me.”Before fielding the inevitabl
  
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• A stolen Utah python was reclaimed by its family, only to die after eating a poisoned rodent

  08-10-2018 21:40
  Logan authorities say a small python that was found in a Logan neighborhood was positively identified by his owners after it was allegedly stolen from their home earlier this summer.But the Herald Journal reports Logan Police Capt. Tyson Budge said Friday that the snake suffered convulsions and died several hours after he was picked up.A necropsy — an autopsy for animals — was performed on the snake and police were informed that the python had ingested a poisoned rodent, causing it t
  
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• ‘That’s who we can be’: Whittingham praises the Utes offense, from young linemen playing out of position to the running backs busting big plays

  08-10-2018 21:12
  Utah hopes to have senior center Lo Falemaka available for Friday’s football game vs. Arizona, but coach Kyle Whittingham liked the way his reconfigured offensive line performed in last Saturday’s 40-21 victory over then-No. 14 Stanford.The Utes started their fourth line combination in five games, due to Falemaka’s leg injury, sustained the previous week at Washington State. Redshirt freshman Nick Ford moved to guard and sophomore Orlando Umana played center for the first time.
  
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• Google is closing Google+ and overhauling privacy rules after discovering exposure of user data

  08-10-2018 20:57
  Google will close most of its failing social media platform Google+ and implement several new privacy measures after discovering that hundreds of thousands of users potentially had their personal data exposed because of a previously undisclosed software bug, the company announced Monday.The bug, discovered in March during an internal company review, could have allowed outside software developers — or people posing as outside developers — to learn the names, email addresses, occupatio
  
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• Entering his 13th NBA season, Thabo Sefolosha sat down with David Locke as part of his Culture Code series. » on.nba.com/2RxebwF

  08-10-2018 20:26 via twitter.com
  Entering his 13th NBA season, Thabo Sefolosha sat down with David Locke as part of his Culture Code series.» on.nba.com/2RxebwF
  
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• The cutest and most controversial opinion twitter.com/Tiverson0808/s…

  08-10-2018 20:02 via twitter.com
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  08-10-2018 19:46 via twitter.com
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - MACU Threes of the Week

  08-10-2018 19:42 via sportspyder.com
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz guard Dante Exum recounts time he was caught in the Donovan Mitchell-Ben Simmons rookie beef

  08-10-2018 19:16 via sportspyder.com
  ... ast time I played against Ben so it’s definitely exciting.” Mitchell and the Jazz franchise were exposed to Exum’s Australian culture by facing two teams of t ...
  
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• Utah Jazz guard Dante Exum recounts time he was caught in the Donovan Mitchell-Ben Simmons rookie beef

  08-10-2018 19:05
  SALT LAKE CITY — From late-night NBA 2K11 video game sessions to winning a silver medal with Team Australia together at the 2012 FIBA Under-17 Championship, Dante Exum and Ben Simmons embody the definition of being Day 1 friends.But as Dante Exum was sidelined for all but 14 games of Simmons' first season in Philadelphia with a shoulder injury, he couldn't help but notice a rookie beef brewing between his fellow Aussie and new Utah Jazz teammate Donovan Mitchell.Exum laughs as he recounts
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz at Blazers Recap: Fourth quarter run screams depth and grit

  08-10-2018 18:39 via sportspyder.com
  ...help from the bench in a 39-point 4th Q 👀 pic.twitter.com/lnRa5KfjF5 — Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) October 8, 2018 Being 4-0 in preseason is great, but it may be a ...
  
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• St. George names new police chief

  08-10-2018 18:30
  St. George • The southern Utah city of St. George has a new police chief.The Spectrum newspaper reports Richard Farnsworth has been sworn in after being appointed with a unanimous city council vote.City Councilwoman Michelle Randall called the choice a "no-brainer" and said Farnsworth would be a "great leader."Farnsworth has worked for St. George police for 25 years and has served as the deputy chief for nearly seven years.He replaces Marlon Stratton, who retired in September after 34 years
  
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• Growth is the biggest issue for Utah County Commission candidates

  08-10-2018 18:30
  Provo • Republican Tanner Ainge and his third-party opponent Teri McCabe both said managing central Utah’s fast growth is at the top of their priority list as they run for the same county commission seat.Ainge and United Utah candidate McCabe are both hoping to replace Utah County Commissioner Greg Graves, The Daily Herald reported. No Democratic candidate has filed to run for the seat.The son of former NBA star Danny Ainge said he was encouraged to run after a sexual harassment compl
  
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• Utah Jazz at Blazers Recap: Fourth quarter run screams depth and grit

  08-10-2018 17:07
  The Utah Jazz moved to 4-0 in preseason play with a win over Portland thanks to a strong effort from the reserves in the fourth quarter. It wasn’t pretty, but the Utah Jazz were able to come from behind and defeat the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday night. They were behind for most of the […]
  Utah Jazz at Blazers Recap: Fourth quarter run screams depth and grit - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Ainge name could boost novice in bid for Chaffetz’s soon-to-be-vacated 3rd Congressional District seat

  08-10-2018 16:53
  Tanner Ainge is a Utah County investment adviser with little experience in politics. But with an assist from his famous father, he's launching a Republican bid for Rep. Jason Chaffetz's soon-to-be-vacated 3rd Congressional District seat.Boston Celtics General Manager Danny Ainge encouraged his son to campaign for the special election race last week on Twitter."With vacancy created in the House, I'm encouraging my son Tanner to run," he wrote. "He has the integrity, edu, exp, to rep UT in DC. #Ai
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Is Joe Ingles a top 10 Small Forward in the NBA?

  08-10-2018 16:40 via sportspyder.com
  ...small enough sample size to determine how many regular-season wins the Utah Jazz will get this season. Time to put your money where your mouth is. Please, ha ...
  
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• Join us in wishing @GraysonJAllen a very happy birthday! https://t.co/sICCTk323n

  08-10-2018 16:30 via twitter.com
  
  Join us in wishing @GraysonJAllen a very happy birthday! https://t.co/sICCTk323n
  
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• Alexandra Petri: I am an independent, impartial judge

  08-10-2018 16:25
  How to say this?So last week I feel like we got off on the wrong foot a little bit. Like Justice John Paul Stevens, you may have seen the guy shouting about beer and "revenge on behalf of the Clintons" and thought, "Yeeeegh, I don't love this. Can someone else be lifetime-appointed to the Supreme Court?"I just want to say: That wasn't me. I mean, technically, it was me, but in a broader, representational sense, it wasn't.I was only throwing a temper tantrum as a father, a son and a husband. As a
  
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• Political Cornflakes: First issue up for newly minted Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh could be executive power

  08-10-2018 16:23
  Kavanaugh could face tough vote on executive power (President Tump is watching). Utah’s closest major election contest is too close to call, says political handicapper. SLC Mayor Jackie Biskupski draws her first challenger.Happy Monday. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is now on the job and one of his first votes could come on the issue of executive branch power. A case challenging the authority of courts to depose top Trump administration officials presents a tricky decision for Kav
  
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• Zion National Park will acquire a private land parcel to fend off any development — but 3,400 acres remain at risk

  08-10-2018 16:10
  Spread across Zion National Park is a patchwork of private parcels, complicating park management and enabling potential trophy homes to rise in otherwise wild landscapes.One of those “inholdings,” a 35-acre piece at Firepit Knoll near Zion’s Hop Valley trailhead, is to become part of the park under a deal announced Monday by the nonprofits Trust for Public Land and National Park Foundation.”The investment we make now will deliver for many years to come,” said Diane
  
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• Tribune editorial: Election security is everyone’s job

  08-10-2018 16:09
  There are basically two ways for a state to make its election process more secure and more trustworthy.One is to go super modern and put a lot of money and effort into the latest in cyber security. The other is embrace the retro and use good, old-fashioned, non-hackable paper ballots.Utah, to its credit, is doing both.There can be few things more important to the practice of democracy, to the public’s trust in its own government, than the confidence that, no matter who wins an election, th
  
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• No state has seen President Trump’s approval rating drop farther than Utah, new poll shows

  08-10-2018 16:09
  Washington • A new poll shows that among the states, Utah has recorded the most dramatic drop in approval for President Donald Trump.The poll, conducted by the news outlet Morning Consult, surveyed voters in every state and compared it with the numbers from when Trump took office in January 2017. The president’s support has declined nationwide, but in only three state — Utah, Arizona and New Mexico — has Trump gone from at least 50 percent approval to a majority disapprova
  
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• Male, Female ... X? Utahn becomes one of the first in the state to receive nonbinary markers on birth certificate and driver license.

  08-10-2018 16:09
  The change felt both tiny and monumental: just a different keystroke on a legal document that could help bring Mel Van De Graaff’s life into alignment.The odds of getting a judge in a conservative state to grant an order allowing an "X" to fill the box that defines gender on Van De Graaff’s driver license and birth certificate instead of an "F" seemed slim at the time. But Van De Graaff, who identifies as neither male nor female and uses the pronouns ‘they’ and ‘the
  
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• Leonid Bershidsky: No, Mr. Putin, the bungled spying won’t blow over

  08-10-2018 16:09
  The latest failures of Russia's military intelligence service, commonly known as the GRU, expose a major flaw in President Vladimir Putin's habitual way of dealing with public fiascos: He mistakenly believes the uproar will blow over.The Dutch prime minister, Mark Rutte, and his British counterpart, Theresa May, said Thursday that the GRU had tried to hack the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in the Hague, which was testing the substance used to poison ex-spy Sergei Skripal a
  
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• Anne Applebaum: Russians caught red-handed in cyber-spying

  08-10-2018 16:09
  Dutch authorities have photographs of four Russian military intelligence (GRU) operatives arriving at the Amsterdam airport last April, escorted by a member of the Russian embassy. They have copies of the men's passports - two of them with serial numbers one digit apart. Because they caught them, red-handed, inside a car parked beside the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague - the GRU team was trying to hack into the OPCW's WiFi system - Dutch authorities also confis
  
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• Letter: There’s no intelligent life down here

  08-10-2018 15:00
  I am now convinced I know why this planet has not been contacted by intelligent aliens of another planet and/or galaxy. Any beings looking at this planet for any intelligent life would quickly realize there is none. They would see a planet bent on self-destruction and not waste their time making contact. Why would they?They would see a country that would vote for a president who is a bigot and misogynist — and, let’s not forget, crook — who believes he is the smartest person in
  
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• Letter: The Utah overlords know best

  08-10-2018 15:00
  Friday in The Salt Lake Tribune, I was “thrilled” to see that the governor and his cohort of fatherly white Republicans, who know what is best for us, will hold a special session to enact a new marijuana agreement, “no matter how the initiative turns out.”It is so comforting to know that the overlords of Utah are there to protect and insulate us from things the uninformed citizens may desire, such as clean air and reduced congestion (inland port, lack of support for renew
  
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• Letter: Term limits for Supreme Court justices?

  08-10-2018 15:00
  Perhaps we should limit the time a judge can serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. If these justices were in place for a 10- or 12-year limit, there might not be a panic to make sure an inappropriate person was not approved to serve for life. Time to change the process?Holly Rio, DraperSubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Hatch was rude and demeaning

  08-10-2018 15:00
  I watched Sen. Orrin Hatch’s dismissive reaction to women in the Capitol. The women were protesting the insensitivity to their pain from assault experiences shown by members of Congress. Great numbers of women who have suffered in a way few men ever have. Their pain is real. Their pain is compounded by the careless rejection they are feeling from The Old White Men’s Club. Hatch is ostensibly my government representative from Utah. What a shame. I suggest that he could use an assault
  
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• Letter: Hatch embarrasses his own constituency

  08-10-2018 15:00
  Sen. Orrin Hatch continues to demonstrate how his age, dogma and patriarchy embarrass his constituency with his recent theatrics surrounding Brett Kavanaugh’s disqualifying missteps for a Supreme Court appointment. Even the Mormon Women for Ethical Government are against rubber-stamping his appointment and are seemingly embarrassed by Hatch as well. I’m wondering why the elderly, white, male patriarchy of the LDS hierarchy hasn’t called him on his misogyny.Wait. I just answered
  
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• Letter: Elect more independents to Congress

  08-10-2018 15:00
  Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake admitted he could not have stood up to his party if he were running for re-election. The current system within each party of handing out choice committee assignments based on one’s ability to bring in contributions needs to be eliminated. The current practice of punishing a party member who does not fall in line with the power players of the party also needs to disappear from the political environment.With the gridlock that currently exists between the parties, ther
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Discussing Utah’s preseason so far and what we’re hoping to see next

  08-10-2018 10:04 via sportspyder.com
  ... TODAY Sports SLC Punks is an NBA podcast brought to you by SLC Dunk the Utah Jazz affiliate of SB Nation. Every week Mychal Lowman and James Hansen discuss fe ...
  
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• 2/5 go to Rudy 😏 twitter.com/NBA/status/104…

  08-10-2018 09:06 via twitter.com
  2/5 go to Rudy 😏 twitter.com/NBA/status/104…
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Georgia boys Derrick Favors, Al-Farouq Aminu continue to cross paths on NBA stage

  08-10-2018 07:37 via sportspyder.com
  ... wards once again crossed paths during Sunday’s preseason matchup as the Utah Jazz were in town to face the Portland Trail Blazers. Utah would ultimately come...
  
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• Jazz rally in Portland to improve to 4-0 in preseason, but defensive lapses prove a cause for concern

  08-10-2018 07:31
  After a lackluster defensive effort in the first half, the Jazz’s bench unit ratcheted up the intensity on both ends in the fourth quarter against the Trail Blazers on Sunday, rallying for a 123-112 victory at the Moda Center in Portland, Ore., to bolster their preseason record to 4-0.Donovan Mitchell scored a team-high 21 points for Utah, which outscored Portland 39-20 over the final 12 minutes of action.Joe Ingles and Alec Burks added 12 each for the Jazz.The end result was a bit deceivi
  
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• Georgia boys Derrick Favors, Al-Farouq Aminu continue to cross paths on NBA stage

  08-10-2018 07:29
  PORTLAND — Derrick Favors represents Atlanta, Georgia's south side, growing up on Cleveland Avenue to be specific.Al-Farouq Aminu also hails from Atlanta, but he grew up on the east side of town, with Nigerian kings in his lineage.Although Favors and Aminu weren't extremely close in Atlanta, they certainly hold that mutual respect for one another for rising above the same struggles in the same city.The NBA forwards once again crossed paths during Sunday's preseason matchup as the Utah Jazz
  
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• The Triple Team: Andy Larsen breaks down a ‘fool’s gold’ win over the Portland Trail Blazers

  08-10-2018 07:26
  Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 123-112 win over the Portland Trail Blazers from Salt Lake Tribune beat writer Andy Larsen.1. Jazz can’t contain Portland’s guards, inside or outIt’s not that Quin Snyder will be disappointed the Jazz won this game, but you wonder if the coaching about the team’s defense would land more heavily if the outcome would have gone differently. Let’s be clear: Portland’s starters dominated Utah’s starters throughout the n
  
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• NFL roundup: Vikings edge Eagles 23-21 in rematch of NFC championship game

  08-10-2018 07:09
  Minnesota Vikings' Linval Joseph (98) catches a fumble by Philadelphia Eagles' Carson Wentz (11) as Isaac Seumalo (73) looks on during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Michael Perez) (Michael Perez/)Philadelphia • Linval Joseph whipped out the sunglasses, sat on the bench and pulled on the oxygen mask.Rest up, big man. Job well done.Kirk Cousins threw for 301 yards and one touchdown, the 330-pound Joseph returned a fumble 64 yards for
  
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• [NBA] - Defense falters, but Jazz outshoot the Blazers to notch fourth straight win

  08-10-2018 06:44 via sportspyder.com
  ...the fourth quarter. (well he was a co-winner of our 3-point contest) — Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) Mitchell scored a team-high 21 points before he rolled his ankle ...
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz pass first preseason road test against Portland Trail Blazers

  08-10-2018 06:39 via sportspyder.com
  ... to catch the younger guys up to speed ahead of Sunday’s tip-off in Portland. Jazz players Naz Mitrou-Long, Jairus Lyles and Isaiah Cousins put in extra work a ...
  
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• Utah Jazz pass first preseason road test against Portland Trail Blazers

  08-10-2018 06:36
  PORTLAND — The final score at the Moda Center read 123-111 in the Utah Jazz's favor on Sunday night, but head coach Quin Snyder had nothing to celebrate.Even after a come-from-behind effort, where the reserves closed it out on a 24-8 run, Snyder still sees holes to correct, notably on the defensive end."I didn't think we played well," Snyder said, after the Jazz improved to 4-0 in the preseason. "We didn't play good defense and a lot of it was just not being focused. There were breakdowns,
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz get a hollow preseason victory over Portland Trail Blazers

  08-10-2018 06:34 via sportspyder.com
  ... g at one speed: ludicrous. Donovan slowed his pace in the second and got the Jazz back into the game a little bit in the third. Unfortunately, every single ti ...
  
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