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• American Fork topples defending champ Bingham with 28-21 overtime win, advances to 6A title game

  08-11-2018 23:21
  Boone Abbott knew it when he saw it.The American Fork senior quarterback stood on the sidelines while his defense attempted to stop the Bingham Miners from scoring. The Cavemen held a seven-point after scoring first in overtime.The Miners employed a trick play in which senior quarterback Peyton Jones threw to senior wide receiver Avi Parikh for a long, high attempt on 3rd-and-19. Senior Jeremiah Shipley had a clear view of the ball, settled under it and made the interception that ended the game.
  
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• [USA Today] - Dwyane Wade, Gabrielle Union announce birth of 'miracle baby'

  08-11-2018 23:20 via sportspyder.com
  Dwyane Wade — in the midst of his 16th and final NBA season — and Gabrielle Union have welcomed a baby daughter, born via a surrogate, into the world.
  
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• Enter for a chance to win up to three free nights at Vidanta’s Grand Mayan Resort. If that’s not enough, Vidanta R… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  08-11-2018 23:11 via twitter.com
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• Court gives environmentalists a victory, affirms deal reached with feds to revise land plans

  08-11-2018 23:06
  A federal appeals court has blocked Utah’s efforts to unravel the detente the Bureau of Land Management and motorized users reached with environmentalists over travel on thousands of miles of routes in southern Utah.The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance and nine other groups had negotiated a deal with the BLM last year requiring the land agency to revise resource-management plans after a lower court judge concluded the BLM failed to adequately document cultural resources that could be dama
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Donovan Mitchell has monster, buzzer-beating slam against the Mavericks

  08-11-2018 22:41 via sportspyder.com
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• [Hoops Rumors] - NBA Trade Candidate Watch: Northwest Division

  08-11-2018 22:28 via sportspyder.com
  Our 2018/19 NBA trade candidate series continues with the Northwest division, where the league's top trade candidate plays.
  
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• Salt Lake City police officer arrested in child porn investigation

  08-11-2018 22:22
  A Salt Lake City police officer has been arrested on suspicion of possessing child pornography.Jonathan Dew, 39, was placed on administrative leave by the SLCPD after the agents from the Utah Attorney General’s Internet Crimes Against Children task force alerted the department of the arrest.“The officer will remain on leave until the completion of these investigations," the SLCPD said in a statement.According to a probable cause statement, ICAC agents became aware of requests to down
  
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• Governor, Lt. Gov. rip Utah County for election foul-ups that help make McAdams-Love race too close to call

  08-11-2018 22:19
  Gov. Gary Herbert and Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox both are lashing out at Utah County for election mess-ups that are among reasons why the 4th Congressional District race between GOP Rep. Mia Love and Democrat Ben McAdams is still too close to call.“Any time we have a glitch on election night, Utah County seems to be the epicenter of dysfunction,” Herbert said in a prepared statement.Cox, who by law is the state’s top election official, also tweeted, “It’s a mystery why Ut
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz players treating Gordon Hayward’s return to Salt Lake as just ‘another game’

  08-11-2018 22:18 via sportspyder.com
  Hayward is expected to make his much-anticipated return to Vivint Arena in Celtic green on Friday, when Utah hosts Boston at 7:30 p.m.
  
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• Rep. Mia Love could still beat Ben McAdams in Utah’s 4th District, but it won’t be easy. Here’s the breakdown.

  08-11-2018 22:05
  Outside of a pet wolverine, there’s not much more dangerous than a journalist trying to do math.But as election returns slowly update in the congressional race between Republican Rep. Mia Love and Democrat Ben McAdams, let’s try to unpack some of the numbers so far and get an idea of where the race stands and, more importantly, where it may be headed.According to updates Wednesday from the county clerks, here are the remaining ballots to be counted in the four counties that make up t
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Utah players downplaying Gordon Hayward’s return

  08-11-2018 21:56 via sportspyder.com
  Gordon Hayward is making his first trip back to Utah to take on the Jazz since signing with the Boston Celtics in 2017. But the Jazz are downplaying the return. “People do what they want,” Gobert told Eric Woodyard of the Deseret News. “I hope he’s happy.
  
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• 100 years after the armistice that ended World War I, ‘there’s still the fight against evil,’ Utah governor says

  08-11-2018 21:50
  Poetry, music and history reverberated off the marble columns of the Utah State Capitol on Thursday, as the state officially marked the centennial of the end of World War I — “The Great War” — with reminders of the sacrifices made for the cause of freedom then and now.“There’s still the fight against evil in the world,” Gov. Gary Herbert said in his remarks at the Veterans Day ceremony, marking the 100th anniversary of the armistice on Nov. 11, 1918. The
  
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• Be honest: How many times have you watched this? https://t.co/c2l1lBEfwN

  08-11-2018 21:44 via twitter.com
  
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• Red All Over: After all the twists and turns of Utah’s football season, how will it end?

  08-11-2018 21:41
  Red All Over is The Salt Lake Tribune’s weekly newsletter covering University of Utah athletics. Subscribe here.As a developing story, this Utah football season has offered everything a writer could want.I remind myself never to overlook the human element of sports; these are real people, after all. The walk down the ramp to the Ute locker room last Saturday at Arizona State, being a step or two behind injured quarterback Tyler Huntley, is a scene that will stick with me.Without losing sig
  
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• Artwork of Latter-day Saint leader Henry B. Eyring goes on display in Salt Lake City

  08-11-2018 21:41
  To Henry B. Eyring, art is not about public recognition of his skill but rather a reflection of his life and faith.To that end, Eyring, second counselor in the governing First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has water-colored his memories on postcard-size canvases as part of his daily journal.Now, after decades as a Latter-day Saint leader — including a stint as president of Brigham Young University-Idaho and later as an apostle — he has produced more t
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz Editorial: Alec Burks deserves a chance to be great

  08-11-2018 21:09 via sportspyder.com
  Utah Jazz backup shooting guard Alec Burks has looked great so far this season. And he deserves a shot at being a key contributor moving forward. The Utah ...
  
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• Utah Jazz Editorial: Alec Burks deserves a chance to be great

  08-11-2018 20:52
  Utah Jazz backup shooting guard Alec Burks has looked great so far this season. And he deserves a shot at being a key contributor moving forward. The Utah Jazz finally got back to their winning ways on Wednesday night by defeating the Dallas Mavericks 117-102. And while a lot of things went well in the […]
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• BYU women’s soccer back in NCAAs after one-year absence, but must win at TCU to advance

  08-11-2018 20:38
  Provo • The way coach Jennifer Rockwood sees it, BYU’s women’s soccer team is back where it belongs — in the NCAA tournament.Having missed the tournament last year for just the fifth time in the program’s 24 years, all with Rockwood at the helm, the Cougars will meet TCU in a first-round match on Friday at the Horned Frogs’ home stadium in Fort Worth, Texas.“It feels great to be back,” Rockwood said. “Last year was one of only two times in my
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Frank Layden didn't think the Jazz in Utah would last

  08-11-2018 20:07 via sportspyder.com
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• “I only had two rules: Be on time and play hard.” https://t.co/jiszTSYKNj

  08-11-2018 19:46 via twitter.com
  
  “I only had two rules: Be on time and play hard.” https://t.co/jiszTSYKNj
  
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• Monson: Gordon Hayward returns, even as the Jazz and their fans have found somebody else to love

  08-11-2018 19:38
  It seems a long time ago now that Gordon Hayward left Utah and the Jazz for Boston and the Celtics. There was some odd stuff that happened leading up to that double-clutched decision, and some things that did not happen that should have. A timely phone call, for instance, to Jazz owner Gail Miller would have been proper.But the improprieties have faded over the past year and a half, since those events took a turn for the worse, along with Hayward’s ankle. That’s not a cheap shot. It&
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz look good against Mavs, but still have much to improve before facing Boston

  08-11-2018 19:36 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz looked good in their much-needed win over Dallas on Wednesday, but they have a lot of work still to do before Boston comes to town on Friday....
  
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• Salt Lake City police officer arrested on child porn charges

  08-11-2018 19:34
  A Salt Lake City police officer has been arrested on child pornography charges.Jonathan Dew, 39, was placed on administrative leave by the SLCPD after the agents from the Utah Attorney General’s Internet Crimes Against Children task force alerted the department of the arrest.“The officer will remain on leave until the completion of these investigations," the SLCPD said in a statement.According to a probable cause statement, ICAC agents became aware of requests to download files of ch
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Eye on the Y: Why is BYU’s offensive line regressing? Quarterback change, quality of opponents have something to do with it.

  08-11-2018 19:28 via sportspyder.com
  Eye On The Y is The Salt Lake Tribune’s weekly newsletter covering BYU athletics. Subscribe here
  
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• Eye on the Y: Why is BYU’s offensive line regressing? Quarterback change, quality of opponents have something to do with it.

  08-11-2018 19:27
  Eye On The Y is The Salt Lake Tribune’s weekly newsletter covering BYU athletics. Subscribe hereMoments after BYU stunned Wisconsin 24-21 at Camp Randall nearly two months ago, coach Kalani Sitake raved about the strides his program had taken in the weight room. He even awarded the game ball to the Cougars’ strength and conditioning staff and said their work building up the offensive line in particular was praiseworthy.Since then, however, the offensive line has seemingly regressed.
  
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• Utah Jazz look good against Mavs, but still have much to improve before facing Boston

  08-11-2018 19:19
  The Utah Jazz looked good in their much-needed win over Dallas on Wednesday, but they have a lot of work still to do before Boston comes to town on Friday. The Utah Jazz finally got back to their winning ways on Wednesday night by defeating the Dallas Mavericks by a score of 117-102. It was […]
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• 🦅👁 #TeamIsEverything https://t.co/IJiZ4NDhaW

  08-11-2018 19:10 via twitter.com
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - 2 bakers will make Utah look sweet on national TV as they build cookie replicas of Salt Lake City’s clock tower, the Osmond family cabin and more

  08-11-2018 19:06 via sportspyder.com
  Two Utah bakers will showcase the state’s sweeter side this month, when their new show, “Holiday Cookie Builds,” airs on the Cooking Channel.
  
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• 2 bakers will make Utah look sweet on national TV as they build cookie replicas of Salt Lake City’s clock tower, the Osmond family cabin and more

  08-11-2018 19:00
  Two Utah bakers will showcase the state’s sweeter side this month, when their new show, “Holiday Cookie Builds,” airs on the Cooking Channel.During the show — which premieres Friday, Nov. 9 — Brenda Nibley and Alisha Nuttall will have the nation salivating over their edible masterpieces made with cookies and other delicious treats.From a replica of Salt Lake City Hall’s clock tower to the 150-year-old log cabin for Utah’s musical Osmond family, viewers c
  
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• Environmentalists, feds and Utahns agree: Don’t send Green River water to Colorado

  08-11-2018 18:59
  If there is one issue that could unite environmentalists, rural Utah counties, power companies and federal agencies, it would be a proposal to funnel 55,000 acre-feet of water from the Beehive State across the Continental Divide to feed a neighboring state’s urban growth.Such an array of disparate interests crowded a Salt Lake City hearing room Wednesday to implore the Utah Board of Water Resources to reject a petition by Colorado businessman Aaron Million to divert this water from the Gre
  
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• Margaret Sullivan: Defend First Amendment principle. CNN should sue Trump for revoking press pass

  08-11-2018 18:33
  CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta is a smart, tough reporter. He can also be a grandstander who seems to thrive on conflict with President Donald Trump, and doesn't always know when to stop his aggressive questioning.But whether you like Acosta's style, it's clear the White House crossed a bright line Wednesday when it took away Acosta's "hard pass," which allows him the access he needs to cover the White House.That action amounts to punishing a member of the press for doing his job of in
  
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• Utah and Oregon will play football Saturday. That means there’s a good chance something crazy will happen.

  08-11-2018 18:26
  Kaelin Clay dropped the football, short of the goal line. Britain Covey pretended to catch a punt, 20 yards away from the ball's destination. Darren Carrington II caught a winning touchdown pass, barely in bounds. Braxton Burmeister hardly passed at all, in a convincing victory.Utah and Oregon will conclude a six-year segment of the Pac-12 football schedule Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium, before Oregon State replaces the Ducks on the Utes' 2019 calendar. One way or another, Utah quarterback Jas
  
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• For the first time since 1944, a Utahn has died of rabies — presumably after contact with a bat

  08-11-2018 18:09
  A Utahn has died of rabies. The last time that happened, the U.S. was storming the beaches of Normandy during World War II.The Utah Department of Health confirmed the death, although it released no information about the victim — except that he or she is believed to have been exposed to rabies though contact with a bat. And that it was the first rabies fatality in the state since 1944.“If you find yourself near a bat, dead or alive, do not touch, hit or kill it,” said Dallin Pet
  
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• Dana Milbank: Thought the election might restore some order? Oh you poor, sweet child.

  08-11-2018 18:05
  Video: President Trump is treating the midterm elections like a mandate to do what he wants. He does not quite have it, says columnist Dana Milbank. (Gillian Brockell, Kate Woodsome, Breanna Muir/The Washington Post)
  Washington - On Tuesday, American voters had their say: They gave Democrats control of the House, a check on the chaotic and rageful Trump presidency that left many voters saying in Election Day polls that they felt anxious and overwhelmed.On Wednesday, President Trump gave his resp
  
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• Despite overcrowding and construction, Salt Lake City International Airport soars to No. 2 in quality ranking

  08-11-2018 17:58
  The current Salt Lake City International Airport was designed for 10 million passengers a year, but now handles nearly 27 million.The result? Parking lots fill. Waiting areas often have more passengers than seats. It has few lounges. Concessions are crowded.But it still just flew to a No. 2 best overall ranking among America’s 30 busiest airports — and was just barely edged out of the top spot. And that comes amid its massive ongoing $3.6 billion project to rebuild the airport in pla
  
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• Max Boot: Do GOP senators have the courage to fight for our democracy?

  08-11-2018 17:56
  On Tuesday, voters handed the House to Democrats. On Wednesday, President Donald Trump showed why this kind of check on his untrammeled authority is so imperative - if probably inadequate.Nearly the first thing the president did after getting the election news - shortly after threatening Democrats and berating the media in a Wednesday morning news conference - was to fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Trump then appointed as acting attorney general, not the natural candidate - Deputy Attorney
  
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• Utah nurse charged with beating a 2-year-old foster child to death

  08-11-2018 17:19
  A Duchesne County nurse who worked for the Children's Justice Center has been charged with killing a 2-year-old foster boy who was in her care.Lisa Jo Vanderlinden, 41, a licensed practical nurse who lives in Neola, was charged in 8th District Court with aggravated murder, a first-degree felony.According to a probable cause statement, Vanderlinden and her husband — who had previously fostered and adopted children — took in the boy, identified as L.C., and his younger sister in April
  
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• Utah Jazz players treating Gordon Hayward’s return to Salt Lake as just ‘another game’

  08-11-2018 16:45
  SALT LAKE CITY — Countless text messages and social media mentions flooded Gordon Hayward's phone notifications following his first official game with the Boston Celtics on Tuesday, Oct. 17.One of them was from his former Utah Jazz teammate Rudy Gobert.After watching Hayward suffer a gruesome left ankle injury against the Cleveland Cavaliers during the 2017-18 season opener, Gobert had to reach out."I think it was important to do that," Gobert recalled. "We don't talk a lot but when it's i
  
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• Duchesne Country nurse charged with killing 2-year-old foster child in her care

  08-11-2018 16:37
  A Duchesne County nurse who worked for the Children's Justice Center has been charged with killing a 2-year-old foster boy who was in her care.Lisa Jo Vanderlinden, 41, a licensed practical nurse who lives in Neola, was charged in 8th District Court with aggravated murder, a first-degree felony.According to a probable cause statement, Vanderlinden and her husband — who had previously fostered and adopted children — took in the boy, identified as L.C., and his younger sister in April
  
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• Donovan dunks. Rudy blocks. Jazz win! » on.nba.com/2RIyPZQ

  08-11-2018 16:12 via twitter.com
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• 13 dead including gunman in shooting at California bar

  08-11-2018 16:10
  Thousand Oaks, Calif. • A hooded gunman wearing all black opened fire at a country dance bar holding a weekly “college night” in Southern California, using a handgun and a smoke device to kill 12 people and sending hundreds fleeing, authorities said Thursday.Terrified revelers used barstools to break second-floor windows and jump to safety to escape the dance bar, where the gunman was later found dead. Those killed in the shooting Wednesday night also included 11 people inside t
  
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• Political Cornflakes: House Democrats are planning to open investigations into Trump when they take power in January. The president says he’ll respond with ‘warlike posture.'

  08-11-2018 15:47
  Now that they have control of the House, Democrats say they are prepared to use their power to open multiple probes into President Donald Trump. They’re expected to scrutinize his policies on immigration, education and health care, and to examine his personal finances and potential connections to Russia — but they’re wary of immediately pursuing impeachment. Trump threatened Wednesday to retaliate with a “warlike posture” should the new majority use its subpoena pow
  
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• Finally, something environmentalists, the feds and Utah agree on: They’re against piping Green River water to Colorado

  08-11-2018 15:34
  If there is one issue that could unite environmentalists, rural Utah counties, power companies and federal agencies, it would be a proposal to funnel 55,000 acre-feet of water from the Beehive State across the Continental Divide to feed a neighboring state’s urban growth.Such an array of disparate interests crowded a Salt Lake City hearing room Wednesday to implore the Utah Board of Water Resources to reject a petition by Colorado businessman Aaron Million to divert this water from the Gre
  
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• With passage of Prop 2, legal protections for cannabis patients kick in Dec. 1

  08-11-2018 15:30
  Julie King, a Saratoga Springs resident diagnosed with cancer earlier this year, has considered driving out of state after Dec. 1, stocking up on medical cannabis and bringing it home to manage her pain.By that point, Proposition 2 or its replacement should be in effect, potentially shielding her from criminal prosecution for carrying and using the substance as a treatment. But the mother of four isn't sure she wants to chance it.“Do we risk not knowing what the outcome could be if we&rsqu
  
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• NBA Daily: Who’s Making An Impact Off The Bench?

  08-11-2018 15:30 via basketballinsiders.com
  Jordan Hicks takes a look at six who are making the biggest impact for their teams in the second unit.
  
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• Motel 6 agrees to pay $7.6 million to guests its employees reported to immigration

  08-11-2018 15:26
  Phoenix • The national budget chain Motel 6 has agreed to pay up to $7.6 million to Latino guests who say the company’s employees shared their private information with immigration officials, according to a proposed settlement filed in federal court.A federal judge must still approve the proposal filed last week in U.S. District Court in Arizona.The agreement between Motel 6, which is owned by G6 Hospitality in Carrollton, Texas, and guests represented by the Los Angeles-based Mexican
  
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• Tribune editorial: Initiatives’ success is a shot across Legislature’s bow

  08-11-2018 15:25
  The dust hasn’t settled, but we already know that this year’s election was a victory for people power in Utah.Two out of three statewide citizen initiatives likely have passed, and the third still might. That — more than a Sen. Romney or even a possible Rep. McAdams — is the most significant election result in Utah.Propositions 2, 3 and 4 were all based on ideas the Utah Legislature had rejected. Their success (or near success) showed that, no matter how well legislators
  
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• Supreme Court Justice Ruth Ginsburg hospitalized after fracturing 3 ribs in fall

  08-11-2018 15:22
  Washington • The Supreme Court says 85-year-old Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg fractured three ribs in a fall in her office at the court and is in the hospital.The court says the justice went to George Washington University Hospital in Washington early Thursday after experiencing discomfort overnight. The court says the fall occurred Wednesday evening.Ginsburg was admitted to the hospital for treatment and observation after tests showed she fractured three ribs.Ginsburg broke two ribs in a fal
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz players treating Gordon Hayward’s expected return to Salt Lake as just ‘another game’

  08-11-2018 15:07 via sportspyder.com
  Hayward is expected to make his much-anticipated return to Vivint Arena in Celtic green on Friday, when Utah hosts Boston at 7:30 p.m.
  
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• Utah Jazz players treating Gordon Hayward’s expected return to Salt Lake as just ‘another game’

  08-11-2018 15:00
  SALT LAKE CITY — Countless text messages and social media mentions flooded Gordon Hayward's phone notifications following his first official game with the Boston Celtics on Tuesday, Oct. 17.One of them was from his former Utah Jazz teammate Rudy Gobert.After watching Hayward suffer a gruesome left ankle injury against the Cleveland Cavaliers during the 2017-18 season opener, Gobert had to reach out."I think it was important to do that," Gobert recalled. "We don't talk a lot but when it's i
  
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