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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The Jazz take on the Grizzlies... Again

  12-11-2018 23:23 via sportspyder.com
  This time away from home - can the Jazz continue their momentum?
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Salt City Seven: Crowder & the Jazz Get Going, Gobert’s Back, Road Stretch Looms & More

  12-11-2018 23:10 via sportspyder.com
  Check in every Monday for the quotes, stats, plays and performances that tell the stories from the last 168 hours in the world of the Jazz. They know. Yikes. I mean .
  
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• Freshman Gavin Baxter brings some much-needed height, athleticism to BYU men’s basketball

  12-11-2018 22:41
  Provo • The first field goal of BYU freshman Gavin Baxter’s college basketball career was a dunk, but the moment he realized “it was about to get real” came a couple hours before that.“Rolling up to the arena [at No. 7 Nevada], knowing we were playing a top-10 team, knowing the type of talent we were going up against, that was pretty nerve-wracking,” Baxter said. “That’s when it hit me, and to be honest, I got pretty nervous.”The Cougars (1-1)
  
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• Utah fans pay their respects to Stan Lee, who loved Salt Lake City’s comic convention

  12-11-2018 22:15
  Geek fans in Utah — once called the nerdiest state in America — are paying tribute to Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee, who died Monday at the age of 95.“RIP Stan Lee. A true superhero. Forever!” tweeted Kira Coelho, under her cosplay alias Kiki Furia.RIP Stan Lee. A true superhero. Forever! Thank you for all u have done. pic.twitter.com/vfQF2fHRHI— 🔥Kiki Furia 🔥🔜 FanX in Apirl (@Kiki_Furia) November 12, 2018Jay Whittaker, one of the panelists o
  
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• Over the last five games, @CJC9BOSS has shot 49% from the field, 35% from behind the arc, and averaged 17 points pe… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-11-2018 22:11 via twitter.com
  Over the last five games, @CJC9BOSS has shot 49% from the field, 35% from behind the arc, and averaged 17 points pe… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Reno-Tahoe drops effort to host 2030 Winter Olympics, leaving Denver and Salt Lake City to compete

  12-11-2018 21:54
  South Lake Tahoe, Calif. • The Reno-Tahoe area will not be making a play to host the Winter Olympics.The Tahoe Daily Tribune reported Monday that the Reno-Tahoe Winter Games Coalition announced it was declining a bid invitation from the U.S. Olympic Committee.According to the coalition's board chairman, it would not be practical financially to put in a bid.Chairman Brian Krolicki said in a statement it was honored to be considered alongside Denver and Salt Lake City as possible hosts for th
  
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• For the first time since 2011, Utah takes Pac-12 South hopes into the final conference game vs. Colorado

  12-11-2018 21:33
  Utah's annual football game against Colorado always comes at the end of the program's conference schedule, but this season marks only the second time the Utes have stayed in the Pac-12 South race long enough to make it especially meaningful.Even if they beat the Buffaloes on Saturday in Boulder, the Utes would require help from one of Arizona State's two remaining opponents to earn a berth in the Pac-12 championship game. Yet getting to this point is achievement, after the Utes lost to Washingto
  
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• BYU focusing on Saturday’s game against New Mexico State, getting bowl eligible, and not rivalry game Nov. 24 at Utah

  12-11-2018 21:30
  Provo • Although it played well in all three phases of the game Saturday in a 35-16 victory over UMass, BYU’s football team still has a lot of improvement to make if it wants to finish the season on a high note, coach Kalani Sitake said Monday in his weekly press briefing.Namely, the Cougars have to find a way to start games better. They have fallen behind by double-digits in each of their last two games, and have been outscored 62-31 in the first quarter.“We have got to figure
  
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• Is the race between Mia Love and Ben McAdams headed for a recount? Utah law sets a high bar for contested elections.

  12-11-2018 21:27
  As statewide recounts are underway in Florida to determine that state’s next U.S. senator and governor, one high-profile Utah election remains too close to call on Monday.Salt Lake County mayor Ben McAdams, currently leads incumbent Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah, by less than 5,000 votes in the 4th Congressional District, giving the Democratic challenger a margin of just 2.32 percentage points with tens of thousands of votes still uncounted.But McAdams lead is — for now — well outside
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Jae Crowder feels love for Utah Jazz fan base grow after emotional win against Celtics

  12-11-2018 21:20 via sportspyder.com
  “I’ll never forget it," Crowder said.
  
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• Jae Crowder feels love for Utah Jazz fan base grow after emotional win against Celtics

  12-11-2018 21:17
  MEMPHIS — With a sellout crowd still roaring at Vivint Arena on Friday night, Jae Crowder and Rudy Gobert were pulled off to the side to chat with Utah Jazz sideline television reporter Kristen Kenney.Before Crowder could even say a word in the postgame interview, Jazz coach Quin Snyder approached him with a passionate hug in celebration of Utah's 123-115 victory against his former Boston Celtics team."Something special," Crowder said. "I'll never forget it. Just for him to embrace me at t
  
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• Before we take on the Grizzlies tonight, check out our Shootaround Sound from this morning 🎙🎥 #TakeNote |… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-11-2018 21:15 via twitter.com
  Before we take on the Grizzlies tonight, check out our Shootaround Sound from this morning 🎙🎥#TakeNote |… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Utah vs. BYU football rivalry game will have a late-night kickoff; so will Utah State-Boise State showdown

  12-11-2018 21:07
  The football rivalry game between Utah and BYU will kick off at 8 p.m. on Nov. 24 at Rice-Eccles Stadium, the Pac-12 announced Monday.Word also came down Monday that the Nov. 24 game pitting No. 14 Utah State and No. 23 Boise State will kick off at 8:15 p.m. The Aggies and Broncos could be playing for the Mountain West Conference’s Mountain Division title in that game.Fox Sports selected the game for an FS1 telecast in that late television window, as was the case for Utah's game vs. Colora
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The Jazz Renaissance of Jae Crowder

  12-11-2018 21:02 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz traded for Jae Crowder in the hopes they would receive this version of the wingman.
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Quin Snyder and Jae Crowder hugging will get you misty eyed

  12-11-2018 21:02 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz’s Quin Snyder is a national treasure.
  
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• Stan Lee, former head of Marvel Comics and co-creator of Spider-Man, the Hulk and the X-Men, is dead at 95

  12-11-2018 20:41
  Los Angeles • Stan Lee, the creative dynamo who revolutionized the comic book and helped make billions for Hollywood by introducing human frailties in superheroes such as Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and the Incredible Hulk, died Monday. He was 95.Lee was declared dead at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to Kirk Schenck, an attorney for Lee's daughter, J.C. Lee.As the top writer at Marvel Comics and later as its publisher, Lee was widely considered the architect of th
  
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• At Vatican’s request, bishops will delay votes on steps to combat sex abuse crisis

  12-11-2018 20:38
  Baltimore • In an abrupt change of plans, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops opened the group’s national meeting Monday by announcing it will delay for at least several months any votes on proposed new steps to address the clergy sex abuse crisis that is rocking the church.Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, of Galveston-Houston, said the delay was requested by the Vatican, which asked that the U.S. bishops wait until after a Vatican-convened global meeting on sex abuse in
  
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• Grizzlies have had success stopping Rudy Gobert; Dante Exum’s minutes on the decline?

  12-11-2018 20:28
  Memphis, Tenn. • The Jazz have fallen to the Memphis Grizzlies twice already in this young season, and the biggest thing they’re doing to find success is stopping Rudy Gobert from rolling to the rim by packing the paint.It’s working: Gobert’s two lowest scoring games of the year are against Memphis, picking up nine points in one contest and 11 in the other. For the season, though, Gobert is averaging 16.4 points per game, and 18.8 points in the Jazz’s wins.But the so
  
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• [USA Today: Hoops Hype] - Jazz didn't sign Kyle Lowry because they saved cap for Gordon Hayward

  12-11-2018 20:15 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz were reportedly interested in signing Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry when he was a free agent during the 2017 offseason.
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz partner Qualtrics acquired for $8 b-b-billion (with a B)

  12-11-2018 20:15 via sportspyder.com
  Qualtrics, the firm behind the Utah Jazz's 5 For the Fight jersey patches, has been acquired in a multi-billion-dollar deal. And now for something we don't...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Is the race between Mia Love and Ben McAdams headed for a recount? Utah law sets a high bar for contested elections

  12-11-2018 20:14 via sportspyder.com
  As statewide recounts are underway in Florida to determine that state’s next U.S. senator and governor, one high-profile Utah election remains too close to call on Monday.
  
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• Jazz didn't sign Kyle Lowry because they saved cap for Gordon Hayward

  12-11-2018 20:12
  The Utah Jazz were reportedly interested in signing Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry when he was a free agent during the 2017 offseason.
  According to Andy Larsen and Eric Walden, their patience with Gordon Hayward may have cost them an opportunity to add Lowry (via Salt Lake Tribune):
  “The Jazz traded for Ricky Rubio, but he wasn’t the only point guard the Jazz were considering. Besides the incumbent starter, George Hill, according to multiple Tribune sources, the Jazz spoke ext
  
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• Utah Jazz partner Qualtrics acquired for $8 b-b-billion (with a B)

  12-11-2018 19:59
  Qualtrics, the firm behind the Utah Jazz’s 5 For the Fight jersey patches, has been acquired in a multi-billion-dollar deal. And now for something we don’t normally get into here at The J-Notes: some financial news. Over the weekend, a key sponsor and business partner of the Utah Jazz fetched a hefty sum from one […]
  Utah Jazz partner Qualtrics acquired for $8 b-b-billion (with a B) - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Grim search for more fire victims, 31 dead across California

  12-11-2018 19:43
  Paradise, Calif. • The death toll from the wildfire that incinerated Paradise and surrounding areas climbed to 29 — matching the mark for the deadliest single blaze in California history — as crews continued searching for bodies in the smoldering ruins, with nearly 230 people unaccounted for.Statewide the number of dead stood at 31, including two victims in Southern California, from wildfires raging at both ends of the state.Ten search teams were working in Paradise — a to
  
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• E.J. Dionne: What House Democrats need to do

  12-11-2018 19:16
  Washington - Expanding health coverage, reforming our democracy, restoring upward mobility with well-paying jobs, curbing gun violence, and moving to repair our immigration system.Oh, yes, and protecting our constitutional republic from President Trump while rooting out corruption.This should be the agenda of Democrats in the House of Representatives. Already, some pundits are warning that the new majority will "overreach." But overreach is not the problem for a party that controls only one cham
  
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• Ishaan Tharoor: Macron’s Pyrrhic victory over Trump

  12-11-2018 19:12
  It was another embarrassing European visit for President Donald Trump, who traveled to Paris on Friday for ceremonies marking the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. It might have been an easy opportunity to mend fences and honor the sacrifices of Washington's traditional allies. Instead, Trump only underscored the widening gulf between the United States and its European partners.Before he even landed, Trump provoked controversy by attacking French President Emmanuel Macron over comment
  
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• Utah vs. BYU football rivalry game will have a late-night kickoff

  12-11-2018 18:49
  The football rivalry game between Utah and BYU will kick off at 8 p.m. on Nov. 24 at Rice-Eccles Stadium, the Pac-12 announced Monday.Fox Sports selected the game for an FS1 telecast in that late television window, as was the case for Utah's game vs. Colorado in the 2017 regular-season finale.The other Nov. 24 game of potential significance to Utah's Pac-12 South title hopes is Arizona vs. Arizona State. That game is scheduled at 1:30 p.m.Utah (5-3 in conference play), Arizona (4-3) and ASU (4-3
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - A Utah psychiatrist who admitted to looking at ‘preteen modeling sites’ will get his license back

  12-11-2018 18:47 via sportspyder.com
  A Utah child psychiatrist who once faced accusations that he had viewed child pornography at work will be able to practice medicine again — but with restrictions.
  
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• A Utah psychiatrist who admitted to looking at ‘preteen modeling sites’ will get his license back

  12-11-2018 18:47
  A Utah child psychiatrist who once faced accusations that he had viewed child pornography at work will be able to practice medicine again — but with restrictions.The state’s licensing authority initially denied David Ford Wilson’s request to reactivate his license, according to a stipulation and order, because he had admitted during the application process last year that he had looked at “preteen modeling sites” while working at Ogden’s McKay-Dee Hospital.Wils
  
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• Two dead in fire at Provo farm, dozens of animals also killed

  12-11-2018 18:35
  Two people were killed in a barn fire in Provo early Monday.About 30 firefighters responded to the blaze at Finch Family Farm, 358 S. 2470 West, which started as a brush fire about 1:30 a.m., according to authorities. It spread to several buildings; the bodies of the victims — who have not yet been identified by police — were found in the burned-out remains of those structures.Dozens of horses, goats and chickens were also killed.The fire did not affect nearby Amelia Earhart Elementa
  
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• How one Utah family built Qualtrics, a tech startup they sold for $8 billion — $7 billion they get to keep. And they still run the company.

  12-11-2018 18:04
  The tech industry’s newest billionaires are a pair of brothers who started a software company in their parents' basement in Utah. Now Ryan and Jared Smith are selling Qualtrics International Inc. to European giant SAP for $8 billion — and they’ll get to keep running the business.Ryan, 40, is the chief executive and public face of a startup that — unusually — resisted taking venture money for over a decade before finally agreeing to deals with Accel and Sequoia Capit
  
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• Best part about win over Celtics? Utah Jazz host family of Maj. Brent Taylor at game

  12-11-2018 17:24
  SALT LAKE CITY — While the sports world focused on Gordon Hayward's return to Utah and the public treatment he (BOO!) received from (BOO!) Jazz fans (BOO!) in his (BOO!) first (BOO!) game (BOO!) back (BOOOOO!), the family of the recently slain North Ogden mayor, Maj. Brent Taylor, received a much warmer welcome in private.Jazz president Steve Starks is lifelong friends with Mike Ashworth, the brother of Taylor's wife Jennie, and wanted to show the NBA organization's gratitude for Taylor's
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Best part about win over Celtics? Utah Jazz host family of Maj. Brent Taylor at game

  12-11-2018 17:22 via sportspyder.com
  Jennie Taylor and her seven kids had a special night, including a chance to meet Jazz star Donovan Mitchell.
  
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• ‘Let her light shine through you:’ Life of slain University of Utah student Lauren McCluskey celebrated in her hometown

  12-11-2018 17:13
  Family members, friends and coaches remembered University of Utah student and athlete Lauren McCluskey as kind, sensitive, intelligent, dedicated and beautiful at a Sunday celebration of her life held in her hometown of Pullman, Wash.University of Utah President Ruth Watkins and track and field coach Kyle Kepler were among the hundreds of mourners who turned out to remember the 21-year-old U. track and field athlete and Pullman High School graduate at the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Even
  
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• One woman shot, two men arrested after gunfight at South Salt Lake bar

  12-11-2018 17:04
  Two men are in custody after a bar fight turned into a gunfight — with dozens of shots fired — in South Salt Lake early Sunday morning.Falefatu Fatiau, 27, and Stephano Tuisila, 22, were each booked into the Salt Lake Couty Jail for investigation of 19 counts of felony discharge of a firearm and one count of aggravated assault; Fatiau was also under investigation for possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person.According to South Salt Lake police, they received a report of
  
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• One dead, one missing after fire at Provo farm

  12-11-2018 15:48
  One person is dead and another is missing after a barn fire in Provo early Monday.About 30 firefighters responded to the blaze at Finch Family Farm, 358 S. 2470 West, which started as a brush fire about 1:30 a.m., according to authorities. It spread to several buildings; the body of the victim was found in the burned-out remains of one of those structures.Dozens of goats were also killed.The fire did not affect nearby Amelia Earhart Elementary School, which was scheduled to open as usual.The cau
  
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• Letter: Trump’s supporters have made a deal with the devil

  12-11-2018 15:32
  “Stop the words of hate,” the rabbi urges our political leaders after the massacre at his synagogue. President Donald Trump keeps tweeting. He’s not going to change and neither are his supporters. Trump says at his rally the night of the shootings: “Should I tone it down?” “NO!” scream the attendees.Hillary Clinton was correct. These are deplorables.Throughout human history, societies have shunned those among us who exhibit aberrant behavior. This is har
  
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• Letter: Keep the heat on your elected representatives

  12-11-2018 15:28
  Well, Utah, the election is over, and for a midterm election, you showed up in force. Now the hard part starts.It is time for the citizens of this country to let their senators and congresspeople know that “business as usual” is not going to be tolerated in Washington. As strong of an opinion as I have against the current occupant of the White House, our elected leaders need to move forward with resolving our critical issues. I of course refer to health care, immigration reform, tax
  
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• Letter: Congress should fight problems, not each other

  12-11-2018 15:26
  The Democrats have taken control of the House. Nancy Pelosi is considered to become speaker. If she does and immediately goes on another rant against the current administration and demand for lawsuits, subpoenas and a push for impeachment, she will become the harpy of the House. The many Democrat voters throughout the country who prefer legislative action and not a pattern of revenge seeking will become disillusioned with political chicanery as usual.So many critical issues need resolution: medi
  
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• Letter: Some Salt Lake City intersections are perilous for cyclists

  12-11-2018 15:24
  I have commuted to work by bike for about three years in Salt Lake City. Rain or shine, hot or cold, I love being on my bike and enjoying our city’s great bike infrastructure.I also fear for my life.Crossing certain intersections by bike is a dangerous proposition when people in cars have places to be and red lights to run. Drivers seem to especially disrespect the traffic light at 2100 South and 600 East. Cyclists, who can get into the middle of that intersection quickly, are at great ris
  
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• Letter: It’s up to us, not Washington, to make America better

  12-11-2018 15:22
  I think that Donald Trump is making America great again, but not in the way he thinks. Since he was elected, concerned citizens have confronted their representatives all over the country. It is clear that Republicans do not want to face grassroots activists who are protesting them.The Republican party has become an anti-immigrant, protectionist and deficit-making party. Its small-government, low-regulation and nationalistic outlook is hostile to free trade and immigration. It solicits support by
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz at Memphis Grizzlies preview: Jazz aim for redemption vs. Grizz

  12-11-2018 15:20 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz have laid eggs both times they've faced the Memphis Grizzlies so far this season. Can they turn things around in round three? The Utah Jazz h...
  
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• Average Utah payday loan interest rate rises to nearly 528% annually — double what Mafia loan sharks charged in the 1960s

  12-11-2018 15:17
  The already astronomical interest rates for payday loans in Utah are rising, to an average of 528 percent, with the highest rate topping a stunning 1,500 percent. Still, 1 of every 5 payday loan stores in the state closed in the past two years.That’s according to new annual data compiled by the state about the industry — portrayed by critics as a “debt trap” that can easily hook and financially drain the poor, but defended by lenders as a needed service for people with po
  
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• LDS Church developer plans to build a 28-story office tower in downtown Salt Lake City

  12-11-2018 15:16
  Building on their success with 111 Main, developers for the LDS Church are planning a new 28-story office tower in downtown Salt Lake City.City Creek Reserve, a real estate arm of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has submitted preliminary plans for a sleek, curving and glass-clad skyscraper on the northeast corner of State Street and 100 South, just west of the Harmons Grocery store and south of the church’s Social Hall Heritage Museum.City Creek Reserve spokesman Dale Bill
  
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• Utah Jazz at Memphis Grizzlies preview: Jazz aim for redemption vs. Grizz

  12-11-2018 15:05
  The Utah Jazz have laid eggs both times they’ve faced the Memphis Grizzlies so far this season. Can they turn things around in round three? The Utah Jazz have been disappointingly crushed by the Memphis Grizzlies on two occasions already in this young season. And despite having played just 12 total games, the Jazz are […]
  Utah Jazz at Memphis Grizzlies preview: Jazz aim for redemption vs. Grizz - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Jimmer lights it up for 75 points in China

  12-11-2018 14:42
  Beijing • Former BYU star Jimmer Fredette scored 75 points in a Chinese Basketball Association game Sunday, the last 40 in the fourth quarter of the Shanghai Sharks' 137-136 loss to the Beikong Fly Dragons.Fredette gave Shangai a two-point lead on a layup with 7.2 seconds left, but Pierre Jackson countered with the winning 3-pointer for Beikong. Jackson had 63 points.Fredette was 24 of 34 from the field, going 7 of 10 from 3-point range, made 20 for 21 free throws and had eight rebounds, se
  
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• ABC’s ‘Single Parents’ is for all the single parents in Utah, and there are lots of them. And for everybody else, too.

  12-11-2018 14:00
  The best new comedy on TV this fall is one that a lot of Utahns can relate to — it’s called “Single Parents.” No, really.According to data from the U.S. Census, 18 percent of the children in Utah live in single-parent households — about 167,000 infants, toddlers, kids, preteens and teens under 18. That ranges from a low of 11 percent in Utah County to a high of 37 percent in Grand County. That means there are a whole lot of single parents in the state, among the nat
  
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