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• Jay Osmond makes claim that a 14th-century Scottish king is one of his family’s ancestors

  23-11-2018 23:38
  One of Utah’s most famous families, the Osmonds, is laying claim that one of Scotland’s most legendary heroes is a distant relation.Jay Osmond, one of the original Osmond brothers, told the Scottish website Edinburgh Live recently, “You’ll never believe who my ancestor was from way back: Robert the Bruce. So we’ve got a real strong Scottish connection.”Robert the Bruce was king of Scots from 1306 to his death in 1329. He is credited with leading Scotland durin
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz visit LeBron and the Lakers on Black Friday

  23-11-2018 23:24 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz need a discount because they can’t buy a bucket lately.
  
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• Like Urban Meyer or not, college football will miss him when he’s gone

  23-11-2018 22:39
  And yet — and yet! — amid an Ohio State season that stands at 10-1 but hasn’t felt like it, and amid all the strange and disturbing baggage strewn along it and before it, here’s a belief that won’t budge: If Urban Meyer does leave college football anytime soon or even somewhat later than soon, college football as a sport will spend awhile as diminished.It will lose a reference point, a looming presence, a Rushmore figure, a rare sort and a mainstay hovering above Co
  
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• Pope Francis taps experts, U.S. cardinal to help prep for abuse summit

  23-11-2018 22:37
  Vatican City • Pope Francis named the Vatican’s top sex abuse investigator and a close U.S. ally to an organizing committee for a February abuse prevention summit that has become a high-stakes credibility test after a new eruption of the scandal across the globe this year.Abuse survivors and women working at the Vatican will also contribute to the preparatory committee. Notably absent from the lineup announced Friday was Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley, who heads the pope’s
  
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• Our @giphy page is 🔥🔥🔥 (and updated all season long!) Check it out: giphy.com/utahjazz https://t.co/wBc5MsCQ0r

  23-11-2018 22:35 via twitter.com
  
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• Intoxicated man arrested for threatening to shoot pregnant sister during argument at mother’s house

  23-11-2018 22:00
  Carbon County • A man was arrested after police say he got drunk, got into an argument and threatened to shoot his pregnant sister in the head.Joshua Dean Holt was arrested Wednesday, and police said he had been at his mother’s house drinking alcohol, KSTU Fox 13 News reports.According to charging documents, Holt got angry when more relatives came over “because he did not like his sister’s husband.”An argument broke out and Holt threatened to shoot his sister’s
  
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• BYU could be severely shorthanded at running back in rivalry game matchup with Utah’s No. 5 rush defense

  23-11-2018 21:44
  Provo • Cold, wet and snowy weather could make throwing the football difficult in Saturday night’s rivalry game at Utah, BYU offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes acknowledged earlier this week.Even then, nobody has been able to run the football against the Utes, either.“It’s going to be quite the challenge,” Grimes said Tuesday as the 6-5 Cougars prepared for the 8-3 Utes and the 8 p.m. kickoff at Rice-Eccles Stadium.The Utes are No. 5 in the country in rushing defense
  
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• Are people really Googling if Danté is Australian? 😂 #LookItUp | @Xfinity https://t.co/uWqIBdPop5

  23-11-2018 21:41 via twitter.com
  
  Are people really Googling if Danté is Australian? 😂#LookItUp | @Xfinity https://t.co/uWqIBdPop5
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - How Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell drew inspiration from attending LeBron James’ ‘Decision’ at age 13

  23-11-2018 21:35 via sportspyder.com
  Donovan Mitchell shares experience of attending LeBron James' "Decision" announcement inside of the Boys and Girls Club of Greenwich, Connecticut on July 8, 2010.
  
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• How Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell drew inspiration from attending LeBron James’ ‘Decision’ at age 13

  23-11-2018 21:30
  LOS ANGELES — Nicole Mitchell's 13-year-old son, Donovan, wouldn't let up."Mom, I want to go," he kept insisting."Oh, my God," Nicole reflected on Donovan's excitement level.She finally allowed the future Utah Jazzman to attend what would become one of the biggest moments in sports history, although they had no idea at the time it would become such."I was at The Decision," Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell said of LeBron James' announcement to leave Cleveland for Miami. "That was right down the
  
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• [SB Nation: Ridiculous Upside] - Jairus Lyles Hopeful Journey to the NBA

  23-11-2018 21:15 via sportspyder.com
  The former UMBC star is using the G-League as a pathway to fulfilling his goal of playing in the NBA.
  
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• Government climate report warns of worsening U.S. disasters

  23-11-2018 21:00
  Washington • As California’s catastrophic wildfires recede and people rebuild after two hurricanes, a massive new federal report warns that these types of extreme weather disasters are worsening in the United States. The White House report quietly issued Friday also frequently contradicts President Donald Trump.The National Climate Assessment was written long before the deadly fires in California this month and Hurricanes Florence and Michael raked the East Coast and Florida. It says
  
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• tfw you remember there are Thanksgiving leftovers in the fridge https://t.co/boPv2vgHQx

  23-11-2018 20:49 via twitter.com
  
  tfw you remember there are Thanksgiving leftovers in the fridge https://t.co/boPv2vgHQx
  
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• Utah and BYU are meeting in November, just like old times, but this rivalry game will be unlike any they’ve ever played.

  23-11-2018 20:18
  Utah's rout of BYU in November 2004 completed the Utes' unbeaten regular season and almost guaranteed them a trip to the Fiesta Bowl. Fans flooded the field and placed a sombrero on quarterback Alex Smith's head.Four years later, another Utah victory in the rivalry game kept the Utes undefeated and assured them of a spot in a major bowl. Quarterback Brian Johnson took the microphone at midfield and asked fans where they wanted to go: Miami, New Orleans or Arizona?Saturday night’s rivalry g
  
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• The Warriors deal is LIVE! » on.nba.com/2DTorvF https://t.co/NZANjaw4D3

  23-11-2018 20:01 via twitter.com
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Teen who wrote essay on gun violence killed by stray bullet in her home

  23-11-2018 19:22 via sportspyder.com
  Sandra Parks knew too much about death, even at a young age.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Men’s basketball preview: BYU vs. Houston

  23-11-2018 19:22 via sportspyder.com
  HOUSTON AT BYU At the Marriott Center, Provo TipoffSaturday, 4 p.m. G Zac Seljaas has made a 3-pointer in all six games. Comments0facebook twitter email
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Fox News apologizes after a guest says of Hillary Clinton, ‘She’s like herpes’

  23-11-2018 19:22 via sportspyder.com
  Conservative commentator Anna Paulina had her wires crossed on Fox News, and somehow, her Thursday segment only got worse from there.
  
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• "We do it because it's a community effort to give back ... we just feel so blessed that it's important to use to he… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  23-11-2018 19:19 via twitter.com
  "We do it because it's a community effort to give back ... we just feel so blessed that it's important to use to he… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Teen who wrote essay on gun violence killed by stray bullet in her home

  23-11-2018 19:18
  Sandra Parks knew too much about death, even at a young age."We are in a state of chaos. In a city in which I live, I hear and see examples of chaos almost everyday. Little children are victims of senseless gun violence," Sandra wrote two years ago about gun violence in her Milwaukee neighborhood.Sandra called her essay “Our Truth” — a sobering reminder that, as she said, people’s poor choices and hatred have led to so much violence. She wrote about trying to escape from
  
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• Eye On The Y: Cougars will need a near flawless effort to knock off heavily favored Utes

  23-11-2018 19:17
  Eye On The Y is The Salt Lake Tribune’s weekly letter on BYU athletics. Subscribe here.Provo • As The Salt Lake Tribune’s BYU football beat writer the past 11 seasons, I get three or four requests a year from fellow beat writers who cover the teams BYU is facing that particular week to answer a few questions about the Cougars.Almost all of the inquiries end with a request for a game prediction. I usually decline.I learned years ago that predicting how the team I cover will do is
  
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• Fox News apologizes after a guest says of Hillary Clinton, ‘She’s like herpes’

  23-11-2018 19:14
  Conservative commentator Anna Paulina had her wires crossed on Fox News, and somehow, her Thursday segment only got worse from there.She was brought on to discuss investigating Hillary Clinton. But Paulina opened on the southern border and a bizarre history of century-old legislation that federalizes reservist troops. Another guest tried to quell the confusion before careening back to Clinton’s emails — a favored Fox News topic.Though his show prompted the discussion about Clinton &m
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - The Jazz continue to use the holidays to give back to the community

  23-11-2018 18:59 via sportspyder.com
  The Jazz continue to use the holidays to give back to the community - YouTube Skip navigation Sign in Search Loading... Close This video is unavailable. Working... Loading...
  
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  23-11-2018 18:32 via twitter.com
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz problems are collective, but several individual deficiencies are contributing

  23-11-2018 17:46 via sportspyder.com
  It's easy to point fingers when things aren't going right for a team. But the Utah Jazz's problems are as collective as they come. Despite it often being u...
  
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• Catherine Rampell: Are work requirements inherently, irredeemably flawed?

  23-11-2018 17:40
  Washington - As noted in an earlier column, Arkansas’s first-in-the-country, first-in-history Medicaid work requirements have been backfiring.The state has already purged 12,000 from the Medicaid rolls over the past three months. These Arkansans are not necessarily being booted because they're failing to work, however. Some have lost their insurance because the state has made it so ridiculously complicated for them to prove they're working.Then, perversely, getting kicked off insurance can
  
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• Utah Jazz problems are collective, but several individual deficiencies are contributing

  23-11-2018 17:28
  It’s easy to point fingers when things aren’t going right for a team. But the Utah Jazz’s problems are as collective as they come. Despite it often being unfair or inaccurate, it’s human nature to point fingers and attempt to find a sole source of blame. Whenever things go wrong, it’s always easier to try […]
  Utah Jazz problems are collective, but several individual deficiencies are contributing - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs
  
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• This week in Mormon Land: Church surveys young adults about how deeply they believe, apostle Holland gives gift to British PM, McNaughton art in manual

  23-11-2018 17:26
  The Mormon Land newsletter is a weekly highlight reel of developments in and about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whether heralded in headlines, preached from the pulpit or buzzed about on the back benches. Want this newsletter in your inbox? Subscribe here.This week’s podcast: Food and faith
  (Al Hartmann | Tribune file photo) A collector from Norway displays one of the hottest pins during Salt Lake City's 2002 Winter Olympics: a bowl of green Jell-O.
  It’s Thanksgiv
  
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• Monson: Here’s an annual list of the 50 things absolutely, 100-percent guaranteed to happen — or not — during the Utah-BYU game

  23-11-2018 17:22
  Utah  will lose a player to a bad targeting call, an injury, a dog bite, food  poisoning, chicken pox, or some other misfortune or malady, and replace him with a reserve who will play just as well.A  BYU player not named Corbin Kaufusi who was counted on to play a significant role in this game will be for whatever reason unable to go.BYU will have no more than one offensive play in excess of 25 yards.Kalani Sitake will break the world record for most hugs given to oppo
  
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• Utah State and Boise State have been on a collision course all season, and it finally goes down Saturday

  23-11-2018 17:17
  For the entire season, the Utah State Aggies have been building to this moment. The moment when they would get the opportunity to play for a chance to compete for the Mountain West Championship. The moment when they can do what few teams have done before and go undefeated in the conference.But the road to those accolades goes through Boise. No more need to focus on other teams’ quarterbacks or pass rushes. No more need to take it one game at a time. This is the only game.And some Aggies pl
  
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• [CBS Sports] - NBA scores, highlights: Warriors look to end losing streak against Trail Blazers; Lakers look to defeat Jazz - CBSSports.com

  23-11-2018 16:50 via sportspyder.com
  The NBA returns from their Thanksgiving break with a massive 14-game slate
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz at Los Angeles Lakers Preview: Jazz must show some urgency

  23-11-2018 16:39 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz will be in for a challenge on Friday night as they face a Los Angeles Lakers team that's well-equipped to take advantage of their weaknesses....
  
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• Letter: Get some answers on the climate crisis

  23-11-2018 16:37
  The climate is changing, and not for the better. The whole planet is warming. CO2 and other greenhouse gases are accumulating exponentially in the atmosphere. The polar ice sheets are melting. Sea levels are rising. Coastal flooding and storm surges are increasing. The oceans are warming and acidifying as they absorb more CO2. Coral reefs are dying around the globe. Utah’s snow pack is diminishing, threatening our water supply and winter economy. Glaciers are melting, threatening millions
  
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• Letter: Dump Common Core and get our students back on track

  23-11-2018 16:37
  The Common Core State Standards were developed in 2009 and adopted by 46 states over the next several years. Five more states have either completely or partially dropped CCSS because of the poorly developed reading and math standards, ineffective learning expectations, and teachers’ inability to appropriately teach their students.Have you taken a look at your child’s math homework lately? If it confuses you, it confuses your kids. You probably also noticed that they’re not read
  
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• Letter: Shocking lack of consequences in Unified Fire Authority case

  23-11-2018 16:33
  As an old investigator, I was shocked to see the board that oversees management of the Unified Fire Authority opted to not pursue recovery of monies spent by Chief Michael Jensen and others even though they clearly abused their role as administrators in service. The reasoning of the board was that costs to recover the hundreds of thousands of dollars were too high and the likelihood of conviction by prosecutors was low. I was amazed to read that the board advised the attorney general not to purs
  
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• Letter: Don’t ignore the will of the people on Proposition 4

  23-11-2018 16:30
  Utah’s Legislature has 75 representatives and 29 senators. If a bill receives 38 House votes (a majority of one) and 15 Senate votes (also a majority of one), the bill passes and goes to the governor for signature. If the governor signs it, the bill becomes law, and everyone believes the process is fair.Proposition 4, the independent redistricting, anti-gerrymandering ballot initiative, passed by a small majority of Utah voters, yet some legislators have already indicated that we (or, more
  
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• Letter: Legislators are working together to make a difference on climate

  23-11-2018 16:29
  When capitalism makes a mess such as is occurring today with respect to humanity's greenhouse gas emissions, there are some who will proclaim, “You see? Capitalism is no good. It's making a mess again. It's killing the coral reef systems and disrupting climate.”My rebuttal to that is capitalism makes a mess when costs get swept under the rug. Costs swept under the rug are out of sight and out of mind momentarily but eventually show up as destroyed property and lost lives, as per the
  
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• Tribune editorial: Don’t fix people who aren’t broken

  23-11-2018 16:27
  If it ain’t broke, the old saying goes, don’t fix it.At best, it would be a waste of time. More likely, an attempt to fix something that didn’t need it is likely to make things worse, maybe much worse, than would be the case if it were just left alone.The concept of “fixing” human beings as if they were clocks or cars, rather than complex and unique persons, has always been a little iffy. And when it came to the idea that some form of psychiatry or psychotherapy cou
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Max Boot: Democracy is in crisis around the world. Why?

  23-11-2018 16:27 via sportspyder.com
  It’s all too easy to become obsessed with our domestic political turmoil. President Donald Trump, after all, has fired the attorney general and FBI director to protect himself from investigation, tried to prosecute that same FBI director along with his...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Karen Attiah: Khashoggi’s murder will stain Trump (and America) forever

  23-11-2018 16:27 via sportspyder.com
  Last Friday afternoon I went to the Belgian restaurant Brasserie Beck, a few blocks down the street from The Washington Post. It was the place I had my last lunch with my friend and Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. I couldn't hold back the tears.
  
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• Karen Tumulty: How to make voting go more smoothly

  23-11-2018 16:25
  It has now been two weeks since the midterm election, and in some states, ballots are still being counted.President Donald Trump says that is evidence of something seriously amiss. He has trafficked in wild and unsubstantiated theories, claiming that some ballots showed up "out of nowhere" while others were forged or went missing. He even says he has witnessed people donning disguises to vote multiple times.This is perhaps no surprise, coming from someone who preposterously attributes his loss o
  
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• Utah Jazz at Los Angeles Lakers Preview: Jazz must show some urgency

  23-11-2018 16:23
  The Utah Jazz will be in for a challenge on Friday night as they face a Los Angeles Lakers team that’s well-equipped to take advantage of their weaknesses. If only the Utah Jazz could play the Boston Celtics every game this season. Surprisingly, the Jazz are 2-0 against what’s been an similarly dysfunctional squad (maybe […]
  Utah Jazz at Los Angeles Lakers Preview: Jazz must show some urgency - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Robert Gebelhoff: NASA’s latest gamble might not pay out, but it’s worth the $2 billion anyway

  23-11-2018 16:22
  Imagine you’re trying to decide where to place your peg in a game of Battleship. Except let’s change it up a bit. Instead of looking at a small grid, you’re scanning an entire planet. And instead of looking for ships, you’re trying to find evidence of microscopic life. And let’s add another fun twist: There might not even be any actual “targets” for you to find.Sound like something you’d be willing to bet more than $2 billion on? Well, NASA’s
  
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• Max Boot: Democracy is in crisis around the world. Why?

  23-11-2018 16:21
  It’s all too easy to become obsessed with our domestic political turmoil. President Donald Trump, after all, has fired the attorney general and FBI director to protect himself from investigation, tried to prosecute that same FBI director along with his defeated political opponent, described the media as the “enemy of the people,” trafficked in blatant racism and xenophobia, misused troops for political ends, spread fraudulent theories about voter fraud to undermine his politica
  
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• Karen Attiah: Khashoggi’s murder will stain Trump (and America) forever

  23-11-2018 16:17
  Last Friday afternoon I went to the Belgian restaurant Brasserie Beck, a few blocks down the street from The Washington Post. It was the place I had my last lunch with my friend and Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. I couldn't hold back the tears.That evening, The Washington Post reported that the CIA had concluded with “high confidence” that Jamal’s Oct. 2 murder by Saudi agents in the kingdom’s consulate in Turkey was ordered by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the
  
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• Gary Abernathy: Trump honoring Elvis? It’s about time.

  23-11-2018 16:13
  When Elvis Presley was included among President Donald Trump’s honorees for the Presidential Medal of Freedom, my first thought was, “It’s about time,” followed by the recognition that it would reignite the popular revisionist claim that Presley “appropriated” black culture and music, a nonsensical allegation that wasn’t shared by most of the black artists of the 1950s.That sentiment is most succinctly summed up by Public Enemy’s Chuck D in the 198
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Rep.-elect Ben McAdams says he wants to get to work on DACA, could vote for a Republican speaker over Nancy Pelosi

  23-11-2018 16:07 via sportspyder.com
  Rep.-elect Ben McAdams, D-Utah, has pledged to oppose Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s bid for another term as speaker of the House.
  
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• Rep.-elect Ben McAdams says he wants to get to work on DACA, could vote for a Republican speaker over Nancy Pelosi

  23-11-2018 16:04
  Rep.-elect Ben McAdams, D-Utah, has pledged to oppose Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s bid for another term as speaker of the House.But with no alternative Democrat running yet to challenge Pelosi, D-Calif., does that mean McAdams would cross the aisle and support a Republican speaker?“I guess we’ll have to see who is running,” McAdams said.During a Wednesday interview with The Salt Lake Tribune’s “Trib Talk" podcast, McAdams said he intends to vote for someone as speaker
  
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• #BlackFriday is HERE—click below to access our first offer ⤵️ » on.nba.com/2DQSGTD https://t.co/oMZh2Ji2ah

  23-11-2018 16:00 via twitter.com
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Monson: Here’s an annual list of the 50 things absolutely, 100-percent guaranteed to happen — or not — during the Utah-BYU game:

  23-11-2018 15:47 via sportspyder.com
  GORDON MONSON hosts “The Big Show” with Jake Scott weekdays from 3-7 p.m. on 97.5 FM and 1280 AM The Zone.
  
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