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• [The Spun] - Former Duke Star Grayson Allen Assigned To G-League

  03-12-2018 23:46 via sportspyder.com
  Grayson Allen's rookie season with the Utah Jazz looks to be going on hold for a little while as the Utah Jazz have assigned him to the G-League.
  
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• NBA Daily: Kyle Korver Already Helping Utah

  03-12-2018 23:27 via basketballinsiders.com
  The Utah Jazz front office bet on Korver's ability to help the team improve its three-point shooting. Jordan Hicks takes a look into how that may play out.
  
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• [NBC Sports: Pro Basketball Talk] - Kay Felder released from Toronto G-League team after arrest, charges for domestic violence

  03-12-2018 23:23 via sportspyder.com
  Kay Felder, the former second-round pick of the Hawks who has bounced the NBA for the past few seasons, was in Toronto with their G-League team this season trying to make it back to the NBA. Howeve…
  
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• Utahn accused of stealing historic Latter-day Saint photos and texts faces more felonies in thefts from BYU library

  03-12-2018 22:39
  The man accused of stealing historic Latter-day Saint texts and documents from Utah libraries has been charged with stiffer crimes, and court records suggest a third county prosecutor is weighing a case against him, too.The Utah County attorney Monday charged Kevin Mark Ronald Schuwer of Orem with three felonies: theft, theft by deception and conducting a pattern of unlawful activity. That last count packs a penalty of up to 15 years in prison. The other two charges — as well as the ones h
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah House passes medical cannabis bill by more than a two-thirds margin to replace ballot initiative

  03-12-2018 22:37 via sportspyder.com
  The medical cannabis bill that could replace Proposition 2 cleared the Utah House of Representatives after more than two hours of debate during Monday’s special session.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - One of every four residents in Utah’s San Juan County lives in poverty. In Morgan County, just one in 25 are impoverished.

  03-12-2018 22:37 via sportspyder.com
  Utah’s San Juan County — dominated by the Navajo reservation — languishes with one of every four residents living in poverty, 25.9 percent. That is 22nd worst among counties in the West.
  
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• Utah House passes medical cannabis bill by more than a two-thirds margin to replace ballot initiative

  03-12-2018 22:29
  The medical cannabis bill that could replace Proposition 2 cleared the Utah House of Representatives after more than two hours of debate during Monday’s special session.The 60-13 vote largely broke down on party lines, with House Democrats arguing that the Legislature should not override voters who endorsed the ballot initiative in last month’s election.The legislation now heads to the Utah Senate for consideration. It has already secured more than two-thirds support in the House, an
  
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• One of every four residents in Utah’s San Juan County lives in poverty. In Morgan County, just one in 25 are impoverished.

  03-12-2018 22:24
  Utah’s San Juan County — dominated by the Navajo reservation — languishes with one of every four residents living in poverty, 25.9 percent. That is 22nd worst among counties in the West.At the other end of the spectrum, poverty is rare in Utah’s Morgan County. Just one of every 25 residents there are caught in it — the 11th lowest rate among all the nation’s counties, and third lowest in the West.These starkly different economic realities emerge from new Censu
  
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• [NBC Sports: Pro Basketball Talk] - Report: David West’s cryptic comments were about Warriors’ meningitis scare

  03-12-2018 22:02 via sportspyder.com
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• 2019 Sundance Film Festival chooses 12 TV and web series, special events and 73 short films

  03-12-2018 22:02
  A dozen episodic short-form stories — with topics ranging from hip-hop to poetry, true crime to family strife — will vie for attention at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival’s Indie Episodic program.The showcase for episodic stories, made for TV or web consumption, marks its second year at Sundance. The 12 entries in the program were announced Monday by Robert Redford’s Sundance Institute.The institute Monday also announced four programs in its Special Events program, highlig
  
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• USA Boxing is in Salt Lake City as more than 700 compete in the Elite and Youth National Championships

  03-12-2018 22:00
  More than 700 male and female boxers ranging in age from 8 to 40 will compete in the 2018 USA Boxing Elite and Youth National Championships and Junior Open this week at the Salt Palace Convention Center.Once again, Utah’s best hope for a national championship lies in the hands of two women who took up the sport later in life than most, Park City’s Maryguenn Vellinga and Herriman’s Whitney Gomez. Vellinga, a 36-year-old mother of two, is seeded fourth in the Elite Women’s
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: KTVX’s owner is buying FOX 13’s owner — but one of those stations will have to be resold

  03-12-2018 21:56
  The parent company of KTVX-Channel 4 is buying the parent company of KSTU-Channel 13 — but the stations will not all end up being owned by the same entity.Nexstar Media, which counts KTVX and KUCW-Channel 30 among the 171 stations it currently owns, is buying Tribune Media, which counts Utah’s FOX 13 among the 42 stations it owns. However, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations will not allow Nexstar to own both KTVX and FOX 13, so one or the other will have to be sold.(
  
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• BYU running back Matt Hadley fractured his leg vs. Utah, won’t play in Cougars' bowl game

  03-12-2018 21:55
  Provo • A couple of BYU football players who were injured in the Nov. 24 loss to Utah might be able to play in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl against Western Michigan, Cougars coach Kalani Sitake said Monday.But one certainly won’t.Senior running back Matt Hadley suffered a fractured leg early in the second half in Utah’s 35-27 come-from-behind win over the Cougars.“Tough guy. Walked off [the field] on his own and everything,” Sitake said. “We will miss him, but
  
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• Cash or charge? Utah Senate eyes budget surplus to fund new prison construction without bonding

  03-12-2018 21:27
  Utah senators voted unanimously Monday to appropriate $235 million for construction of a new state prison in Salt Lake City, a move that could offset potential bonding and save the state in interest costs.Sen. Jerry Stevenon, R-Layton, said lawmakers had already authorized up to $285 million in bonding for the prison relocation project. But new state revenue numbers released Monday show roughly $1.2 billion surplus on hand, allowing for a cash payment on construction in lieu of credit, he said.&
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Ben McAdams resigns as Salt Lake County mayor, effective Jan. 2, the day before he enters Congress

  03-12-2018 21:12 via sportspyder.com
  Rep.-elect Ben McAdams, D-Utah, submitted his letter of resignation Monday as the mayor of Salt Lake County — and designed it in a way that will keep him fully employed until he joins Congress.
  
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• Ben McAdams resigns as Salt Lake County mayor, effective Jan. 2, the day before he enters Congress

  03-12-2018 21:03
  Rep.-elect Ben McAdams, D-Utah, submitted his letter of resignation Monday as the mayor of Salt Lake County — and designed it in a way that will keep him fully employed until he joins Congress.His resignation is effective Jan. 2. The new Congress convenes on Jan. 3. Besides continuing as mayor, he has been busy organizing his new congressional office and staff.His two-page resignation letter outlined some of the county’s accomplishments during his six years as mayor, and stressed tha
  
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• Kids are coming to court in chains and are sometimes shackled to the floor in one rural Utah courthouse. Here’s where it is and why court officials say it’s happening.

  03-12-2018 21:02
  Manti • Inside the pale stone historic courthouse in this rural Utah town, youths coming to court from juvenile-detention centers are shackled. They sit in the jury room with their hands bound to a belly chain that rests on their hips, a bailiff watching over them as they wait for their cases to be called.The chains often stay on when they go into the sole courtroom for their hearing.And, at times, authorities shackle youths to the floor, cuffing their ankles to a steel plate in the jury ro
  
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• Healthy Raul Neto’s up-and-down minutes are still more than Dante Exum is getting lately for the Utah Jazz

  03-12-2018 21:00
  This being Dante Exum’s fifth season with the Jazz and Raul Neto’s fourth, there was hope that the minutes starting point guard Ricky Rubio spent on the bench would be in solid and capable hands.It’s hard to make that argument, though, after Utah’s just-completed three-game road trip.If it was memorable for Exum, then it was so for the wrong reasons: a total of 8 minutes and 48 seconds played, one point scored, 0-for-3 shooting, one assist, three turnovers, and one dreade
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Cash or charge? Utah Senate eyes budget surplus to fund new prison construction without bonding

  03-12-2018 20:59 via sportspyder.com
  Utah senators voted unanimously Monday to appropriate $235 million for construction of a new state prison in Salt Lake City, a move that could offset potential bonding and save the state in interest costs.
  
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• [NBC Sports: Pro Basketball Talk] - Bulls say they want to keep Jim Boylen as head coach next season

  03-12-2018 20:56 via sportspyder.com
  Boylen replaces fired Fred Hoiberg
  
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  03-12-2018 20:31 via twitter.com
  
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• Different team, same theme: Much like Utah, Northwestern almost got to the Rose Bowl with its defense

  03-12-2018 20:28
  Northwestern’s Pat Fitzgerald starred as a college linebacker and has coached an overachieving football program for 13 seasons. The Wildcats were disappointed to miss the Rose Bowl after winning their first Big Ten West title, but are happy about playing in the Holiday Bowl. Northwestern overcame a rough September by winning seven of its last nine games and will bring a tough defense to San Diego, while hoping the offense can generate some points.Any of this stuff sound familiar?Utah&rsquo
  
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• Utah Senate votes to update driver licenses in conflict with federal rules

  03-12-2018 20:24
  Utahns may soon see a gold star on their driver licenses, with the state Senate voting unanimously on Monday to repeal a state law in conflict with federal rules for identification cards.The repeal bill, sponsored by Sen. Wayne Harper, R-Taylorsville, will be considered by the House on Monday afternoon during a special legislative session that also includes debate on medical marijuana legalization and construction funding for a new state prison.Harper said states have until October 2020 to fully
  
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• [Deadspin] - Luka Doncic Gets Pumped And Jacked About The NBA, Also Happens To Play In It

  03-12-2018 20:22 via sportspyder.com
  Luka Doncic is the most productive rookie in the NBA. He is also the smiliest goof I can remember ever seeing on its basketball courts. This passage from Rob Mahoney’s nice SI profile of the Mavericks’ Slovenian teen rang true:
  
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• Michelle Obama cursed when criticizing Facebook executive’s ‘lean in’ mantra, and the internet lost it

  03-12-2018 20:08
  In front of a sold-out crowd at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Saturday night, Michelle Obama looked like a woman who had it all. The Ivy League-educated former first lady, mother of two and now best-selling author was met with thunderous applause as she walked onstage to promote her recently released memoir, “Becoming.”But in a brief moment of uninhibited candor — complete with some spontaneous swearing — that set the Internet ablaze, Obama said the belief that women
  
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• [NBC Sports: Pro Basketball Talk] - Malik Monk throws off-backboard alley-oop to Miles Bridges (video)

  03-12-2018 20:01 via sportspyder.com
  Hornets fall to Pelicans
  
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• Student critically injured in four-story fall at BYU’s Tanner Building

  03-12-2018 19:59
  A BYU student was critically injured when she fell from the fourth floor of the N. Eldon Tanner Building shortly after 9 a.m. on Monday.Brigham Young University police confirmed that the unidentified woman fell to the first floor of the massive atrium at the center of the building, which houses the Marriott School of Management. No further information was immediately available.About 90 minutes after the incident, the Tanner Building was closed and classes in it were canceled for the day. BYU twe
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Different team, same theme: Much like Utah, Northwestern almost got to the Rose Bowl with its defense

  03-12-2018 19:55 via sportspyder.com
  Northwestern’s Pat Fitzgerald starred as a college linebacker and has coached an overachieving football program for 13 seasons. The Wildcats were disappointed to miss the Rose Bowl after winning their first Big Ten West title, but are happy about playing.
  
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• Gary Andersen, a former Utah State football coach now with the Utes, is among the candidates for the USU opening

  03-12-2018 19:54
  Sporting a red and gray tie and a smile as wide as can be, Matt Wells gave thanks. In his introductory press conference Saturday morning as the new head coach at Texas Tech, the former Utah State coach stood at the podium for more than 40 minutes explaining his plans for the future of Red Raider football.But Wells, first and foremost, thanked those back in Logan. Thanked university presidents and athletic directors for giving him a shot at leading his alma mater.“Those guys believed in me,
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Student critically injured in three-story fall at BYU’s Tanner Building

  03-12-2018 19:33 via sportspyder.com
  A BYU student was critically injured when she fell from the fourth floor of the N. Eldon Tanner Building shortly after 9 a.m. on Monday.
  
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• Former Vice President Joe Biden will speak at the University of Utah on Dec. 13

  03-12-2018 18:16
  Former Vice President Joe Biden is coming to the University of Utah to speak on Dec. 13.Biden, who served with President Barack Obama from 2009-17 after 36 years in the Senate, will appear at Kingsbury Hall on Thursday, Dec. 13, at noon. The event, sponsored by the university’s MUSE Project, will include am address by Biden, followed by a 15-minute question-and-answer session.Questions must be submitted online by Dec. 7 to be considered.The theme for this year’s MUSE (My U Signature
  
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• Some people are upset about ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’ — here’s why

  03-12-2018 18:15
  As is tradition when Christmastime nears, the 1964 classic "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" returned to American television screens. But this time around, the once-heralded stop-motion film has made the news for all the wrong reasons.Viewers may recall its simple plot: The reindeer is mocked and cast away by the majority of his peers when they discover his glowing red nose. Even though Rudolph ultimately returns to save the day — using his glimmering snout to guide Santa through poor weath
  
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• Chicago Bulls fire coach Fred Hoiberg; ex-Ute coach Jim Boylen takes over

  03-12-2018 18:15
  Chicago • The skidding Chicago Bulls fired coach Fred Hoiberg on Monday and promoted associate head coach Jim Boylen, in hopes of lifting the team from the bottom of the standings.Boylen’s last head coaching job was at Utah, where he led the Runnin' Utes from 2007-11.The Bulls have been hit hard by injuries this season, but at 5-19 only two teams have worse records."Decisions like this one are never easy to make, however I felt this was the right choice for our organization at this ti
  
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• 📓| Rubio shines in narrow loss to Miami » on.nba.com/2RwzbTy

  03-12-2018 16:57 via twitter.com
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• Lawyers want Stormy Daniels to pay Trump $340K in legal fees

  03-12-2018 16:35
  Los Angeles • Lawyers for President Trump want porn actress Stormy Daniels to pay them $340,000 in legal bills they claim they earned successfully defending Trump against her frivolous defamation claim.The attorneys are due in a Los Angeles federal courtroom Monday to make their case that they rang up big bills because of gamesmanship and aggressive tactics by attorney Michael Avenatti, who represents Daniels.Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, alleges she had a one-night affair
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Misery in Miami for the Utah Jazz

  03-12-2018 16:22 via sportspyder.com
  On Friday night, I thought I would be writing a happy Downbeat but then today happened. The Jazz never seem to have good luck in...
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Trump’s rejection of climate science has become a dominant view within the Republican Party

  03-12-2018 16:07
  President Donald Trump’s skepticism of climate change has seeped into the GOP mainstream, as many congressional Republicans and newly elected lawmakers also refuse to embrace scientific evidence on global warming. Broad agreement exists in the scientific community that the Earth’s temperature is rising, with the last Republican president, George W. Bush, acknowledging the trend and that human activity is a factor in the problem. Years later, Trump has led the way for many other Repub
  
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• Letter: GM’s decision is unfortunate; we still need small cars

  03-12-2018 15:22
  Regarding the Nov. 27 Tribune article, "GM to slash up to 14,000 jobs in North America”:Following the Obama administration's decision to assist and allow American-based automakers to "clean up their act,” it became apparent, while focusing on trucks and SUVs, that the American sedan was being de-emphasized as U.S. automakers quickly reduced their product lines.I find GM's decision unfortunate but not surprising. From a personal perspective, though, my first purchase was a 1967 Ford M
  
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• Letter: Love never did have the high ground

  03-12-2018 15:21
  Oh Mia Love, how far you have fallen. You go on the attack against the Republican Party, knowing full well you were used the entire time you were, um, not representing your constituents, but falling in line with the detestable Trump machine.You said, “Republicans never take minority communities into their home and citizens into their homes and into their hearts.” You knew that from the get-go and still you thought you made a difference. The Trump machine showed you, didn’t it?Y
  
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• Letter: Emery County land bill is flawed

  03-12-2018 15:20
  As they press hard to pass a flawed Emery County Public Lands Management Act through a lame-duck session of Congress, Sen. Orrin Hatch and Rep. John Curtis seem to be trying to sidestep Utahns and all Americans.By allowing local county commissioners to control the process and proposal, this bill leaves those outside Emery County — Native Americans and millions who have an interest in these wild lands — with no real opportunity for public input.At risk are some of central Utah's most
  
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• Letter: Emery County land bill is a huge step backward

  03-12-2018 15:20
  My husband and I strongly oppose Sen. Orrin Hatch and Rep. John Curtis’ push on the Emery County Public Land Management Act as it is written.We see this bill as a huge step backward for conservation. The bill designates only a third of the acres of wilderness-quality lands in Emery County for wilderness protection and leaves 900,000 acres of BLM land without protection. Of the third of the land that is designated, much is already protected.The bill does not go far enough to protect the San
  
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• Letter: New regulations on “clean meat” would be detrimental

  03-12-2018 15:18
  I’m writing to encourage Rep. Rob Bishop and the rest of Congress to drop rider SEC 736 from the Farm Bill. This rider would force the USDA to issue new regulations on “clean meat” or “cell-based meat,” even though the USDA and FDA are already working together to oversee the safe production of these foods.“Clean meat” refers to meat that’s produced without slaughtering an animal. Instead, stem cells are harvested from healthy livestock and grown in
  
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• Lehi’s assurance that Point of the Mountain dust poses no health risk draws backlash from residents; Health Department says more study is needed

  03-12-2018 15:16
  A letter Lehi sent to residents in October aimed at calming concerns over air-quality issues related to dust from mass grading at Point of the Mountain has some residents crying foul and the state Health Department calling for further investigation.“It is filled with false information and was nothing more than a political hit by the city against its own residents," said Elias Faraclas, a vocal critic of the Point of the Mountain mining operations.He accuses the city of "purposefully ignori
  
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• Utah coal mine keeps emitting methane a decade after it ceased operations

  03-12-2018 15:15
  Price • The Centennial Mine, tucked in a scenic cleft under Utah’s Book Cliffs known as Deadman Canyon, once extracted bituminous coal from deep under the West Tavaputs Plateau, but the dangers of operating in methane-infused deposits 3,000 feet below the surface forced its owner to suspend operations.That was more than 10 years ago, but the mine has yet to be closed. Equipment remains in place at its unsealed portals and the mine continues to vent methane through several bore holes.S
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Dwyane Wade wishes he was as good as Donovan Mitchell when he was young

  03-12-2018 14:43 via sportspyder.com
  Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade, who’s playing his final year this season, wishes that he was as good as Donovan Mitchell of the Utah Jazz. Per NBA on ESPN, Wade said after their game with the Jazz: “I wish I was that good that young. That kid, he’s special
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jennifer Rubin: Yearning for the kinder, gentler America of George H.W. Bush

  03-12-2018 14:05 via sportspyder.com
  George H.W. Bush, who died Friday at age 94, was arguably our last president who ran on the strength of his experience — as a Navy pilot, congressman, Republican National Committee chairman, ambassador to China, CIA director and vice president. The...
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: Yearning for the kinder, gentler America of George H.W. Bush

  03-12-2018 14:00
  George H.W. Bush, who died Friday at age 94, was arguably our last president who ran on the strength of his experience — as a Navy pilot, congressman, Republican National Committee chairman, ambassador to China, CIA director and vice president. The presidents who followed mastered the art of campaigning and dominated the media (first old and then new), but we should not have been surprised that, once elected, they lacked to one degree or another the requisite skills, insight, judgment and,
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Family first: Utah Jazz legend Karl Malone is content with life after basketball

  03-12-2018 13:55 via sportspyder.com
  These days, basketball conversations bore Karl Malone but his eyes will light up when recapping his recent hunting adventures with his 8-year-old grandson Darren Ford. Here is a glimpse inside the...
  
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• Family first: Utah Jazz legend Karl Malone is content with life after basketball

  03-12-2018 13:50
  RUSTON, La. — It's pitch dark outside around 3:30 a.m. when Karl Malone awakes to turn on the coffee pot.He slips on his hunting gear and heads out to the backwoods of northern Louisiana.More than 1,500 miles away from downtown Salt Lake City, where an 8-foot-tall bronze statue of him stands, "The Mailman" is trying to beat daylight while hunting buck deer on his private property.As Malone takes the half-mile walk to his stand, his mind is clear. He sticks around until roughly 10 a.m. tryi
  
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• [NBA] - The Roundup—Jazz lose heartbreaker in Miami

  03-12-2018 09:46 via sportspyder.com
  A sweep of their three-game road trip was within reach, but two straight misses in the final 30 seconds doomed the Jazz to a dramatic 102-100 loss to the Heat on Sunday evening. The Jazz (11-13) will now head back to Salt Lake City for games on Tuesday...
  
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