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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Threes of the Week - 12.10.18

  10-12-2018 23:54 via sportspyder.com
  "History! GOT IT! History! History!" Don't miss these #ThreesoftheWeek Presented by: Mountain America Credit Union - https://www.macu.com/
  
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• Commentary: Administration threatens women’s health and freedom

  10-12-2018 23:49
  Growing up, I watched my mom successfully work a full-time job while being the utmost supportive parent to my brother and me. In elementary school, I learned about women like Amelia Earhart and Susan B. Anthony, who broke through the sexist barriers of their time. In high school, I admired women like Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Malala Yousafzai, who have not only fought for women’s rights but have also, with odds against them, showed how strong and successful women can be.Because of this I hav
  
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• Group of voters asks Utah Supreme Court to strike down new medical cannabis act, reinstate Proposition 2

  10-12-2018 23:41
  Several Utah voters are asking the Utah Supreme Court to restore Proposition 2, declaring a “constitutional crisis” over the Legislature’s decision to pass a bill replacing the medical cannabis initiative.The political issues committee, The People’s Right, claims in a motion filed Monday that the state Legislature overstepped by approving the Proposition 2 replacement in a special session earlier this month. The group is also frustrated that, because the bill passed by mo
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - NBA Power Rankings: Jazz on the upswing?

  10-12-2018 23:21 via sportspyder.com
  Utah had two great performances and one clunker in a 2-1 week
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Don’t buy into hyperbole, the team is on the right track

  10-12-2018 23:12 via sportspyder.com
  In spite of their rough night in San Antonio, here's no denying that the Utah Jazz have turned a corner after their early struggles. A peculiar trend has t...
  
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• Letter: Appalled at Stewart’s lack of decency

  10-12-2018 22:57
  I am appalled by Rep. Chris Stewart’s lack of basic human decency. “Journalists disappear” all the time, he says, as if the kidnapping and brutal torture until dead of a Washington Post journalist is something we should all accept with a ho-hum “these things happen” attitude. There is apparently no depth too low for Stewart to sink to in his efforts to defend the corrupt and fascist policies of the current occupant of the White House.Kendra Houser, MillcreekSubmit a
  
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• Utah Jazz: Don’t buy into hyperbole, the team is on the right track

  10-12-2018 22:56
  In spite of their rough night in San Antonio, here’s no denying that the Utah Jazz have turned a corner after their early struggles. A peculiar trend has taken hold in our little corner of the basketball universe. Pundits, prognosticators and fans of the Utah Jazz alike have suddenly become very bad at math. On […]
  Utah Jazz: Don’t buy into hyperbole, the team is on the right track - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• USOC fires official over his silence in Larry Nassar case

  10-12-2018 22:53
  The U.S. Olympic Committee fired chief of sport performance Alan Ashley in the wake of an independent report released Monday that said neither he nor former CEO Scott Blackmun elevated concerns about the Larry Nassar sexual abuse allegations when they were first reported to them.The 233-page independent report detailed an overall lack of response when the USOC leaders first heard about the Nassar allegations from the then-president of USA Gymnastics, Steve Penny.Blackmun resigned in February bec
  
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• [The Big Lead] - Best Bets for Monday's NBA Games: Pelicans-Celtics, Jazz-Thunder and ATS Picks

  10-12-2018 22:43 via sportspyder.com
  Happy Monday! Our best NBA bets for the day are up!
  
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• Letter: Has ‘The Kavanaugh Effect’ discouraged reporting?

  10-12-2018 22:42
  I serve on the board of Wasatch Forensic Nurses, the organization in Salt Lake and Utah counties that performs most of the forensic exams when someone reports being sexually assaulted. Forensic exams are performed by nurses with extensive training and experience in trauma care and evidence collection.During WFN board meetings, we discuss various organization matters, including the number of individuals served by our team of nurses. At our last meeting, we reviewed the #MeToo movement and its his
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Salt City Seven: Passing and Execution Are Key, Scary Gobert, Two Convincing Wins & More

  10-12-2018 22:35 via sportspyder.com
  Check in every week for the quotes, stats, plays and performances that tell the stories from the last 168 hours in the world of the Jazz. They really gained confidence from that.
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Mueller’s Hard Facts

  10-12-2018 22:26
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:<a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2018/12/08/bagley-cartoon-utah-way/" target=_blank><u>The Utah Way</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2018/12/06/bagley-cartoon-mr/"><u>Mr. Murderbritches</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2018/12/01/bagley-cartoon-re
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - With one head coach leaving and another coming in, Utah State’s Frank Maile is right in the middle as Aggies prepare for bowl

  10-12-2018 21:46 via sportspyder.com
  Logan • In the span of a week, the Utah State football team has seen one head coach leave and another get hired. Caught in the midst of that transition has been Frank Maile, who was named the interim head coach after Matt Wells bolted for Texas Tech two..
  
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• [The Big Lead] - Best Bets for Mondays's NBA Games: Pelicans-Celtics, Jazz-Thunder and ATS Picks

  10-12-2018 21:37 via sportspyder.com
  Happy Monday! Our best NBA bets for the day are up!
  
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• Drunk man falls on Christmas tree and fires 15 shots — at his hosts

  10-12-2018 21:28
  A “highly intoxicated” houseguest ran into a Christmas tree and was apparently so upset that he got a handgun and fired at his hosts — 15 times.Fortunately for the victims, he missed.Randal Weed Dickinson, 57, was jailed for investigation of two counts of a felony discharge of a firearm, first-degree felonies; criminal mischief, a second-degree felony; two counts of assault, third-degree felonies; carrying a dangerous weapon under the influence of alcohol, a Class-B misdemeanor
  
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• Gobert vs. Adams 🗝️ Tipoff: 6PM MT #KeyMatchup | @USFcorp https://t.co/dSWirpYZ02

  10-12-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
  
  Gobert vs. Adams 🗝️Tipoff: 6PM MT#KeyMatchup | @USFcorp https://t.co/dSWirpYZ02
  
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• Tony Beltran, Luke Mullholland and Luis Silva among those left unprotected by Real Salt Lake for upcoming MLS expansion draft

  10-12-2018 20:36
  Real Salt Lake protected 11 of players for Tuesday’s MLS expansion draft, the team announced Monday. An additional five players are exempt from selection due to their homegrown status.The protected players are as follows: Nick Rimando, Justen Glad, Nedum Onuoha, Marcelo Silva, Kyle Beckerman, Damir Kreilach, Pablo Ruiz, Albert Rusnák, Sebastian Saucedo, Joao Plata and Jefferson Savarino.The five homegrown players are Danilo Acosta, Corey Baird, Jose Hernandez, Aaron Herrera and Broo
  
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• New audit looks into recent faculty terminations at Dixie State University

  10-12-2018 20:16
  An initial survey into recent faculty dismissals at Dixie State University found the school’s termination policy meets best practices and that it had adequately documented policy violations on the part of tenured faculty, according to a report from the Office of the Legislative Auditor General.But more work would need to be done to determine whether the university had responded appropriately to those policy violations, the report concludes, and to find out what impact the terminations have
  
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• Utah is adding two new air quality monitors in Salt Lake County

  10-12-2018 20:07
  The Utah Department of Environmental Quality is adding two new air-quality monitoring stations — one in Murray and one in Magna, officials said Monday.These two new stations, when they come on line next year, will bring to 20 the number of such monitors across the state, DEQ spokesman Jared Mendenhall said. They will be the fifth and sixth stations in the Salt Lake Valley.The Magna station, atop the Salt Lake County Senior Center on Main Street, is replacing a station that has been inopera
  
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• Ole Miss hires ex-Buffs coach Mike MacIntyre as new defensive coordinator

  10-12-2018 19:35
  Oxford, Miss. • Mississippi has hired former Colorado head coach Mike MacIntyre to be its new defensive coordinator.Ole Miss announced MacIntyre’s hiring on Monday. School spokesman Kyle Campbell says MacIntyre received a three-year contract that will pay him $1.5 million annually.The 53-year-old MacIntyre arrives at Ole Miss after six seasons as Colorado's coach, where he finished with a 30-44 record, including a 14-39 mark in the Pac-12. He was named the AP coach of the year in 2016
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz Week Nine Outlook: Jazz aim to battle back to .500

  10-12-2018 18:52 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz will continue to try to climb their way back up the standings with a three-game slate in Week Nine of NBA action. After dropping Sunday's con...
  
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  10-12-2018 18:43 via twitter.com
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• Utah Jazz Week Nine Outlook: Jazz aim to battle back to .500

  10-12-2018 18:34
  The Utah Jazz will continue to try to climb their way back up the standings with a three-game slate in Week Nine of NBA action. After dropping Sunday’s contest to the San Antonio Spurs, the Utah Jazz fell back below .500 and into 13th place in the West. Though they had appeared to be turning […]
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• Former Utah Jazz Dancers among those who charge NBA with causing eating disorders and unfair pay in Yahoo Lifestyle exposé

  10-12-2018 18:32
  Yahoo Lifestyle has published a story headlined “NBA dancers reveal decades-long culture of ‘brainwashing,’ unfair pay and eating disorders” — and the story includes several comments from three former Utah Jazz dancers.Sydney Sorenson, a member of the Jazz Dancer from 2009 to 2012, said monthly weigh-ins “messed with me the most,” and that leading up to them, “I came up with all these methods to weigh in smaller, like not eat anything solid for a w
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: Senate Republicans are responsible for the most unethical and incompetent administration ever

  10-12-2018 18:30
  Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., in a letter to the editor published in the Wall Street Journal blasted the paper’s editorial board for dismissing concerns about Thomas Farr, a judicial nominee with a track record of support for voter suppression schemes:“I am saddened that in the editorial ‘Democrats and Racial Division’ (Dec. 1) you attempt to deflect the concerns regarding Thomas Farr’s nomination to the federal bench. While you are right that his nomination should be see
  
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• Dana Milbank: The utterly lawless ‘Individual-1’

  10-12-2018 18:20
  Video: Federal prosecutors filed new court papers on Dec. 7 that revealed a previously unreported contact from a Russian to Trump’s inner circle during the campaign. (Melissa Macaya, Monica Akhtar/The Washington Post)WASHINGTON -- “Individual-1” has a singular problem: His own Justice Department says he directed a crime.Late Friday, U.S. prosecutors -- ordinary prosecutors, not the ones working for Robert Mueller's supposed rogue witch hunt -- filed papers in court saying Presi
  
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• Review: ‘Roma,’ one of the year’s best films, raises the question: Is a movie on Netflix still a movie?

  10-12-2018 17:05
  Alfonso Cuarón’s luminous memory play “Roma” may be the purest example of what the snobs call “cinema” — applying a filmmaker’s skills to show life as it is, in black and white, with no musical score or other artificial tricks.But because of how the production was financed — and how that has determined where viewers are likely to see it, in a theater or on a TV screen — a debate is raging among those same snobs about whether “Rom
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz General Manager Dennis Lindsey Faced with Big Decisions

  10-12-2018 17:00 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz got a shot in the arm with Korver’s outside shooting but was it enough?
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz face the Oklahoma City Thunder for the first time since the playoffs

  10-12-2018 16:09 via sportspyder.com
  After a disappointing loss to San Antonio, the Jazz hope to bounce back against the Thunder
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Dennis Lindsey Faced with Big Decisions

  10-12-2018 16:09 via sportspyder.com
  The Downbeat
  
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• Centerville police want teens to ‘knock it off and grow up’ — and stop harassing homeowners

  10-12-2018 16:09
  The Centerville Police Department wants some wayward teenage boys quit harassing homeowners. And they're hoping someone can identify the boys so that police can “help persuade them to knock it off and grow up.”According to a post on Facebook, a home in the southeast part of Centerville has been under siege because “for some crazy reason, teenage boys like to harass the nice people who live there.” The teens have reportedly been shutting off power to the home and throwing
  
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• Audit says it’s impossible to gauge the success of Utah’s homelessness programs because of bad or useless data

  10-12-2018 16:03
  Utah maintains a wealth of information on its programs for the homeless, according to a new audit, but that information is of little use to evaluate whether the programs are actually working.In a report released Monday, the Legislative Auditor General’s Office wrote that poor data management, unclear goals, uncorrected errors and inconsistent methods for counting the number of chronically homeless in the state left auditors unable to answer the questions they set out to study — like
  
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• Seven Southwestern states, including Utah, expected to sign a Colorado River drought plan

  10-12-2018 15:58
  Las Vegas • With drought entering a second decade and reservoirs continuing to shrink, seven Southwestern U.S. states that depend on the overtaxed Colorado River for crop irrigation and drinking water had been expected to ink a crucial share-the-pain contingency plan by the end of 2018.They're not going to make it — at least not in time for upcoming meetings in Las Vegas involving representatives from Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming and the U.S. govern
  
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• Letter: No wall between church and state here

  10-12-2018 15:38
  Utahns’ recent vote approved medical marijuana. But now that measure has been supplanted by a “compromise” in order to bow to the LDS Church! It matters not that the people have spoken loud and clear.The First Amendment was written to erect "a wall of separation between church and state." This, of course, is Utah, the only state where "separation of church and state" doesn't apply. The Constitution in Thomas Jeffersons time established this. Now the LDS Church, which came along
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz fail to surpass .500 record with loss in San Antonio

  10-12-2018 15:38 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz put up a lackluster performance in San Antonio on Sunday, causing them to slip back below .500 once again. After winning two straight home ga...
  
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• Letter: Thank you, President Bush, for your leadership

  10-12-2018 15:37
  June 12, 1989, as I was listening to newscaster Morton Dean deliver the news of the day, he mentioned that it was President George H.W. Bush’s birthday, his 65th. I was celebrating my 40th — both monumental milestones that receive special attention.Needless to say, a smile broke out on my face, and I decided to send the president a birthday card, realizing that the chance of him receiving it was very slim, and mentioning the coincidence of our sharing the date.Lo and behold, several
  
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• The Triple Team: Andy Larsen’s analysis of how the Spurs' midrange shooting defeated a slow start by the Jazz

  10-12-2018 15:35
  Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 110-97 loss to the San Antonio Spurs from Salt Lake Tribune beat writer Andy Larsen.1. Spurs dominate the mid-rangeIf you hate analytics, this was your kind of game.The Spurs just killed the Jazz by taking and making midrange shots, while the Jazz missed their “good” shots, leading to a relatively easy victory for the Spurs at home. Here’s the shot chart:
  (NBA.com)This looks like a mid-90s shot chart. If you don’t want to count up a
  
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• Letter: Courts should not order other branches around

  10-12-2018 15:35
  The relatively unimportant judicial action over CNN reporter Jim Acosta’s press credentials passed without notice of its truly vital issue.Putting aside politics, parties you may prefer or presidents you love or hate, a lawyer sitting on a bench simply decided what another branch of government could do.The White House can hold news conferences or not as it chooses. Invitations (“credentials” are merely an administrative convenience) are its own concern and do not even involve l
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz star Donovan Mitchell downplays 27-point outing, focuses on defensive lapses vs. Spurs

  10-12-2018 15:35 via sportspyder.com
  On Sunday night, the San Antonio Spurs snapped the Utah Jazz’s brief two-game winning streak with a 110-97 victory. Following the contest, Jazz stud Donovan Mitchell, who scored a game-high 27 points on the evening, refused to take credit for his...
  
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• Letter: Where are the guardrails on our democracy?

  10-12-2018 15:34
  Sen. Mike Lee's single-handed blockage of legislation to protect the Mueller investigation is almost farcical, because he said the proposed protection threatens government's “separation of powers.”His justification was a dissent concocted by Justice Antonin Scalia against an old 7-1 Supreme Court decision saying a law that creates an independent counsel is constitutional. Furthermore, the excuses used by the present Republican leadership, that legislation for protection of Mueller's
  
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• Letter: Utah should tax carbon, not sales

  10-12-2018 15:33
  Gov. Gary Herbert’s proposal to increase the sales tax and to add a tax on services like haircuts and home repair raises revenue but hurts consumers and many small businesses.However, a tax on carbon pollution could be a win-win for everyone. A carbon tax could generate revenue for the state while allowing a reduction in some other taxes and also help protect our environment by incentivizing a market-based solution to greenhouse gas emissions.As a pioneering state, let’s take an inno
  
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• Political Cornflakes: So many falsehoods fly in today’s politics that 'Four Pinocchios’ just aren’t enough

  10-12-2018 15:26
  Fact-checkers at The Washington Post create a new “Bottomless Pinocchio” designation for repeated dishonesty. A Tribune analysis indicates Democrats may be getting shortchanged on their representation in the Utah Legislature. And the things that make Legacy Parkway unique may be disappearing.Happy Monday. One industry that President Donald Trump has unquestionably spurred to full employment is news media fact-checking. In fact, The Washington Post on Monday announced a new category i
  
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• Letter: Democrats not guilty of extreme hatred

  10-12-2018 15:26
  I read the letter that David Haughey wrote and said to myself, don't write back. But then I have to tell myself that this guy is a nutcase.I'm not a red or a blue guy, but if I voted in the presidential election for a Democrat, my vote wouldn't be counted. I could go on and on, but let’s get to the last part of his letter.The charge is that the Democratic Party has morphed into extreme hatred. This is simply untrue.If this guy wants to look at real lies, civil liberties, socialism, reasona
  
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• Utah Jazz fail to surpass .500 record with loss in San Antonio

  10-12-2018 15:24
  The Utah Jazz put up a lackluster performance in San Antonio on Sunday, causing them to slip back below .500 once again. After winning two straight home games in impressive fashion over both the San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets, it appeared as if the Utah Jazz were finally beginning to turn the corner on […]
  Utah Jazz fail to surpass .500 record with loss in San Antonio - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Utah’s state flag is an ‘S.O.B.’ and one Republican lawmaker thinks it’s time for a change

  10-12-2018 15:22
  In vexillology — or the study of flags — there are five basic principles that guide good design: simplicity, meaningful symbolism, limited use of colors, no lettering or seals and distinction from other flags.Utah’s official state flag violates essentially every one of these principles.“The Utah flag is considered by these vexillologists to be an ‘S.O.B.’ — seal on a bedsheet,” said Rep. Steve Handy, R-Layton. “It really is a mess. They&rsquo
  
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• Utah Democrats won a third of the votes for the state House, but only a fifth of the seats. Is this what gerrymandering looks like?

  10-12-2018 14:51
  When Utah lawmakers voted this week to override a publicly-approved medical marijuana initiative, a common argument raised was that while a majority of voters statewide had approved Proposition 2, the initiative had actually failed in many or most House and Senate districts.Those voting trends muddied a clear mandate of the public, lawmakers said, as individual representatives and senators answer primarily to their respective voters — rather than the entire state.“The fact that a maj
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Raptors go west, Kawhi back to Oracle where so much changed

  10-12-2018 09:33 via sportspyder.com
  Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone directs his team during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Atlanta Hawks Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, in Atlanta. The Hawks
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - George Kittle’s 85-yard TD reception helps 49ers snap Broncos' three-game winning streak

  10-12-2018 07:06 via sportspyder.com
  Santa Clara, Calif. • Kyle Shanahan pulled aside his star tight end and apologized to George Kittle for not getting him more opportunities in the second half to set an NFL record.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Former Utah State star Bobby Wagner proving to be the voice of the surprising Seahawks

  10-12-2018 07:06 via sportspyder.com
  Seattle • Bobby Wagner walked to his locker and noticed there was perhaps a bit too much noise and laughter less than 24 hours after a loss. Wagner didn’t raise his voice. He respectfully said a few words and the noise immediately died down.
  
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• Former Utah State star Bobby Wagner proving to be the voice of the surprising Seahawks

  10-12-2018 07:01
  Seattle • Bobby Wagner walked to his locker and noticed there was perhaps a bit too much noise and laughter less than 24 hours after a loss. Wagner didn’t raise his voice. He respectfully said a few words and the noise immediately died down.“His voice is bigger than ever and he’s taken to it,” Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said. “He’s embellished the role to become - he’s really the voice of our guys. He’s done a great job with handling
  
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