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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Trump threatens years-long shutdown, says he could call national emergency to build wall

  04-01-2019 23:53 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • President Donald Trump on Friday threatened a years-long shutdown of the federal government to get the money he wants for his U.S.-Mexico border wall, even as he asserted that he could declare a national emergency to build the wall if...
  
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• Gomberg: Here’s a confession, I’m a parent relieved to be back to work after the holidays

  04-01-2019 23:51
  Let me first go on the record by saying that my love for my child grows in breadth and depth with each passing day. That kiddo is my whole world and there’s really little else that matters with the same veracity or passion. I love him and I love being his Mimi.And …*Gulp*… I was so ready for the long holiday break to end. I was so ready to get back to our normal routines. I was so ready to go to work and to share his zest for life with his daycare providers.There, I said it.Y
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Trump’s nomination expires for anti-illegal immigration Utahn to oversee State Department refugee issues

  04-01-2019 23:45 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • The controversial nomination of a Utahn known for his anti-illegal immigrant positions is no longer pending in the U.S. Senate as a new session started this week and President Donald Trump would have to nominate him again.
  
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• The Utes need more of what Donnie Tillman gave them in their surprising victory at Arizona State

  04-01-2019 23:40
  Tucson, Ariz. • The dots were not difficult to connect last month, when Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak changed his starting lineup and said his personnel decisions would be driven by what happened in practice and in “other areas of guys' lives.”Even though senior guard Sedrick Barefield also began coming off the bench that week, sophomore forward Donnie Tillman clearly was the mysterious target of Krystkowiak's message. Tillman has responded well.Making six 3-pointers and scoring
  
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• Emily Florez, former KUTV reporter, returns home to Utah as anchor at KTVX, starting Monday

  04-01-2019 23:30
  A former Utah TV reporter has returned home, to take over a spot on the anchor desk at KTVX, Ch. 4.Emily Florez, who worked as a reporter at KUTV, Ch. 2, before leaving for Chicago in 2012, will start at KTVX on Monday, co-anchoring ABC4′s 5, 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts, KTVX announced Friday.Florez takes the spot held for seven years by Kim Fischer, who left the ABC affiliate in November for a job with a Utah educational technology company.Florez recently left a job as reporter at WMAQ in Chi
  
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• [Torn By Sports] - Episode 176: Utah Jazz and NBA All-Star Voting

  04-01-2019 23:24 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz near the halfway point of the NBA Season. James Harden has elevated his play. All-Star voting has begun. We review Bird Box.
  
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• Argentine bishop at Holy See under investigation, Vatican says

  04-01-2019 23:22
  Buenos Aires, Argentina • The Vatican has confirmed that an Argentine bishop, who resigned suddenly in 2017 for stated health reasons and then landed a top administrative job at the Holy See, is under preliminary investigation after priests accused him of sexual abuse and other misconduct.The case could become yet another problem for Pope Francis, who is already battling to gain trust from the Catholic flock over his handling of sex abuse and sexual misconduct, stemming in particular from t
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Visitor dies at Yosemite National Park during shutdown

  04-01-2019 23:20 via sportspyder.com
  Yosemite National Park, Calif. • A man died after falling into a river at Yosemite National Park on Christmas Day, the National Park Service said Friday.
  
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• Trump threatens years-long shutdown, says he could call national emergency to build wall

  04-01-2019 23:07
  Washington • President Donald Trump on Friday threatened a years-long shutdown of the federal government to get the money he wants for his U.S.-Mexico border wall, even as he asserted that he could declare a national emergency to build the wall if he chose to."We can do it. I haven't done it. I may do it. I may do it," Trump said of the possibility of declaring a national emergency to build the wall.The president’s comments came during a lengthy Rose Garden news conference that follow
  
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• Trump’s nomination expires for anti-illegal immigration Utahn to oversee State Department refugee issues

  04-01-2019 22:57
  Washington • The controversial nomination of a Utahn known for his anti-illegal immigrant positions is no longer pending in the U.S. Senate as a new session started this week and President Donald Trump would have to nominate him again.Ronald Mortensen, who was Trump’s pick to head the State Department’s bureau over refugee and migration issues, came under fire immediately last May – including from Utah Gov. Gary Herbert and the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce – claimin
  
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• Pick up that 📱 Don't let double vote day go to waste! ⭐️: on.nba.com/2F6BUQt https://t.co/gC2ALct1yz

  04-01-2019 22:56 via twitter.com
  
  Pick up that 📱Don't let double vote day go to waste!⭐️:on.nba.com/2F6BUQt https://t.co/gC2ALct1yz
  
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• [KSL] - Former Jazz players had to adapt fast after trades — on and off the court

  04-01-2019 22:56 via sportspyder.com
  Kyle Korver, Jae Crowder, Alec Burks and Rodney Hood get reminded of life after trades going against former teams.
  
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• Visitor dies at Yosemite National Park during shutdown

  04-01-2019 22:55
  Yosemite National Park, Calif. • A man died after falling into a river at Yosemite National Park on Christmas Day, the National Park Service said Friday.The man apparently slipped down Silver Apron, a large, sloping granite area above Nevada Fall, and suffered a head injury, government spokesman Andrew Munoz said in a statement. The ongoing investigation is taking longer than usual because of the partial government shutdown, he said.Munoz said rangers responding to a 911 call arrived on sce
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz: Checking in on former Jazzmen Rodney Hood and Alec Burks

  04-01-2019 22:27 via sportspyder.com
  How are AB and Hoodie doing with the Cleveland Cavaliers this year?
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - What the Jazz got out of the Derrick Rose trade?

  04-01-2019 22:25 via sportspyder.com
  Last February, Derrick Rose’s NBA career was at an all-time low. After a miserable failure of a short run with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Derrick Rose was traded to the Utah Jazz as mere salary fodder in a three-team deal that also featured the...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Supreme Court to hear cases on partisan gerrymandering in Maryland, N. Carolina

  04-01-2019 22:23 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • The Supreme Court once again will take up unresolved constitutional questions about partisan gerrymandering, agreeing Friday to consider rulings from two lower courts that found congressional maps in North Carolina and Maryland so...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Snow College names four presidential finalists, continuing Utah’s major shuffle in university leadership

  04-01-2019 22:23 via sportspyder.com
  The administrative shuffle is continuing at Utah’s universities with Snow College set to appoint a president next week — becoming the fifth campus to get a new leader in the past year.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jennifer Rubin: Pelosi said she’d do it, and she did

  04-01-2019 22:23 via sportspyder.com
  In her first day in office (this time around), House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., did what she had vowed to do: Fund the government and pass a bill to reopen the departments closed in President Donald Trump’s shutdown.
  
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• These arts groups get the most taxpayer dollars from Salt Lake County’s ZAP program. How well do they serve diverse audiences?

  04-01-2019 22:05
  The Natural History Museum of Utah is translating more of its work into Spanish. The Utah Museum of Contemporary Art in downtown Salt Lake City is exploring satellite spaces, recognizing museums “cannot continue to have the attitude that marginalized communities must come to us.”UtahPresents, a nonprofit that brings artists from multiple disciplines to stages at the University of Utah, has set increasing the diversity of its board — its members’ ethnic backgrounds and sex
  
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• “Here’s Crowder, feeling it for three. OHH… Burns the net for three more! Jae Crowder, coming on with 30!”… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-01-2019 22:03 via twitter.com
  “Here’s Crowder, feeling it for three. OHH… Burns the net for three more! Jae Crowder, coming on with 30!”… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Luke Worthington is giving BYU some senior staying power this season, and the Cougars are grateful for it

  04-01-2019 21:59 via sportspyder.com
  Moraga, Calif. • BYU basketball coach Dave Rose never talks about Luke Worthington without mentioning the Cougars’ 6-foot-10 senior captain is one of the best leaders he’s coached in 35 years in the business.
  
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• Donovan on Rodney 🗣 #ThisIsWhyWePlay https://t.co/1PwiBUyiVq

  04-01-2019 21:49 via twitter.com
  
  Donovan on Rodney 🗣#ThisIsWhyWePlay https://t.co/1PwiBUyiVq
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: Pelosi said she’d do it, and she did

  04-01-2019 21:41
  In her first day in office (this time around), House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., did what she had vowed to do: Fund the government and pass a bill to reopen the departments closed in President Donald Trump’s shutdown.The Post reported, "The six-bill package passed the House 241-190 Thursday night, and the short-term Homeland Security spending bill passed 239-192. A handful of Republicans broke ranks on each measure to vote 'yes' with the Democrats." By separating the two measures, Pelo
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah’s dip in Obamacare enrollment reverses as late sign-ups push the numbers above 2018

  04-01-2019 21:40 via sportspyder.com
  Utahns bucked a national health-care trend for 2019, increasing enrollment in Healthcare.gov insurance plans despite the repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate and slumping enrollment numbers nationwide.
  
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• Supreme Court to hear cases on partisan gerrymandering in Maryland, N. Carolina

  04-01-2019 21:38
  Washington • The Supreme Court once again will take up unresolved constitutional questions about partisan gerrymandering, agreeing Friday to consider rulings from two lower courts that found congressional maps in North Carolina and Maryland so extreme that they violated the rights of voters.The North Carolina map was drawn by Republicans, the Maryland districts by the state's dominant Democrats.The Supreme Court has never found a state's redistricting map so infected with politics that it v
  
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• Snow College names four presidential finalists, continuing Utah’s major shuffle in university leadership

  04-01-2019 21:38
  The administrative shuffle is continuing at Utah’s universities with Snow College set to appoint a president next week — becoming the fifth campus to get a new leader in the past year.The school in central Utah, with classes in Ephraim and Richfield, released its list of four finalists Friday. The person selected will be tasked with leading the smallest public college in the state with 5,500 students, a rich rural legacy and a unique two-year focus.The candidates, all men, are: state
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz face former Jazzmen Rodney Hood and Alec Burks in Cleveland

  04-01-2019 21:38 via sportspyder.com
  Utah Jazz get a much needed respite against the rebuilding Cavs.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah Royals sign Spanish National Team player

  04-01-2019 21:23 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Royals signed midfielder Veronica Boquete, the team announced Friday.
  
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• Luke Worthington is giving BYU some senior staying power this season, and the Cougars are grateful for it

  04-01-2019 21:15
  Moraga, Calif. • BYU basketball coach Dave Rose never talks about Luke Worthington without mentioning the Cougars’ 6-foot-10 senior captain is one of the best leaders he’s coached in 35 years in the business.“Maybe the best I’ve ever been around, and a great teammate, too,” Rose says.Lately, Worthington has been a major contributor on the court as well as he wraps up his BYU career that started in 2013-14 and was interrupted after two seasons by a two-year chur
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Sugar House streetcar will be closed on Sunday and next weekend

  04-01-2019 21:02 via sportspyder.com
  The Sugar House streetcar, or S-Line, will close on Sunday plus next weekend — Jan. 12 and 13 — for construction that is adding a double track between 300 and 500 East.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Democrats, Trump meet on shutdown; they says he is resisting

  04-01-2019 21:02 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • With no shutdown resolution in sight, Democratic leaders urged President Donald Trump to reopen the government Friday in a White House meeting during which they said he indicated he could keep it closed for “months or even years.”
  
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• Joe vs. Rodney 🗝 Tipoff: 5:30PM MT #KeyMatchup | @USFcorp https://t.co/iojTm24xvc

  04-01-2019 21:00 via twitter.com
  
  Joe vs. Rodney 🗝 Tipoff: 5:30PM MT #KeyMatchup | @USFcorp https://t.co/iojTm24xvc
  
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• Utah’s dip in Obamacare enrollment reverses as late sign-ups push the numbers above 2018

  04-01-2019 20:57
  Utahns bucked a national health-care trend for 2019, increasing enrollment in Healthcare.gov insurance plans despite the repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate and slumping enrollment numbers nationwide.Preliminary numbers released last month showed Utah enrollment dipping slightly compared to the prior year’s open enrollment period. But a final count, released Friday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, showed 194,570 Utahns enrolling in individ
  
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• George Pyle: With enough diversity in Congress, everyone fits in, even Utah’s freshmen

  04-01-2019 20:57
  Because it happened about 30 years ago, I will argue that you can trust my memory of a particular event. More than you can count on Google (because I’ve looked and I can’t find it) and certainly more than you can rely on my recall of what happened last week.One early, early morning when I was inexplicably awake, I turned on C-SPAN. Yes, that’s how I used to have fun. And I was happy to see that I had stumbled onto live BBC coverage of the State Opening of Parliament in London.I
  
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• Ute senior gymnast Kari Lee battled back from injury to claim a fifth year; and yes, you can call her ‘Grandma’

  04-01-2019 20:45
  As a fifth-year senior, Kari Lee has been dubbed the ‘grandma,’ on Utah’s gymnastics team. But she is working on earning another nickname too — entrepreneur.Lee, who redshirted her sophomore year after tearing her achilles tendon, is majoring in business administration, with the goal of joining her parents in the family business of owning gymnastics facilities. The family has two sites for Flames Gymnastics Academy in Arizona with three of Lee’s siblings also involv
  
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• Utah Royals sign Spanish National Team player

  04-01-2019 20:45
  The Utah Royals signed midfielder Veronica Boquete, the team announced Friday.Boquete is a veteran of the Spanish Women’s National Team who most recently played for Beijing BG Phoenix. Throughout her career, she has played for three United States-based teams, including Chicago Red Stars in 2010, the Philadelphia Independence from 2011-2012, and with the Portland Thorns in 2014.Boquete said during a live interview on Instagram that she has admired Royals head coach Laura Harvey for several
  
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• Outgoing U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke defends legacy as he leaves

  04-01-2019 20:45
  Billings, Mont. • As former U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke exits Washington still chased by ethics investigations and criticism of his actions favoring industry, he told The Associated Press he’s lived up to the conservation ideals of Teddy Roosevelt and insisted the myriad allegations against him will be proven untrue.The former Montana congressman also said he quit President Donald Trump's cabinet on his own terms, despite indications he was pressured by the White House to resig
  
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• Democrats, Trump meet on shutdown; they says he is resisting

  04-01-2019 20:43
  Washington • With no shutdown resolution in sight, Democratic leaders urged President Donald Trump to reopen the government Friday in a White House meeting during which they said he indicated he could keep it closed for “months or even years.”Trump met with the congressional leaders for the second time in three days amid an impasse over Trump's funding demands for his proposed wall at the U.S.-Mexico border. Democrats emerged from the lengthy meeting to report little if any prog
  
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• Sugar House streetcar will be closed on Sunday and next weekend

  04-01-2019 20:41
  The Sugar House streetcar, or S-Line, will close on Sunday plus next weekend — Jan. 12 and 13 — for construction that is adding a double track between 300 and 500 East.The Utah Transit Authority said the work requires the overhead power lines for the streetcars to be powered down on those dates.During the closure, UTA is asking passengers to use bus Route 21, which operates nearby on 2100 South. UTA is adding extra shuttle buses on the part of Route 21 that parallels the S-Line to in
  
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• [Larry Brown Sports] - Rudy Gobert had hilarious reaction to getting dunked on by Frank Ntilikina

  04-01-2019 20:41 via sportspyder.com
  New York Knicks point guard Frank Ntilikina pulled off one of his most surprising plays of the year when he dunked on Rudy Gobert last weekend, and the reigning Defensive Player of the Year thought it was quite rude. The play came in the first half...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Ute senior gymnast Kari Lee battled back from injury to claim a fifth year; and yes, you can call her ‘Grandma’

  04-01-2019 20:37 via sportspyder.com
  As a fifth-year senior, Kari Lee has been dubbed the ‘grandma,’ on Utah’s gymnastics team. But she is working on earning another nickname too — entrepreneur.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Outgoing U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke defends legacy as he leaves

  04-01-2019 20:37 via sportspyder.com
  Billings, Mont. • As former U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke exits Washington still chased by ethics investigations and criticism of his actions favoring industry, he told The Associated Press he’s lived up to the conservation ideals of Teddy...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - George Pyle: With enough diversity, everyone fits in

  04-01-2019 20:37 via sportspyder.com
  Because it happened about 30 years ago, I will argue that you can trust my memory of a particular event. More than you can count on Google (because I’ve looked and I can’t find it) and certainly more than you can rely on my recall of what happened...
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Hood, AB aim to chop down the Stifle Tower

  04-01-2019 20:34 via sportspyder.com
  In their first bout with their old team, former Utah Jazz guards Rodney Hood and Alec Burks want to throw down on Rudy Gobert. On Friday evening, the Utah ...
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Can the Utah Jazz follow Houston’s example and surge up the standings?

  04-01-2019 20:34 via sportspyder.com
  At one point this season, the Houston Rockets looked worse off than the Utah Jazz, but they've turned things around in a big way. Can the Jazz follow suit ...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Hood, AB aim to chop down the Stifle Tower

  04-01-2019 20:29
  In their first bout with their old team, former Utah Jazz guards Rodney Hood and Alec Burks want to throw down on Rudy Gobert. On Friday evening, the Utah Jazz are set to square off with a couple of familiar foes. Of course, the foe part of the equation is new, but you’d be hard-pressed […]
  Utah Jazz: Hood, AB aim to chop down the Stifle Tower - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• If the government shutdown lasts much longer, food programs intended to help women and children could run out of funding

  04-01-2019 20:23
  A state budget analysis has concluded Utah can weather the federal government shutdown through January without too much trouble.But things could get challenging if the closures go on longer than that, according to Kristen Cox, executive director of the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget.With an extended shutdown comes the prospect of federal funds drying up for the Utah Women, Infants and Children Program and for the National School Lunch Program, which feeds children at nearly 1,0
  
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• "I'm excited to play against my guys. They were real instrumental in kind of helping me throughout my rookie year."… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-01-2019 20:00 via twitter.com
  "I'm excited to play against my guys. They were real instrumental in kind of helping me throughout my rookie year."… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Can the Utah Jazz follow Houston’s example and surge up the standings?

  04-01-2019 19:54
  At one point this season, the Houston Rockets looked worse off than the Utah Jazz, but they’ve turned things around in a big way. Can the Jazz follow suit after their slow start? Last season’s Western Conference Semifinals featured an exciting matchup between the Utah Jazz and the Houston Rockets. Although the Rockets managed to […]
  Can the Utah Jazz follow Houston’s example and surge up the standings? - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opi
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - BYU will contend in the Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference; USU and SUU could be spoilers

  04-01-2019 19:51 via sportspyder.com
  It might be a new year, but things look the same in the landscape of the Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference with Boise State expected to win its fifth straight title.
  
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