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• Utah Jazz seek to avoid sweep vs. OKC: Preview and live comment stream

  10-03-2019 23:56
  The Utah Jazz will have their work cut out for them on Monday night against an Oklahoma City Thunder team that has had their number so far this year. A quick perusal of the Utah Jazz’s results against the Oklahoma City Thunder this season would paint a pretty discouraging picture. OKC currently holds a commanding […]
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• Ogden bracing for influx of homeless people once Salt Lake City’s Road Home shelter closes

  10-03-2019 23:48
  Ogden • Officials are bracing for an influx of homeless people later this year when a major shelter in Salt Lake City is scheduled to close.The Road Home shelter in Salt Lake City that holds up to 1,000 people will be closing down and three new shelters opening in its place are designed to house 700 people. That decline in beds for homeless people will likely lead many of them to head north to Ogden, said Jay Stretch, the executive director of the Lantern House shelter in Ogden. The shelter
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - You’ve read this before, Dante Exum is close to returning

  10-03-2019 22:12 via sportspyder.com
  It feels like we’ve written this before ... actually we have.
  
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• Commentary: HB257 would undermine democracy in rural Utah

  10-03-2019 21:50
  In March 2018 the Legislature amended Utah Code 17-52a making it easier for citizens to consider changing their county’s form of government. A study committee is required to analyze four forms of government, and recommend which form and what options best suit their county. The committee’s recommendation is then placed on the ballot for voters to give an up or down vote.Residents in Wayne County petitioned to create a study committee and the resulting proposition was on the 2018 ballo
  
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• Cutbacks in local newspapers leave some communities in the dark

  10-03-2019 21:28
  Waynesville, Mo. • Five minutes late, Darrell Todd Maurina sweeps into a meeting room and plugs in his laptop computer. He places a Wi-Fi hotspot on the table and turns on a digital recorder. The earplug in his left ear is attached to a police scanner in his pants pocket.He wears a tie; Maurina insists upon professionalism.He is the press — in its entirety.Maurina, who posts his work to Facebook, is the only person who has come to the Pulaski County courthouse to tell residents what t
  
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• BYU women have won six straight and are eyeing an NCAA Tournament at-large bid, but better be on upset alert in WCC semifinal against Pepperdine on Monday

  10-03-2019 21:14
  Las Vegas • On the bubble for an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, by most accounts, BYU’s women’s basketball team could really use a win in Monday’s West Coast Conference tournament semifinal game against Pepperdine to solidify its chances to make the Big Dance.It won’t be easy.If the WCC’s revamped tournament format has proven anything, at least on the men’s side, it is that lower seeds who have a game or two under their belts have a nice advantage
  
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• BYU’s epic meltdown in lopsided and humiliating WCC tournament loss to San Diego raises questions about program’s future

  10-03-2019 20:27
  Las Vegas • After BYU was handed another humiliating defeat in a college basketball season full of them late Saturday night, senior forward Luke Worthington was actually asked if the Cougars were aware in the middle of the West Coast Conference tournament game that they were getting routed by epic proportions.“Well,” Worthington said in disbelief at the question, "the scoreboard is pretty big.”So it wasn’t a great night for the reporters, either.Also big are BYU&rsqu
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jazz forward Thabo Sefolosha continues to evolve on the court — and be a leader off of it

  10-03-2019 19:11 via sportspyder.com
  You don’t get to be a role player in the NBA for 13 seasons without being exceptional at a specific component of the game or undergoing some degree of continual reinvention.
  
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• Commentary: Herbert and Cox must summon the courage to outlaw barbaric conversion therapy

  10-03-2019 19:09
  Only days after calling for an end to what he himself had described as a “barbaric” practice, last week Gov. Gary Herbert backed the hostile takeover of legislation meant to protect LGBT youth from conversion therapy.Shockingly, rather than championing a compromise billthat had been negotiated in good faith by key Utah groups, including Equality Utah and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, instead the administration of Gov. Herbert and Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox caved in to a
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The Encore: Is Utah really a sleeping giant?

  10-03-2019 18:55 via sportspyder.com
  Here’s a quick recap of the week about the Utah Jazz.
  
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• Jazz forward Thabo Sefolosha continues to evolve on the court — and be a leader off of it

  10-03-2019 18:40
  You don’t get to be a role player in the NBA for 13 seasons without being exceptional at a specific component of the game or undergoing some degree of continual reinvention.Thabo Sefolosha not only knows that, he lives it. It is pretty much a necessity on his part these days in order to continue seeing the court. He may have spent most of his career as a defensive nuisance on the wing, but now he has developed into a near-50 percent 3-point shooter primarily manning the stretch-four positi
  
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• Commentary: Utah needs an enforceable hate crimes law

  10-03-2019 17:54
  In 1915, Leo Frank, the Jewish manager of Atlanta’s National Pencil Company, was wrongly convicted of murder. Following a trial steeped in anti-Semitism, Frank was kidnapped from prison, driven seven hours across Georgia, and lynched in a park. The merciless mob included a former governor, as well as former and current mayors and sheriffs who posed for photos with Frank’s dangling corpse.During Frank’s sham trial, shouts of “hang the Jew” roared from the gallery and
  
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• Leonard Pitts: Fox News doesn’t deserve a seat at the table

  10-03-2019 17:53
  Should Fox “News” have a seat at the table?Last week, the Democratic National Committee, citing a recent story in The New Yorker that painted the network as a propaganda machine for the Republican Party and its lamentable leader, said No. It pointedly disinvited Fox from hosting any of the forthcoming Democratic primary debates.That decision raised howls of protest from some observers. NBC's Jonathan Allen tweeted that if Democrats boycott Fox, maybe it's because they "don't have goo
  
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• Commentary: Romney would respect his family history with vote against Trump emergency

  10-03-2019 17:50
  Given that Sen. Mitt Romney is the direct descendant of back-to-back generations of displaced persons, and that he has sworn an oath to support and defend the Constitution, he should vote to terminate the president’s national emergency.In 1912, 17 years after fleeing across the United States’ southern border to Mexico, the Romney family was forced to abandon their lands once again and flee back across the border to avoid riots and violence caused by the swell of anti-foreign sentimen
  
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• Latter-day Saint President Russell Nelson dedicates Rome Temple day after historic meeting with Pope Francis

  10-03-2019 17:23
  A day after his historic meeting with a white-cassocked Pope Francis in unfamiliar surroundings inside the Vatican, a white-suited President Russell M. Nelson found himself Sunday in a familiar setting to perform a very familiar task: dedicate a new Latter-day Saint temple.But this temple, the faith’s 162nd operating one around the globe, is significant not so much for how it looks but for where it sits — in northeast Rome, the Eternal City, the capital of Catholicism, the scriptural
  
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• Utes in review: How will you remember this season? How about Utah’s 97-47 run vs. UCLA?

  10-03-2019 17:08
  Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak speaks incessantly about a top-four finish in the Pac-12 basketball standings, with good reasoning. A first-round bye in the conference tournament reduces a team's workload in Las Vegas, with three wins required for the title.For a fifth-straight season, the No. 3-seeded Utes (17-13, 11-7 Pac-12) will open the tournament in Thursday’s quarterfinals. That’s a genuine achievement in this year’s case and a distinction for the program.Two problems, thou
  
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• Commentary: Utah must invest in the 2020 Census for an accurate count

  10-03-2019 16:44
  As the decennial U.S. Census approaches in 2020, we face a massive undertaking to obtain an accurate and complete count throughout our state. We cannot overstate how vitally important it is that state leaders dedicate funding toward this effort. Investing one-time dollars for public outreach and education is crucial to assure securing a decade-worth of accurate data, sorely needed for our state to thrive economically.Most Utahns recognize the importance of an accurate census count for determinin
  
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• Commentary: Technology reshapes modern ideas about loneliness

  10-03-2019 16:43
  Until recently, missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints could phone their families only on Christmas and Mother’s Day. That policy has changed. Now they can phone, video-chat or text home weekly.Designed to help missionaries cope with feelings of disconnection from home and family, the new policy comes as a relief for some, a worry for others. These anxieties are not new, for Americans have long thought about solitude, homesickness and how technology is reshaping th
  
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• Commentary: Social media can leave people with unhealthy expectations

  10-03-2019 16:41
  There are numerous accounts on social media that claim to inspire people to be fit and healthy, but what they really do is cause people to constantly compare themselves to the fitness celebrities they follow, especially on Instagram. Recent studies have shown this can actually damage one’s own body image and mental health rather than motivate followers to get active and healthy.There are definitely negative side effects of social media, which can harm our image of ourselves. The outcomes o
  
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• ‘Bad Moon’ is on Utah’s quarterback horizon, as Cameron Rising joins the program

  10-03-2019 16:08
  Jack Tuttle is gone for good.That's one of the lasting impressions of Utah's first week of spring practice, involving six quarterbacks. Zach Hymas, a walk-on who transferred from Weber State, is wearing Tuttle's old No. 14. Texas transfer Cameron Rising (No. 7), once ranked comparably to Tuttle as a national prospect in the recruiting class of 2018, is exactly where Tuttle once was. He's targeting an opportunity to become Utah's starter in 2020 and somehow get on the field sooner.Turn the clock
  
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• 157 people dead in Ethiopian Airlines crash

  10-03-2019 16:03
  Addis Ababa, Ethiopia • An Ethiopian Airlines flight crashed shortly after takeoff from Ethiopia’s capital on Sunday morning, killing all 157 on board, authorities said, as grieving families rushed to airports in Addis Ababa and the destination, Nairobi. More than 30 nationalities were among the dead.It was not immediately clear what caused the crash of the Boeing 737-8 MAX plane, which was new and had been delivered to the airline in November. The pilot sent out a distress call and w
  
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• Commentary: Take the money out of Salt Lake City elections

  10-03-2019 15:14
  Individuals running for mayor and City Council can voluntarily pledge to place limits on personal contributions to their own campaigns and on campaign expenditures. In Salt Lake City, personal contributions can be limited to $75,000 and total campaign expenditures can be limited to $375,000 for those running for mayor, and lesser amounts for those seeking seats on the City Council. The pledge can make elections more competitive and open to more residents of the city by having candidates start th
  
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• Commentary: Easy access to guns leads to higher youth suicide rates

  10-03-2019 15:13
  When I began working on the issue of responsible gun legislation in 2012, I did not fully understand what I was up against.Raised in an LDS family, my Republican parents were not gun people. I soon learned how partisan the issue was, with Utah prime territory for intense gun rights fervor. It seemed the task before us was to hold back a never-ending tide of nonsensical gun bills, including the predictable annual appearance of a “constitutional” carry bill. I encountered pushback from
  
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• Commentary: A chance to restore the balance of Bears Ears

  10-03-2019 15:12
  This March, we are grateful. We are grateful for the blessing of much-needed snow in our communities, and we are grateful for the blanket of snow that now covers Bears Ears.We are grateful, too, that the United States Congress asked us to share with them why the Bears Ears National Monument is important to us, and why President Trump’s attempt to revoke and replace the monument with two, much smaller, monument units was so devastating.On March 13, the U.S. House of Representatives’ N
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: ‘Now Apocalypse’ is a weird, wild sex comedy. Audiences loved it in Utah. (Well, at Sundance.)

  10-03-2019 15:10
  “Now Apocalypse” is weird and funny and provocative and really difficult to describe.There are two graphic sex scenes — one gay, one straight — in the first three minutes of the first episode. Another graphic straight sex scene about 3 ½ minutes after that. And there’s a rape scene — outer-space alien versus human male — before the first of 10 episodes is over.“Now Apocalypse” got an enthusiastic reaction when it premiered. In Utah. Se
  
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• Kirby: Decades later, I finally got my Latter-day Saint mission plaque — and it doesn’t violate church name rules

  10-03-2019 15:06
  There are four wards crammed into the building of my Latter-day Saint meetinghouse. In the hallways hang the plaques of missionaries serving in various parts of the world. With four wards, that’s a lot of plaques.The typical mission plaque has a photo of the elder or sister, his or her name, the name of the ward, a sketch of the country or state in which he or she is serving, the name of the mission, and the missionary’s favorite scripture.I bring this up because the plaques used to
  
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• Call it Olympia Hills 2.0 — the controversial development near Herriman is back, with fewer houses and a vision of a futuristic company town

  10-03-2019 15:05
  Olympia Hills is back.Developers behind a controversial, high-density community proposed for the southwest tip of Salt Lake County say they’ve redesigned the project and are ready to once again seek public input before asking the county to sign off.It would still be called Olympia Hills and would still be located on unincorporated county land west of Herriman, but instead of nine dwellings per acre — a density that drew intense public criticism and a veto from the county mayor last s
  
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• Commentary: Congestion at Arches, Zion offers economic development opportunity for rural Utah

  10-03-2019 14:10
  Congestion at Arches National Park has led park officials to consider implementing a reservation system for visitors. The problem is that the current allocation system — a long wait in line to pay a nominal entrance fee, followed by an interminable search for a parking space at popular trailheads — leads to a poor visitor experience. Overuse of the park also damages the very resources that people are there to enjoy.A reservation system will shift a portion of visitation from times wh
  
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• Letter: Utah’s United Methodists will not turn back now

  10-03-2019 14:00
  At the recent General Conference of the United Methodist Church, the debate over the issues of labeling homosexuality as incompatible with Christian teaching, ordaining homosexual clergy and performing same-sex marriages reached a breaking point.“Traditionalists” approved a plan which would institute mandatory penalties for clergy who perform same-sex marriages and made it eminently clear that LGBTQIA persons were not eligible for ordained ministry. This level of orthodoxy and greate
  
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• Letter: The street of living potholes

  10-03-2019 14:00
  Near my Salt Lake home an old pothole road is dying, kept on life support with make-do patches on top of make-do patches.The irony is that the road borders a cemetery, and it might best serve as additional graveyard. After all, after decades of watching the poor thing suffer so, it seems time either to pull the plug or give it a much-deserved makeover.If your voyeur instincts are aroused, you may see this patched, potholed wonder transecting from 1300 South to Foothill Drive. It’s labelled
  
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• Letter: Support cleaning up our air

  10-03-2019 14:00
  Breathing should be the easiest thing we do. We are born to it, and without it we die. But when air quality is poor, breathing is an effort, and solutions to this health hazard have been all too limited. Until this year. In advance of the legislative session, Gov. Gary Herbert proposed $100 million for clean air research, education and emissions reduction programs — up from $1 million last year. Legislators from both sides have productive ideas for how to spend this windfall — ideas
  
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• Letter: President Trump hides behind his ‘love’ for America

  10-03-2019 14:00
  After watching President Donald Trump hugging the American Flag at CPAC, I am reminded of a quote by English writer and moralist Samuel Johnson: "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." Since Trump can no longer boast about his honesty and integrity, he is resorting to his supposed love of America as a shield to hide behind. Sorry, Donald, but Americans can see right through your latest gambit to hide your sins.Richard D. Muranaka, Salt Lake CitySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Ask Ann Cannon: I finally had to cut off a drug-addicted friend, but her mom is giving me a guilt trip

  10-03-2019 13:00
  Dear Ann Cannon • I am a married mother of two in my mid-30s. I have a friend (who has been my friend since middle school and one-time college roommate) who unfortunately is addicted to pain pills (and now opioids) after a couple of botched surgeries. I have tried to be a supportive friend, encouraging her to get help, etc., but the situation has spiraled out of control. I know my first priority is to my family, so I have decided to cut all ties with her. It was tearing me up emotionally (d
  
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• Ashton: That one time my sister shoved a jelly bean up my nose, and other things only sisters can relate to

  10-03-2019 13:00
  In honor of National Siblings Day next month, I’m going to tell you about my sister, Erin.One day, my sister shoved a hummingbird egg up my nose.I was probably six years old, and she was nine. We were on a road trip to St. George. Hummingbird eggs were a type of jelly bean. They were small, and shaped like a disk.This was around the time when she convinced me that lying on the floor of the back seat was so much better than sitting on an actual seat.I was gullible. I’ll admit it.This
  
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• Former Army special forces soldier secretly trained an armed Utah polygamous squad. Was it a militia?

  10-03-2019 12:53
  Mount Pleasant • Jesse Raynor needed two more copies of the U.S. Army Ranger Handbook.As quartermaster, he was responsible for making sure the men in his Mount Pleasant unit, which had been dubbed the Priesthood Protection Team, or PPT, were properly outfitted. Raynor had Microsoft Excel spreadsheets showing who had AR-15s, Kevlar helmets and vests, first aid kits and even how cold of a temperature each man’s sleeping bag could withstand. Now, on Nov. 17, 2011, Raynor was trying to en
  
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• San Diego hands BYU an embarrassing loss in WCC quarterfinal game late Saturday night

  10-03-2019 09:35
  Las Vegas • Having held off San Diego in overtime a month ago in rainy San Diego and a week ago in wintry Provo, third-seeded BYU didn’t really want to see the West Coast Conference’s No. 7 seed again, even if the Toreros were playing in their third game in as many nights.But that’s the hand the Cougars were dealt a few blocks away from the famed Las Vegas Strip in a West Coast Conference tournament quarterfinal, and the result was altogether different from the regular-sea
  
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• State colleges: Weber State drops close decision to Eastern Washington, will be No. 4 seed in Big Sky tourney

  10-03-2019 07:28
  Ogden • Mason Peatling had 23 points and Jesse Hunt added 22 with 12 rebounds as Eastern Washington held off Weber State 80-77 in the regular-season finale for both teams on Saturday night.EWU (14-17, 12-8 Big Sky Conference) led throughout most of the second half but could not pull away from Weber State as the Wildcats took the lead 77-76 with 1:09 remaining after Jerrick Harding made two free throws.Hunt and Kim Aiken Jr. made four free throws down the stretch to secure the win.Weber Stat
  
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• Utes grab the No. 3 seed in the Pac-12 tournament with 92-81 victory over UCLA

  10-03-2019 06:29
  Utah’s losing a big chunk of a 27-point lead was not necessarily part of the script, but UCLA’s rally turned to be just a buildup to some memorable moments for the Utes in the end.In the last two minutes Saturday, senior guards Parker Van Dyke and Sedrick Barefield delivered consecutive 3-pointers, securing a 92-81 victory over UCLA and nicely capturing the flavor of Senior Night at the Huntsman Center. Those shots enabled Ute coach Larry Krystkowiak to get co-captain Beau Rydalch in
  
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• George F. Will: Democratic candidates are channeling late-night infomercials

  10-03-2019 05:35
  Washington • A four-word phrase common on late-night television, exclaimed by announcers giddy about their offers: “Buy this kitchen knife that is so sharp it can slice and dice diamonds, and we’ll throw in a nonstick frying pan that can double as a satellite dish. BUT WAIT! THERE’S MORE! If you call immediately, we’ll include a homeopathic cure for sciatica.”Today’s Democratic presidential candidates sound like late-night infomercials: “A Green New
  
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• Stallions rally to take lead late, but last-second field goal gives Fleet 27-25 victory

  10-03-2019 05:21
  Donny Hageman kicked a 44-yard field goal as time expired to give the San Diego Fleet a 27-25 victory over the Salt Lake Stallions on Saturday night in San Diego. Hageman’s third field goal of the night was set up moments earlier by a 44-yard completion from quarterback Mike Bercovici to wide receiver Dontez Ford. Quarterback Josh Woodrum had led the Stallions on a 76-yard scoring drive in the closing minutes to go up 25-24 with just under a minute remaining.Kameron Kelly had three interce
  
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• Monson: Utah beats UCLA, and now heads to Vegas, eager to see how far it can stretch the imagination

  10-03-2019 04:16
  When the final seconds slipped off the clock at the Huntsman Center on Saturday night, the Utes having defeated UCLA by the count of 92-81, it was time to reflect upon a regular season just ended.The punctuation itself deserved mention and was indicative of the campaign in its entirety, Utah gaining its 17th win against 13 losses. The victory was nowhere near as dramatic as the one the Utes took from the Bruins in L.A. exactly one month before, a bit of scintillation that saw Utah climb back fro
  
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• Real Salt Lake beats Vancouver 1-0 in home opener

  10-03-2019 04:04
  Sandy • As Corey Baird inched closer and closer to the goal in the 22nd minute, he suddenly fell to the ground. The whistle blew, indicating a penalty. Initially, it appeared obvious: Vancouver’s Jakob Nerwinski caused Baird to fall.But on at least two replay angles it looked like Baird just dove to the ground without actually receiving contact from the defender. Nonetheless, the referee upheld the call, giving Albert Runsák the opportunity connect on the penalty. RSL led 1-0 f
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz assign Dante Exum to G League affiliate

  10-03-2019 03:34 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz have assigned Dante Exum to G League affiliate Salt Lake City Stars, the team announced Saturday. Jazz Assign Danté Exum to Salt Lake City Stars pic.twitter.com/2iTp5lNsUY — Utah Jazz PR (@UtahJazzPR) March 10, 2019 The 23-year-old...
  
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• Utes claim their 12th NCAA skiing championship in dominating fashion

  10-03-2019 02:19
  Utah claimed the school's second NCAA skiing championship in three years and third of this century, after taking a commanding lead into Saturday's final events at Stowe, Vt.Roni Remme’s second-place finish in the women’s slalom helped the Utes secure the combined men’s and women’s title, the program’s 12th NCAA championship and 13th overall, counting an AIAW title.Utah finished with 530.5 points, followed by Vermont (476), Colorado (455), Dartmouth (447) and defendi
  
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• American Brittany Bowe sets new world record in 1,000-meter event, wins another World Cup gold

  10-03-2019 01:37
  A sensational season featured another sensational performance.This time, it was one for the record books.On Day 1 of the ISU long track World Cup speedskating finals, American Brittany Bowe made history on home ice at the Utah Olympic Oval. The 31-year-old set a new world-record time (1:11.61) in the women’s 1,000-meter event, winning another World Cup gold medal. Bowe now has 13 World Cup medals this season — four of which came in the 1,000. Bowe won gold at the 2019 world single di
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - This time, an abundance of 3-pointers by Utah Jazz doesn't result in a victory

  10-03-2019 01:32 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz were more than willing to fire up 3-point shots Saturday night against Memphis, setting a franchise record with 48 for the game. However, they didn't make enough to hold off the...
  
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• This time, an abundance of 3-pointers by Utah Jazz doesn't result in a victory

  10-03-2019 01:30
  SALT LAKE CITY — Like most NBA teams, the Utah Jazz have fully incorporated the 3-point shot into their offense, where 39 percent of their field goal attempts have come from this year.In Saturday night's 114-104 loss to Memphis, the Jazz took it to a new level, firing up 48 3-point shots, breaking the old franchise mark of 46 set earlier this season. You knew right from the start it would be a record-breaking night when the first 11 Jazz field-goal tries were 3-pointers. It took until the
  
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• Event offers families of missing Utahns another chance at hope, discovery

  10-03-2019 01:00
  Elisa Gonzalez can’t remember her mother. Elsha Marie Rivera disappeared 15 years ago from Fort Worth, Texas, where she and Elisa were living when Elisa was just a baby.But Elisa, who has grown up in Midvale with Elsha’s mother, drove to Sandy on Saturday to offer the only clue she can: a mouth swab containing her DNA, which could be checked against samples of unidentified human remains."I don't think she's alive. Part of me tells me she's not," said Elsha's mother, Elizabeth Rivera.
  
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