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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz guard Kyle Korver says ‘your heart breaks for’ Dante Exum

  16-03-2019 23:21 via sportspyder.com
  Utah Jazz point guard Dante Exum received a hard hit, as he is out indefinitely after suffering a partially torn patellar tendon in his right knee. Jazz sharpshooter Kyle Korver says “your heart breaks for” Exum, who just returned from a 25-game...
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz host Nets, aim for third straight W: Preview and live comment stream

  16-03-2019 23:06 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz seek their third straight win overall following a disappointing week as they host the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday evening. The Utah Jazz got ba...
  
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• Utahns enjoy shamrocks and sunshine at the 41st annual St. Patrick’s Day parade

  16-03-2019 23:02
  Salt Lake City’s Irish community celebrated the 41st annual St. Patrick’s Day parade with crowds lining up to take in the festivities.Marching bands, Irish dancers, bagpipes and a sea of green moved along 200 South, starting at 500 East on Saturday morning en route to State Street where the Siamsa festivities kept the fun going at the Gallivan Center. Cool temperatures and plenty of sunshine were a perfect match as the luck of the Irish came through after a week that saw more snow.
  
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• Tribune editorial: Russell Westbrook is right. It’s time to clean the bowl

  16-03-2019 23:01
  Utah found an unlikely hero this week, and his name is Russell Westbrook.On the morning after the NBA all star unleashed on a Utah Jazz fan who was harassing him with racist taunts, Utah woke up to an international glare. In the aftermath of the game’s ugliness, the focus wasn’t on a famous athlete’s expletive-filled threats. It was on the atmosphere inside Vivint Smart Home Arena that brought him to that point.Westbrook surfaced a dirty secret: The Jazz’s legendarily tou
  
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• Not a classical music fan? Utah Symphony is ditching the ‘unwritten rules’ to make you feel welcome.

  16-03-2019 23:00
  Sitting in Abravanel Hall with one’s eyes closed, a classical music fan would scarcely tell the difference between the Utah Symphony’s upcoming Friday night concert and its Saturday night show.It’s the same musicians, the same conductor — Thierry Fischer, the Utah Symphony’s music director — and mostly the same program, highlighting composer Andrew Norman’s new work, “Play.” Pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk will be the featured soloist both nights
  
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• Utah Jazz host Nets, aim for third straight W: Preview and live comment stream

  16-03-2019 22:34
  The Utah Jazz seek their third straight win overall following a disappointing week as they host the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday evening. The Utah Jazz got back to their winning ways earlier in the week by toppling the Phoenix Suns on the road then turning around to defeat the Minnesota Timberwolves on the subsequent night […]
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz players try to raise Dante Exum's spirits after latest knee injury will have him out indefinitely

  16-03-2019 21:49 via sportspyder.com
  “Your heart breaks for him. He’s had a tough stretch with injuries, not just this year so obviously, we’re all there for him,” said Jazz guard Kyle Korver.
  
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• Utah Jazz players try to raise spirits of Dante Exum with latest knee injury that has him out indefinitely

  16-03-2019 21:36
  SALT LAKE CITY — Dante Exum gingerly strolled through the Zions Bank Basketball Campus following Saturday's shootaround with a black brace covering his right knee.Less than 24 hours after learning that the former fifth overall pick would be sidelined indefinitely with a partially torn patellar tendon in his right knee, his teammates are rallying around him."Your heart breaks for him. He's had a tough stretch with injuries, not just this year, so obviously we're all there for him," said Jaz
  
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• Utah Jazz players try to raise Dante Exum's spirits after latest knee injury will have him out indefinitely

  16-03-2019 21:36
  SALT LAKE CITY — Dante Exum gingerly strolled through Zions Bank Basketball Campus following Saturday's shootaround with a black brace covering his right knee.Less than 24 hours after learning that the former fifth overall pick would be sidelined indefinitely with a partially torn patellar tendon in his right knee, his teammates are rallying around him."Your heart breaks for him. He's had a tough stretch with injuries, not just this year so obviously, we're all there for him," said Jazz gu
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Thabo Sefolosha ruled out vs. Nets with hamstring tightness

  16-03-2019 21:27 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz will be more shorthanded against the Brooklyn Nets than anticipated. The team announced on Saturday that reserve forward Thabo Sefolosha will miss tonight’s game in Salt Lake City while managing tightness in his hamstring. Thabo...
  
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• Casino robbery suspect critically wounded in brief shootout

  16-03-2019 21:20
  Las Vegas • Police say a brief shootout outside the Bellagio hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip left a robbery suspect critically wounded while an officer who was shot in his bulletproof vest escaped serious injury.Police Capt. Nicole Splinter said the suspect robbed the packed casino Friday night and was confronted by four officers as he tried to carjack a vehicle in the valet lot.Splinter said the suspect fired at least one shot at an officer before being shot by a second officer.She sai
  
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• It’s a boy! April the Giraffe gives birth again

  16-03-2019 21:18
  Albany, N.Y. • April the Giraffe gave birth once again in front of an enthralled YouTube audience on Saturday.More than 300,000 watched live as April gave birth to a healthy male calf at around 12:45 p.m., the Animal Adventure Park in Harpursville, New York said.Park officials say the newborn giraffe was on its feet by 1:27 p.m., and nursing by 1:51 p.m."Success! With an average 15-month gestation, we are thankful to have a healthy calf on the ground, nursing and bonding with mom," animal p
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz Take On the Brooklyn Nets

  16-03-2019 20:40 via sportspyder.com
  Can the Jazz pick up their third win in a row against the well coached Nets?
  
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• Former polygamous sect members walk through old meetinghouse on Utah-Arizona line and remember the good and bad times

  16-03-2019 20:30
  Colorado City, Ariz. • They walked through the same double doors they used to, past the foyer and into the meeting hall — a 10,000 square foot room with a stage on one end and a pulpit and stadium seating on the other.The polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints used to hold their services here, in the Leroy S. Johnson Meetinghouse. One by one, people have left that church, or were kicked out. Once they were gone, they weren’t allowed back inside thi
  
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• Monson: Jazz’s Dante Exum forced to find hope, again, to fight through another devastating injury

  16-03-2019 19:59
  The day Dante Exum loped into Salt Lake City as a fresh-faced kid, a newly drafted rookie, there was excitement all around him, in the minds of fans, in the minds of teammates and coaches, and in his own mind, too, even in his body parts too, the same ones that shortly thereafter began to betray him.Latest news from team doctors is that the Jazz’s former No. 5 overall pick in the 2014 draft has a partially torn patellar tendon in his right knee and that he is out indefinitely. Again. The i
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Monson: Jazz’s Dante Exum forced to find hope, again, to fight though another devastating injury

  16-03-2019 19:53 via sportspyder.com
  The day Dante Exum loped into Salt Lake City as a fresh-faced kid, a newly drafted rookie, there was excitement all around him, in the minds of fans, in the minds of teammates and coaches, and in his own mind, too, even in his body parts too, the...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Another unlucky break for the Utah Jazz’s Dante Exum. He’s out indefinitely with a knee injury.

  16-03-2019 19:25 via sportspyder.com
  It’s yet another spot of bad luck for Jazz guard Dante Exum.
  
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• Walden: You should already know that you can’t shout vile and racist things at NBA players, but if you don’t, teams finally now seem willing and able to remind you

  16-03-2019 19:19
  There really just isn’t a much better illustration of Utah’s insular, white-bread homogeneity than the sheer number of people who’ve taken to social media and comment boards in the last day or two to ask “Why is calling a black man ‘boy’ racist?”Such are the effects of being born and raised in a culture bubble.Turns out there is a reason diversity is good and useful — it can teach us all a thing or two.The Utah Jazz, one can presume, would rather n
  
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• Another unlucky break for the Utah Jazz’s Dante Exum. He’s out indefinitely with a knee injury.

  16-03-2019 19:16
  It’s yet another spot of bad luck for Jazz guard Dante Exum.Exum was diagnosed with a partially torn patellar tendon in his right knee after an MRI on Friday, adding to his lengthy list of injuries since he was drafted five years ago. Exum had just returned three games prior from a sprained ankle — and associated bone bruise — that cost him 25 games.The Jazz announced that Exum is out indefinitely. The team and Exum will seek multiple medical opinions on how to best treat the i
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Walden: You should already know that you can’t shout vile and racist things at NBA players, but if you don’t, teams finally now seem willing and able to remind you

  16-03-2019 18:24 via sportspyder.com
  There really just isn’t a much better illustration of Utah’s insular, white-bread homogeneity than the sheer number of people who’ve taken to social media and comment boards in the last day or two to ask “Why is calling a black man ‘boy’ racist?”
  
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• Utah police gather to support Montana officer who was airlifted to University Hospital after getting shot

  16-03-2019 17:25
  Officers from various Utah police departments have gathered to show support for a Montana police officer who is fighting for his life in a Salt Lake City hospital.According to FOX 13, Trooper Wade Palmer was shot on duty in Missoula by a man who was suspected to be involved with a different shooting. Montana Highway Patrol said Palmer had found a vehicle that matched the description of the one connected to a shooting the night before. Palmer was later found by fellow troopers shot in his own veh
  
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• Prosecutors: Ogden officers justified in fatal shooting

  16-03-2019 17:22
  Ogden • Utah prosecutors say two Ogden police officers had justification to fatally shoot a man who charged at them with a rock last year.The Standard-Examiner reports that Weber County Attorney Christopher Allred has determined that officers Brandon Sevenski and Tyson Embley acted within their rights when they shot 33-year-old Christopher William Parrish on Nov. 9, 2018.Authorities say Parrish had fled a traffic stop, but he crashed a short distance away. He then fled on foot, and officers
  
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• The future looks bright for the young Utah Utes, but Larry Krystkowiak will need to sell it to a restless fan base

  16-03-2019 17:12
  Las Vegas • For those who wondered what Utah’s basketball team would look like next season without the scoring of Sedrick Barefield and Parker Van Dyke, the senior guards unintentionally provided the answer in the Pac-12 tournament.Those players will be missed, but not the versions of them that appeared in the Utes’ 66-54 loss to Oregon in Thursday’s quarterfinals. The consolation is their combined nine-point showing is replaceable, even if that’s not the true story
  
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• Australian senator blames Muslims for attack, faces censure

  16-03-2019 16:30
  Canberra, Australia • An Australian senator had a raw egg cracked over his head and faces censure from his fellow lawmakers after sparking outrage by blaming Muslim immigration for the New Zealand mosque shootings.Sen. Fraser Anning came under blistering criticism over tweets on Friday including one that said, "Does anyone still dispute the link between Muslim immigration and violence?""The real cause of the bloodshed on New Zealand streets today is the immigration program which allowed Mus
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah Jazz fans have a reputation for crossing the line, including into racist taunts. Here’s why and here’s what the team is trying to do about it.

  16-03-2019 16:29 via sportspyder.com
  When Russell Westbrook refused to sit down, refused to let the words hurled in his direction go unnoticed, he forced an entire organization and its devoted followers to take a lengthy look in the mirror. It has since sent shock waves throughout the...
  
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• French rioters set fire to Paris bank; mother, child saved

  16-03-2019 16:28
  Paris • French yellow vest protesters set life-threatening fires, smashed up luxury stores and clashed with police Saturday in the 18th straight weekend of demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron. Large plumes of smoke rose above the rioting on Paris’ landmark Champs-Elysees Avenue, and a mother and her child were just barely saved from a building blaze.French police tried to contain the demonstrators with tear gas and water cannon with limited success.One perilous fire targe
  
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• Utah Jazz fans have a reputation for crossing the line, including into racist taunts. Here’s why and here’s what the team is trying to do about it.

  16-03-2019 16:10
  When Russell Westbrook refused to sit down, refused to let the words hurled in his direction go unnoticed, he forced an entire organization and its devoted followers to take a lengthy look in the mirror. It has since sent shock waves throughout the NBA and the proud Utah Jazz fan base. By standing up for himself — an exchange that went viral and dominated sports headlines around the country this past past week — the Oklahoma City Thunder superstar rekindled a conversation that remain
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Draymond Green rips NBA fans for bad behavior - CBSSports.com

  16-03-2019 15:43 via sportspyder.com
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Will the Utah Jazz regret keeping Dante Exum rather than shipping him to Memphis?

  16-03-2019 14:48 via sportspyder.com
  During the February trade deadline, the Utah Jazz and Memphis Grizzlies were engaged in discussions regarding a potential deal involving Mike Conley. The J...
  
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• Will the Utah Jazz regret keeping Dante Exum rather than shipping him to Memphis?

  16-03-2019 14:30
  During the February trade deadline, the Utah Jazz and Memphis Grizzlies were engaged in discussions regarding a potential deal involving Mike Conley. The Jazz refused to give up Dante Exum in any trade, making the trade fall through. Utah Jazz point guard Dante Exum has gobs of potential, especially on the defensive end. It’s easy […]
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• Letter: Uncontrolled capitalism contributes to growing income inequality

  16-03-2019 14:00
  The recent letter in The Salt Lake Tribune, “A mix of capitalism and socialism works best” by Stephen Clark on March 6, got it right. I would go on to add:Capitalism has given Americans a good standard of living, but uncontrolled capitalism has hurt many Americans and contributed to growing income inequality. Many people cannot afford decent housing, healthcare, etc. As President Herbert Hoover said, “The trouble with capitalism is capitalists; they’re too damn greedy.&rd
  
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• Letter: There’s a foul history behind Jefferson’s view on wasting labor

  16-03-2019 14:00
  Dear Jim Dublinski: Thank you for reminding Bernie Sanders of his follies by invoking the sage philosophy of Thomas Jefferson: “I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.” Clever man, that Mr Jefferson! Having once toured his stately mansion in Monticello, I know that he saw to it that the labors of his slaves were never wasted either.Michael J. McAinsh, Salt Lake CitySub
  
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• Letter: State-designated monuments need to be protected from the state

  16-03-2019 14:00
  Soon, Utah will be able to designate its own state monuments with the passage of HB14. This is the third time the bill has come before the state Legislature, and while I am a staunch supporter of preserving our lands and heritage sites, there are questions that remain unanswered. Specifically, what happens with the natural resources under the land? This issue is not addressed in HB14 and it leaves open the possibility that the state may in future instances, take advantage of this loophole for th
  
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• Letter: ‘Stand your ground’ laws set dangerous precedent

  16-03-2019 14:00
  This week, the “stand your ground” expansion bill was passed in the Utah State Legislature. As a member of our community and a mother of a young son, I am extremely disappointed and concerned about this bill. “Stand your ground” laws allow people to shoot first and ask questions later in a situation they find dangerous, even if there is a way to safety retreat. “Stand your ground” laws are dangerous, they encourage armed vigilantism and they are associated wit
  
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• Letter: Impeachment may be divisive — but sometimes it’s necessary

  16-03-2019 14:00
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reportedly says that Trump is not worth the effort to impeach.She clarifies that “Impeachment is so divisive to the country that unless there’s something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, I don’t think we should go down that path, because it divides the country.”I agree that impeachment requires something overwhelming and compelling, a high crime or misdemeanor. I disagree that it requires bipartisan support. The Constitution says n
  
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• Letter: Helping LGBTQ youth even though the conversion therapy ban failed

  16-03-2019 14:00
  With the recent gutting of HB399 (which would have banned the use of conversion therapy on LGBTQ+ youth), this practice will continue to be used on this vulnerable population.Conversion therapy is the attempt to change one’s sexual orientation away from LGBTQ+ identities to align with a heterosexual identity. While adults may have good intentions in mind for wanting conversion therapy to be conducted on their children, the impact of this is detrimental. According to Equality Utah, LGBTQ+ y
  
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• [ESPN] - The sneaker giveaway trend taking over the NBA

  16-03-2019 13:47 via sportspyder.com
  Players around the league have taken to giving fans the ultimate souvenir: the shoes off their feet.
  
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• Utah Symphony loses the tuxedos and tries a casual approach to attract new audiences with ‘Unwound’ concert

  16-03-2019 13:00
  Sitting in Abravanel Hall with one’s eyes closed, a classical music fan would scarcely tell the difference between the Utah Symphony’s upcoming Friday night concert and its Saturday night show.It’s the same musicians, the same conductor — Thierry Fischer, the Utah Symphony’s music director — and mostly the same program, highlighting composer Andrew Norman’s new work, “Play.” Pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk will be the featured soloist both nights
  
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• How a change in a Colorado immigration court is adding uncertainty to Utah attorneys and their clients

  16-03-2019 13:00
  A client had a quickly planned hearing less than three days away, so Skyler Bentley, a Utah-based immigration attorney, did what he always did. He asked the judge based in Aurora, Colo., if he could appear by phone.The hearing was to decide whether the 18-year-old man could be released while his case was pending.But the Colorado judge denied Bentley’s request — a routine motion that had previously almost always been approved.The attorney had few options. He could buy a $700 plane tic
  
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• Ask Ann Cannon: How can I support my sister when I don’t like the man she’s going to marry?

  16-03-2019 13:00
  Dear Ann Cannon • My younger sister is about to get married, and I really don’t like her fiancé. I made a valiant effort to get to know him at first, but red flags keep going up — he’s not polite, he never says thank you, he only talks to my sister, he’s taken no initiative in planning the wedding, yet all the choices being made seem to be about him and his family, he has no income or education, and he’s very hostile to me about our religious differences
  
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• [Fox Sports] - Jazz host the Nets in cross-conference contest

  16-03-2019 08:37 via sportspyder.com
  Utah and Brooklyn square off in non-conference action
  
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• [Torn By Sports] - Episode 185: Utah Jazz, Racism, NBA Playoff Race

  16-03-2019 08:19 via sportspyder.com
  This week, we discuss racism and recent events with the Utah Jazz. Plus we continue to discuss the NBA Playoff Race. Also, NFL and Avengers End Game.
  
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• Utah State makes quick work of Fresno State, advancing to MW title game with 85-60 victory

  16-03-2019 07:24
  Las Vegas • Utah State and Fresno State staged a pair of one-point games this season. Absolutely nothing like that happened Friday night in the Mountain West semifinals. USU blistered the Bulldogs with 50 first-half points on the way to an 85-60 victory at the Thomas & Mack Center. The No. 2-seeded Aggies (27-6) have advanced to their first MW championship game in six years of membership and will meet No. 4 San Diego State, an upset winner over Nevada, for the title Saturday (4 p.m. MDT
  
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• Third-seeded Grand Canyon ousts second-seeded Utah Valley from WAC tournament semifinal with better execution down the stretch

  16-03-2019 07:07
  Las Vegas • While Washington was holding off Colorado in the Pac-12 conference tournament across town Friday night, a former Husky was making life miserable for Utah Valley.Wearing a different shade of purple, junior guard Carlos Johnson scored a career-high 35 points — including 6 of 8 shooting from 3-point range — and Grand Canyon ousted the Wolverines 78-74 in the WAC tournament semifinals at Orleans Arena.Third-seeded Grand Canyon (20-12) will play No. 1 seed New Mexico Stat
  
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• State Colleges: Utah softball wins Pac-12 opener

  16-03-2019 06:52
  Ellessa Bonstrom homered and Alyssa Barrera hit a two-run triple to lead the University of Utah softball team to a 5-4 victory Friday in the Utes’ Pac-12 Conference opener at Dumke Family Softball Stadium.In the circle, pitcher Hailey Hilburn kept the Utes (12-13) tied with the Golden Bears (18-8) through four innings before being replaced by Sydney Sandez (5-4), who notched her fifth win of the season. Chantelle Ladner got the final out for her first save of the year.Bonstrom’s two-
  
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• [Basketball Insiders] - Report: Dante Exum Out Indefinitely with Partially Torn Right Patellar Tendon

  16-03-2019 06:38 via sportspyder.com
  The following is a medical update on Utah Jazz guard Danté Exum: Exum was examined Friday by the Utah Jazz medical staff and underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) testing. The MRI revealed a partially torn patellar tendon in his right knee....
  
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• Report: Dante Exum Out Indefinitely with Partially Torn Right Patellar Tendon

  16-03-2019 06:27 via basketballinsiders.com
  The following is a medical update on Utah Jazz guard Danté Exum: Exum was examined Friday by the Utah Jazz medical staff and underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) testing. The MRI revealed a partially torn patellar tendon in his right knee. Exum is out indefinitely and will continue to seek opinions on how to best […]
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Dante Exum hit with another potentially devastating injury

  16-03-2019 06:26 via sportspyder.com
  Utah Jazz guard Dante Exum only just returned from an ankle injury, but now finds himself shelved with yet another major setback. If there's ever been a pl...
  
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• Hiker missing in Canyonlands National Park apparently fell to his death

  16-03-2019 05:54
  After three days of searching Canyonlands National Park for a missing hiker, crews found the 33-year-old man dead Friday.Jonathan Hogue, a graduate teaching assistant at the University of Iowa, was an avid hiker, known for traveling long distances on his treks at state and national parks and going off trail. Authorities found his car March 10 parked near the Green River Overlook in the national park’s Island in the Sky section, according to a post on Canyonlands’ Facebook.On Tuesday,
  
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• Utah Jazz: Dante Exum hit with another potentially devastating injury

  16-03-2019 05:47
  Utah Jazz guard Dante Exum only just returned from an ankle injury, but now finds himself shelved with yet another major setback. If there’s ever been a player in the annals of Utah Jazz lore whose career has been more defined by massive injuries than Dante Exum, I’m unable to identify him. Since joining the […]
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