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• Monson: James Harden’s act is spotlighting basketball’s greatest vulnerability, and it’s wearing thin.

  30-04-2019 23:53
  The NBA’s got a problem, a shade of gray that stretches from Houston on one end to Oakland on the other.Somebody’s got to stop it before it spreads further and ruins the game.No one wants to see pro basketball become … soccer.But it’s headed that way. It’s becoming a sweaty theatrical presentation, an act, an episode of “As the Ball Turns,” starring James Harden, a game of deception and a whine-fest. It is an endeavor ever more like figure skating, gymn
  
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• UTA says its bus facilities are at capacity, so it looks at borrowing money to build new ones

  30-04-2019 23:47
  To expand bus service, the Utah Transit Authority is eyeing borrowing money next year through bonding to enlarge or build new garages because current ones are essentially at full capacity.UTA leaders delivered that message Tuesday to the State Bonding Commission.Before UTA may borrow more money through bonding, that commission now must approve it because of restructuring ordered last year by the Legislature. That came, in part, over concern about UTA’s $2.1 billion debt, incurred essential
  
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• Jazz assistant Alex Jensen interviews for head coaching jobs with Cavs, Grizzlies

  30-04-2019 23:47
  Utah Jazz assistant Alex Jensen has either interviewed or will interview for two of the NBA’s head coaching vacancies this week.Jensen interviewed with the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday, as first reported by The Athletic. Meanwhile, Jensen plans to formally interview with the Cleveland Cavaliers brain trust later this week, according to ESPN. He also interviewed for the BYU head coaching job earlier this month.The former University of Utah All-WAC team selection has been an assistant with t
  
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• George Pyle: Now we just need a vaccine against stupidity

  30-04-2019 23:46
  My parents could be accused of being a bit sloppy about such issues as how much TV we all watched and whether all the books we read or the movies we saw were entirely age-appropriate.But there was one mistake they never made. None of the four of us every missed any of our vaccinations.Why? Well, I’ll let my father tell you, from the memoirs he left us.“When I was three years old (in 1930) I contracted polio; I have been told that for a week or so they didn’t know what my proble
  
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• Ex-Draper police officer charged with sexually abusing a detective

  30-04-2019 23:24
  A former Draper police lieutenant who retired in March after an investigation was launched into a “possible policy violation” has been charged with sexually abusing a female coworker.Chad Carpenter, who worked for years as the department’s public information officer, has been charged with two second-degree felony counts of forcible sexual abuse, according to charges filed Tuesday in 3rd District Court.The charges allege that on Jan. 31, Carpenter called a female detective who w
  
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• Utah legislators won’t try to override the governor’s veto — but don’t expect the fight over how to fill a congressional vacancy to go away

  30-04-2019 23:20
  The Legislature will not call a session to override Gov. Gary Herbert’s veto of a bill that would establish a clear process for filling congressional vacancies — one that doesn’t allow for signature-gathering candidates.Utah House members were polled to gauge their interest in toppling Herbert’s veto, but they didn’t express a sense of urgency about resolving the election issue before the next general session."It was like, let's have this discussion during session.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jazz assistant Alex Jensen interviews for head coaching jobs with Cavs, Grizzlies

  30-04-2019 23:13 via sportspyder.com
  Utah Jazz assistant Alex Jensen has either interviewed or will interview for two of the NBA’s head coaching vacancies this week.
  
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• The fight over pump house pits needs of Salt Lake City’s thirsty downtown against a quiet neighborhood in Memory Grove

  30-04-2019 23:02
  Neighbors in a verdant residential stretch below Memory Grove remain wary of a proposal to refurbish the most plentiful drinking-water well in Salt Lake City.In reaction to the concerns, city officials have scaled back plans for a new 2,000-square-foot utility building over the well, located in a park at North Canyon Road and Fourth Avenue. They’ve sought since 2017 to make the 76-year-old water source safer for employees and customers and bring it up to regulation.The well pumps out a sta
  
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• Robert Redford comes out of retirement for a strategic cameo in (spoiler alert!) ‘Avengers: Endgame’

  30-04-2019 22:49
  [Warning: Spoilers ahead. Do not read this article if you haven’t seen “Avengers: Endgame” and still want to go into the movie without knowing its secrets.]Robert Redford’s retirement from movie acting lasted about six months, thanks to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.The actor, director, producer and founder of the Utah-based Sundance Institute told The Salt Lake Tribune last fall that he was “pretty committed to retiring from acting” and “moving into new
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz assistant Alex Jensen interviews for Memphis head coaching vacancy

  30-04-2019 22:42 via sportspyder.com
  The Memphis Grizzlies interviewed Utah Jazz assistant Alex Jensen on Tuesday for the team’s vacant head-coaching position, according to Tony Jones and Omari Sankofa II of The Athletic. Jensen is also a candidate for the Cleveland Cavaliers opening...
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - 3 biggest needs for the Utah Jazz this offseason

  30-04-2019 22:42 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz are one of those teams good enough to make the playoffs every year, but not actually good enough to make any real noise when they get there. The Jazz have the young star in Donovan Mitchell and the elite defender in Rudy Gobert, but...
  
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• West Valley police arrest 3 after man is shot to death in restaurant parking lot

  30-04-2019 22:35
  Three men have been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a man whose body was found in the parking lot of a West Valley restaurant on Sunday.Hassan Al-Rekabi, 18, was booked into jail for investigation of criminal homicide and obstruction; Samuel Niu, 19, and Bryan Zumaya-Garcia, 21, were both booked for investigation of obstruction, according to West Valley Police.At about 2:26 a.m. on Sunday, police responded to a report of shots fired at the Overlook Apartments. They discovered t
  
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• Alex Jensen interviewing for Grizzlies coaching job

  30-04-2019 22:28
  Tony Jones: Utah Jazz assistant Alex Jensen interviewed today in Memphis for the vacant Grizzlies head coaching job, league sources tell @Omari Sanfoka II and myself. Jensen is also expected to interview in Cleveland this week, league sources say
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Fatuous News

  30-04-2019 22:26
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Wednesday, May 1, 2019. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:<a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/04/29/bagley-cartoon-gun-wrong/" target=_blank><u>Gun Wrong</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/04/27/bagley-cartoon-john-snow/"><u>John Snow Knows</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/04/25/bagley-cartoon/
  
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• Utahns spend less on household expenses than most Americans, study says

  30-04-2019 22:16
  Utah residents spends $61 less per month on household expenses than the national average, according to doxo.The web and mobile bill-pay service analyzed what Americans are paying in the 25 largest metro areas — and it included Provo and Orem as part of Salt Lake City. According to doxo’s analysis, the average American household pay $984 a month for the nine “most common” bills (excluding rent or mortgage payments); the average Salt Lake household pays $923.That’s 17
  
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• LDS Church in talks to buy London office building for $129M, report says

  30-04-2019 22:14
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is negotiating to buy a London office building for a reported $129 million, according to Bloomberg.Citing anonymous sources, Bloomberg reported that the church’s real estate company, Property Reserve Inc., is in exclusive negotiations to buy the Alder Castle building at 10 Noble St. for 100 million pounds. A fund managed by M&G Real Estate is selling the building, which went up in 1999.According to the building’s website, it has und
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Offseason Q&A Volume 1: Keeping Favors, Korver’s Unclear Future & Other Answers About Current Jazzmen

  30-04-2019 21:51 via sportspyder.com
  So lets make like a magician with a saw and split this thing in two. This first round of questions is mostly focused on current Jazz players. What if we pay the luxury tax?
  
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• What do the BYU Cougars need to do to get more players drafted by the NFL?

  30-04-2019 21:50
  Provo • Barring a late invitation to an NFL team’s mini-camp, only three former BYU football players will get professional football opportunities later this year.Linebacker Sione Takitaki was selected in the third round of last week’s draft by the Cleveland Browns, while defensive end Corbin Kaufusi signed an undrafted free-agent contract with the New Orleans Saints and quarterback Tanner Mangum accepted invites to participate in mini-camps in Oakland and Detroit.It is another r
  
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• Alexandra Petri: Conducting oversight on Trump makes us seem obsessed and creepy, House Republicans worry

  30-04-2019 21:14
  Look, we can all agree that conducting too much oversight looks kind of ... desperate. It's like, why are you so curious about Donald Trump's finances? Don't you have finances of your own?On these grounds, the Republicans on the House Oversight Committee would like to distance themselves from all the efforts by the committee to subpoena Trump officials and conduct oversight into the president's finances and potential irregularities in the granting of security clearances. They have lives of their
  
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• [The Spun] - Cavs Reportedly Interviewing 2 Head Coach Candidates This Week

  30-04-2019 20:15 via sportspyder.com
  The Cleveland Cavaliers are in the market for a new head coach. The franchise will conduct more interviews this week, per a new report.
  
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• Most of Utah’s top high schools are charters. Did yours make the top 10?

  30-04-2019 20:07
  In an annual ranking of Utah high schools, six of the top ten spots this year went to charter schools.For a typical year, it’s not unusual to see a charter come in at No. 1 in the analysis by U.S. News and World Report. InTech Collegiate High School — which was designated the best in Utah for 2019 — has now earned that title four times in the last eight years.But never before in recent memory have a majority of the top nods gone to charters over traditional public high schools.
  
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• Fatal head-on crash between big rigs closes Utah highway

  30-04-2019 20:06
  Price, Utah • The Utah High Patrol says a fatal head-on crash involving two tractor-trailer rigs closed U.S. 6 between Price and Green River in southeastern Utah Tuesday morning.The Highway Patrol says one person was killed but no other information on the wreck in Emery County was released immediately.State Route 10 was suggested as an alternate route.
  
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• Cavs interviewing JB Bickerstaff yoday

  30-04-2019 19:50
  Joe Vardon: J.B. Bickerstaff is interviewing with the Cavs for their coaching vacancy today, sources tell me and @Shams Charania. Utah assistant Alex Jensen will interview with the Cavs this week.
  
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• [KSL] - Ben Anderson: Aggressive offseason would go against Jazz grain

  30-04-2019 19:12 via sportspyder.com
  The Jazz have money to spend this summer, but traditionally, they've preferred to keep that money in house. Will this summer be different for the Jazz front office?
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Thabo Sefolosha and Ekpe Udoh face uncertain futures with Jazz as unrestricted free agents

  30-04-2019 18:23 via sportspyder.com
  Thabo Sefolosha and Ekpe Udoh are two of the Utah Jazz's unrestricted free agents, who may not be back for next season, depending on which direction the team decides to go with its roster for 2019-20.
  
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• Thabo Sefolosha and Ekpe Udoh face uncertain futures with Jazz as unrestricted free agents

  30-04-2019 18:07
  Utah Jazz forward Thabo Sefolosha (22) catches a pass for a shot as he and the rest of the Jazz finish shootaround at the Toyota Center on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 as they prepare for game 2 with the Rockets in Houston.Scott G Winterton, Deseret NewsUtah Jazz's Thabo Sefolosha (22), from Switzerland, drives past Cleveland Cavaliers' Tristan Thompson (13) in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Jan. 4, 2019, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)Tony Dejak, APUtah Jazz center Ekpe Udoh
  
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• Catherine Rampell: Stephen Moore wants people to pay more attention to his economic policies. Challenge accepted.

  30-04-2019 17:41
  Stephen Moore wants the media to pay less attention to his idiotic comments about gender and more attention to his idiotic comments about the economy.Sure thing, bro. Happy to help out.Moore, whom President Trump wants to appoint to the Federal Reserve Board, has been complaining about a "sleaze campaign" against him. The alleged "sleaze" involves simply repeating the sexist things Moore has publicly said in columns, speeches and on national TV. Such statements include: Women shouldn't be allowe
  
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• Dana Milbank: Let’s impeach Trump for being such a great president

  30-04-2019 17:35
  “If I’m guilty of anything, it’s that I’ve been a great president and the Democrats don’t like it.”— President Trump, discussing the Mueller report on April 26WASHINGTON — Articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives of the United States of America in the name of itself and of the people of the United States of America, against Donald John Trump, president of the United States of America, in maintenance and support of its impea
  
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• [The Score] - What's next? Where the West's 1st-round casualties can go from here

  30-04-2019 16:59 via sportspyder.com
  Every year, 29 teams fall short of the ultimate goal, and every year those 29 teams are left asking themselves how they can take the next step.With the Western Conference's first round in the books, here's a look at how the four eliminated teams...
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: How Biden gets under Trump’s skin

  30-04-2019 16:41
  President Donald Trump insults and attacks Democratic presidential contenders. He doles out derisive nicknames. Rarely, however, does he defensively respond to an attack (real or perceived) against him. He's done it twice in less than a week in response to former Vice President Joe Biden, so it's worth examining how and why Biden manages to annoy Trump.Biden's focus in his announcement video on Trump's infamous remarks after Charlottesville did what few politicians do effectively: call out Trump
  
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• ‘Buyers are pulling back’ — Homes sales drop in early 2019 along the Wasatch Front as prices continue to climb

  30-04-2019 16:35
  Sales of single-family homes declined in all five counties along the Wasatch Front in early 2019 as prices continued a multiyear trend upward, though that rise in prices appears to be slowing significantly.A total of 5,609 houses changed hands across the region in January, February and March, according to the Salt Lake Board of Realtors, for a drop of 9.6% compared with the 6,202 sold in the same three months of 2018.“It’s definitely not a sellers’ market, except in some price
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Revisiting the 2018 Utah Jazz Roster Rank

  30-04-2019 16:32 via sportspyder.com
  Who were the risers and fallers this season?
  
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• Surge in U.S. measles cases leads to extraordinary measures

  30-04-2019 16:12
  New York • Quarantines in California. Fines in New York City. Orders for some people to avoid public places in Rockland County, New York.As an outbreak of measles surges across the United States — with 704 cases this year and counting — some local health officials are trying to deal with contagion in unvaccinated communities by turning to extraordinary police powers from the past."Unfortunately, we are revisiting diseases from another generation," said Jason Schwartz, an assista
  
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• Trump says he wants asylum seekers to pay a fee to apply

  30-04-2019 16:03
  Washington • President Donald Trump is proposing charging asylum seekers a fee to process their applications as he continues to try to crack down on the surge of Central American migrants seeking to cross into the U.S.In a presidential memorandum signed Monday, Trump directed his attorney general and acting homeland security secretary to take additional measures to overhaul the asylum system, which he insists "is in crisis" and plagued by "rampant abuse."The changes are just the latest in a
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz should re-engage on Mike Conley talks this summer

  30-04-2019 15:25 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz made a major play for Memphis Grizzlies point-man Mike Conley ahead of the NBA trade deadline. Make no mistake about -- Ricky Rubio came to p...
  
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• Letter: No cure for cold-heartedness

  30-04-2019 15:23
  I want to take the time to wish Gov. Gary Herbert well as he recovers from his recent cancer scare. My thoughts and prayers are with him for a speedy recovery.It is too bad that they could not cure him of his cold-heartedness toward those who are not as well-connected as he is, namely the homeless and those who cannot afford health insurance.Molly Baird, Salt Lake CitySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: What about a woman’s view of sports?

  30-04-2019 15:22
  Every day I cringe when I read the “Lineup” in the sports section of the newspaper. Is there really no female athlete in Utah who could contribute a woman’s viewpoint on the subject?It would be a welcome addition for us female readers who want the latest information or even historical accounts of athletic news involving female athletes in the state. Could this become an addition to the all male association of this vital group of reporters? I would appreciate these women's thoug
  
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• Letter: Trump embodies Christian principles

  30-04-2019 15:21
  Enough already with the “no-true-Christian” fallacy when it comes to explaining why evangelical Christians overwhelmingly support President Donald Trump. For example, Sunday’s Leonard Pitts column, “Don’t evangelicals ever get tired of being wrong?”Like Trump, the Biblical God whom evangelical Christians worship is a vain, self-centered, violent, bigoted, anti-gay, xenophobic, “racist, misogynistic braggart and bully” who demands complete subservie
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Joe Biden in his first presidential speech says he’s the champion of the middle-class and the best chance to beat Trump

  30-04-2019 15:19
  Happy Tuesday.Former Vice President Joe Biden, in his first speech as an official candidate for president, promised Monday to better the lot of the besieged middle class, if elected, and called for a minimum wage of $15 an hour. The instant frontrunner in the crowded Democratic field, he is already fending off attacks for his support of NAFTA and his lack of support of Anita Hill in the 1991 Clarence Thomas hearings. But is also taking on President Donald Trump, trying to make it seem like it&rs
  
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• 15 years later, ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ cast reunites for Utah Film Center fundraiser

  30-04-2019 15:14
  When “Napoleon Dynamite” premiered 15 years ago, reviews were, well, mixed. The Orlando Sentinel called it “the funniest movie of the summer”; the BBC said it “revels in its own kookiness and is the most engaging teen movie to emerge from the States for many a year.”CinemaBlend, on the other hand, opined that filmmaker Jared Hess “pushes Napoleon's stupidity as far as it can go in pursuit of cheap laughs, but achieves nothing that isn't easily forgettabl
  
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• Zlatan went into Real Salt Lake’s locker room to apologize and had to be separated from Nedum Onuoha

  30-04-2019 15:11
  Well after the dust had settled and Real Salt Lake lost 2-1 to the L.A. Galaxy on Sunday night, Galaxy striker and one of Major League Soccer’s most divisive figures, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, wanted to make amends.Earlier in the game, Ibrahimovic appeared to grab Nedum Onuoha by the neck and toss him to the ground, leading Onuoha to shout in his face. Ibrahimovic picked up a yellow card.But the tension didn’t end there. Just after Ibrahimovic scored the game-winning goal, he taunted Onuoh
  
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• Led by cornerback Jaylon Johnson, the Utes could have a school-record NFL draft class in 2020

  30-04-2019 15:11
  Utah’s defensive players were running back and forth across the field after the 13th session of spring practice. One athlete consistently sprinted ahead of the pack. No. 1′s presence in front of his teammates was symbolic, in multiple ways.Ute cornerback Jaylon Johnson was an everyday star of the spring. Johnson’s level of effort in routine drills — aside from the more formal offense vs. defense competition — was remarkable to witness. Utah’s top NFL prospect
  
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• Zlatan Ibrahimovic provides game-winner as Real Salt Lake loses 2-1 to L.A. Galaxy

  30-04-2019 15:10
  Real Salt Lake might look back at Sunday’s game against the L.A. Galaxy much like it did the road game against the Seattle Sounders earlier this month: solid performance, disappointing result.Despite giving up a goal early, Salt Lake equalized and kept the scoreline as such until the final moments of the second half. That’s when the Galaxy’s lion went in for the kill.While much of RSL’s defensive focus was on Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the Galaxy’s 6-foot-5 striker found t
  
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• Utah Jazz should re-engage on Mike Conley talks this summer

  30-04-2019 15:00
  The Utah Jazz made a major play for Memphis Grizzlies point-man Mike Conley ahead of the NBA trade deadline. Make no mistake about — Ricky Rubio came to play when the Utah Jazz battled for their playoff lives in Game 5 against the Houston Rockets last week. In 32 minutes of play, Rubio scored 17 […]
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• Commentary: ‘Medicare for all’ would be a losing proposition

  30-04-2019 15:00
  You would hope that Democrats had learned the dire consequences of a lost election. Guess again. They’re already hard at work at loosing in 2020. Look at their “Medicare for all” single-payer health care proposal. Most Americans agreed that health care reform is long overdue; however “Medicare for all” alienates many voters whose support is critical to electing Democrats in 2020. Remember that this approach does away with private insurance. Let’s do the math.
  
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• [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - Utah Jazz: 5 takeaways from the 2018-19 NBA season

  30-04-2019 13:18 via sportspyder.com
  With the Utah Jazz seeing their season come to an end in the first round of the 2019 NBA Playoffs, let's take a look back at five takeaways from the 2018-1...
  
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• [The Ringer] - Chris Paul on His Insatiable Drive and His Last Best Chance at a Title

  30-04-2019 12:44 via sportspyder.com
  The Point God’s competitiveness has earned him praise from teammates, vilification from opponents and fans, and, one day, a spot in the Hall of Fame. Paul and those who know him best explain where it comes from.
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Time to Compete: The Most Intriguing Quotes from Locker Clean-Out

  30-04-2019 06:44 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazzs season came to a quick end after five playoff games, and the club has now parted for the offseasonmaybe never to return in exactly the same form. Contention.
  
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• BYU softball star Rylee Jensen grew up on a potato farm playing baseball against boys; now the junior is tearing up the WCC

  30-04-2019 06:33
  Provo • BYU junior left fielder Rylee Jensen is often asked how she got so good at softball while growing up in the tiny Southeastern Idaho community of Osgood, which is sort of halfway between Idaho Falls and Rigby.Her answer: baseball, potatoes, long drives and a lot of hard work.Jensen, who ranks No. 30 in the country with a .426 batting average, grew up on her family’s 14,000-acre farm and developed a strong arm by throwing potatoes at and with her three brothers when she wasn&rsq
  
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• BYU notes: Two-sport Woods Cross star commits to play football for Cougars; basketball’s Yoeli Childs gets an agent, but no NBA Combine invite

  30-04-2019 06:32
  Provo • A seventh high school football prospect from the class of 2020 has committed to play for BYU coach Kalani Sitake.Josh Larsen, a 6-foot-4, 230-pound defensive end and tight end from Woods Cross High, said via his Twitter account Monday that he has committed to the Cougars.“So excited and grateful to receive a scholarship [offer] and commit to play football at BYU!,” he tweeted. “Thank you @coachtuiaki for this opportunity.”BYU’s defensive coordinator is
  
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