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• More changes coming for Runnin’ Utes as Jayce Johnson reportedly headed to Marquette, Brandon Morley transferring to UVU

  08-05-2019 23:57
  The Runnin’ Utes will be stocked with young talent next season.They might, however, be lacking in the experienced size department.Utah will reportedly lose two centers to transfers. Senior-to-be Jayce Johnson will in fact leave Salt Lake City to enroll as a grad transfer at Marquette University, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Johnson, a 7-foot, 235-pound big man, averaged 7.1 points per game and 7.7 rebounds per game last year with the Utes. He’ll be eligible to play on
  
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• Texas Tech’s Matt Mooney, Syracuse’s Tyus Battle among prospects who want to show they can play defense in Jazz workout

  08-05-2019 23:56
  Matt Mooney knows defense.He was a part of the Texas Tech team that made it to the NCAA Championship game last month, the one that pushed Virginia to overtime before succumbing to the more talent-filled bunch. Even more than the Cavaliers, the Red Raiders relied on a physical, tough defense to survive and advance through the tournament: Texas Tech led the country in the 2018-19 season with an 81.2 adjusted defensive rating. It wasn’t quite enough against the No. 4 defensively-ranked Cavali
  
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• ‘Mormon Land’: Why the temple marriage change is the right move toward more inclusion and how bishops could still stand in the way

  08-05-2019 23:55
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints took another giant leap toward inclusion this week, eliminating the yearlong waiting period between a civil marriage and a temple “sealing.”This means couples can marry civilly and invite all their loved ones to witness the wedding and then be sealed in a private temple ceremony without a long delay.Until this change, which took effect immediately, practically every Latter-day Saint family has had to exclude at least someone from a temp
  
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• A Utah 18-year-old is charged with murder. Police say he shot the victim 4 times in the back.

  08-05-2019 23:54
  An 18-year-old has been charged with shooting a man in the back, killing him and leaving his body in the parking lot of a West Valley City restaurant.Hassan Al-Rekabi of Murray was charged in 3rd District Court with murder and discharge of a firearm with serious bodily injury, first-degree felonies; and felony discharge of a firearm with injury and obstructing justice, second-degree felonies. His bail has been set at $1 million.According to court documents, Jake Gengelbach, 22, was shot four tim
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Texas Tech’s Matt Mooney, Syracuse’s Tyus Battle among prospects who want to show they can play defense in Jazz workout

  08-05-2019 22:59 via sportspyder.com
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• Salt Lake Tribune owner Paul Huntsman explains why he wants to turn the newspaper into a nonprofit

  08-05-2019 22:01
  Dear readers,For nearly 150 years, The Salt Lake Tribune has served our state as Utah’s independent voice.It has recorded our history, held the powerful accountable, and given Utahns the information they need to chart their future. We are proud of our legacy of courageous, watchdog journalism, and we are committed to telling stories that are interesting, important and inclusive for at least another 150 years.As a reader, you are well aware that the business of journalism is changing, and t
  
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• More changes coming for Runnin’ Utes: Jayce Johnson reportedly headed to Marquette, backup center Brandon Morley transferring to UVU.

  08-05-2019 21:30
  The Runnin’ Utes will be stocked with young talent next season.They might, however, be lacking in the experienced size department.Utah will reportedly lose two centers to transfers. Senior-to-be Jayce Johnson will in fact leave Salt Lake City to enroll as a grad transfer at Marquette University, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Johnson, a 7-foot, 235-pound big man, averaged 7.1 points per game and 7.7 rebounds per game last year with the Utes. He’ll be eligible to play on
  
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• Bonanza Campout canceled in Heber, after the 3-day music event was denied a liquor permit and business license

  08-05-2019 21:05
  The Bonanza Campout, a three-day music festival set to bring 36 acts to the woods near Heber, has been cancelled, organizers announced Wednesday.The cancellation came after news last week that the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control would not give the 4-year-old event a liquor license, and that Wasatch County was denying organizers a business license.“After reviewing all alternative options, we have come to the conclusion that there is no possible way to relocate the festival and
  
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• It’s not just you. There are a lot more butterflies in Utah this year.

  08-05-2019 21:04
  When Amy Hendricks went outside to secure her new patio umbrella from Monday’s gusty winds in Farr West, she took a moment to admire her apple tree in bloom. Then she saw something in the leaves.“At first, I thought maybe I’m not looking at this right,” she said. “I just stared at it for a moment, then you’d see flutters here and there, and all of the sudden you could tell it was just full."Full of butterflies, that is. Hendricks said it seemed there was at le
  
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• To keep trains moving after storm damage, UTA chief jumps in to act as flagger at crossing

  08-05-2019 20:02
  When a powerful thunderstorm damaged rail crossing guard arms in downtown Salt Lake City this week, a Utah Transit Authority employee rushed out of the agency’s headquarters next door with red flags to safely control motor traffic there.That conscientious worker happened to be UTA’s current chief: Interim Executive Director Steve Meyer, who apparently will do almost anything to keep the agency’s FrontRunner trains on schedule.“A nasty microburst came through” on Mon
  
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• Commentary: Forest Service plan puts wild horses at risk of slaughter

  08-05-2019 19:51
  Earlier this week, 64 members of Congress expressed their strong objections to the U.S. Forest Service’s plan to sell federally protected wild horses without restrictions on slaughter.The horses at risk are from the Devil’s Garden Plateau Wild Horse Territory, located in northern California. Such territories are public lands that have been designated under the law to protect wild horses and allow them to live in their natural habitats.The Forest Service rounded up 932 Devil’s G
  
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• The royal baby has a name: Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor

  08-05-2019 19:49
  London • Tired but beaming, Meghan and Prince Harry showed the public their baby son’s face for the first time on Wednesday, and also revealed his name: Archie.The royal couple said their son, seventh in line to the British throne, is named Archibald Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. They have not chosen a grander title for the baby, who is not a prince but could have been named a lord.The announcement came hours after the proud parents posed for cameras, helping to satisfy a huge global
  
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• Wasatch Academy’s Caleb Lohner would be a huge get for BYU’s new basketball coach. Can Mark Pope close the deal?

  08-05-2019 19:26
  Mount Pleasant • Give BYU’s former men’s basketball staff credit for landing the Lone Peak Three and a few other top-100 recruits. Eric Mika, TJ Haws and Nick Emery were all heavily recruited prep prospects who picked the Cougars when coach Dave Rose was at the helm. Yoeli Childs was also a great find by former assistant coach Tim LaComb.But Rose and his assistants came up short in recruiting arguably the two best high school basketball players in the country the last decade who
  
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• Leonard Pitts: There are some people who just don’t matter much

  08-05-2019 19:20
  There are people who do not matter much.That's a painful truth, starkly at odds with our Jeffersonian creed and national mythology. But it is a truth, nevertheless, one frequently proven in actions if denied in words.In this country, by dint of race, gender, class or status, some people just don't seem to matter. Apparently, Tammy Jackson is one of them.No other conclusion is possible after reading the May 3 letter her public defender, Howard Finkelstein, sent to Broward County, Florida, Sheriff
  
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• A Green New Deal ignites an old red scare

  08-05-2019 19:11
  In February, a congressman from Utah started a caucus. This is not hard to do. You just file some paperwork. There are hundreds of caucuses in Congress. There’s a wine caucus. There’s a horse caucus. There’s a Mongolia caucus. There are caucuses for hockey, for shellfish, for unexploded ordnance. Rep. Chris Stewart, R, wanted an anti-socialism caucus.Stewart came up with the idea after watching some Democrats withhold applause for one of President Donald Trump’s big lines
  
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• Alexandra Petri: Friends, Romans, countrymen: Case closed!

  08-05-2019 19:00
  Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me, Mitch McConnell, your ears! I come to bury Robert Mueller, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives on cable, whereas the good is often interred deep in the redacted portions of special counsel reports.I am sure he is an honorable man and made an honorable report.Yet is not also Attorney General William Barr an honorable man? Which is why it is so upsetting that these Democrat senators — honorable men, which is why I am referring to them with this
  
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• Dana Milbank: No, Mitch McConnell, it isn’t ‘case closed’

  08-05-2019 18:54
  Washington • No, Mitch McConnell, it isn’t “case closed.”No, Mr. Leader, it's not "finally over."No, we’re not going to “end this.” Neither will we “move on.”We, as a nation, won’t move on — we can’t move on — because Vladimir Putin hasn’t moved on.The majority leader took to the Senate floor Tuesday morning to declare his findings nearly three weeks after the release of the Mueller report. In summary: Nothing to
  
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• [NBA] - Registration Open for Public 3v3 Tournament During Salt Lake City Summer League

  08-05-2019 18:38 via sportspyder.com
  SALT LAKE CITY (May 8, 2019) – With participation by more than 200 teams last year, registration is open for the public Salt Lake City Summer League 3v3 Tournament on Monday, July 1 at the Park Place
  
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• Uber and Lyft drivers strike for pay transparency — after algorithms made it harder to understand

  08-05-2019 18:17
  San Francisco • Uber and Lyft drivers across the country launched strikes and demonstrations in multiple cities Wednesday to lobby for better pay and transparency.The demonstrations, which could prove disruptive to riders and raise the profile of movements to secure better driver pay and benefits, highlight a contradiction: Technology has long promised to bring more transparency, but the algorithms that decide how much drivers get paid have increased opaqueness over their income.Uber and Ly
  
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• The royal baby has a name: Archibald Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor

  08-05-2019 18:11
  London • Tired but beaming, Meghan and Prince Harry showed the public their baby son’s face for the first time on Wednesday, and also revealed his name: Archie.The royal couple said their son, seventh in line to the British throne, is named Archibald Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. They have not chosen a grander title for the baby, who is not a prince but could have been named a lord.The announcement came hours after the proud parents posed for cameras, helping to satisfy a huge global
  
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• New sketch could be a clue in finding who killed 6-year-old Rosie Tapia in 1995

  08-05-2019 18:05
  A new witness and a sketch artist may yield a new lead in the 1995 murder of 6-year-old Rosie Tapia, according to the Utah Cold Case Coalition.The nonprofit group Wednesday released a sketch of a young man, based on the recollections of a neighbor at the Hartland Apartments, 1616 W. Snow Queen Place (1675 South) in Salt Lake City’s Glendale neighborhood, where Tapia and her family lived.Rosie was abducted from the apartment on Aug. 13, 1995. She was raped and murdered, and her body found t
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jazz say Royce O’Neale is ‘gonna be a huge piece for us going forward’

  08-05-2019 18:04 via sportspyder.com
  By July 2017, Royce O’Neale had already played professional basketball for MHP Riesen Ludwidsburg in Germany, and Herbalife Gran Canaria in Spain, and was intending to join Lithuanian club Zalgiris Kaunas, when his performance with the Pelicans in...
  
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• Trump invokes ‘privilege’ over the full Mueller report

  08-05-2019 17:57
  Washington • The White House invoked executive privilege Wednesday, claiming the right to block lawmakers from the full report from special counsel Robert Mueller on his Trump-Russia probe and escalating the battle between President Donald Trump and Congress.The administration's decision was announced just as the House Judiciary Committee was gaveling in to consider holding Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress over failure to release the full report.Committee Chairman Jerro
  
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• Jazz say Royce O’Neale is ‘gonna be a huge piece for us going forward’

  08-05-2019 17:43
  By July 2017, Royce O’Neale had already played professional basketball for MHP Riesen Ludwidsburg in Germany, and Herbalife Gran Canaria in Spain, and was intending to join Lithuanian club Zalgiris Kaunas, when his performance with the Pelicans in the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas caught the eye of Utah’s front-office brass, who offered him a partially guaranteed contract, presumably to be nothing more than a capable body for the upcoming training camp, capable of being easily jetti
  
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• Tony Finau, Utah Sports Commission teaming up to host Finau’s annual Golf Classic pro-am this June

  08-05-2019 17:37
  Tony Finau is bringing his star power home this summer.On Wednesday it was announced that the 29-year-old professional golfer from Salt Lake City is teaming up with the Utah Sports Commission to help host Finau’s annual Golf Classic pro-am on Monday, June 24, at Oakridge Country Club in Farmington. It’s the same week as the 2019 Web.com Tour’s Utah Championship, which is scheduled to take place June 24-30. The Utah Championship is also scheduled to host pro-am events on Wednesd
  
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• Boxing chief criticizes IOC comments on Olympic competition

  08-05-2019 17:35
  Gold Coast, Australia • The head of the international boxing federation has criticized IOC president Thomas Bach’s comments that Olympic officials could organize the Tokyo 2020 boxing tournament if the sport’s federation can’t get its affairs in order.Bach said last weekend that the IOC wants the sport at next year’s Tokyo Games and is prepared to organize both the qualification and the competition if boxing’s troubled international governing body, the AIBA, lo
  
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• Twitter data shows states where people love and hate their jobs — and Utah appears on both lists

  08-05-2019 17:13
  People in Utah hate their jobs. People in Utah love their jobs.Both of those statements are true, according to a compilation of Twitter data released Wednesday by by the job-referral website Cultivated Culture.The site found Twitter posts over the last month where people said they either loved or hated their jobs. The posts that were geotagged — that means they could be traced to a location — were counted, and top 10 lists made of states where people loved and hated their jobs.Utah c
  
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• ‘Trib Talk’: Why is Utah home to so many Ponzi schemes?

  08-05-2019 17:13
  The sentencing of convicted fraudster Rick Koerber was delayed — again — this week, adding another chapter to a 10-year legal saga for one of Utah’s most notable Ponzi schemes.But while the Koerber case is unique for its circuitous route to justice, Koerber’s underlying crimes and use of religion to target victims, are relatively common in The Beehive State, according to national statistics and the experience of local attorneys.On this week’s episode of “Trib
  
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• Man in custody after woman is shot and killed in Provo

  08-05-2019 16:53
  Police have made an arrest after a woman was shot to death Tuesday afternoon in a home in Provo.Michael Taylor Robinson, 27, was booked into the Utah County Jail for investigation of murder, according to court documents.Police have a person of interest in custody and there is no continuing danger to the community.— Provo Police (@ProvoPolice) May 8, 2019According to Provo Police, they received reports of a shooting about 4 p.m. Tuesday at 370 E. Center Street, according to Provo police. Of
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Tyus Battle back in SLC for pre-draft workout

  08-05-2019 16:09 via sportspyder.com
  Former Syracuse standout Tyus Battle will join the latest group of six prospects looking to boost their draft stock in a workout for the Utah Jazz. Tyus Ba...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Tyus Battle back in SLC for pre-draft workout

  08-05-2019 15:45
  Former Syracuse standout Tyus Battle will join the latest group of six prospects looking to boost their draft stock in a workout for the Utah Jazz. Tyus Battle’s last trip to Salt Lake City didn’t go exactly as planned. In an 8/9 match-up in the 2019 NCAA Tournament, his Syracuse Orange fell to Baylor — […]
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Morning links: Check out the Joe Ingles-Ricky Rubio clone; Enes Kanter observes Ramadan

  08-05-2019 15:41 via sportspyder.com
  Tacklers have their work cut out for them when Zack Moss is on the other side of the line.
  
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• Morning links: Check out the Joe Ingles-Ricky Rubio clone; Enes Kanter observes Ramadan

  08-05-2019 15:34
  Utah Jazz guard Ricky Rubio (3) and Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles (2) and other Utah Jazz players practice as they prepare to play the Oklahoma City Thunder in game two of the NBA playoffs in Oklahoma City on Monday, April 16, 2018.SALT LAKE CITY — Whether it intended to or not, the laundry detergent manufactured by Procter & Gamble managed to, ahem, gain the attention of some in the Utah Jazz community.The actor featured in Gain's commercial about the Russell's stinky swimwear bears a
  
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• [Forbes] - PJ Tucker, Houston's Middle Linebacker, Is Blitzing The Golden State Warriors

  08-05-2019 15:24 via sportspyder.com
  Warriors coach Steve Kerr referred to the Houston Rockets as "linebackers" after their Game 4 win, and no one embodies that theme like PJ Tucker - who is a big reason why their round two series is tied up.
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - If Paul Millsap becomes available in free agency, should Utah Jazz pursue reunion?

  08-05-2019 15:21 via sportspyder.com
  The team option on Paul Millsap's contract could result in him becoming a free agent this summer. If such ends up the case, should the Utah Jazz pursue him...
  
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• Controversial Olympia Hills housing proposal near Herriman gains the backing of Silicon Slopes

  08-05-2019 15:21
  A controversial high-density housing development proposed west of Herriman won full-throated support Tuesday from Utah’s technology sector.Clint Betts, executive director of Silicon Slopes, representing some 6,500 tech firms, told the Salt Lake County Council that his industry placed a high priority on new housing construction as part of recruiting and retaining talented employees.Housing “is top of mind for our community,” Betts said, and the 938-acre Olympia Hills proposal an
  
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• Clearfield’s Jon Bryant, SLC’s Juan Higuera advance at national Golden Gloves tournament

  08-05-2019 15:17
  Chattanooga, Tenn. • Clearfield boxer Jon Bryant took a step closer to his dream of winning a national championship before he turns professional with a 4-1 decision Tuesday night over Nicholas Amore-Anderson of the Tri-State franchise at the Golden Gloves National Tournament of Champions.Fighting in the 152-pound weight division, Bryant controlled the fight from the opening bell to get his first-ever victory at nationals, in three tries.Also Tuesday, Robert Martinez of Rose Park lost a 5-0
  
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• Gehrke: Republicans want to run against ‘socialism.' Let’s hope voters see through the ploy.

  08-05-2019 15:16
  It’s official: The Republican Party is fresh out of ideas.To fill the void, they have turned to waging a war on a trumped-up boogeyman — the socialist menace infiltrating our society.This vapid, focus-grouped talking point was touted prominently at the state GOP Convention over the weekend. In 2020, warned Sen. Mike Lee, the socialist Democrats “are coming for you.”Oooh. Scary. And the Republican delegates ate it up.If anyone stopped to think about it — and fortunat
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Cohen claimed he acted to prevent release of personal photos for evangelical leader Jerry Falwell Jr.

  08-05-2019 15:15
  Happy Wednesday!Michael Cohen, longtime personal attorney for President Donald Trump, claimed during a recorded phone call in March that he tried to stop the release of personal photos embarrassing to Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. Cohen’s intervention reportedly happened before Falwell, an important evangelical leader, endorsed Trump for president. Falwell’s attorney said in a statement that Cohen’s account was inaccurate and there were no such compromising pic
  
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• Leonid Bershidsky: One risk factor for hate crimes: A shortage of women

  08-05-2019 15:00
  One often hears from people with far-right views that immigrants are a threat to "our women." Now, there's empirical confirmation that perceived competition for female attention is a key factor behind anti-immigrant hate crime.Rafaela Dancygier, Naoki Egami and Amaney Jamal from Princeton University and Ramona Rischke from Humboldt University in Berlin have published a paper in which they mapped German hate crime statistics onto the country's mating market. They found the incidence of hate crime
  
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• If Paul Millsap becomes available in free agency, should Utah Jazz pursue reunion?

  08-05-2019 15:00
  The team option on Paul Millsap’s contract could result in him becoming a free agent this summer. If such ends up the case, should the Utah Jazz pursue him? The NBA Conference Semifinals have featured a number of former Utah Jazz players putting on a show. Rodney Hood was the savior for the Portland Trail […]
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• Helaine Olen: We’re in danger of killing off the biodiversity that makes our way of life possible

  08-05-2019 14:30
  On Monday, the United Nations released a report declaring that upwards of 1 million plant and animals forms of life are on track to become extinct within the next several decades, as a result of human activity. "Grave impacts on people around the world are now likely," the report dryly summarized. As Robert Watson, the British scientist in charge of the report, explained, "We are indeed threatening the potential food security, water security, human health and social fabric" of our lives.Translat
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The Legend of Utah Gordon Hayward

  08-05-2019 14:27 via sportspyder.com
  Many tales are told of the legend that was Gordon Hayward in Utah
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz 2018-19 player grades: Joe Ingles’ shooting takes a decline

  08-05-2019 14:23 via sportspyder.com
  While there were some nice aspects of Joe Ingles 2018-19 performance, overall his drop in efficiency made for a disappointing season. When thinking about h...
  
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• Wedding businesses brace for change — new Latter-day Saint marriage policy is already impacting couples’ plans

  08-05-2019 14:00
  Kayla Bach is getting married in the Newport Beach, Calif., Latter-day Saint temple in little more than a week.So when leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Monday that it was eliminating the yearlong waiting period between a civil marriage and a temple “sealing,” Bach thought it was an important, inclusive change for U.S. members in the global faith.Initially, though, Bach — an undergraduate at Provo’s Brigham Young University — didn&
  
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• Utah Jazz 2018-19 player grades: Joe Ingles’ shooting takes a decline

  08-05-2019 14:00
  While there were some nice aspects of Joe Ingles 2018-19 performance, overall his drop in efficiency made for a disappointing season. When thinking about how the Utah Jazz were able to bounce back from the loss of Gordon Hayward in the summer of 2017 and continue to be a playoff caliber team, most Jazz fans […]
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• No-no! A’s Fiers throws second career no-hitter, beats Reds

  08-05-2019 08:58
  Oakland, Calif. • Mike Fiers of the Oakland Athletics pitched his second career no-hitter, getting help from two spectacular defensive plays to shut down the Cincinnati Reds 2-0 Tuesday night.Fiers followed up his 2015 gem for Houston against the Dodgers with a 131-pitch masterpiece to become the 35th pitcher with multiple no-hitters in his career. He walked two, struck out six and ended it by fanning Eugenio Suarez with a big curveball.The A’s poured out of the dugout to mob Fiers i
  
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• Nuggets rout Trail Blazers, 124-98, for 3-2 series lead

  08-05-2019 07:38
  Denver • Nikola Jokic scored 25 points and tied a team playoff high with 19 rebounds, and Paul Millsap injected some experience into a series dominated by youth, sparking the Nuggets’ 124-98 blowout of the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night that gave Denver a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series.The Nuggets can secure their first trip to the Western Conference Finals in a decade with a win in Game 6 on Thursday night in Portland.Millsap scored 19 of his 24 points in the first hal
  
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• Maroon’s goal lifts Blues over Stars in two overtimes in Game 7

  08-05-2019 06:31
  St. Louis • Pat Maroon scored 5:50 into the second overtime, Jordan Binnington made 29 saves and the St. Louis Blues outlasted the Dallas Stars 2-1 in Game 7 of their Western Conference semifinal playoff series Tuesday night.Maroon slammed the puck in after Robert Thomas skated in on Ben Bishop from the right wing. It was the second game-winning goal of the series for the 31-year-old St. Louis native.Vince Dunn also scored for St. Louis, which will face the winner of the San Jose-Colorado
  
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• Woman, 27, dies in Provo shooting

  08-05-2019 06:21
  A woman was shot to death Tuesday afternoon in a home in Provo.Police received reports of a shooting about 4 p.m. Tuesday near 300 East and Center Street, according to Provo police. Officers found Freya Larsen, 27, had been shot once in the head, police said. She was taken to Utah Valley Hospital, where she died.Investigators have detained a “person of interest,” police wrote. Officers told FOX 13 the man also is 27, and he is cooperating with investigators.“There is no continu
  
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