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• Protect your kids, visiting Latter-day Saint leader Russell Nelson tells Samoans

  18-05-2019 23:51
  LDS Church President Russell M. Nelson’s nine-day Pacific tour made its first stop on foreign soil Saturday, touching down in Samoa for meetings with government officials and rank-and-file members.“There are difficult days ahead,” the 94-year-old leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints warned Samoan parents during an outdoor devotional near the faith’s temple in the capital of Apia. “Please protect your children. Help them to know the Lord and love
  
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• Tribune editorial: There is indeed $40 million of need for Utah’s homeless

  18-05-2019 23:07
  It’s the dawn of a new era for homelessness in Utah, and Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox is drawing a hard line.Cox, who heads the state’s Homeless Coordinating Committee, delivered the news this week that the state will fund less than half of the $40 million in requests from agencies serving the homeless. With the three new homeless centers opening this year and more service providers asking for help, the demand has soared past the committee’s budget.“The state is doing more this y
  
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• Real Salt Lake blanks Toronto FC 3-0 for second straight win

  18-05-2019 22:58
  Sandy • After narrowly escaping Colorado last week with a victory over the bottom-feeding Rapids, Real Salt Lake put together what was arguably its most complete performance of the season in a 3-0 win over Toronto FC on Saturday at Rio Tinto Stadium.RSL won its second consecutive game and moved to sixth place in the Western Conference standings, jumping over Minnesota United. It was the second straight game in which Salt Lake scored three goals.RSL started early with its goal scoring en rou
  
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• Utah health line, one of the longest-running in the U.S., has been answering pregnancy and breastfeeding questions for 35 years

  18-05-2019 21:26
  For 35 years, pregnant and nursing women in Utah have relied on the MotherToBaby program for answers about potential harms from prescription and over-the-counter medications.Since it was established in 1984, nearly 300,00 women and health care providers have used the free, anonymous service, formerly known as the Pregnancy Risk Line.A joint endeavor of the Utah Department of Health and the University of Utah Department of Pediatrics, MotherToBaby is one of the longest-running programs of its kin
  
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• Man City completes sweep of English trophies with FA Cup rout of Watford

  18-05-2019 21:17
  London • Raheem Sterling scored a hat trick as Manchester City completed the first sweep of English men’s football trophies by routing Watford 6-0 in the FA Cup final on Saturday.The fourth piece of silverware was sealed with four different scorers at Wembley Stadium, with David Silva, Kevin De Bruyne and Gabriel Jesus also netting in the humiliation of Watford.Victory for Pep Guardiola's side came a week after the Premier League trophy was retained to join the League Cup and Communit
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Success of small market Milwaukee Bucks a great sign for Utah Jazz

  18-05-2019 21:08 via sportspyder.com
  The meteoric rise of the small market Milwaukee Bucks is an incredibly reassuring sign for the Utah Jazz. For a long time the predominant narrative in the ...
  
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• Success of small market Milwaukee Bucks a great sign for Utah Jazz

  18-05-2019 20:52
  The meteoric rise of the small market Milwaukee Bucks is an incredibly reassuring sign for the Utah Jazz. For a long time the predominant narrative in the NBA has been that the league is run by the large markets. In order for players to earn that elusive championship ring, their best bet is to migrate […]
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• Utah’s Gail Miller selected to receive congressional award

  18-05-2019 20:40
  Salt Lake City • Utah Jazz owner and philanthropist Gail Miller was running between meetings when she heard the news from Washington D.C.A colleague had told her she would be receiving a congressional award honoring her work with young people.Miller thought the idea was far-fetched. "I didn't even know much about the award, I never expected it," she told The Associated Press this week.In June, Miller will receive The Horizon Award, which recognizes humanitarian leaders in the private sector
  
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• Eagle carries Utah’s Tony Finau to a 1-under-par round in the PGA Championship

  18-05-2019 20:26
  One spectacular shot Saturday helped Tony Finau post his first under-par score of the PGA Championship.The Lehi resident’s shot from 297 yards to within 6 feet of the hole set up an eagle on the par-5 No. 13 at Bethpage Black in New York. Finau then birdied the par-4 No. 18 to complete a round of 1-under-par 69 that included four bogeys, three birdies and his second eagle of the tournament.It's an EAGLE and a SHIMMY for Tony Finau! 🦅👀#PGAChamp pic.twitter.com/CDauccvtVV&mda
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - LA has interest in signing Jazz big man Derrick Favors

  18-05-2019 20:26 via sportspyder.com
  The Los Angeles Lakers had a pretty disastrous 2018 regular season compared to expectations, missing out on the postseason despite getting LeBron James in free agency. With a huge offseason coming for the team, many are beginning to wonder what...
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Mike Conley would be a great fit on and off the court

  18-05-2019 20:18 via sportspyder.com
  As great as Mike Conley would be as an enhancement to the Utah Jazz roster, his contributions off the court are what make him truly special. With reports e...
  
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• Someone added scores of strokes to Trump’s official golf scores

  18-05-2019 20:15
  President Donald Trump's account on the U.S. Golf Association system was seemingly hacked to embarrass the president with four fabricated scores.It appears someone obtained access to Trump's page and posted awful scores of 101, 100, 108 and 102, according to Golfweek. Par in a round of golf is typically around 72, and Trump has traditionally posted more flattering scores in the 70s and 80s, which some skeptics say are not a true indicator of his golf game."We have become aware of reports in the
  
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• After months of red tape, Salt Lake City’s German-inspired beer garden gets a permanent liquor license

  18-05-2019 20:15
  The outdoor beer garden adjacent to Salt Lake City’s Mountain West Hard Cider — which for months operated in limbo because it didn’t qualify for a permanent liquor license from the state — has officially become a bar.It took owners Jeff and Jennifer Carleton months of red tape and thousands of dollars in remodeling to get approval from the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control for its new 21-and-older cider house and bar, called The Garten.“But we’re h
  
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• No longer in the dark: Navajo Nation homes get electricity

  18-05-2019 20:09
  Kaibeto, Ariz. • Miranda Haskie sits amid the glow of candles at her kitchen table as the sun sinks into a deep blue horizon silhouetting juniper trees and a nearby mesa.Her husband, Jimmie Long, Jr., fishes for the wick to light a kerosene lamp as the couple and their 13-year-old son prepare to spend a final night without electricity.They're waiting for morning, when utility workers who recently installed four electric poles outside their double-wide house trailer will connect it to the po
  
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• Utah Jazz: Mike Conley would be a great fit on and off the court

  18-05-2019 20:02
  As great as Mike Conley would be as an enhancement to the Utah Jazz roster, his contributions off the court are what make him truly special. With reports emerging furiously that the Utah Jazz are revisiting trade talks with the Memphis Grizzlies to acquire point guard Mike Conley, it’s hard to not get excited about […]
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Lakers’ interest in Derrick Favors highlights multiple tough offseason decisions

  18-05-2019 19:27 via sportspyder.com
  The Los Angeles Lakers reportedly have interest in Derrick Favors which highlights just one of many decisions facing the Utah Jazz this summer. As every Ut...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Lakers’ interest in Derrick Favors highlights multiple tough offseason decisions

  18-05-2019 19:25
  The Los Angeles Lakers reportedly have interest in Derrick Favors which highlights just one of many decisions facing the Utah Jazz this summer. As every Utah Jazz fan ought to know by know, their team faces a plethora of tough decisions this offseason. There’s no doubt that the team needs to improve, but there are […]
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• [NBA] - Utah Jazz veteran Kyle Korver speaks at Creighton University graduation, receives honorary doctorate

  18-05-2019 19:02 via sportspyder.com
  He quoted a 2nd Century saint, a Civil Rights era professor, and the renowned philosopher Allen Ezail Iverson.“Shooters shoot the ball!” Kyle Korver recalled the Hall of Famer Iverson telling him
  
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• [NBA] - Read the full transcript of Kyle Korver's 2019 Creighton University commencement address

  18-05-2019 19:02 via sportspyder.com
  Good morning -- parents, friends, faculty, and everyone in the Creighton community. Thank you so much for having me. To the Creighton Class of 2019, you did it! This is your day, and I'm honored to
  
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• [Hoops Rumors] - Northwest Notes: O’Neale, Jazz, Nuggets, Wolves

  18-05-2019 18:33 via sportspyder.com
  While the Jazz' 2019 playoff run was short-lived, Royce O'Neale's performance in the team's five-game series vs. Houston was encouraging. …
  
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• ‘It’s a direct hit’: 9th and 9th businesses worry about loss of parking spaces in an area where they’re already scarce

  18-05-2019 18:28
  As Salt Lake City breaks ground on a reconstruction project at 900 South, business owners in the eclectic 9th and 9th neighborhood are raising concerns that a resulting reduction of parking could also reduce their bottom lines.The project is meant to improve mobility and access to the area, as well as “to prolong the life span of the roadway” with the creation of a five-leg roundabout at the intersection of 900 South and 1100 East, improved bike lanes, a dropped lane of traffic and b
  
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• Utah Royals FC look to remain undefeated against defending NWSL champion North Carolina Courage

  18-05-2019 18:00
  Sandy • The North Carolina Courage may have won the National Women’s Soccer title last season, and the Utah Royals FC may have missed the playoffs by just two points.But there was one thing the Royals held over the Courage from both team’s 2018 campaigns: Utah never lost to North Carolina. In fact, it was the only NWSL team not to fall to the Courage all year. The Royals drew two games and won another in three games against North Carolina.And while what transpired last season is
  
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• Groups sue to reverse the feds’ approval of right of way needed for eastern Utah oil shale mining

  18-05-2019 17:49
  A proposed oil shale mine and ore-processing project in the Uinta Basin is under legal fire from several environmental groups that are seeking to invalidate a recent Bureau of Land Management decision to let the developer cut a 14-mile utility corridor across public land.In a lawsuit filed Thursday in Salt Lake City’s U.S. District Court, the groups say the BLM’s environmental review should have considered the impacts to air, water, wildlife and climate from the massive strip mine pr
  
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• Some BYU alumni plan to withhold donations and skip sporting events until enforcement of the Honor Code changes

  18-05-2019 17:48
  Celia Ockey and her husband have donated to Brigham Young University nearly every year since they graduated in the 1980s.By now, she estimates, they’ve given the private Provo school about $40,000. They’ve earmarked most of it for the basketball team, which they love to support by going to games and funding scholarships.But the Ockeys aren’t planning to give any more money to their alma mater. Not this year, at least. And not, Ockey said, until BYU changes how it enforces its s
  
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• After perhaps the best year in Utah State athletics history, what is AD John Hartwell going to do for an encore? Just watch, he says

  18-05-2019 17:48
  John Hartwell’s been, well, just about everywhere the last couple of weeks.He’s been to Arizona, bounced around Southern California, then north to the Bay Area, dropped in on St. George and then Las Vegas, maneuvered around Idaho, then finally traversed to the Pacific Northwest, making stops in Seattle and Portland.He hasn’t been alone, either. The Utah State athletic director has had some of the school’s biggest names with him during this Aggie Road Trip, in which Hartwe
  
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• Van passenger impaled by tripod on Sacramento freeway

  18-05-2019 17:45
  Sacramento, Calif. • Authorities say somebody stole a tripod from a California Department of Transportation crew and then dropped it from an overpass onto a Sacramento freeway, impaling the lung of a passenger in a van.The driver of the van, Tim Page, tells KCRA-TV that he was on Interstate 5 Thursday morning when the yellow-and-red tripod smashed through the glass. He says it went through his passenger's lung and popped out.The man survived but with broken ribs and a partially punctured lu
  
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• Once again, Iraq caught up in tensions between US and Iran

  18-05-2019 17:43
  Baghdad When U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sat down with Iraqi officials in Baghdad last week as tensions mounted between America and Iran, he delivered a nuanced message: If you’re not going to stand with us, stand aside.The message, relayed to The Associated Press by two Iraqi government officials, underscores Iraq's delicate position: Its government is allied with both sides of an increasingly contentious confrontation.As tensions escalate, there are concerns that Baghdad could on
  
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• Use the power of the press to seek truth, Pope Francis urges journalists

  18-05-2019 17:41
  Vatican City • Pope Francis has urged foreign correspondents to humbly use the power of the press to search for the truth and give voice to the voiceless, calling journalism an important tool to counter hatred and fake news.In an audience Saturday with the Foreign Press Association in Rome, Francis also urged journalists to not fall prey to click-bait headlines and half-reported stories, saying errors can not only misrepresent the truth but also can damage entire communities.While Francis m
  
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• Rich Lowry: What if Trump has driven the Democrats sane?

  18-05-2019 15:00
  The Joe Biden polling surge has raised the frightful specter of Democratic rationality.What if Donald Trump hasn't driven Democrats insane, sending them into a spiral of self-defeating radicalism, but instead made them shockingly pragmatic?Biden's early strength suggests it may be the latter, that the reaction to Trump is so intense that it has crossed some sort of event horizon from fevered fantasy of his leaving office early via resignation or impeachment to a cold-eyed, win-at-any-cost practi
  
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• Letter: Whatever happened to American unity?

  18-05-2019 14:00
  Rep. Kim Coleman, R-West Jordan, might just be on to something with her desire to secede from Salt Lake County. Coleman is insisting on legislation that would give Salt Lake County communities a free channel to secede, create their own county and go their own way. Coleman proposed her legislation in this year’s session and her plan went down in defeat. Coleman is “frustrated.” Ms. Coleman is not alone in being frustrated.Any new version of HB93 (as proposed by Coleman) should i
  
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• Letter: Punishment for abortion providers in Alabama

  18-05-2019 14:00
  I’m surprised to see the Alabama legislature passed a law that could result in prison sentences of up to 99 years for abortion providers. I thought at the very least they would have opted for lynching.Roll Tide!Red Oelerich, HolladaySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Protect Utah’s roadless areas

  18-05-2019 14:00
  Governor Gary Herbert hosted Utah’s annual economic summit on May 17, which included a panel on “Building Your Business Through Outdoor Recreation.” Ironically, he is also pushing to exempt Utah from the longstanding national Roadless Rule. Roadless Area protections are important to the state’s outdoor recreation economy, which today supports 110,000 direct jobs and generates $12.3 billion in consumer spending. Removing protections from some 90% of Utah’s National F
  
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• Letter: Help the environment — stop buying single-use products

  18-05-2019 14:00
  According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the average American throws away 4.4 pounds of trash every day.There are currently more than 5 trillion pieces of plastic floating in the ocean, yet companies and communities continue to use disposable products. Garbage patches the size of small islands sit in the ocean. People are shocked and saddened by the amount of municipal waste we produce, but neglect to change their habits for the sake of convenience. Corporations advertise recycling, whi
  
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• Letter: Governments need to stop legislating women’s bodies

  18-05-2019 14:00
  Georgia, Alabama, Missouri and a handful of other state legislatures have, in their eyes, taken a stand at the right hand of God by enacting laws designed to stop all abortions. Their sententious actions leave most of us wondering why they don’t use a more effective approach to reducing the number of abortions.Why not have mandatory, comprehensive sex education classes in junior high and high school? Why not have easy, low-cost access to any of the multitude of birth control options? Why d
  
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• How many women and minorities are faculty at Utah’s universities? No one really knows — but there’s a new effort to collect the data.

  18-05-2019 14:00
  The leaders of Utah’s universities have been asked for the past 34 years to report how many women and people of color are in faculty positions.And they have never done it.Some have collected the numbers, but few have published their findings. And none have used the same format, so there’s no easy way to make comparisons. From her own experience, Theresa Martinez knows that data would be valuable.When she started as a sociology professor at the University of Utah in 1990, her salary w
  
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• Commentary: Why Riverton’s pro-life sanctuary resolution matters

  18-05-2019 14:00
  The city of Riverton voted last week in favor of a resolution declaring support for the unborn, expressing belief that life begins at conception and voicing opposition to lessening restrictions on abortion.Detractors were quick to claim that the resolution had no teeth, because it was not an official law or ordinance. It was downplayed as just a bunch of meaningless words on a piece of paper. Yet at the same time many were angry, claiming the city acted irresponsibly and overstepped its bounds.
  
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• Commentary: Utah can lead the way for innovation in infrastructure

  18-05-2019 14:00
  Infrastructure — whether it be roads, rail, energy, water or broadband — quite literally unites us as a state and a country. After a weekend of celebrations commemorating the 150th anniversary of the driving of the golden spike and the completion of the transcontinental railroad, it only seems right that we now celebrate National Infrastructure Week from May 13-20.As co-chairs of the Salt Lake Chamber’s Utah Transportation Coalition, we add our voice to the hundreds of other bu
  
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• Commentary: As a veteran with one lung, my ability to breathe depends on climate action

  18-05-2019 14:00
  In March of 1969, I left my hometown of Millcreek to serve in the infantry in Vietnam. After the war, I moved back home to the Salt Lake Valley to teach sixth grade science and math. Like many who fought on the ground in Vietnam, I had been exposed to agent orange and I had no idea.It wasn’t until 2005, after I had been experiencing some health problems, that a doctor told me that agent orange had deteriorated my lungs so severely I had no other choice than to receive surgery to have one o
  
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• Bucks top Raptors 125-103 for 2-0 East finals lead

  18-05-2019 06:36
  Milwaukee • Giannis Antetokounmpo started the game with an emphatic dunk. The next possession, a sprawling block to deny Marc Gasol. The next possession, another dunk.The tone was set.And it never changed.The Eastern Conference doesn’t belong to Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks — yet. But they’re two wins away, after Antetokounmpo had 30 points and 17 rebounds, Ersan Ilyasova came off the bench to add 17 points and the Bucks never trailed on the way to a 125-103 victo
  
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• 2 killed when helicopter crashes in Utah mountains

  18-05-2019 06:13
  A helicopter en route to Salt Lake City was found crashed Friday in the mountains north of Alpine, FOX 13 reports, and authorities say the two people on board were killed.State Department of Public Safety helicopters were dispatched to search for the missing helicopter after a relative of one of its passengers reporter the aircraft overdue, the Federal Aviation Administration told FOX 13.The two people on board the helicopter were killed, Utah County spokesman Sgt. Spencer Cannon said.For more,
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz notes: Paging Dr. Korver, Jazz still hot for Mike Conley

  18-05-2019 05:11 via sportspyder.com
  Utah Jazz news and notes to tip-off your weekend, including Kyle Korver's commencement address and the Jazz front office's feelings about Mike Conley. Utah...
  
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• Utah Jazz notes: Paging Dr. Korver, Jazz still hot for Mike Conley

  18-05-2019 04:55
  Utah Jazz news and notes to tip-off your weekend, including Kyle Korver’s commencement address and the Jazz front office’s feelings about Mike Conley. Utah Jazz sharpshooter Kyle Korver will be back on the big stage on Saturday. However, this particular occasion will be one of the rare ones where no nets are ripped in the […]
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• New publisher takes over Standard-Examiner, Daily Herald

  18-05-2019 04:55
  Ogden • The Ogden-based Standard-Examiner and Daily Herald in Provo have a new leader.The Standard-Examiner reports Scott Blonde began his new role Tuesday as publisher of the two Ogden Newspapers-owned publications.He comes to Utah from Florida-based Breeze Newspapers, another Ogden Newspapers property.Blonde replaces publisher Rhett Long, who is retiring.Blonde said he hopes to bolster the newspapers' advertising and printing operations and looks forward to meeting community leaders. He s
  
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• Herman Wouk, a consummate writer until the end, dies at 103

  18-05-2019 04:18
  New York • Herman Wouk was a prize-winning, million-selling author never quite in fashion.He was a religious Jew among secular peers, a respecter of authority in a field of rebels. He didn't brag like Norman Mailer and was spared the demons driving the madness of Philip Roth's "Portnoy's Complaint." After a Pulitzer early in his career for "The Caine Mutiny," he was mostly ignored by awards committees and was often excluded from anthologies of Jewish literature. Gore Vidal praised him, fain
  
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• Tony Finau settles for a second-round 73 in the PGA, but makes the cut in an eighth straight major

  18-05-2019 04:00
  Inconsistent driving in Friday's second round dropped Tony Finau far out of contention in the PGA Championship at Bethpage Black in New York.The Lehi resident made the 36-hole cut in an eighth straight major tournament, though. Finau posted three bogeys, two birdies and a double bogey for a 73 that left him at 3 over par, just inside the cut as of the completion of his round. The cut line later rose to 4 over.Finau has hit only 11 of 28 fairways in two rounds. He hit nine greens in regulation Fr
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Thunder’s Paul George, Jazz’s Rudy Gobert, Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo named finalists for Defensive Player of the Year award

  18-05-2019 04:00 via sportspyder.com
  With the conference finals in full swing, the NBA has released its early nominations for the 2018-19 Defensive Player of the Year award. While Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo and Oklahoma City Thunder forward Paul George have received...
  
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• BYU strands 10, falls 6-4 to Tulsa and is eliminated from NCAA softball tournament

  18-05-2019 03:38
  BYU’s run in the NCAA softball tournament came to an end Friday night at the Stillwater (Okla.) Regional as the Cougars fell 6-4 to Tulsa in an elimination game.BYU (30-26) had advanced earlier in the day with a 6-3 win over No. 22-ranked Arkansas, but could score only four runs on 12 hits against Tulsa. The Cougars stranded 10 baserunners in the season-ending loss, including four in the final two innings.Tulsa will meet host Oklahoma State on Saturday needing to beat the Cowgirls twice to
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert again named finalist for NBA's Defensive Player of the Year

  18-05-2019 03:09 via sportspyder.com
  Rudy Gobert has the chance to repeat as the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year.
  
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• Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert again named finalist for NBA's Defensive Player of the Year

  18-05-2019 03:01
  Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert (27) blocks the shot by Houston Rockets guard James Harden (13) during NBA playoffs in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 20, 2019.Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret NewsSALT LAKE CITY — Rudy Gobert has the chance to repeat as the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year.The Utah Jazz center was named a finalist for the annual award Friday, one year after taking home the Defensive Player of the Year trophy. The other finalists include Milwaukee's Giannis Antetokounmpo and Okl
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Rudy Gobert named NBA Defensive Player of the Year finalist ... again

  18-05-2019 02:34 via sportspyder.com
  The voters have spoken: Rudy Gobert is again in the top three for the NBA’s annual Defensive Player of the Year award.
  
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