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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Rudy Gobert 18-19 Season Highlights

  04-06-2019 23:48 via sportspyder.com
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Donovan Mitchell 2018 19 Season Highlights

  04-06-2019 23:48 via sportspyder.com
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• Villanova big man Eric Paschall knows Donovan Mitchell well

  04-06-2019 23:38
  Villanova’s Eric Paschall is much less famous than his childhood friend Donovan Mitchell, but Paschall has at least one thing Mitchell wants.“He’s always like ‘I wish I would have won the national championship,'” Paschall said — which he accomplished in 2018.While Mitchell has missed out on that, at least at the collegiate level, he did find one thing Paschall wants now: NBA success.After growing up as neighbors, the two friends started playing together as soo
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Villanova big man Eric Paschall knows Donovan Mitchell well

  04-06-2019 23:38 via sportspyder.com
  Villanova’s Eric Paschall is much less famous than his childhood friend Donovan Mitchell, but Paschall has at least one thing Mitchell wants.
  
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• The complex role faith played — on both sides — in the women’s suffrage movement

  04-06-2019 23:37
  This week marks 100 years since Congress passed the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, guaranteeing women the right to vote.Passed in the wake of a cataclysmic world war, it wasn’t ratified until 1920.Many of the women who had lobbied for it (it was first introduced in Congress in 1878), including Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, were dead.Faith played a key role in the fight for women’s suffrage. Religious convictions compelled many to campaign on behalf of women’
  
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• ‘Pied Piper for Methodists in the middle’ discusses the faith’s future

  04-06-2019 23:26
  As the United Methodist Church has spent decades debating the place of LGBTQ Christians in its ministries, the Rev. Adam Hamilton has emerged as “the Pied Piper for Methodists in the middle.”At the global denomination’s General Conference meetings in 2012 and 2016, Hamilton — who pastors the largest United Methodist church in the United States — supported measures that would have allowed United Methodists to disagree with its rulebook, which asserts the “pract
  
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• Las Vegas Bowl to have new home, will pair Pac-12 against SEC, Big Ten in Raiders’ new stadium

  04-06-2019 23:19
  The Big Ten and SEC will soon be heading to the Las Vegas Bowl, taking turns facing the Pac-12 when the game moves into a new billion-dollar NFL stadium in 2020.The Big Ten, Southeastern Conference and Big 12 unveiled bowl lineups for the 2020-25 seasons Tuesday. Other FBS conferences are expected to release their future bowl agreements over the next several weeks.The Big Ten has six-year agreements with 11 bowls , including new deals with Las Vegas and the Belk Bowl in Charlotte, North Carolina
  
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• NBA ratings down sharply for ABC from last year

  04-06-2019 23:11
  New York • The NBA’s first international Finals may be a coup for Canada, but decidedly not for ABC.Viewership for the first two games of the series between the Golden State Warriors and Toronto Raptors was down sharply from last year's finals — 28 percent for the first game and 29 percent for the second, the Nielsen company said.While LeBron James fans may point to the star's absence, geography likely accounts for most of the drop. Toronto's television audience is not included
  
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• Florida deputy charged after staying outside during Parkland school shooting

  04-06-2019 22:52
  Miami • Prosecutors say the Florida deputy who failed to confront a gunman during last year’s Parkland school massacre was arrested Tuesday on 11 criminal charges related to his actions, prosecutors announced.Broward State Attorney Mike Satz said in a statement that 56-year-old Scot Peterson faces child neglect, culpable negligence and perjury charges that carry a combined potential prison sentence of nearly 100 years.Peterson, then a Broward deputy, was on duty as the school resource
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Donovan Mitchell’s childhood friend Eric Paschall looks to reinvent himself through NBA draft process

  04-06-2019 22:23 via sportspyder.com
  Paschall was one of six participants in the latest Jazz pre-draft workout on Tuesday at the practice facility. "It would be cool to play with him again, obviously, but I’ve just got to see where...
  
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• Would-be cops in Utah can use medical marijuana, but they’ll have to jump through some hoops

  04-06-2019 22:15
  Sandy • You can use medical marijuana and cannabis products and still apply to be a police officer in Utah, but you’re going to have to show your use was legitimate and that the medicine was authorized under state law.Utah police and the academy that trains them are trying to navigate the new world of medical marijuana and cannabis. The products were once verboten for anyone wanting to be a cop in the Beehive State. Even applicants to the academy had to disclose if they had ever used
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: Kirsten Gillibrand takes on Fox News

  04-06-2019 22:08
  Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., has had a hard time fundraising and moving up in the polls. But her Sunday town hall on Fox News might help with both issues.For starters, host Chris Wallace was out of line. Suggesting that it was not “polite” to speak factually about the misrepresentations his network engages in was both condescending and telling. Fox News expects to gain credibility by inviting Democratic candidates on its network for town halls (and to make the case that it really
  
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• Florida deputy charged after staying outside school shooting

  04-06-2019 22:04
  Miami • Prosecutors say the Florida deputy who failed to confront a gunman during last year’s Parkland massacre has been arrested on 11 charges.State Attorney Mike Satz announced Tuesday that 56-year-old Scot Peterson faces child neglect, culpable negligence and perjury charges stemming from his actions during the shooting. Peterson, then a Broward County deputy, was on duty during the attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School but never went inside.Satz says the charges carry a c
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Donovan Mitchell’s childhood friend Eric Paschall of Villanova looks to reinvent himself through NBA draft process

  04-06-2019 21:32 via sportspyder.com
  Paschall was one of six participants in the latest Jazz pre-draft workout on Tuesday at the practice facility. "It would be cool to play with him again, obviously, but I’ve just got to see where...
  
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• [The Score] - Report: Jazz, Magic among teams interested in Nets' Russell

  04-06-2019 21:20 via sportspyder.com
  The Orlando Magic, Utah Jazz, Minnesota Timberwolves, and Indiana Pacers are among the teams expected to show interest in Brooklyn Nets restricted free agent D'Angelo Russell, sources told The Athletic's Shams Charania.Russell is coming off the...
  
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• Donovan Mitchell’s childhood friend Eric Paschall looks to reinvent himself through NBA draft process

  04-06-2019 21:15
  Villanova forward Eric Paschall waves the net after his team defeated Seton Hall 74-72 in an NCAA college basketball game in the championship of the Big East Conference tournament, Saturday, March 16, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)APSALT LAKE CITY — Once Villanova guard Eric Paschall's flight landed in Salt Lake City on Monday, he immediately tagged the Utah Jazz's franchise star Donovan Mitchell in his Instagram story.Although away in New York, the Jazz guard responded jokingl
  
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• Former Downtown Community Council leader exits Salt Lake City mayor’s race, endorses former rival

  04-06-2019 20:45
  Former Downtown Community Council Chairman Christian Harrison announced Tuesday that he was exiting the race for Salt Lake City mayor and would be endorsing his former rival, David Garbett.Harrison, 46, had announced his candidacy in March but told The Salt Lake Tribune he decided to drop out of the race ahead of Friday’s filing deadline because he felt the “window for victory had narrowed” considerably with the entrance of additional candidates to the race after he launched hi
  
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• ‘Mormon Land’: The ins and outs of the church’s nuanced policy on abortion and how it is ‘enabled’ by Roe v. Wade

  04-06-2019 20:44
  Abortion — always a hotly disputed, highly divisive topic — is back in the headlines.Several states, including Utah, have passed laws severely restricting the procedure in hopes of setting up a showdown in the U.S. Supreme Court, where a new conservative majority would have the chance to strike down the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.Where does The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially stand on the issue? Is it more “pro-life” or more “pro-choic
  
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• Monson: The Jazz want to contend for a title, and they’re not going to lie about it

  04-06-2019 20:43
  When Ricky Rubio recently gave an interview to Catalunya Radio, a couple of positives came to light regarding the Jazz.The meat of that positivity arrived wrapped inside the headliner, within a single quote from Rubio, who said the Jazz “let me know that I am not priority number one. Then, we have to look for other options.”Rubio said he was inspired by Marc Gasol’s success in the postseason with Toronto, that he was envious of him and that watching him in the playoffs could af
  
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• In his first Senate address, Mitt Romney says America will face its challenges head on. Leaves out any mention of President Trump.

  04-06-2019 20:07
  Washington • America was, is and will continue to be great.So said Sen. Mitt Romney on Tuesday in his first Senate address that dove into the history of the country as it faced challenges and how that spirit would carry on.There was no mention, by name, of President Donald Trump, no criticism of the administration, no partisan shots. The Utah Republican offered, instead, a way out of the so-called swamp that engulfs Washington.“Americans turned the tide of two World Wars, overcame a g
  
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• The funeral for 5-year-old Lizzy Shelley, who police say was killed by her uncle, takes place today

  04-06-2019 19:03
  The 5-year-old Logan girl who authorities say was taken from her home and killed by her uncle last week is set to be memorialized at her funeral Tuesday.Elizabeth “Lizzy” Shelley was reported missing May 25, and searchers scoured the Logan area for five days before police say her uncle, 21-year-old Alex Whipple, disclosed where he had hidden her body. She was found buried under leaves and debris in a wooded area about a quarter mile from her home.A service will be held at 1:30 p.m. a
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Rock On: BYU coach shows the best way to adult-up at tournament time

  04-06-2019 19:02 via sportspyder.com
  Also, this 'mediocre' former Jazz coach made the grade; it's not as easy as you think.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Spencer Cox’s love for the Jazz is a lifelong thread, from continual tweets to a familiar campaign logo

  04-06-2019 19:01 via sportspyder.com
  Spencer Cox campaigned against the pick of Grayson Allen, poorly impersonated Joe Ingles in a commercial and launched his run for governor with a logo that resembles one of the Jazz’s symbols.
  
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• Candidate filing period for Salt Lake City’s mayoral race hasn’t even closed yet, and one hopeful has already dropped out

  04-06-2019 19:01
  Former Downtown Community Council Chairman Christian Harrison announced Tuesday that he was exiting the race for Salt Lake City mayor and would be endorsing his former rival, David Garbett.Harrison, 46, had announced his candidacy in March but told The Salt Lake Tribune he decided to drop out of the race ahead of Friday’s filing deadline because he felt the “window for victory had narrowed” considerably with the entrance of additional candidates to the race after he launched hi
  
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• Rock On: BYU coach shows the best way to adult-up at tournament time

  04-06-2019 18:51
  BYU baseball coach Mike Littlewood, right, talks to Mitch McIntyre during a baseball game against San Francisco at Miller Park in Provo, on Thursday, May 9, 2019.To the victors go the smiles-Frank Layden, center; Jeff Wilkins, left; and Darrell Griffith radiate after win.Deseret News ArchivesUtah Jazz chef Anthony Zamora poses outside of the team’s practice facility, Zions Bank Basketball Campus.Utah JazzRetired NBA basketball player Lamar Odom arrives at the Kids' Choice Sports Awards at
  
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• Spencer Cox’s love for the Jazz is a lifelong thread, from continual tweets to a familiar campaign logo

  04-06-2019 18:48
  Spencer Cox campaigned against the pick of Grayson Allen, poorly impersonated Joe Ingles in a commercial and launched his run for governor with a logo that resembles one of the Jazz’s symbols.If Utah’s lieutenant governor is not the biggest sports fan ever to hold a major political office in the state, he’s in the starting lineup. That distinction is quantifiable in the era of social media, and the Utah State alumnus has a strong Twitter presence — especially in support o
  
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• Exchange foreign currency from your LDS mission or last year’s vacation for a burger or stroopwafel at McDonald’s

  04-06-2019 18:43
  Did you bring foreign currency home from last year’s vacation or your mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?Dig it out. On Thursday, June 6, you can use it to buy one of the items on McDonald’s new Worldwide Favorites menu. The restaurant’s International Currency Exchange runs from 2 to 5 p.m. and is good for one of these items:• Stroopwafel McFlurry (Netherlands): Vanilla soft serve, mixed with caramel and topped with a Dutch Stroopwafel cookie piece
  
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• Man and his puppy caught in truck’s trash compactor in Provo

  04-06-2019 18:12
  A man sleeping in a Provo dumpster with his puppy were compacted on Tuesday morning, according to police.The man suffered minor injuries; the puppy was unharmed.Provo police tweeted that at about 5 a.m. they were called to investigate a trash-collection truck injury. They discovered that the 43-year-old man and the dog had been sleeping in a dumpster near 950 E. 2100 South when the truck collected and began to compact the its contents.The truck's operator heard the man call for help and stopped
  
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• [NBC Sports] - Rumor: If Lakers don’t upgrade roster, LeBron James could leave

  04-06-2019 17:40 via sportspyder.com
  Does LeBron really care that much about winning anymore?
  
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• Letter: A Mad Max wasteland near Factory Butte

  04-06-2019 17:39
  Some 5,400 acres of badlands surrounding Factory Butte were just opened by the Bureau of Land Management to unlimited off-road use. This area is tucked away between national parks, unknown to most but treasured by locals for its serenity and grandiose scale. The layers of space and time one can explore here are not matched in many other places. Increased traffic by off-road users will quickly turn this place to a “Mad Max” wasteland with daily dust storms and piles of broken bottles
  
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• Letter: Keeping the African American population in check

  04-06-2019 17:37
  According to The Tribune, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in his comments on an Indiana law regulating the disposal of fetal remains “sought to link birth control and abortion to eugenics.” I think I understand his reasoning. According to recorded annual vital statistics in 2016, as in previous years, more African American babies are aborted than born alive in New York City. Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood and a leading eugenicist of that era, would have found th
  
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• Rock slide closes road between Dinosaur National Monument and its Colorado headquarters

  04-06-2019 17:33
  A rock slide south of Dinosaur National Monument has closed a road linking the monument to its Colorado headquarters.The slide was reported Monday in the Plug Hat Butte area, closing the Harpers Corner Road between the monument headquarters in Dinosaur, Colo., and Moffat County Road 16, the National Park Service said in a news release.NPS officials had no estimate for when the road would reopen. The slide includes boulders the size of automobiles.The slide does not affect access to the Dinosaur
  
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• Letter: A proper naval legacy for Trump

  04-06-2019 17:32
  I understand U.S. Navy ships are named for prominent government officials, like the USS John McCain. Fair’s fair. There should be one named after the current occupant of the Oval Office. A garbage scow would be appropriate.Red Oelerich, HolladaySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Q&A: Carlos Boozer talks Deron Williams-Jerry Sloan relationship, Ice Cube’s Big 3 and how the Utah Jazz are 'a player away'

  04-06-2019 17:31 via sportspyder.com
  “We didn't win the championship, which was our goal, but those six years I had in Utah are some of the most memorable years I had in my career,” Boozer tells Eric Woodyard of the Deseret News...
  
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• Exchange foreign currency from your LDS mission — or last year’s vacation — for a hamburger or stroopwafel

  04-06-2019 17:30
  Did you bring foreign currency home from last year’s vacation or your mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?Dig it out. On Thursday, June 6, you can use it to purchase one of the items on McDonald’s new Worldwide Favorite menu. The restaurant’s International Currency Exchange runs from 2 to 5 p.m. and is good for one of these items:• Stroopwafel McFlurry (Netherlands): Vanilla soft serve, mixed with caramel and topped with a Dutch Stroopwafel cookie p
  
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• Utah Sen. Mitt Romney to give his first Senate address

  04-06-2019 17:29
  Washington • Sen. Mitt Romney will address some of the “big picture” challenges America faces in his first speech on the Senate floor on Tuesday morning.The Utah Republican, a freshman who has served for six months, will also speak about his Senate tenure so far, his office said.The address is slated for 9 a.m. Mountain Time.It is a great privilege to represent the people of Utah in the United States Senate. Today, after serving for six months, I am delivering my maiden speech o
  
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• Letter: U.S. should do more to combat AIDS

  04-06-2019 17:28
  Thank you for William Cosgrove’s column on the vital need for the U.S. to support the Global Fund, in order to reduce the personal and economic toll of tuberculosis, malaria and AIDS. The worst-hit areas are in the developing world; these countries do not have the resources to combat these devastating diseases on their own, and it is appalling that the president is trying to undermine years of progress and slash the U.S. contribution.However, this being Pride Month, it is also important to
  
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• Q&A: Carlos Boozer talks Deron Williams-Jerry Sloan relationship, Ice Cube’s Big 3 and how the Utah Jazz are 'a player away'

  04-06-2019 17:22
  Carlos Boozer (left) congratulates Kyle Korver after a 3-point-shot as the Utah Jazz and the Los Angeles Lakers play in game 3 the the NBA Western Conference semi-finals Saturday, May 8, 2010 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Tom Smart, Deseret NewsTom Smart, Deseret NewsDeron Williams and Carlos Boozer confer as the Utah Jazz defeat the Los Angeles Lakers 104-99 in game 3 of the Western Conference NBA basketball semi-finals in Salt Lake City, Utah May. 9, 2008.Tom Smart, Deseret NewsSALT LAKE CITY &mdas
  
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• Letter: Romney neither leads nor follows, so he should get out of the way

  04-06-2019 17:22
  When speaking about problem solving, automotive genius Lee Iacocca instructed that involved people should either “lead, follow or get out of the way.” Good advice.When it was announced that President Donald Trump was imposing a 5% tariff on Mexican imports, Sen. Mitt Romney’s response was the usual worn-out and politically safe line of puppy snark; the government should focus on border security and the elimination of legal loopholes. Good grief!Romney and his political pals are
  
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• Letter: Amash has the courage to stand up to Trump. Where is everyone else?

  04-06-2019 17:19
  Thank you, Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., for showing the stellar courage to stand up without the backing of your political party. You formed an opinion that there is, right now, sufficient cause to proceed with impeachment. Your moral compass apparently needs no congressional testimony from Mr. Mueller to direct it.Mr. Amash, you have exercised the leadership your constituents elected you to show. Thank you for representing them. For the remaining worthy, esteemed representatives and senators serv
  
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• [NBC Sports] - Stephen Curry: I cost Warriors 2016 championship

  04-06-2019 17:02 via sportspyder.com
  Curry says he went for out-of-control hero shot after Kyrie Irving’s 3-pointer
  
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• Dana Milbank: Americans must accept that none of these things ever happened

  04-06-2019 16:58
  Washington - Oh no, he didn’t.I believe President Trump when he says “I never called Meghan Markle ‘nasty.’” I believe him even though Britain’s Sun newspaper published an interview with Trump the day before in which he referred to the Duchess of Sussex with that very word — and even though the Sun has a recording.Likewise, I believed Trump when he visited Britain last year and said "I didn't criticize the prime minister"— even though the Sun also
  
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• Catherine Rampell: Happy 10th birthday to the economic expansion. Don’t count on an 11th.

  04-06-2019 16:54
  Washington - Happy 10th birthday, U.S. economic expansion! Let’s hope you’ll be allowed to live a little while longer, despite a certain someone’s concerted efforts to kill you off.The Great Recession officially ended — and the current recovery officially began — exactly a decade ago, in June 2009. That means we’ve now tied the record for the longest economic expansion on record, matching the 10-year business cycle upswing that ended in March 2001.That’s
  
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• Commentary: D-Day succeeded thanks to an ingenious design called the Mulberry Harbours

  04-06-2019 16:49
  When Allied troops stormed the beaches at Normandy, France on June 6, 1944 — a bold invasion of Nazi-held territory that helped tip the balance of World War II — they were using a remarkable and entirely untested technology: artificial ports.To stage what was then the largest seaborne assault in history, the American, British and Canadian armies needed to get at least 150,000 soldiers, military personnel and all their equipment ashore on day one of the invasion.Reclaiming France&rsqu
  
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• Passerby stops, shoots and kills man who was fighting with a woman in Provo

  04-06-2019 16:39
  A passerby witnessed a man and woman fighting Monday night in Provo when he pulled over, confronted the man and then shot him to death, police said.Jeremy Sorensen, 26, was shot twice, including at least once in the chest. He was transported to a local hospital, where died shortly after the incident.Last night just before 8:00 p.m. officers responded to a domestic disturbance near 500 North 200 East. Officers found 26 year old Jeremy Sorensen had been shot twice. pic.twitter.com/ieZzCEX8yg&mdash
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The 23rd Pick Through the History of the NBA Draft

  04-06-2019 16:31 via sportspyder.com
  What type of player could the Jazz add?
  
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