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• Syracuse High’s Caroline Stringfellow named Gatorade Utah Girls Soccer Player of the Year

  13-06-2019 23:57
  As a freshman soccer player at Syracuse High, Caroline Stringfellow made so many waves that she received an offer and subsequently committed to play at Brigham Young University. Just a year later, she has yet another reason to be considered one of the best rising soccer stars in the state.Stringfellow, who just finished her sophomore year, won the Gatorade Utah Girls Soccer Player of the Year Award, the beverage company announced Thursday. She is the first player from Syracuse to receive the awa
  
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• Petula Dvorak: Maybe scandal-plagued Joe Morrissey is the best Democrat to take on Trump

  13-06-2019 23:45
  Here he is, right here in Virginia — the Democrat’s best true hope for winning the White House in 2020: Joe Morrissey.Yes, two dozen Democrats already are vying to take down President Donald Trump.But the proper way to challenge Trump isn’t to aim high with candidates who are experienced and effective lawmakers or Rhodes scholars or Harvard graduates or military veterans — people who have actual plans to solve some of our nation’s biggest crises.No, this new era of
  
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• Noah Smith: Clean up lead before it wrecks more American lives

  13-06-2019 23:35
  When I was a kid, my dad half-joked that the Roman Empire fell because the Romans used lead to make their pipes, thus poisoning their drinking water supply. Even at age 7, I found that one hard to believe.But maybe, in some crucial ways, my dad was on to something. Strong evidence shows that lead is a uniquely toxic substance that can wreak permanent and devastating changes on both the human brain and a human life. Leads is also still ubiquitous in the U.S.Like the Romans, the U.S. uses lead to
  
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• Man dies while he’s being booked into the Weber County Jail

  13-06-2019 23:27
  Police are investigating after a man died while was being booked into the Weber County Jail on Wednesday.According to Lt. Joshua Marigoni of the Weber County Sheriff's Office, Eric Gavin, 39, “experienced a medical episode in our booking area.” He was transported to a local hospital, where he died.“Jail custody staff, jail medical staff and emergency medical staff worked together in life-saving efforts,” Marigoni wrote in a news release.Gavin was being booked into jail fo
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Follow the Leader

  13-06-2019 23:21
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Friday, June 14, 2019. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:<a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/06/12/bagley-cartoon/" target=_blank><u>Cartoonists Not Wanted</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/06/07/bagley-cartoon-finally/"><u>Finally, Some Good News</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/06/06/bagley-
  
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• Paul Waldman: Is Joe Biden too old to run for president?

  13-06-2019 23:00
  While the Democratic candidates seem to genuinely get along, it was inevitable that eventually they’d grow more explicitly critical of one another. Which isn’t a bad thing — voters are facing a choice, and need to know what’s good and bad about their options. Up until now, however, the criticisms have tended to be vague and oblique, without mentioning their targets by name.Which is why it's notable that Beto O'Rourke just went right at Joe Biden in an appearance on "Morni
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Thabo Sefolosha 2018-19 highlights

  13-06-2019 22:46 via sportspyder.com
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• Letter: McAdams should back impeachment

  13-06-2019 22:41
  Many seem dumbfounded that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ostensibly hopes to tamp down calls to impeach President Trump. Trump shows a shameless contempt for the basic tenets of Congress’s duties of executive oversight and seemingly will do anything to obstruct investigations into his administration. Their confusion is completely warranted.But Pelosi must oversee a caucus where many of her members come from districts which frankly, should belong to the GOP. Politically speaking, Pelosi must r
  
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• Letter: Who has stepped forward to help?

  13-06-2019 22:39
  A homeless man in Provo and his puppy were sleeping in a dumpster and were thrown into a garbage truck. They would have been crushed had the man not been heard yelling.Since then, many have stepped forward with offers to adopt the helpless puppy. How many have offered to house the homeless man?J.C. Smith, St. GeorgeSubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Rich women will always have the right to abort

  13-06-2019 22:39
  It is hard for me to believe that we are once again in the throes of the abortion debate. Without access to proper medical abortion, some women died trying to use whatever they thought might work.Making abortion illegal will not stop women from ending unwanted pregnancies. The way I see it, wealthy women will always be able to find a place to get a proper medical abortion or to purchase the “morning-after” pill in their own or another country.Those who will suffer the most will be ch
  
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• Letter: Utah schools must be doing something right

  13-06-2019 22:38
  June is the time of year we traditionally honor our graduating seniors. Recently, West High School, established in 1890 and Utah’s first high school, ran an advertisement in The Salt Lake Tribune listing the future plans of their graduates.Colleges accepting West High School graduates make a very impressive list: Harvard College, Smith College, Yale College, Duke University, Georgetown University, The U.S. Naval Academy and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy are just a few of the outstanding
  
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• Former BYU golfer Mike Weir opens U.S. Open with adventurous round of 3-over-par

  13-06-2019 22:30
  Pebble Beach, Calif. • Considering the way he started his round at the 119th U.S. Open — with back-to-back bogeys — Sandy’s Mike Weir is pleased to be sitting at 2-over-par 73 heading into Friday’s second round.Weir, 49, a BYU product, wasn’t the only golfer with Utah ties to enjoy relatively benign conditions in the morning at cool, cloudy Pebble Beach Golf Links.Scott Piercy of Las Vegas, who started his college career at BYU, shot a 4-under 67, despite makin
  
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• Utah medical pot applicants under wraps but will be revealed

  13-06-2019 22:28
  Salt Lake City • Who is going to grow Utah’s medical marijuana remains unknown as a July 1 license application deadline looms.State officials leading the medical marijuana license process said this week they will not release the names of applicants right now but will likely make applicant information public as soon as licenses are awarded mid-July.It's the latest development in a high-stakes affair where local farmers and state officials wrestle with how to grow a new crop of cannabis
  
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• Federal agency recommends White House aide Conway be fired

  13-06-2019 21:57
  Washington • A federal watchdog agency recommended Thursday that President Donald Trump fire one of his most ardent defenders, counselor Kellyanne Conway, for repeatedly violating a law that limits political activity by government workers.The U.S. Office of Special Counsel, which is unrelated to special counsel Robert Mueller’s office, said in a letter to Trump that Conway has been a “repeat offender” of the Hatch Act by disparaging Democratic presidential candidates while
  
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• State records committee orders San Juan County to go after documents held by Democratic commissioners’ private attorney

  13-06-2019 21:55
  Members of the Utah State Records Committee were openly perplexed Thursday at how to proceed with a request for records related to the designation of the Bears Ears National Monument and last year’s historic election of two Navajo Democrats to the San Juan County Commission.San Juan County Attorney Kendall Laws argued that his office had complied to the best of its ability with an open records request by freelance journalist Bill Keshlear under Utah’s Government Records Access and Ma
  
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• How good are life’s opportunities in Utah? National study says 18 states are better.

  13-06-2019 21:42
  Utahns enjoy brighter opportunities in life than most Americans — but a new national study still ranks those advantages at only No. 19 among the states.The annual Opportunity Index developed by the Opportunity Nation forum for youth investment, measures and ranks statistics about the local economy, education, health and community safety and involvement.Out of a possible overall score of 100, Utah received 56.5. The average score nationally was 53.1.States receiving the top scores were Minn
  
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• Commentary: Black Mormon pioneer Jane Manning James — only member ever sealed as a ‘servant’ — finally gets her due

  13-06-2019 21:32
  It has been quite a year for Jane Manning James — finally.First there was the feature film “Jane and Emma,” released last autumn, which focused on the friendship between Emma Smith, first wife of Mormon founder Joseph Smith, and Jane Manning James, an African American convert living with their family in Nauvoo, Ill.(The movie is now available for rental on Amazon and YouTube, and was the focus of a terrific panel at the Mormon History Association’s annual meeting last wee
  
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• Behind the Headlines: FBI investigating a PAC run by Gov. Herbert’s former campaign manager

  13-06-2019 21:31
  The FBI is reportedly investigating a political action committee run by Gov. Gary Herbert’s former campaign manager. After a contentious debate, the Salt Lake County Council passes a resolution calling for immigration reform. And Sen. Mitt Romney calls out president Trump for appearing to welcome 2020 campaign help from foreign governments. At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune government and politics editor Dan Harrie, reporter Lee Davidson, and columnist Robert Gehrke join KCPW’s
  
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• Gehrke: It’s baffling how Utah schools ended up with such a disastrous standardized test

  13-06-2019 21:05
  Q: Maria has hired a company to administer tests to a million students. The company performed fine and even made her an extra $15 million. What should Maria do?A. Stick with the original company.B. Hire a different company that has a spotty record that includes botched tests and data breaches.C. The answer is absolutely, definitely NOT B.The Utah State Office of Education was faced with basically that very question back in 2017. It chose B, signing a contract with a company called Questar Assess
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Longtime Jazz athletic trainer Don ‘Magic Fingers’ Sparks dies at 90

  13-06-2019 20:48 via sportspyder.com
  Don Sparks, the Jazz franchise’s first athletic trainer who held the position for 20 years, died at 90 years old of causes related to advanced age.
  
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• Longtime Jazz athletic trainer Don ‘Magic Fingers’ Sparks dies at 90

  13-06-2019 20:40
  Don Sparks, the Jazz franchise’s first athletic trainer who held the position for 20 years, died at 90 years old of causes related to advanced age.Sparks, known within the organization as “Sparky” (and to fans as “Magic Fingers,” thanks a nickname bestowed by longtime broadcaster Rod Hundley for his apparent ability to get injured players healthy quickly), died June 2.He joined the New Orleans Jazz in 1974 and, according to the Jazz, worked all 1,886 games the team
  
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• Kevin Costner and his TV sons are huge fans of filming ‘Yellowstone’ in Utah

  13-06-2019 20:22
  Kevin Costner sounds smitten with one of his biggest co-stars in “Yellowstone” — Utah, playing the role of Montana.“I just love being out there. It could be my favorite,” Costner told The Salt Lake Tribune in a recent phone interview. “I love that area. I love the history. And it doesn’t take long to get out in the country.”He’d like to bring future movies to Utah, he added, drawn to more than just the state’s good looks. “It&rsqu
  
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• [NBA] - Don 'Sparky' Sparks, the Jazz's athletic trainer of 20 years, dies at 90

  13-06-2019 20:06 via sportspyder.com
  Don Sparks, the Jazz’s longtime athletic trainer who taped Pete Maravich’s ankles in New Orleans and decades later tended to Hall of Famers John Stockton and Karl Malone in Salt Lake City, has died
  
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• Trump ally ready to revoke president’s emergency power on arms sales to Saudis, UAE

  13-06-2019 20:00
  Washington • One of President Donald Trump’s closest congressional allies is ready to strip him of certain emergency powers in response to the administration sidestepping lawmakers to secure 22 arms sales benefiting Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates."Do away with the emergency exception," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Wednesday. Doing so, he added, would prevent the executive branch from repeating such a move in the future. "I would not have agreed to that before, but afte
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Is Kyle Kuzma holding up an Anthony Davis trade?

  13-06-2019 19:58 via sportspyder.com
  The Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics are reportedly in talks with the New Orleans Pelicans to acquire Davis.
  
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• Is Kyle Kuzma holding up an Anthony Davis trade?

  13-06-2019 19:45
  In this Feb. 7, 2019 photo, Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma (0) drives against Boston Celtics guard Kyrie Irving during an NBA basketball game in Boston.APSALT LAKE CITY — Amid the talk that New Orleans Pelicans star Anthony Davis wants to be traded, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski first reported on Wednesday that the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics are in talks with the Pelicans on potential deals.Celtics and Lakers are engaged in trade talks with New Orleans on All-NBA star Anthony
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Former Utah Jazz trainer Don 'Sparky' Sparks passes away

  13-06-2019 19:42 via sportspyder.com
  A long career carried him with the Jazz from oblivion to prominence before his 1994 retirement.
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Danté Exum 2018-19 highlights

  13-06-2019 19:40 via sportspyder.com
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• ‘It simply strikes at the heart of our democracy’: Mitt Romney responds to Trump saying he’d take political help from a foreign government

  13-06-2019 19:39
  Washington • Sen. Mitt Romney said Thursday that it would be “wrong” and “antithetical to our democratic principles” for a presidential candidate to take information from a foreign country trying to interfere with an American election.President Donald Trump said he might do just that if offered in the 2020 cycle and that maybe he'd contact the FBI if he thought there was “something wrong” with doing so.“It’s not an interference, they have info
  
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• Alexandra Petri: 13 goals for women who want to celebrate World Cup wins

  13-06-2019 19:38
  1. Do not score more goals than are strictly necessary to win. Scoring a lot of goals is rude, especially when you remember that many people do not have goals ever in their lives and could really use them. Recklessly scoring 13 in a single match, when people have played soccer for hours without scoring even one, is disrespectful and takes goals away from those who badly need them!2. Maybe? If not, why are people upset? I don't really understand this.3. Thirteen goals is too many, though, and the
  
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• Eye on the Y: BYU athletes shined until the end, Team Fredette plays without Fredette and Mark Pope gets a bit starstruck

  13-06-2019 19:34
  Eye On The Y is The Salt Lake Tribune’s weekly newsletter on BYU athletics. Subscribe here.A few weeks ago, we used this space to outline how vital a particular couple of weeks were for BYU athletics.The baseball team was competing in the West Coast Conference tournament, the softball team in the NCAA Tournament, men’s golf in the NCAA Championships and men’s and women’s track and field in the West Preliminaries and then the NCAA Championships two weeks later.How did they
  
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• Former Utah Jazz trainer Don 'Sparky' Sparks passes away

  13-06-2019 19:25
  Jazz trainer Don Sparks clowns it up with Jeff Hornacek at the beginning of a game near the end of the regular season.GARY McKELLAR, Deseret NewsSALT LAKE CITY — Former Utah Jazz trainer Don Sparks, who treated players for two decades, passed away June 2 of causes related to age.Sparks, known as "Sparky" throughout the NBA, was 90. He had been living with his son David and daughter-in-law Michelle in Bristow, Virginia, since 2013. Michelle Sparks said, "He was just as bright as could be" l
  
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• Pleasant Grove pool to re-open a week after 50 sickened by chlorine

  13-06-2019 19:07
  Pleasant Grove, Utah • A Utah County pool is set to re-open more than a week after an accident sickened dozens with chlorine gas.The Daily Herald reports the Pleasant Grove Veterans Memorial Pool is expected to welcome swimmers back on Thursday.About 50 people were sickened June 4 after a pump forced too much chlorine out of a jet. Police say they were coughing, vomiting and bleeding from their noses.Ambulances took about 26 people to hospitals and about two dozen others sought treatment th
  
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• Plan ahead: Here’s where roadwork is expected to cause heavy traffic delays this weekend around the Wasatch Front

  13-06-2019 19:07
  Roadwork is expected to cause significant delays around the Wasatch Front this weekend. That includes lane restrictions and ramp closures on Interstates 15, 215 and 80 in Salt Lake City, closure of Redwood Road in North Salt Lake, and narrowing of I-15 to one lane near Payson.The Utah Department of Transportation warns of delays of 30 minutes or more on northbound I-15 near 800 South in Salt Lake City from 9 p.m. Saturday until 5 a.m. on Monday. The onramp there from 1300 South to northbound I-1
  
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• 'Utah Booze News’ podcast: Expect delays and thinly stocked shelves when state makes the switch to stronger beer

  13-06-2019 18:19
  Consumers should expect delays and thinly stocked shelves Nov. 1 as Utah attempts to make a one-day switch from 3.2 beer to higher alcohol brews, says Sal Petilos, executive director of the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.On this week’s edition of the ‘Utah Booze News’ podcast, Petilos tells Salt Lake Tribune reporter Kathy Stephenson and Fox 13′s Ben Winslow how a longer transition period could help grocery and convenience stores.Petilos also announces who
  
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• Utah man collects wheelchairs and crutches to give to the needy

  13-06-2019 18:16
  Mohan Sudabattula was 10 years old when his parents took him on a trip from their home in Utah to their family’s ancestral village in India in 2006.Along with visiting family and historic landmarks, Sudabattula's mother took him to an orphanage and school for disabled children. She thought it was important for him to see it.Sudabattula, now 23, vividly remembers that some of the children were missing limbs, and used old lawn chairs with bicycle tires attached as wheelchairs."But most of th
  
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• Dana Milbank: Steve King’s proof he’s not racist? Diamond and Silk.

  13-06-2019 18:01
  Washington • It has been five months since Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, lost his committee assignments over his support for white supremacy, and on Wednesday he took a step toward rehabilitation.He gave a news conference on the Capitol grounds — with two real, live, actual black people!Not African Americans, mind you. “You ain’t gotta call me African American 'cause I ain’t never been to Africa,” explained Lynnette Hardaway. “You can call me black.”Hard
  
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• Review: Woody rides again in funny, touching ‘Toy Story 4’

  13-06-2019 18:00
  It’s been almost a quarter century since Disney/Pixar introduced the world to a pull-string cowboy named Woody and a plastic winged spaceman named Buzz — and darned if they still, in “Toy Story 4,” can’t make us laugh, smile, and get a little emotional about the inner life of children’s playthings.“I don’t remember it being this hard,” Woody, again voiced by Tom Hanks, laments about the job of making a small child happy. His current kid, Bonn
  
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• Parched U.S. Southwest gets reprieve as snowmelt fills rivers

  13-06-2019 17:40
  Denver • A welcome surge of melting snow is pouring out of the Rocky Mountains and into the drought-stricken rivers of the southwestern U.S., fending off a water shortage but threatening to push rivers over their banks.Last winter brought above-average snowfall to much of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming, so an abundance of snowmelt is rushing into the Colorado River, the Rio Grande and other waterways after a desperately dry 2018.“It couldn’t have come at a better time,” said G
  
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• Teen accused of shooting 2 rival gang members in Fashion Place shootout will be tried as an adult

  13-06-2019 17:11
  The teenager accused of shooting and wounding two members of a rival gang in an exchange of gunfire at the Fashion Place mall in January has been certified to stand trial in adult court.Alexis Giovanny Gallegos was 17 at the time of the shooting; he turned 18 on April 26. He faces four counts of discharge of a firearm causing serious injury and one count of possession of a firearm by a restricted person, all first-degree felonies.According to police, an encounter between members of two gangs &md
  
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• ‘I’m never going to be a victim of this.’ Utah volleyball coach Beth Launiere opens up about her battle with Crohn’s disease.

  13-06-2019 17:11
  After about a dozen visits to the emergency room, Beth Launiere recognized that a less drastic way to manage her illness probably existed.Utah's women's volleyball coach is more conscious of maintaining a healthy lifestyle in combating Crohn's disease, rather than just allowing the symptoms to become unbearable. Launiere, 56, was diagnosed as a teenager. She's approaching her 30th season with the Utes, thriving in the profession amid the stress and inconsistent eating habits that affect her heal
  
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• Three Ute volleyball players get taste of a different culture in Japan — and being coached by their arch-rival

  13-06-2019 17:10
  Playing for BYU's volleyball coach was far down the list of awkward situations that three Utah athletes encountered during a recent tour of Japan as they competed in seven matches.Ute hitters Dani Drews and Kenzie Koerber and setter Saige Kaahaaina-Torres played for the U.S. Women's Collegiate National Team that was coached by BYU's Heather Olmstead (the Cougars' Heather Gneiting also competed) and went 1-5-1 against four Japanese teams.Adjusting to new teammates, scrappy opponents and unusual f
  
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• Red All Over: Donnie Tillman is in the transfer portal. Does that fit with his ‘leave of absence’ statement?

  13-06-2019 17:10
  Red All Over is a weekly newsletter covering University of Utah athletics. Subscribe here. In late May, Utah announced that after going through NBA evaluations, basketball player Donnie Tillman would return to school.Nine days later, Tillman said he was taking a leave of absence from the school, stemming from his mother's health issues.And then came reports, confirmed this week by Ute athletic director Mark Harlan to ESPN 700, that Tillman had entered the NCAA transfer portal. Does that move con
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Morning links: Former BYU, Utah assistant Norm Chow gets back into coaching

  13-06-2019 16:35 via sportspyder.com
  Former BYU Cougars, Utah Utes assistant Norm Chow has a new job in the XFL, plus Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell left a snarky comeback for a Boston fan.
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - How the past two days might impact this summer for the Utah Jazz

  13-06-2019 16:33 via sportspyder.com
  The dominoes have already started falling.
  
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• Morning links: Former BYU, Utah assistant Norm Chow gets back into coaching

  13-06-2019 16:25
  Hawaii head coach Norm Chow looks on during warm-ups before the start of an NCAA college football game, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)APSALT LAKE CITY — Longtime football coach Norm Chow, who spent 27 years as an assistant at BYU and one at Utah (his alma mater), will be back in the coaching ranks after a few years off.On Wednesday, it was announced that Chow will be the offensive coordinator of the XFL team in Los Angeles when the league begins play in 2020
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz’s Rudy Gobert, Hornets’ Nicolas Batum headline France’s preliminary FIBA WC roster

  13-06-2019 16:07 via sportspyder.com
  As the FIBA World Cup draws nearer, participating teams are now in the finals stages of their preparation for the prestigious international tournament. France have recently announced their preliminary players pool, with the shortlist headed by Utah...
  
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• Commentary: Tax Foundation report is half-baked. New Utah tax not needed.

  13-06-2019 15:49
  Just as Utah lawmakers prepare to discuss “tax modernization,” the Tax Foundation, a Washington, D.C.,-based think tank, issued a report urging Utah to “blaze a trail” for other states by imposing sales tax on services. Curiously, the report parrots the same misleading talking points used by Utah lawmakers to justify what would amount to the largest expansion of tax policy in Utah’s history.The Tax Foundation report concludes that imposing sales tax on services is n
  
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• A former Utah County commissioner is suing his colleagues, saying he was wrongfully accused of sexual harassment

  13-06-2019 15:45
  A former Utah County commissioner who was investigated for sexual harassment while in office is now suing his fellow commissioners for telling the public about those allegations — including that he made suggestive comments to a female employee and rubbed her leg above the knee.Greg Graves maintains those situations never happened.In his lawsuit filed Tuesday, Graves argues that the accusations were fabricated by the woman who wanted a financial settlement and spread by two of his colleague
  
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