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• Uncle pleads guilty to killing 5-year-old Lizzy Shelley, in deal that avoids the death penalty

  13-08-2019 23:24
  Logan • A Utah man has pleaded guilty to kidnapping, sexually assaulting and killing his 5-year-old niece.Alex Whipple, 21, admitted to charges Tuesday afternoon in connection to the May death of Elizabeth “Lizzy” Shelley.He pleaded guilty to aggravated murder, child kidnapping, rape of a child and sodomy of a child. Other charges, including obstructing justice and abuse or desecration of a human body, were dismissed as part of a plea deal.The pleas also spared Whipple the poten
  
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• As Real Salt Lake’s Freddy Juarez era begins, players say not much has changed

  13-08-2019 22:54
  Sandy • With the last three games under his belt as interim coach, Freddy Juarez’s 2019 record has yet to be blemished. He’s led Real Salt Lake to a draw against FC Dallas and two consecutive comeback wins over New York City FC and Sporting Kansas City.But now with Mike Petke officially out of the picture after his firing late Sunday, Juarez is the head honcho with 10 games remaining in the season. The first test for the former academy and Real Monarchs coach is against a formid
  
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• Uncle pleads guilty to killing 5-year-old Lizzy Shelley

  13-08-2019 22:08
  Logan • A Utah man has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting and killing his 5-year-old niece.Alex Whipple, 21, admitted to charges Tuesday afternoon in connection to the May death of Elizabeth “Lizzy” Shelley.He pleaded guilty to aggravated murder, child kidnapping, rape of a child and sodomy of a child. He was also facing charges of obstructing justice and abuse or desecration of a human body. His sentencing is set for Sept. 24.Whipple was charged in late May with killing Lizz
  
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• Lefty Legend #LeftHandersDaypic.twitter.com/NyiOmFhJ4q

  13-08-2019 22:04 via twitter.com
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• Utah girl killed by falling rocks at Glacier National Park

  13-08-2019 22:02
  A 14-year-old Utah girl was killed Monday when falling rocks struck the vehicle she was riding in at Glacier National Park in Montana.According to the National Park Service, the teenager — whose name and hometown have not been released — and her family were traveling westbound near the East Tunnel on the Going-to-the-Sun Road about 7 p.m. Monday when rocks struck the top of the vehicle and shattered the back window.The rocks were between fist-sized and 12 inches in diameter, accordin
  
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• [Fadeaway World] - Jazz Will Travel The Most Miles In The NBA In 2019/20

  13-08-2019 21:33 via sportspyder.com
  The 2019/20 NBA season schedule has been revealed and fans have started to check the biggest matches of the campaign, comebacks and
  
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• Utah’s Kyle Whittingham and Andy Ludwig are back together again. Their partnership began 30 years ago at Idaho State.

  13-08-2019 20:24
  Having hired Andy Ludwig to coach the receivers in a downtrodden Idaho State football program 30 years ago, Garth Hall remembered him being willing to learn and do anything asked of him, without any sense of self-promotion.“He didn't have a big ego,” Hall said. “He's just a football coach.”Having launched Ludwig’s second stint with Utah in January, coach Kyle Whittingham spoke of an experienced offensive coordinator who gets things done.“He's not in it for the
  
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• Andrew G. Bjelland: Conservatism no longer conserves. It obstructs and demolishes.

  13-08-2019 20:22
  Rep. Chris Stewart and Rick B. Larsen advocate a new approach to discussions of socialism (Salt Lake Tribune, July 31). What really needs to be well defined is the state of current American “conservatism.”Traditional conservatism lost its moral compass decades ago and has since sailed into those regions mapped: "Here There Be Monsters” — into Ayn Rand’s, Milton Friedman’s and Paul Ryan’s libertarian whirlpool.“Conservative” now too often deno
  
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• Loren Carle: Renting in Salt Lake City is hell on wheels

  13-08-2019 20:19
  It’s great to see a mayoral race dominated by discussions of affordable housing. It seems like a lot of people are really concerned about making this city an easier place to live. Right now it’s not an easy place to live, and this discussion — and swift, concrete action — are needed.There is one critical thing that no one seems to be talking about much: renting an apartment. I would like to ask each candidate about their experience with renting an apartment (to live in, n
  
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• Bear that bit boy at Utah campground is located and killed

  13-08-2019 19:57
  The black bear that bit a boy on the head in the Moab area has been found and euthanized, according to the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.The 13-year-old was asleep at the Dewey Bridge Campground along the Colorado River about 5:45 a.m. on Friday when the bear stuck his head into the boy’s sleeping bag, and bit him on the left cheek and ear. The boy was not seriously injured; he was treated at a hospital in Grand Junction, Colo., and released.DWR conservation officers and biologists l
  
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• Farmers turn to tech as key river in U.S. West faces distress

  13-08-2019 19:55
  Greeley, Colo. • A drone soared over a blazing hot cornfield in northeastern Colorado on a recent morning, snapping images with an infrared camera to help researchers decide how much water they would give the crops the next day.After a brief, snaking flight above the field, the drone landed and the researchers removed a handful of memory cards. Back at their computers, they analyzed the images for signs the corn was stressed from a lack of water.This U.S. Department of Agriculture station o
  
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• Ayoola Ajayi, accused of killing MacKenzie Lueck, faces new child porn charges

  13-08-2019 19:55
  The man accused of murdering a 23-year-old University of Utah student was charged Tuesday with 19 unrelated counts of sexual exploitation of a minor after police examined his computer and found pornographic images of children.Police seized 31-year-old Ayoola Ajayi’s computer on June 26 during an investigation into the death of MacKenize Lueck. On July 2, a forensic lab began analyzing its contents and found multiple images of children engaged in sex acts, according to charging documents, f
  
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• Mike Petke makes first public statement since his firing from Real Salt Lake, says use of slurs was ‘misinterpreted’

  13-08-2019 19:54
  Former Real Salt Lake coach Mike Petke made his first public statement Tuesday morning since receiving multiple sanctions and eventually being fired for using a homophobic slur in Spanish toward referees after a July 24 Leagues Cup game against Tigres UANL.“To the fans of RSL and the people of Salt Lake, thank you so much for what you have done for me, my family and my team,” Petke said in a post from his official Twitter page. “Your support and energy make possible all the goo
  
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• Jana Riess: Memo to young Latter-day Saints: Vaping is not OK, church says, and I agree

  13-08-2019 19:52
  A couple of years ago I had an interesting conversation with a full-time seminary teacher in Utah who told me that a number of his otherwise faithful students had taken up vaping with e-cigarettes. Since I was researching how young adults are (or are not) keeping the standards of the Word of Wisdom, I was keenly interested in, and not a little alarmed by, this development.“They don’t see it as violating the Word of Wisdom,” the teacher said. Since vaping exposes the user to nic
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Weekly Run podcast: Assessing the Jazz’s 2019-20 schedule, and Donovan Mitchell’s Team USA experience

  13-08-2019 19:49 via sportspyder.com
  The complete NBA schedule for the 2019-20 season was released Monday at 1 p.m. MT. Jazz fans had been equal parts eager and anxious for its arrival, wondering if yet another perilous early stretch was in the offing.
  
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• Weekly Run podcast: Assessing the Jazz’s 2019-20 schedule, and Donovan Mitchell’s Team USA experience

  13-08-2019 19:25
  The complete NBA schedule for the 2019-20 season was released Monday at 1 p.m. MT. Jazz fans had been equal parts eager and anxious for its arrival, wondering if yet another perilous early stretch was in the offing.And while the first part of the team’s schedule does have some difficult moments, hosts Andy Larsen and Eric Walden both came away with the notion that it’s nothing to be up in arms about, and nothing this new-look team shouldn’t be able to handle.At 2:28 • Andy
  
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• Falling boulder injures woman hiking Utah mountain trail

  13-08-2019 19:20
  Oakley • Crews rescued a woman hiking on a Utah mountain trail after she was injured by a falling boulder.Summit County Sheriff's Lt. Andrew Wright says the boulder hit the 70-year-old woman Monday while she was nearing Hayden Peak on the Highline Trail.Her friends found an area with cellphone service and called for help.A helicopter hoisted the woman from the trail and an ambulance took her to a hospital.Wright says the woman possibly broke a femur and had injuries to her arm and head.The
  
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• [KSL] - A breakdown of the Jazz's schedule | KSL.com

  13-08-2019 19:15 via sportspyder.com
  Maybe the NBA schedule makers don't have it out for the Jazz after all.
  
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• Catherine Rampell: The Scaramucci story ends like all the others: With a Trump tweetstorm

  13-08-2019 18:51
  Video: The former White House communications director tells The Washington Post’s Hannah Jewell how he thinks history will remember the Trump years — and why it’s okay to be an opportunist. (Dave Jorgenson/The Washington Post)On Friday evening, during our joint appearance on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher,” former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci said that he stood by President Trump despite his flaws — because Scaramucci loves hi
  
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• Brandon Fuller: To lower the cost, cities must build more housing

  13-08-2019 17:55
  Salt Lake City faces two housing affordability challenges: The first, housing people with insufficient income to house themselves, is common to many U.S. cities. The second, ensuring that market-rate housing remains affordable to middle-income residents, is restricted to cities where desirable amenities and plentiful job opportunities drive strong growth in housing demand. Though these different challenges require different policy solutions, they share a common starting point: building more hous
  
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• Eugene Robinson: Trump’s message to the world: Keep your tired, your poor, your huddled masses

  13-08-2019 17:52
  Washington • The erratic Trump administration has had just one consistent policy principle, one guiding North Star: punitive and often sadistic treatment of nonwhite immigrants.President Trump’s claim that he supports legal immigration, as opposed to the undocumented “invasion” he rails against, turns out to be — big surprise — a lie. On Monday, the administration proved its antagonism toward those who “stand in line” and “come in the right wa
  
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• Layton investigators looking for person who set a fire in an LDS meetinghouse

  13-08-2019 17:31
  The Layton Fire Department is asking for the public’s help to identify the person or persons who started a fire at a Latter-day Saint meetinghouse Monday afternoon.According to a department spokesman, someone ignited curtains in the gym of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ building at 1715 W. 1600 North shortly before 3 p.m. A group of missionaries was playing football nearby, and when they entered the church to use the restroom they smelled smoke, found the fire and q
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz Schedule: The Top 15 games to look forward to this upcoming season

  13-08-2019 16:49 via sportspyder.com
  Ranking the best games of the upcoming season
  
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• Letter: Stewart’s rants about ‘socialism’ waste everyone’s time

  13-08-2019 16:14
  In Rep. Chris Stewart’s continuing rants about “socialism,” he seems to forget five words: Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Iceland.Interestingly, these countries continually are listed among the top 10 nations in citizen happiness, health and well-being. These nations have become “social investment states,” where spending on education, health care and other social services are viewed not as expenses that drag down the economy, but as investments that eventually
  
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• It’s primary election day. Here’s what you need to know.

  13-08-2019 16:11
  Nearly 20% of residents across Salt Lake County have already cast their ballots in this year’s primary election, which includes a handful of hot mayoral contests.But it’s not too late for voters who haven’t mailed in their ballots to weigh in on which candidates they want to see move forward to November’s general election — and “every vote” in these races will count “with this small of turnout,” said Salt Lake County Clerk Sherrie Swensen.She
  
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• Flights out of Hong Kong canceled again amid protests

  13-08-2019 16:00
  Hong Kong • Protesters severely crippled operations at Hong Kong’s international airport for a second day Tuesday, forcing authorities to cancel all remaining flights out of the city after demonstrators took over the terminals as part of their push for democratic reforms.After a brief respite early Tuesday during which flights were able to take off and land, the airport authority announced check-in services for departing flights were suspended as of 4:30 p.m. Departing flights that ha
  
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• Letter: Public has a right to know what’s happening with their lands

  13-08-2019 15:33
  Could anyone tell me why President Trump keeps nominating and placing people like Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, a former oil industry lobbyist, in a position to protect our lands?The proposed rule that they are not going to have any communication with the public on lands policy is so wrong. This proposal includes all 80.1% of all Forest Service projects and permits that are approved under what is called a categorical exclusion, meaning the agency figures the project or permit will have no
  
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• Letter: ICE protests offend the memory of Nazis’ victims

  13-08-2019 15:32
  Protesting the ICE immigration detention camps, and comparing them to the Nazi death camps, where 6 million Jews, and 5 million gentiles, were murdered, and doing so by representing to the public you are the voice of the Utah Jewish community, let alone on Shabbos, is beyond offensive and shameful. In fact, its downright deceitful.This anti-Semitic demonstration does not represent the voice of the Utah Jewish community. Moreover, this distasteful conduct denigrates the memory of all those who pe
  
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• Letter: UTA should serve mountain resorts year-round

  13-08-2019 15:27
  As you know, the Utah Transit Authority has ski service to Park City and Snowbasin, both resorts in Little Cottonwood Canyon, and to Sundance. These bus runs are in part subsidized by the resorts.These areas are open year-round, and I believe UTA could offer limited service throughout the year. For example, Snowbird lodging runs all year and there are conferences and other activities year round. Snowbasin has activities year-round, as does Sundance, and Sundance has year-round lodging. Alta has
  
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• Letter: Support the Endangered Species Act

  13-08-2019 15:24
  I am writing in support of the Endangered Species Act and in opposition to efforts by Congress and Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to weaken it.I am a conservationist and I am concerned about the loss of plants, fish and animals, because every species of plants, fish and animals as well as insects, is vital to a healthy balanced planet that I want my children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and on, to inherit.I believe that protecting and saving our animals is important to the health
  
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• Letter: Red flag laws are unconstitutional

  13-08-2019 15:22
  Red flag laws are absolutely unconstitutional and should be repealed or taken off the table for discussion.There is no just cause, no due process and your right to be secure from unreasonable searches and seizures would be violated.The Second Amendment was put in place to protect citizens "from" the government. These laws are an infringement of that protected, God-given, inalienable right.That is four constitutional rights being violated by a red flag law and therefore it should be thrown out su
  
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• Letter: Thanks for UTA service to West Haven

  13-08-2019 15:21
  Hooray for the UTA decision to expand its services to the community of West Haven. We sometimes feel neglected when it comes to improvements regarding public facilities. Keep up the good work.Sally Abeyta, West HavenSubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• ‘Book of Mormon’ character is familiar to Utahn who’s understudying the lead role

  13-08-2019 15:16
  When Luke Monday was cast as the understudy for the lead role in “The Book of Mormon,” he didn’t have to look far for inspiration. He grew up in Logan, and knew young men like Elder Price.“There’s definitely this sense of all those guys that that were, like, student body presidents or football captains — they were going to go on to be missionaries and they were going to be excellent and they were going to spread the word,” Monday said. “That’
  
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• Political Cornflakes: The NRA is in turmoil after yet another high-level resignation

  13-08-2019 15:12
  Happy (election day) Tuesday!The NRA, the nation’s most powerful gun lobby, is in turmoil with the fourth resignation of a board member in two weeks. This follows the ouster earlier this year of lobby president Oliver North and the resignation of chief lobbyist Christopher Cox. [WaPost]Topping the news: It’s election day — time to take a last look at The Tribune’s special guide on the Salt Lake City mayor’s race. [Trib]-> Mayors of southwest Salt Lake County are
  
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• Frank Fish: Our government is dysfunctional

  13-08-2019 15:11
  Our government is dysfunctional.Our president is a not-very-smart egomaniac and would-be dictator whose main goal (and skill) seems to be publicizing himself.Although President Trump claims to be a great negotiator, all his big international moves to date have failed to achieve anything positive — pulling out of NAFTA, TPP, The Paris Climate accord, UNESCO and the Iran nuclear deal while threatening to pull out of NATO and the World Trade Organization. His rating among European allies is 2
  
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• How might the Trump administration’s endangered species overhaul affect Utah

  13-08-2019 15:10
  Sweeping changes announced Monday in the implementation of the Endangered Species Act could have a major impact in how Utah’s imperiled plants and animals are managed, although it’s too early to tell exactly how.Depending on whom you ask, the regulatory rollback unveiled by Interior Secretary David Bernhardt could usher many rare species over the brink or could improve their chances of recovery.The 1973 bedrock environmental law helped rescue the desert tortoise, bonytail chub, Calif
  
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• Robert Kirby: Off suicide watch and onto conspiracy theories

  13-08-2019 15:09
  If nothing else, conspiracy theories are great sources of entertainment. My personal favorite — which I ignore as much as possible — is the one that says we’ve all been fooled into believing that the Earth is round.Doesn’t matter that people have circled the Earth, both on the surface and in space, or that there are pictures of our planet taken from the moon (another conspiracy) and deep space (again), or that it can be proved mathematically. The Earth, these wackos insis
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Three positives and three negatives about the 2019-20 NBA schedule

  13-08-2019 14:07 via sportspyder.com
  The 2019-20 Utah Jazz schedule, which was released on Monday, has its fair share of positives and negatives, but overall looks favorable for the Jazz. Duri...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Three positives and three negatives about the 2019-20 NBA schedule

  13-08-2019 14:00
  The 2019-20 Utah Jazz schedule, which was released on Monday, has its fair share of positives and negatives, but overall looks favorable for the Jazz. During the doldrums of August, likely the slowest month in terms of basketball activity of the entire year, there is one brief moment of reprieve where hoops fans can enjoy […]
  Utah Jazz: Three positives and three negatives about the 2019-20 NBA schedule - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - Utah Jazz: Why the 2019-20 schedule sets up for a slow start

  13-08-2019 12:19 via sportspyder.com
  The 2019-20 schedule has been released, and the Utah Jazz have not been given a favorable beginning to the season. Here is the moment of the summer that ev...
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz get 2019-20 schedule amenable to their title aspirations

  13-08-2019 07:06 via sportspyder.com
  After getting the shaft from schedule makers the last two seasons, the Utah Jazz's 2019-20 schedule is one that could aid in their championship aspirations...
  
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• Utah Jazz get 2019-20 schedule amenable to their title aspirations

  13-08-2019 07:03
  After getting the shaft from schedule makers the last two seasons, the Utah Jazz’s 2019-20 schedule is one that could aid in their championship aspirations. Say what you will about the cupcake walk the Utah Jazz enjoyed on the back end of their 2018-19 schedule, the fact still remains that their first-half slate was about […]
  Utah Jazz get 2019-20 schedule amenable to their title aspirations - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Women accuse opera legend Placido Domingo of sexual harassment

  13-08-2019 06:47
  For decades, Placido Domingo, one of the most celebrated and powerful men in opera, has tried to pressure women into sexual relationships by dangling jobs and then sometimes punishing the women professionally when they refused his advances, numerous accusers told The Associated Press.Regarded as one of the greatest opera singers of all time, Domingo also is a prolific conductor and the director of the Los Angeles Opera. The multiple Grammy winner is an immensely respected figure in his rarefied
  
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• Man dies in ‘apparent drowning’ at Lake Powell

  13-08-2019 05:21
  The body of an Arizona man was found in Lake Powell after what investigators are calling an "apparent drowning."Albert Shortman, 33, from Cow Springs, Ariz., was reported missing at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday morning, about an hour and a half after he last had been seen. Searchers found his body near the Wahweap Swim Beach, close to Page, Ariz., according to a news statement Monday from Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.The National Park Service and sheriff’s officials from Coconino County, Ar
  
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• Mayors in southwest Salt Lake County launch a new growth study. The county is paying close attention.

  13-08-2019 04:39
  Riverton • After feeling a little neglected a year ago by elected leaders for Salt Lake County, cities in the southwest corner of the valley are starting to get their attention.Several members of the County Council have toured plots of lands being eyed for the huge and controversial Olympia Hills development near Herriman in recent days, guided by residents who opposed an earlier version of the project.Another council member carpooled with the mayors of Herriman, South Jordan and Riverton d
  
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• BYU has an overabundance of senior safeties in 2019 — and that’s a good thing

  13-08-2019 03:47
  Provo • Remember how BYU had an overabundance of senior linebackers last year?Dynamic playmaker Sione Takitaki moved on to the NFL’s Cleveland Browns, while Butch Pau’u, Riggs Powell, Adam Pulsipher, Nate Sampson and Rhett Sandlin also exhausted their college football eligibility.This season, four of BYU’s top six safeties are seniors: Austin Lee, Sawyer Powell, Austin Kafentzis and Beau Tanner. So naturally, expectations are high along the final wall of defense.“It&
  
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• [Sporting News] - Mike Conley Jr. discusses trade from Grizzlies to Jazz: ‘It’s a new beginning’

  13-08-2019 03:39 via sportspyder.com
  "It’s a new beginning, a new journey, a new challenge and I love that," Conley told USA Today's HoopsHype.
  
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• Canada’s James Piccoli wins Tour of Utah Prologue by 6 seconds

  13-08-2019 03:20
  Canadian James Piccoli won the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah Prologue on Monday, finishing the 3.2-mile course at Snowbird Resort in 8 minutes, 37 seconds.“It’s a great confidence boost going into the week,” said Piccoli, of Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling. “For sure, seven seconds is not going to be the difference this week between winning and losing with some of the climbs coming up, which are quite beautiful, but also quite hard. But it’s a great way to start the week.&rd
  
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