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• Callie Apt: Nearly 1,000 families left hanging when Salt Lake City after-school program fills up

  27-08-2019 23:51
  Last week was an exciting time for families as students pulled out their backpacks, took first day of school pictures and entered their classrooms to meet their teachers for the first time.This week was also a very stressful time for nearly 1,000 families in Salt Lake City who were affected by the sudden loss of the Salt Lake City School District After School Program that they have relied on for their children.Administered by the Community Education Department of Salt Lake School District, and f
  
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• RSL’s second-half surge has the team in its best position in years

  27-08-2019 23:34
  Herriman • It’s a common refrain among people associated with the club: Real Salt Lake is a second-half team. In the last 11 games, RSL has only lost twice, and one of those was to Western Conference juggernaut Los Angeles FC.The same thing has played out in recent years. During an 11-game stretch in 2018 from July 4 through Sept. 1, Real won six games, drew three and lost two. In 2017, RSL went 7-3-2 between July 4 and Sept. 23.Salt Lake missed the playoffs in 2017, and needed an imp
  
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• Robert S. Broadhead: Inland ports are already ruining the environment of the west

  27-08-2019 23:17
  While cycling to Saltair recently, along the shoreline of Great Salt Lake, I noticed large signs advertising: “Phase 1 Coming Soon For Lease: Class A Bulk Distribution.” What this means is that the building of Salt Lake’s proposed inland port has begun.Its proponents claim that the port will boost Salt Lake into becoming “The Gateway to the West.” In my study, I have discovered that this claim rests significantly on deception and exaggeration.For example, I drove pa
  
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• Utah man accused of running a multimillion-dollar opioid ring says he thought he was helping people

  27-08-2019 22:56
  When Aaron Shamo was running a multimillion-dollar pill-pressing operation out of the basement of his Utah home in 2016, he told himself he was doing something good.Facing a federal jury on Tuesday, he testified that he was receiving positive messages from people who told him they couldn’t get pain pills from their doctor, and his product was helping them. People loved the drugs he sent, he testified.But at that time, he said he had no idea how addictive the knock-off prescriptions pills w
  
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• Jana Riess: With new gun rule, Latter-day Saints take a step away from the Republican right wing

  27-08-2019 22:33
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has just updated its policy on firearms, moving from a recommendation that lethal weapons, including guns, were considered “inappropriate” on church property to an outright prohibition of them.The new policy clarifies that “churches are dedicated for the worship of God and as havens from the cares and concerns of the world. With the exception of current law enforcement officers, the carrying of lethal weapons on church property, c
  
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• He's already got our @rudygobert27https://twitter.com/FIBAWC/status/1166433990070263808 …

  27-08-2019 22:30 via twitter.com
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• ‘Coward’: Epstein accusers pour out their anger in court

  27-08-2019 22:08
  New York • One by one, 16 women who say they were sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein poured out their anger Tuesday, lashing out at him as a coward and a manipulator, after a judge gave them the day in court they were denied when he killed himself behind bars."He robbed me of my dreams, of my chance to pursue a career I adored," said Jennifer Araoz, who has accused Epstein of raping her in his New York mansion when she was a 15-year-old aspiring actress.The hearing was convened by U.S. Dist
  
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• Catherine Rampell: The problems with Larry Kudlow’s latest tax plan

  27-08-2019 21:30
  Washington • Leave it to the Trump administration to push the worst possible way to either stimulate the economy or help the middle class.Depending on the day (or hour), President Trump either is or isn't worried about the risk of recession. He either is or isn't contemplating ways to stave off such a risk through tax cuts. He either is or isn't contemplating payroll tax cuts specifically.And he has similarly vacillated on proposals to reduce capital gains taxes. Last Tuesday afternoon, he
  
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• Judge orders imprisoned polygamist leader to give deposition

  27-08-2019 21:23
  A Utah judge has ordered imprisoned polygamist leader Warren Jeffs to give a deposition in a sex abuse case.KUTV-TV reports that District Judge G. Michael Westfall in St. George on Tuesday ordered Jeffs to provide the deposition from prison in Texas.Jeffs and a community trust that once belonged to a polygamous sect run by Jeffs on the Utah-Arizona border were sued in 2017 by a woman who says she was sexually abused by Jeffs when she was a child.Lawsuits for the trust argued that Jeffs has suffe
  
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• Alexandra Petri: Quiz: How will you be rehabilitated after your time in the Trump administration?

  27-08-2019 21:00
  So, you served in the Trump administration! You were the face of a regime that separates families, cozies up to foreign strongmen and is the source of an entire litany of horrors, and you have boldly and baldly bent the truth on its behalf.You might think, "After such a time, I will never be welcome anywhere, ever again!" but you would be wrong. This is America 2019, so the question is not if, but when! Take this short quiz to find out in what form you'll be back.1. How do you feel about your ti
  
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• Dana Milbank: Is Trump a president or a timeshare salesman?

  27-08-2019 20:30
  Washington • The Amazon is burning, a trade war is escalating, and the world economy is deteriorating.Enter President Trump, taking the stage on Monday at the Group of Seven gathering of world leaders in Biarritz, France, to assure an anxious world that … his golf resort in Miami is just tremendous!“With Doral, we have a series of magnificent buildings — we call them bungalows — they each hold from 50 to 70 very luxurious rooms with magnificent views,” Trump s
  
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• Tell The Tribune: Has it been hard for you to access mental health services in Utah?

  27-08-2019 20:09
  More than a third of adults in some Utah communities are suffering from depression, and less than half of adults with mental illness have received any treatment or counseling, according to a report by the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute and the Utah Hospital Association.The Salt Lake Tribune wants to know if you have faced any difficulties accessing mental health services. Your responses won’t be published without your permission. A reporter from The Salt Lake Tribune might reach out for f
  
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• [KSL] - Ben Anderson: Will Donovan Mitchell struggle with better teammates? | KSL.com

  27-08-2019 19:56 via sportspyder.com
  Donovan Mitchell has looked good, but not great with his peers on Team USA? Is that a reflection of how he'll play with his newly improved Jazz roster?
  
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• Reach for the heavens as a family, President Russell Nelson urges Ecuadorian Latter-day Saints

  27-08-2019 19:44
  At 9,350 feet in elevation, Quito is among the highest capitals in the world, but President Russell M. Nelson wants Ecuadorian Latter-day Saints to aim even higher: heaven.To reach that lofty destination with their families, he said, will require love at home and obedience to divine commands.“The home must be God’s laboratory to love and serve. That’s where a husband loves his wife, a wife loves her husband, and parents and children love each other,” the 94-year-old leade
  
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• Letter: Now everyone wants to acquire a bit of foreign land

  27-08-2019 19:23
  Recently received reports indicate a plethora of potential land acquisitions in the works, prompted by President Trump’s interest in purchasing Greenland. The Russians are very interested in re-purchasing Alaska, but with the proviso that Sarah Palin relocate to the lower 48. The Dutch covet Manhattan, although, due to current real estate valuations there, it is believed that their offer will combine cash and tulip futures. The British have expressed great interest in re-acquiring Plymouth
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Donovan Mitchell wants to become an elite defender

  27-08-2019 19:09 via sportspyder.com
  Utah Jazz shooting guard Donovan Mitchell has made a name for himself in a relatively short period of time. Now entering his third season of service in the league, the former Louisville Cardinal says he’s looking to elevate his defensive game....
  
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• Utah treatment center sued after boys engaged in sex acts in a seclusion room

  27-08-2019 18:44
  He was sent far from home to a youth treatment center in Utah to get help.But while at Copper Hills Youth Center in 2014, this Wyoming teen was left alone with other boys who struggle with sexual issues. They acted out sexually on one another — an event that has left the boy with lasting issues.His guardian is now suing the West Jordan facility, alleging its staff did not properly supervise residents, and should have known the teens would harm one another if left alone.And this is only one
  
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• ‘Nothing lasts forever,’ but the Utes hope to keep beating BYU

  27-08-2019 18:44
  Utah's season-opening game at BYU could become much more important in December.If the Utes are contending for a College Football Playoff berth as the 2019 season winds down, as some national observers have suggested, a win over the Cougars will have helped. For now, the Utes know only that they’re playing to justify a No. 14 ranking, extend their winning streak in the rivalry and start their season on a nice trajectory.That’s plenty to play for, but this is nothing like the 2004 matc
  
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• Donovan Mitchell has a goal in his third year — become an elite defender

  27-08-2019 18:43
  Sydney, Australia • June 22, 2017 wasn’t all that long ago. Just two years, plus some change.But because of everything that’s happened in Donovan Mitchell’s career — a sensational rookie campaign, leading a team to a playoff series win, and even now, being named a captain of Team USA as they head to a FIBA World Cup — it’s still difficult to remember how quickly his rapid ascent has been. But that’s the date Donovan Mitchell was drafted into the NBA
  
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• The Amazon’s role in global climate change

  27-08-2019 18:41
  Rio De Janeiro • Fires across the Brazilian Amazon have sparked an international outcry for preservation of the world*s largest rainforest. Here’s a look at the role the Amazon plays in regulating the world’s climate:Is the world’s oxygen supply at risk?No. While it's commonly said that the Amazon produces 20% of the world's oxygen, climate scientists say that figure is wrong and the oxygen supply is not directly at risk in any case. That's because forests, including the A
  
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• [KSL] - Order restored: US beats Canada in pre-World Cup basketball | KSL.com

  27-08-2019 18:29 via sportspyder.com
  Order restored. After losing for the first time in nearly 13 years two days earlier, the United States rebounded to outclass Canada 84-68 in a pre-World Cup exhibition basketball game Monday.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Donovan Mitchell has a goal in his third year — become an elite defender

  27-08-2019 18:14 via sportspyder.com
  June 22, 2017 wasn’t all that long ago. Just two years, plus some change.
  
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• Proposed heliport at Utah’s Powder Mountain raises concerns

  27-08-2019 17:33
  Eden • A proposed heliport at a Utah ski resort is raising concerns about environmental impact and other issues, a report said.SMHG Village Development has applied for a conditional use permit to operate a heliport at Powder Mountain, The Standard-Examiner reported Sunday.The facility would house a helicopter to haul skiers, mountain bikers and anglers to remote areas of the resort 59 miles north of Salt Lake City.The Ogden Valley Planning Commission is scheduled to consider the permit requ
  
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• David Brooks: The one united struggle for freedom

  27-08-2019 17:30
  Hong Kong • Thirty years ago, I covered a lot of democracy rallies. They were held in the Soviet Union, Ukraine, Central Europe, South Africa and the Middle East. Last week, I covered some more, this time in Hong Kong.In many ways the Hong Kong rallies felt exactly like the rallies I covered as a cub journalist. There was the same fervent faith in democracy, the same roiling conviction that human beings deserve to live at their full dignity — able to think what they want, read what th
  
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• Weather: Rain possible for Utah-BYU game as the heat rises across the state

  27-08-2019 17:22
  Salt Lake City will stay in the 80s Tuesday and then the temperatures climb to 100 degrees over the holiday weekend.The National Weather Service says Salt Lake City will reach the upper 80s on Tuesday. The temperatures move into the mid-90s for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.Saturday, the heat will increase to the upper 90s. Then Sunday, the weather service is predicting the temperature to reach 100 degrees. On Labor Day, the temperature will return to the mid-90s.The National Weather Service sa
  
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• Utah’s Tintic Mill may be a great place for photos, but you can also be poisoned by lead and arsenic, get a trespassing citation, state warns

  27-08-2019 17:00
  At Tintic Mill, come for the early 20th-century industrialism snuggled into what’s now a wildlife management area. Stay to be sickened by lead, arsenic and have a state agent ticket you for trespassing.The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources on Tuesday issued what’s become a biennial reminder that Tintic Standard Reduction Mill, near Goshen, is closed to the public. The latest news release from DWR says some of the foot traffic to the mill appears to be driven by online guides callin
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Donovan Mitchell is Gaining Popularity

  27-08-2019 16:54 via sportspyder.com
  Jazz fans every how have no idea how to react
  
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• The all-electric home: Tackling air pollution by cutting off natural gas

  27-08-2019 16:31
  Editor’s note • Through a grant from Solutions Journalism Network, The Salt Lake Tribune is examining lesser known contributors to air pollution — our homes and our workplaces — and possible solutions to mitigate the effects they have on the air we breathe. In the second of a three-part series, we focus on the promises — and concerns — of homes powered solely by electricity. Read part 1: Homes are a big part of Salt Lake City’s air pollution problem. They
  
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• Gordon Monson: Against Utah, BYU’s Kalani Sitake seeks the landmark victory he wants ... and needs

  27-08-2019 16:30
  “You can’t always get what you want.“You can’t always get what you want.“You can’t always get what you want.“But if you try sometimes you just might find you get what you need.”Not sure who has sung those words more — Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, or Kalani Sitake.In Sitake’s case, whether it’s fair or not, what he wants and what he needs might be one and the same — a win over Utah.Everybody knows, foremost among them Sitake
  
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• UTA usually prevents more pollution than it creates — but not always

  27-08-2019 15:31
  Utah Transit Authority buses and trains usually prevent more pollution than they create by reducing single-rider car trips. But a new study says that is not always the case.At times and places with low ridership — such as weekends, evenings and outside the crowded urban core — the emission-cutting benefits of UTA dwindle and even disappear, according to the study by University of Utah researchers Daniel Mendoza, Martin Buchert and John Lin.Still, it says UTA eliminates about 1.5% of
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: LA Rams’ Todd Gurley rocks Donovan Mitchell’s No. 45

  27-08-2019 15:30 via sportspyder.com
  LA Rams star RB and one-time fantasy football darling Todd Gurley repped the Utah Jazz's Donovan Mitchell in a major way on Monday. After a pair of rough p...
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Investigators reportedly can’t use some of the camera footage from outside Epstein’s cell

  27-08-2019 15:29
  Happy Tuesday!Some of the video footage captured outside the prison cell where sex offender Jeffrey Epstein hanged himself is useless to investigators, according to individuals familiar with evidence in the case. It’s not clear why the recording from at least one of the hallway cameras is flawed. Clearer footage was reportedly recorded elsewhere in the vicinity of Epstein’s cell. [WaPost]Topping the news: One “pro-family” and “pro-life” workshop has been cance
  
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• Letter: Gun rights in the U.S. are not ‘God-given’

  27-08-2019 15:28
  The Aug. 9 Salt Lake Tribune article “GOP challenger: ‘Red flag’ laws are not the solution to gun violence” about Mary Burkett, who seeks Rep. Chris Stewart’s seat, indicates that both individuals hold views of gun rights that the courts never adopted in the 1700s, 1800s or 1900s.Yet Burkett goes further: "Red flag laws restrict our rights and our rights come from God. Period."Any attempts to harmonize her view with reality raises numerous questions:1. Our 1787 Cons
  
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• Letter: This is what the LDS Church is worried about?

  27-08-2019 15:27
  Regarding the recent Salt Lake Tribune article titled “Beware of those fancy coffee drinks, church warns Latter-day Saints” by Brady McCombs, of The Associated Press, I have this response:Is this really what LDS Church officials are worried about? What about separations of families at our Mexican border? What about gun violence in our society? What about protecting our air, water and earth, which are God's creations? What about the racism and anti-immigrant rants which come out of th
  
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• Letter: The glory days of growth in the Southwest are over

  27-08-2019 15:25
  So, the Utah Legislative Auditor General has concluded that, in a perfect world, there is a way to pay for the Lake Powell Pipeline (LPP). Albeit based on the willingness of Washington County citizenry to accept huge increases in impact fees, water rates and property taxes, while the rest of us pick up the tab for the remainder. All to provide for the 350,000 people they believe will be moving into their rapidly warming community.Despite the audit’s predictable outcome, the absurdity of th
  
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• Letter: Trump was looking the wrong way

  27-08-2019 15:23
  Reading Alexandria Petri’s opinion piece (“Oh, good, Donald Trump is God now,”) gave me many chuckles, especially after watching Donald Trump on TV declaring that he is “the chosen one.”But, alas, he looked the wrong way. Instead of looking up he should have been looking down.Hugh Culley, MurraySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Facebook has betrayed its founding dream

  27-08-2019 15:22
  I bought Facebook stock on the very first day it came out. I’m no stock whiz kid, but I recognized a Harvard dropout’s idealism and the potential of technology to connect people rapidly across space, time and every walk of life.Mark Zuckerberg is a dreamer from a generation I recognize, because baby boomers were dreamers once, too, especially in our youth.But I recently sold all of my Facebook stock on principle. The dream I saw in the company isn’t simply tarnished; it’s
  
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• Letter: An Alaska perspective on Utah public lands

  27-08-2019 15:21
  I love Utah. But as a frequent visitor to this very unique and special piece of America, I’ve learned that not all Utahans are particularly fond of folks like me who support protection of our collectively owned public lands.This lesson was made perfectly clear by a couple of gentlemen in a Monticello restaurant who objected to the opinions, and indeed the very presence, of “folks who are not from around here.”This kind parochial disdain for outsiders is not unique. Some of my f
  
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• Paul Krugman: Trump and The Art of the Fail

  27-08-2019 15:15
  The “very stable genius” in the Oval Office is, in fact, extremely unstable, in word and deed. That’s not a psychological diagnosis, although you can make that case, too. It’s just a straightforward description of his behavior. And his instability is starting to have serious economic consequences.To see what I mean about Trump’s behavior, just consider his moves on China trade over the past month, which have been so erratic that even those of us who follow this stuf
  
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• Utah Jazz: LA Rams’ Todd Gurley rocks Donovan Mitchell’s No. 45

  27-08-2019 15:00
  LA Rams star RB and one-time fantasy football darling Todd Gurley repped the Utah Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell in a major way on Monday. After a pair of rough performances in the NFC Championship Game and Super Bowl LIII and rumblings of an “arthritic component to his knee” via his personal trainer, fantasy football owners have definitely […]
  Utah Jazz: LA Rams’ Todd Gurley rocks Donovan Mitchell’s No. 45 - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - N
  
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• Callie Apt: Nearly 1,000 families left hanging when Salt Lake City after-school program closes

  27-08-2019 15:00
  Last week was an exciting time for families as students pulled out their backpacks, took first day of school pictures and entered their classrooms to meet their teachers for the first time.This week was also a very stressful time for nearly 1,000 families in Salt Lake City who were affected by the sudden loss of the Salt Lake City School District After School Program that they have relied on for their children.Administered by the Community Education Department of Salt Lake School District, and f
  
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• Robert Kirby: Space crime? Call in the cosmic cops.

  27-08-2019 14:00
  It was bound to happen. Sooner or later someone was going to commit a crime in outer space.Was it monster-ism? Treasonous behavior with aliens? Nonconsensual sex with another life form?Nope. Turns out the first crime in space may just be a boring domestic dispute. I didn’t know it was possible to fight with your spouse or ex-spouse from 175 miles above Earth, but it is.According to a report by The New York Times, astronaut Anne McClain improperly accessed the bank account of her estranged
  
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• Advocates for Utah sex workers argue for wiping out criminal penalties for safety’s sake

  27-08-2019 14:00
  The best way of protecting sex workers is to decriminalize their industry and allow them to come out of the shadows, a Salt Lake City nonprofit told Utah lawmakers and other members of a state task force Monday.While human trafficking should remain outlawed, many people are engaged in the sex trade by choice and should be able to work without fear of criminal prosecution, said Nicole Maestas, who co-founded a local chapter of the Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP).“We very much stand behi
  
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• LDS Charities, partners are assembling 375,000 meals for needy kids as part of United Nations gathering

  27-08-2019 07:12
  The 68th United Nations Civil Society Conference this week in Salt Lake City has a long-range vision of helping to build “inclusive and sustainable cities and communities.”The service project connected to the three-day gathering has a more immediate aim: Assemble 375,000 meals for needy children.To that end, volunteers of every stripe Monday rolled up their sleeves, slapped on plastic gloves, donned colorful hairnets and took their places in assembly lines at the Salt Palace Conventi
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Rams RB Todd Gurley shows appreciation for Jazz star Donovan Mitchell during press conference

  27-08-2019 07:10 via sportspyder.com
  Sports fans love it when top athletes of different sports show camaraderie and support each other. The latest duo to jump on this wholesome trend is Los Angeles Rams running back Todd Gurley and Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell. During a recent...
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Donovan Mitchell, Team USA get back on track with win over Canada

  27-08-2019 06:55 via sportspyder.com
  Although it wasn't a perfect outing, Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell bounced back nicely with his Team USA squad on Monday as the group overcame Canada in...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Donovan Mitchell, Team USA get back on track with win over Canada

  27-08-2019 06:42
  Although it wasn’t a perfect outing, Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell bounced back nicely with his Team USA squad on Monday as the group overcame Canada in their final exhibition game. After suffering a stunning and historic loss to the Australian National Team in the second-to-last exhibition game before entering FIBA World Cup play, Team […]
  Utah Jazz: Donovan Mitchell, Team USA get back on track with win over Canada - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Utah Jazz: Predicting the 2019-20 Season

  27-08-2019 06:08 via sportspyder.com
  Most teams should be starting up their training camps in late September, and then preseason basketball will kick off on the first week of October. So hang in there, Jazz fans!
  
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• Charles M. Blow: For Trump, everything is personal

  27-08-2019 05:05
  For Donald Trump, all is personal.And in his view, he is not the executive of the company. He is the embodiment of the country. He runs the country the way he ran his business, as the curating and promotion of his personal brand.The people who support him are customers — people to be sold a vision and a dream. The people who criticize or oppose him threaten the brand and must be dealt with.For Trump, everything is image-based and rooted in the appearance of personal relationships. When the
  
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• Plenty will be different for Utah State this time vs. Wake Forest — maybe even the outcome

  27-08-2019 03:40
  Given what happened to the Utah State football team in its last meeting against Wake Forest, it would be fair to say that quarterback Jordan Love has mixed feelings.On the one hand, the Aggies were getting worked over pretty good in what would turn out to be a 46-10 defeat back on Sept. 16, 2017. On the other hand, the beatdown was so severe, the USU coaches decided to throw Love out there in the third quarter to see what he could do, and he responded with his first career touchdown pass on a 77
  
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