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• Vatican denies risk of default over structural deficit

  22-10-2019 23:53
  Vatican City • A top Vatican administrator is denying the Holy See risks default over its structural deficit, saying assertions in a new book about possible financial ruin are overblown.Archbishop Nunzio Galantino, president of the office that manages the Vatican’s real estate and other assets, told the Avvenire newspaper of the Italian bishops’ conference Tuesday all that is needed is a “spending review” to bring down costs.Galantino was responding to claims in a ne
  
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• 50 Predictions for the 2019-20 NBA Season

  22-10-2019 23:42 via basketballinsiders.com
  Drew Maresca and the Basketball Insiders team offer their annual 50 predictions for the NBA season.
  
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• Opening night rosters have lowest return rate of any year this century

  22-10-2019 23:40
  The upcoming NBA season is going to look tremendously different, for several different reasons, for nearly every team around the league.
  Per our research, only 43.6 percent of players in the NBA will return to the same team that they were on for opening night last year.
  Some may point to less loyalty from players, like the unprecedented decision for Kawhi Leonard to leave the Toronto Raptors after winning a title. Others may argue that it is more on the side of front offices, like the Charlotte
  
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• Diplomat: Trump linked Ukraine aid to demand for probe

  22-10-2019 23:24
  Washington • Former U.S. Ambassador William Taylor provided lawmakers Tuesday with a vivid, detailed and what some lawmakers called "disturbing" account of the way President Donald Trump wanted to put the new Ukraine president "in a public box" by demanding a quid pro quo at the center of the impeachment probe.In a lengthy opening statement to House investigators, Taylor described the way Trump's demand that "everything" Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy wanted, including vital milita
  
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• George Pyle: Utah lawmakers want to make it even harder to be poor

  22-10-2019 23:00
  “If you want more of something, subsidize it; if you want less of something, tax it.”— Ronald ReaganThe Gipper’s concise philosophy of government might work for some things.It is the idea behind taxing, sometimes at very high rates, cigarettes and alcohol. And for subsidizing, for reasons that escape logic in the 21st century, oil wells and coal mines.Although true libertarian economic thinkers would point out that, if sin taxes get too high, it only serves to create a bl
  
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• Join The Salt Lake Tribune in a series of live conversation groups about Salt Lake’s dynamic west side

  22-10-2019 22:51
  [Click here to translate this article.]Utah is one of the fastest-growing states in the nation and, particularly in Salt Lake County, the population is changing.So, what does the future of Utah look like? How will the economy, people, landscape and even recreation change?We can find some of those answers by exploring the Salt Lake Valley’s dynamic west side.This area is the most racially diverse in our historically homogenous state. And it is growing fast. Many of the schools are majority
  
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• More choices and stable premiums for ‘Obamacare’ next year

  22-10-2019 21:56
  Washington • Consumers will have more health insurance choices next year under the much-debated Obama health care law and premiums will dip slightly for many, the Trump administration announced Tuesday.President Donald Trump was elected on a promise to repeal "Obamacare." But despite his repeated efforts the program has stabilized three years into his administration. That may be short-lived.The administration is asking a federal appeals court in New Orleans to overturn the entire Affordable
  
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• More than 175 birds seized in Utah hoarding case

  22-10-2019 21:42
  More than 175 animals were removed from a West Valley City home in what city officials are calling one of the biggest bird-hoarding cases they've encountered.Animal control officers removed 15 geese, several chickens, a parrot and 156 pigeons from the home this month, FOX 13 reported."A ton of pigeons," West Valley City Animal Services Director Maranda Weathermon told FOX 13. "All sorts. Big ones, little ones."Many of the pigeons are unique breeds, for showing, racing and keeping as pets, Weathe
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz open most hyped season in years against Oklahoma City Thunder at home

  22-10-2019 21:15 via sportspyder.com
  Will the Jazz find their defense and stop an aging CP3 and youthful Shai Gilgeous-Alexander?
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Qualtrics Renews Jersey Patch with the Utah Jazz

  22-10-2019 21:13 via sportspyder.com
  Qualtrics Renews Jersey Patch with the Utah Jazz - YouTube Skip navigation Sign in Search Loading... Close This video is unavailable. Get YouTube without the ads Working...
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Stanton Kidd snags the 15th roster spot

  22-10-2019 21:10 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz's opening night roster is officially set as the team bid adieu to  French forward William Howard and welcomed Stanton Kidd to the fold. Its ...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Stanton Kidd snags the 15th roster spot

  22-10-2019 20:56
  The Utah Jazz’s opening night roster is officially set as the team bid adieu to  French forward William Howard and welcomed Stanton Kidd to the fold. Its finally tip-off week in the NBA which, for the Utah Jazz, means an October 23 date with Chris Paul, Steven Adams and the Oklahoma City Thunder. After completing […]
  Utah Jazz: Stanton Kidd snags the 15th roster spot - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• “I told Joe: he’s not retiring until I do.”pic.twitter.com/tBIPhG01Vf – bei Zions Bank Basketball Center

  22-10-2019 20:52 via twitter.com
  “I told Joe: he’s not retiring until I do.”pic.twitter.com/tBIPhG01Vf – bei Zions Bank Basketball Center
  
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• Southbound I-15 in Roy to close overnight on Friday and Saturday

  22-10-2019 20:29
  Southbound Interstate 15 in Roy is scheduled to close on Friday and Saturday nights to allow work on water pipelines beneath it.It is scheduled to close between Riverdale Road and 5600 South from 10 p.m. on Friday until 8 a.m on Saturday, and again from 10 p.m. on Saturday until 9 a.m. on Sunday.Southbound traffic will be detoured off of I-15 at Interstate 84. The detour will follow I-84 to Riverdale Road, then go to 1900 West, and follow it to 5600 South where cars may re-enter the freeway. Det
  
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• “It’s time to be ready, be focused and come out prepared.”pic.twitter.com/eV0JNv0MCM – bei Zions Bank Basketball Center

  22-10-2019 20:15 via twitter.com
  “It’s time to be ready, be focused and come out prepared.”pic.twitter.com/eV0JNv0MCM – bei Zions Bank Basketball Center
  
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• Take a free ride on UTA on Friday, Saturday by traveling with a paying passenger

  22-10-2019 20:13
  The Utah Transit Authority is allowing its paying customers to bring along a friend for free this Friday and Saturday.Anyone who has a regular ticket or pass may board with a friend without the need of an additional ticket. So for example, if four people are traveling together, only two people will need a ticket or pass.UTA said in a news release that the promotion is designed to introduce public transportation to new riders and to increase overall ridership.“This offer will give riders a
  
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• Utah’s great pass defense will measure itself against Cal’s own tough secondary

  22-10-2019 20:11
  Utah cornerback Jaylon Johnson is less lonely these days.Instead of having him stay on the left side of the field, usually being avoided by opposing offenses, Utah's coaches matched Johnson one-on-one against the best receivers from Oregon State and Arizona State the past two weeks. The strategy worked wonderfully.No. 12 Utah’s first-team defense allowed a total of three points and Johnson got a lot more enjoyment from those games. He became highly involved in the scheme by covering OSU&rs
  
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• Early signs are South Jordan’s water isn’t contaminated, but more tests are underway.

  22-10-2019 20:11
  South Jordan officials say tests of the city’s water supply by an independent laboratory came up clean following a resident’s complaint of contamination by chromium-6, a metallic element that in excessive amounts can cause skin burns and more serious diseases.Despite the lab’s clean bill of health, officials in the southwest Salt Lake County city say they are taking the complaint, including skin problems, seriously and on Tuesday were collecting additional samples for testing.&
  
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• Diplomat provides House with ‘disturbing’ account on Ukraine

  22-10-2019 20:08
  Washington • Former U.S. Ambassador William Taylor, a diplomat who has sharply questioned President Donald Trump’s policy on Ukraine, has provided lawmakers with a “disturbing” account of events at the center of the impeachment probe, Democrats said Tuesday.Lawmakers emerging after the early hours of the private deposition said Taylor had given a lengthy opening statement, with a recall of events that filled in gaps from the testimony of other witnesses. He indicated to la
  
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• Catherine Rampell: Anyone with a TV could be a whistleblower

  22-10-2019 20:04
  I would like to file a whistleblower complaint. With whom, I don't know exactly. But the information I have demands to be heard.It will document how President Trump has set policy for his own personal gain and how senior White House aides have been in on the scam all along.Not that it really matters, but my complaint isn't based on "hearsay." I have witnessed these actions firsthand. You might wonder how. After all, I don't work in the White House or on Trump's legal team; in fact, I've never me
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Joe Ingles: "For me, there's nowhere else that I wanted to be or play"

  22-10-2019 19:46 via sportspyder.com
  Joe Ingles' contract has been extended and the Jazz swingman says there's nowhere else he could imagine being.
  
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• Gordon Monson: If BYU’s Kalani Sitake and his players need a chip on their shoulders, let’s give them a helping hand

  22-10-2019 19:37
  Everybody loves Kalani Sitake.Almost everybody.His players love him, the fans love him, especially when the Cougars pull off huge wins. Hell, I love him, too. He’s a nice man, a good guy, a big ol’ huggable teddy bear, and the right coach for the BYU job, even though at times it doesn’t quite look that way. The question remains: Does Tom Holmoe — and the AD’s board of superiors — love him?Beats me. Maybe they don’t know, yet, either.Sitake says he coache
  
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• Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson proposes tax hike in her first budget plan

  22-10-2019 19:03
  In the first budget proposal of her administration, Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson presented a “no frills” plan Tuesday without any “aggressive expansions” to county programs or initiatives.The budget instead aims to address several “huge structural problems” facing the county — including $4 million off the top for the upcoming 2020 election and money to staff a new 3rd District Court the Legislature created but did not fully fund — through a
  
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• Michelle Miller: ‘Affordable housing’ is not a dirty word

  22-10-2019 19:00
  My first apartment cost $425 a month. I was able to afford that while working full time, making $8 an hour, as a cashier at Market Street Grill.The Bigelow Apartments on 200 South 400 East is where I called home. Was it a luxury apartment? Not by a long shot. Was I able to afford it, even on a meager wage, while still having money for necessities and extras? Yes.The Bigelow Apartments have been shuttered recently, thus further shortening the list of affordable housing in Salt Lake City.A number
  
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• Jana Riess: The new LDS temple recommend questions — clear as mud, part 1

  22-10-2019 18:13
  At the 189th Semiannual General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, one of the many changes announced was to the temple recommend interview, involving more than a dozen questions that the faithful have to answer before obtaining permission to enter one of the church’s holy temples.There are some minor wording changes to nearly every question — “Christ” to “Jesus Christ,” for example — and eliminating the sexism that was embedde
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Trump has raised more for his reelection than any other sitting president in history at this point in the campaign

  22-10-2019 18:09
  President Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee have raised more than $300 million this year for his reelection — more than any other sitting president in history at this point in the campaign. And Democrats are growing increasingly alarmed by the spending chasm between the two sides as they consider the implications it could have on the 2020 election. “That’s real trouble,” said Chris Lippincott, a Texas-based Democratic strategist. [Politico]Happy Tuesday!T
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Jazz Rank: Exum Island is number 10

  22-10-2019 17:25 via sportspyder.com
  Has there ever been a more tragic case of injuries in Utah Jazz history? Every year it seems like it’s supposed to be Dante Exum’s year. And right when things are turning in his direction and he’s...
  
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• Trump likens House impeachment inquiry to ‘a lynching’

  22-10-2019 16:57
  Washington • President Donald Trump injected racial overtones into the House impeachment inquiry Tuesday by comparing the Democratic-led investigation into his handling of U.S. policy toward Ukraine to a “lynching.” The highest-ranking African American in Congress warned Trump about making the comparison.Lynchings, or hangings, historically were mostly used by whites against black men, mostly in the South, beginning in the late 19th century amid rising racial tensions in the U.S
  
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• Donovan Mitchell and other Jazz players lose some inches as official heights are released

  22-10-2019 16:47
  With the Jazz’s release of their 2019-20 opening night roster — and corresponding official heights (without shoes) and weights — on Monday afternoon, most of the Jazz’s players saw some small declines, while a few others made some gains.Stanton Kidd was among those to get officially shorter, going from 6-foot-6 to 6-5, but considering his name was on that opening night roster, arguably no one on the team made a bigger gain than he did.The Jazz announced Monday that they h
  
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• Utah’s unusual ‘premarital exams’ for women are being rebranded as sexual health visits for everyone

  22-10-2019 16:39
  Physician Jennifer Gunter was startled by a post she read on Reddit “from a woman whose fiancé insisted she have some kind of premarital exam.”“So, I Googled ‘premarital exam,’ wondering what a woman might find,” Gunter said in a Sept. 9 blog post. The first result was University of Utah Health. “I just about fell off my chair."Gunter was troubled by some of what she read. One section was about keeping antibiotics on hand in case a bride gets a ur
  
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• Lyndsay Werking-Yip: I had a late-term abortion. I am not a monster.

  22-10-2019 16:39
  I am a baby killer.I stopped mid-step on my way into my office in Manhattan, and that thought scrolled through my brain yet again: “I am a baby killer.” It was an April day this year, nine weeks after I ended my child’s life.I decided to keep walking.That is a choice I have to make every day: Give up or keep moving. I have been choosing the latter, over and over again.I consider myself “pro-life.” But that phrase is heavy with multiple meanings. Like “pro-choi
  
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• Study finds U.S. public land workers facing assaults, threats

  22-10-2019 16:26
  Billings, Mont. • Federal employees overseeing U.S. public lands were assaulted or threatened at least 360 times over a five-year period marked by heightened tensions with anti-government groups and dwindling ranks of law enforcement officers, a congressional watchdog agency said Monday.The Government Accountability Office in a new report highlights anti-government tensions that at times have boiled over, including a six-week armed occupation of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon in 2016 a
  
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• Paul Krugman: Can Warren escape the Medicare for All trap?

  22-10-2019 16:00
  On Sunday, Elizabeth Warren said that she would soon release a plan explaining how she intends to pay for “Medicare for All.” Like many policy wonks, I’ll be waiting with bated breath; this could be a make or break moment for her campaign, and possibly for the 2020 election.There are three things you need to know about Medicare for All, which in the current debate has come to mean a pure single-payer health insurance system, in which the government provides all coverage, with n
  
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• Letter: We will miss Elijah Cummings

  22-10-2019 15:50
  This summer, on July 10, I had the honor to travel to Washington, D.C., and testify to the House Oversight and Reform Committee as patient speaking in favor of protections for preexisting conditions. Perhaps the greatest honor was the fact that this committee was chaired by Rep. Elijah Cummings, who passed away this month.I'm heartbroken by the death of this kind, caring, gracious and courageous man. He showed me and the other speakers such respect and compassion. He congratulated me on the birt
  
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• Letter: Utah schools need mental health services

  22-10-2019 15:50
  The state of Utah has the fifth-highest suicide rate in the country. According to Utah’s Department of Health, suicide was the leading cause of death of children ages 10-17 in 2017.In HB 373, the Utah Legislature provided millions of dollars of funding in order to support the growing need for school social workers and other mental health providers within the education system. This significant amount of funding is urgently needed across schools within Utah to tackle the growing suicide rate
  
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• Michelle Cottle: The public servants who are guarding the republic

  22-10-2019 15:47
  President Donald Trump is right: The deep state is alive and well. But it is not the sinister, anti-democratic cabal of his fever dreams. It is, rather, a collection of patriotic public servants — career diplomats, scientists, intelligence officers and others — who, from within the bowels of this corrupt and corrupting administration, have somehow remembered that their duty is to protect the interests, not of a particular leader, but of the American people.Fiona Hill, Michael McKinle
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - What 538’s RAPTOR teaches us about Utah’s Starting 5

  22-10-2019 15:43 via sportspyder.com
  Good things to come, starting tomorrow!
  
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• Longtime Tabernacle organist retires after playing an instrumental, if accidental, role in advancing the visibility of Latter-day Saint women

  22-10-2019 15:29
  Casual scheduling rather than overt activism was the catalyst that made Bonnie Goodliffe the first female organist to accompany The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square on a broadcast.Two male organists were out of the country during three weeks of 1988, and it was too much for the third man to do alone. So conductor Jerold Ottley simply announced to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ famed choir during a rehearsal that Goodliffe, who was a regular organist for Sunday recitals,
  
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• Robert Kirby: Like Mitt, we all sometimes pretend to be someone else in order to be who we really are

  22-10-2019 15:16
  Mitt Romney has admitted that he is “Pierre Delecto” on Twitter, a secret online identity he created in order to … hell if I know. Probably to say things he might later wish to pretend that he didn’t.So far, Pierre Delecto has merely chastised President Donald Trump and in turn flattered Sen. Romney. Those aren’t crimes. If they were, more than half of America would have pending court dates.Trump — perennially annoyed by anything, including stuff he agreed wi
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Trump has raised more for his re-election than any other sitting president in history at this point in the campaign

  22-10-2019 15:00
  President Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee have raised more than $300 million this year for his reelection — more than any other sitting president in history at this point in the campaign. And Democrats are growing increasingly alarmed by the spending chasm between the two sides as they consider the implications it could have on the 2020 election. “That’s real trouble,” said Chris Lippincott, a Texas-based Democratic strategist. [Politico]Happy Tuesday!T
  
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• A tax cut? A tax hike? New tax on candy and soda? Competing Utah tax plans emerge.

  22-10-2019 14:00
  The co-chairmen of a legislative task force have recommended a $75 million tax cut, combining a higher sales tax on groceries with a lower state income tax rate in order to smooth out a growing disparity between Utah’s sales and income tax revenues.But some individual members of the task force have elected to submit their own tax recommendations — ranging from a $420 million tax cut to a $283 million tax hike — calling for new levies on soda and candy, the imposition of a state
  
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• [Basketball Insiders] - Sources: Domantas Sabonis, Pacers Agree to Four-Year Extension

  22-10-2019 07:33 via sportspyder.com
  Indiana Pacers center Domas Sabonis has agreed to a four-year, $79.4M contract extension, league sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. Indiana Pacers center Domas Sabonis has agreed to a four-year, $79.4M contract extension, league sources tell @TheA
  
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• [Basketball Insiders] - Sources: Buddy Hield, Kings Agree to Four-Year Extension

  22-10-2019 07:33 via sportspyder.com
  Source tells @TheAthletic the Kings have agreed to terms on a four-year extension with Buddy Hield worth $86 million in guaranteed money and with $20 million in possible incentives. Big win for both sides to avoid a split here. sides. Source tells @Th
  
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• [Basketball Insiders] - Report: Taurean Prince, Nets Agree to Two-Year Extension

  22-10-2019 07:33 via sportspyder.com
  Brooklyn Nets F Taurean Prince has agreed to a two-year, $29M contract extension, CAA Sports’ Steve Heumann tells ESPN. Brooklyn Nets F Taurean Prince has agreed to a two-year, $29M contract extension, CAA Sports’ Steve Heumann tells ESPN. — Adrian...
  
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• [Basketball Insiders] - Report: Joe Ingles, Jazz Agree to One-Year Extension

  22-10-2019 07:33 via sportspyder.com
  Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles has agreed to a one-year, $14 million extension, keeping him under contract with the franchise through 2021-2022, agent Mark Bartelstein of @PrioritySports tells ESPN. Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles has agreed to a one-year,
  
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• [Basketball Insiders] - Report: Dejounte Murray, Spurs Agree to Four-Year Extension

  22-10-2019 07:33 via sportspyder.com
  San Antonio Spurs guard Dejounte Murray has agreed to a four-year, $64M fully guaranteed contract extension, agent Rich Paul tells @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. San Antonio Spurs guard Dejounte Murray has agreed to a four-year, $64M fully guaranteed...
  
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• Report: Joe Ingles, Jazz Agree to One-Year Extension

  22-10-2019 07:16 via basketballinsiders.com
  Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles has agreed to a one-year, $14 million extension, keeping him under contract with the franchise through 2021-2022, agent Mark Bartelstein of @PrioritySports tells ESPN. Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles has agreed to a one-year, $14 million extension, keeping him under contract with the franchise through 2021-2022, agent Mark Bartelstein of […]
  
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• Hot Cole, Astros face Scherzer, Nats in World Series opener on Tuesday

  22-10-2019 07:00
  Houston • Gerrit Cole rattles off the names of the pitching greats with ease, featuring the same command he shows with his vaunted four-seam fastball.Bob Gibson. Tom Seaver. Don Drysdale.Plus the guys he saw in person as a kid — Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling — when they dominated in October.Now in the midst of perhaps the most remarkable run in baseball history, it’s his turn, starting Game 1 of the World Series.“The people you keep referring to,” Cole said
  
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