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• Johnny Townsend: LDS Church should pay off members’ medical debt

  02-11-2019 23:00
  Mormons are all about self-reliance and personal responsibility, but they are also insistent that all members pay a full tithe. These principles come into conflict when members are hopelessly mired in debt, especially when that debt isn’t the result of poor planning or poor choices. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints could help both its members and itself by paying off its members’ medical debts.Recently, a church in Indiana raised $40,000 to pay off $7.8 million in medi
  
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• Person found dead after Salt Lake City house fire

  02-11-2019 22:48
  Firefighters found a body inside a home that caught fire Saturday morning in Salt Lake City.The blaze broke out around 7:30 a.m. in the basement of a home near 1330 S. 1100 East, fire Capt. Tony Stowe said. Firefighters also found the body in the basement.How the fire started and the person’s death is under investigation. Stowe did not release any identifying information about the deceased and did not know whether that person lived in the home.Active structure fire 1330 south 1100 east. 1
  
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• Live: Zack Moss TD helps Utah cut Washington lead to 14-10 late in first half

  02-11-2019 22:15
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• Have an extra hour? Try passing through the ‘Daylight Saving Doughnut’

  02-11-2019 22:08
  Joshua and Hannah Bowman were driving through northeast Arizona on a cross-country road trip a few years ago, after deciding to move to California from Massachusetts. They had left Four Corners, safely taking U.S. Route 160 as evening rolled in, when something strange started happening on their phones.“We saw that we were changing time zones fairly quickly,” Bowman said. “The twilight added a little bit to the mystery.”Without knowing it, they had entered the Daylight Sav
  
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• Tribune Editorial: A ‘families first’ state doesn’t leave thousands of children uninsured

  02-11-2019 22:00
  We are supposed to be the child-friendly place. So why are we bumping kids off health insurance faster than all but one state?A study out of Georgetown University found that the rate of uninsured children in Utah went up 22% in two years, second only to Tennessee. The 2018 data shows there were 72,000 children — 7.4% of Utah’s total child population — without health coverage. That is more than the entire student population of Granite School District.This punches a hole in our m
  
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• Aaron Sorkin: An open letter to Mark Zuckerberg

  02-11-2019 21:29
  Mark,In 2010, I wrote “The Social Network” and I know you wish I hadn’t. You protested that the film was inaccurate and that Hollywood didn’t understand that some people build things just for the sake of building them. (We do understand that — we do it every day.)I didn’t push back on your public accusation that the movie was a lie because I’d had my say in the theaters, but you and I both know that the screenplay was vetted to within an inch of its life
  
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• ‘Trib Talk’: Mill Creek Canyon’s day system allows different users to enjoy the trails. But rule-breakers are ruining it for everyone.

  02-11-2019 20:02
  The following article is adapted from the latest episode of the “Trib Talk” podcast. Millcreek • Sitting at the edge of the stream in Mill Creek Canyon, Angel Vice said one of her favorite things to do when her children were younger was to bring them and the family dog up the canyon where they could all be free to run around.“This was such a treasure," said Vice, a candidate for Millcreek mayor. “I think wild spaces are essential for the soul and a growing mind. And
  
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• Karl Sears: We must learn to innovate our way out of climate disaster

  02-11-2019 20:00
  Many excellent climate change related articles have been published in The Salt Lake Tribune this past year, touching on most of the dire predictions that civilization will face if we are unable to wean ourselves from fossil fuels. Last December I contributed a commentary that focused primarily on the threat of rising sea levels and increased ocean temperatures that will eventually destroy most coral beds unless mitigated.According to a World Atlas article, at least 52 countries around the world,
  
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• ‘Chalkbus’ inspires drawings and connectivity in Utah County

  02-11-2019 20:00
  American Fork • No matter where he parks his VW bus coated in chalkboard paint, Jonathan Sherman comes back to find great new art adorning the sides.Once a week, he washes it and creates a new canvass for the amateur artists of American Fork who are inspired to fill its sides.The story behind what has become known as the "chalkbus" even inspired a mini documentary by college students, the Daily Herald reports .The idea to make it a rolling chalkboard came to Sherman when the bus was due for
  
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• Ogden carjacker killed in head-on crash

  02-11-2019 19:47
  Ogden • Ogden police say a man who carjacked a car was then killed in a head-on crash several miles away when the stolen vehicle veered into oncoming traffic.Police say the carjacked had first tried unsuccessfully to steal one woman's vehicle at a mall before confronting another woman and stealing her car moments later Friday night.Police said the man stopped at a gas station about three miles away to buy cigarettes before crashing head-on with a van whose driver suffered minor injuries in
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - The Year of Parity, Chapter 1: June, July, and the Death of the Superteam

  02-11-2019 19:30 via sportspyder.com
  The era of superteamshas apparently passed and the year of parity has begun. One such team resides in Salt Lake City. The Jazz have legitimate hope. Enter 4th Quarter Kawhi.
  
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• University of Utah men’s basketball has its youngest team in the Larry Krystkowiak era

  02-11-2019 19:25
  This is the second in a series of stories previewing the men’s and women’s college basketball season. Read the first story: Things are slowly coming together for BYU in Mark Pope’s first season leading the Cougars. Coming Monday: Utah State men.Entering his ninth season as Utah’s basketball coach, Larry Krystkowiak sounds thrilled about the program’s future.Krystkowiak optimistically compares his team to the era of Brandon Taylor, Jordan Loveridge and Dakarai Tucker
  
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• New United Utah Party grows slowly, even as disapproval of GOP, Dems is high

  02-11-2019 19:16
  Midvale • The fledgling United Utah Party set up 50 chairs Saturday in the lunchroom of Midvale Middle School for its Salt Lake County convention. It was a close guess: 46 adults showed up, plus four children — a far cry from the sports arenas and convention halls filled by GOP and Democratic conventions.The UUP also has only 1,787 registered members statewide, a minuscule 0.11% of all Utah voters.That shows Utahns are not exactly flocking to the party formed two years ago by disaffec
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jeff Green, on his eighth NBA team, finds his home on the basketball court

  02-11-2019 19:07 via sportspyder.com
  Jeff Green is a 33-year-old basketball player for the Utah Jazz. He was born in Cheverly, Maryland, which is about eight miles away from the White House. He played high school basketball in Hyattsville, Maryland — about seven miles away from the...
  
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• Jeff Green, on his eighth NBA team, finds his home on the basketball court

  02-11-2019 19:05
  Jeff Green is a 33-year-old basketball player for the Utah Jazz. He was born in Cheverly, Maryland, which is about eight miles away from the White House. He played high school basketball in Hyattsville, Maryland — about seven miles away from the White House. He went to college at Georgetown University, where he played his home games in Capital One Arena, less than a mile away from the White House. He spent 21 years of his life in the Washington, D.C. area.Last season, he played for the Was
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Marc Gasol speaks out on Mike Conley’s start with Jazz

  02-11-2019 19:02 via sportspyder.com
  Mike Conley has not gotten off to a great start with his new Utah Jazz club. In six games, he is averaging just 13.2 points, 4.3 assists, 2.3 rebounds and 1.2 steals over 27.8 minutes per game while shooting 33.3 percent from the floor, 29.7 percent...
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Kings Out-Hustle the Jazz For Their First Win, 102-101

  02-11-2019 19:01 via sportspyder.com
  Its a game that the Jazz wish they could have back. Mike Conley said as much after the Jazz fell to 4-2. We knew it wasnt the last minute that lost us the game. Not...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Eric Walden: Warriors ought to just tank this season now. Actually, they may not have a choice.

  02-11-2019 18:38 via sportspyder.com
  “Life comes at you fast,” Matthew Broderick noted at the end of “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.”
  
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• Eric Walden: Warriors ought to just tank this season now. Actually, they may not have a choice.

  02-11-2019 18:30
  “Life comes at you fast,” Matthew Broderick noted at the end of “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.”The Golden State Warriors can attest to that.A few months ago, they were making their fifth consecutive NBA Finals appearance, and competing for a fourth championship in that span.Then … Kevin Durant tore his Achilles … Klay Thompson tore his ACL … they lost the Finals to the Raptors … Durant bolted in free agency … D’Angelo Russell&rsq
  
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• Letter: The culture at the University of Utah must change

  02-11-2019 18:10
  The University of Utah can spend millions of dollars on new lighting, campus safety programs, etc., etc., etc., but until the authorities actually believe a young woman when she says she is in danger, it won’t do one rat’s patoot of good.If anyone on campus had believed Lauren McCluskey and actually done their job, she would still be alive. All the money and talk in the world will not stop the violence until women are believed, and the culture won’t change until the university
  
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• Crews battle last stubborn Southern California wildfire

  02-11-2019 17:06
  Los Angeles • Crews fought a pitched battle against the last remaining large wildfire in Southern California as the stubborn flames threatened nearly 2,000 homes and other buildings.The fire that erupted on a hilltop northwest of Los Angeles headed for what would be its third day Saturday and firefighters were finding it hard work as shifting winds made the front line a moving target.The Maria Fire had burned some 15 square miles (38 square kilometers) and prompted evacuation orders for nea
  
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• Ron Molen: The people of Utah are not being represented

  02-11-2019 17:00
  A New England town meeting is the classic example of pure democracy, but it is impractical for a government serving large populations. Representative democracy then becomes the best solution, but it must remain a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, with freedom, justice, and equality for every citizen.State senators and representatives assume the obligation of honestly representing their constituents exclusively, and adhering to the principle of majority rule. No other i
  
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• Park City won’t host World Cup; opener moves to Lake Placid

  02-11-2019 16:50
  The World Cup bobsled and skeleton season will start a week later than planned, and Lake Placid, New York, will now host the first two racing weekends.A mechanical failure at the track in Park City, Utah, forced organizers to scrub plans to open the season there this month. The opening weekend of races has been rescheduled for Dec. 7-8 in Lake Placid, followed by the regularly scheduled second weekend of the season there from Dec. 13-15.The Park City track's refrigeration pump system is being re
  
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• As Utah jails embrace video technology, in-person visits are being eliminated

  02-11-2019 16:42
  Farmington • On a chilly Thursday evening, Lisa and Dan Cappelli bundle up their 2-week-old granddaughter and head to the Davis County jail.They are going to visit Lisa’s son, who was arrested for a probation violation just two days after his daughter, Nellie, was born.But the Davis County jail, like more than half of Utah’s county jails, offer only video visitation. This means that even though the Cappellis are in the same building just a few hundred feet away from their son, h
  
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• ‘Trib Talk’: Mill Creek Canyon alternates between dogs and bikes, but rule breakers and traffic could force changes

  02-11-2019 16:39
  The following article is adapted from the latest episode of the “Trib Talk” podcast. Millcreek • Sitting at the edge of the stream in Mill Creek Canyon, Angel Vice said one of her favorite things to do when her children were younger was to bring them and the family dog up the canyon where they could all be free to run around.“This was such a treasure," said Vice, a candidate for Millcreek mayor. “I think wild spaces are essential for the soul and a growing mind. And
  
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• Tooele woman found safe after missing for two weeks

  02-11-2019 16:31
  Update, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019: Tooele City Police Department confirmed Friday afternoon that Heather Fullmer has been found and is safe.Investigators are asking the public for help to find a Tooele woman who was reported missing two weeks ago.Heather Fullmer, 31, was last seen in Utah County and was reported missing on Oct. 14, Tooele Police wrote in a social media post. Fullmer has medical conditions that prompted officers to determine she could be in danger.Fullmer is described as 5 feet 6 in
  
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• Melanie Mitchell: We shouldn’t be scared by ‘Superintelligent AI’

  02-11-2019 16:00
  Intelligent machines catastrophically misinterpreting human desires is a frequent trope in science fiction, perhaps used most memorably in Isaac Asimov’s stories of robots that misconstrue the famous “three laws of robotics.” The idea of artificial intelligence going awry resonates with human fears about technology. But current discussions of superhuman A.I. are plagued by flawed intuitions about the nature of intelligence.We don’t need to go back all the way to Isaac Asi
  
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• Long-running coal plant on Navajo Nation nears its end

  02-11-2019 16:00
  Along the Black Mesa and Lake Powell Railroad, Ariz. • One of the largest coal-fired power plants in the American West will close before the year ends and others in the region are on track to shut down or reduce their output in the next few years.Owners of the Navajo Generating Station near the Arizona-Utah border are turning to cheaper power produced by natural gas as they and other coal-fired plants in the U.S. face growing pressure over contributing to climate change.Those shifts are upe
  
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• Brian Moench: Inland port plans are setting Salt Lake City up for tragedy

  02-11-2019 14:00
  The area of Salt Lake City carved out for the inland port has been mother nature’s celestial kingdom for antelopes, birds, and insects for millennia. But the attempt to “upgrade” it into the economic celestial kingdom of the state — in other words, a lot of money for special interests — will be anything but heavenly. Among the many reasons, it will likely involve an unprecedented use of toxic chemicals exposing residents throughout the Salt Lake Valley.Recently, ent
  
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• Letter: Where’s this list of Trump’s accomplishments?

  02-11-2019 13:00
  Having just read the letter from Phil Neelands in The Public Forum criticizing The Tribune for not listing Trump’s “extremely successful accomplishments,” I can’t help but wonder why Mr. Neelands didn’t take this opportunity to list them. Perhaps he couldn’t think of any, and was just hoping for a list.As for his declaration that the majority (53%) of Utah residents approve of Trump, 3% is not much of a margin, and I suspect well within the margin of error.Tha
  
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• Letter: The culture at the U. must change

  02-11-2019 13:00
  The University of Utah can spend millions of dollars on new lighting, campus safety programs, etc., etc., etc., but until the authorities actually believe a young woman when she says she is in danger, it won’t do one rat’s patoot of good.If anyone on campus had believed Lauren McCluskey and actually done their job, she would still be alive. All the money and talk in the world will not stop the violence until women are believed, and the culture won’t change until the university
  
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• Letter: Not ‘We the People,’ but ‘We the Party’

  02-11-2019 13:00
  In response to Mr. Hooper’s and Ms. Marion’s letters to The Public Forum on Oct. 29, about the decline of the Republican Party, it is a very simple explanation.The Republican Party has become a “We the Party, for the Party, by the Party” only! It no longer has anything to do with the American people.It is sad that these useless elected men/women are more concerned in keeping their jobs (but refuse to do their jobs) than doing what is right by the American people and the C
  
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• Letter: How to leave the Earth better than you found it

  02-11-2019 13:00
  Rep. John Curtis recently tweeted, “Do you want to leave the Earth better than you found it?”I don’t know anyone who would say no. Now we have a chance to do just that, by committing our cities to 100% renewable electricity by 2030.This year, the Legislature passed the Community Renewable Energy Act (HB411) that requires Rocky Mountain Power to provide electricity from renewable sources to cities that pass a resolution by Dec. 31, indicating they want to receive their electrici
  
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• Letter: How the inland port could earn some credibility

  02-11-2019 13:00
  It seems the inland port debate is like trench warfare. Nowhere is there common ground.On one side, the Inland Port Authority board says it is listening to citizens concerned about increased air pollution, degraded water quality, threats to wildlife and harm to the environment around the Great Salt Lake. It says it will do everything possible to make the development as green as technology will allow. The board only asks the other side to “trust us.”Skeptical activists point to the cl
  
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• Letter: Adults can try conversion therapy if they want

  02-11-2019 13:00
  I keep hearing misconceptions about the proposed rule from the Utah Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing that would ban licensed therapists from using conversion therapy with children. I want to address a few of those misconceptions.First, conversion therapy is still happening. If a psychologist we saw when my son came out as gay had his way, it would have happened to my son. Our family escaped because after the psychologist hinted at conversion therapy, we left and never went bac
  
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• ‘High School Musical’ returns as East High School and Salt Lake City finally get to play themselves

  02-11-2019 13:00
  Salt Lake City’s East High School is playing itself in the latest iteration of “High School Musical” — the first time the narrative will identify the iconic school building’s actual location.“It’s like Paris has the Eiffel Tower, and somehow Salt Lake City has East High,” said Tim Federle, the showrunning executive producer of “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series,” which previews Friday on ABC-Ch. 4, the Disney Channel and Free
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - The Triple Team: Andy Larsen’s analysis of the Kings out-hustling the Jazz to win at the end

  02-11-2019 07:56 via sportspyder.com
  Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 102-101 loss to the Sacramento Kings from Salt Lake Tribune Jazz beat writer Andy Larsen.
  
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• The Triple Team: Andy Larsen’s analysis of the Kings out-hustling the Jazz to win at the end

  02-11-2019 07:42
  Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 102-101 loss to the Sacramento Kings from Salt Lake Tribune Jazz beat writer Andy Larsen.1. The will to winThere might not be a worse clichè in sports than a game being decided by a team’s “will to win.” Honestly, so few games are decided by this factor in comparison to shotmaking, or coaching decisions, or talent, or a million other things that go into an NBA game. Also, have you met NBA players? (I freely admit that this answer m
  
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• [NBA] - The Roundup—Jazz drop last-second heartbreaker in Sacramento

  02-11-2019 07:19 via sportspyder.com
  A slow start forced the Jazz to play from behind for much of the night, and then—in a fitting end to a game filled with unforced errors—a missed box out was the nail in Utah's coffin in a 102-101
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah’s three-game win streak ends at the hands of (previously) winless Kings

  02-11-2019 06:45 via sportspyder.com
  Jazz allow 100 points for the first time this season and lose
  
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• Kings capitalize on second chances to edge Jazz 102-101

  02-11-2019 06:22
  Sacramento, Calif. • The Kings’ massive loss to the Jazz early in the week sparked an inquisition. Sacramento, which saw itself as a playoff team, couldn’t realistically make that claim after an 0-5 start that somehow looked even worse than that.So what happened in their next matchup?The exact opposite. Instead of a blowout win that was over even before the game really started, the Jazz trailed nearly the whole way, but in a tight contest throughout. Eventually, the Kings pulled
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Highlights: Jazz 101 | Kings 102

  02-11-2019 06:00 via sportspyder.com
  In a close one in Sacramento, the Jazz fall by just one point for their second loss of the season.
  
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• [Fox Sports] - Kings knock off Jazz 102-101 to end 5-game winless streak

  02-11-2019 06:00 via sportspyder.com
  Kings knock off Jazz 102-101 to end 5-game winless streak
  
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  02-11-2019 05:52 via twitter.com
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• [KSL] - Sacramento Kings vs Utah Jazz box score

  02-11-2019 05:50 via sportspyder.com
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• Real Monarchs advance to USL Western Conference Finals with 2-1 win over Phoenix Rising

  02-11-2019 05:32
  The Real Monarchs made club history just a week ago by winning their first-ever playoff game. On Friday night, they made even more history.The Monarchs advanced to the USL Western Conference Finals with a 2-1 upset win over Phoenix Rising, the top seed in the West.The Monarchs will play the winner of Saturday’s game between Sacramento and El Paso. Regardless of opponent, the Monarchs will host the game.The Monarchs came back after conceding the first goal of the game. Jack Blake and Maikel
  
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• Spida in a wild onepic.twitter.com/mGdPJnYQxM

  02-11-2019 05:27 via twitter.com
  Spida in a wild onepic.twitter.com/mGdPJnYQxM
  
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• Big shot MIKE!pic.twitter.com/L1XrvY7RaS

  02-11-2019 05:17 via twitter.com
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• Ed Davis (left lower leg contusion) will not return.

  02-11-2019 04:54 via twitter.com
  Ed Davis (left lower leg contusion) will not return.
  
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• Coach Pope’s era at BYU opens with 100-58 exhibition victory over Texas-Tyler

  02-11-2019 04:49
  Provo • Kolby Lee and Dalton Nixon, both players first-year coach Mark Pope said he’d rely on to fill in for senior forward Yoeli Childs while he sits out the first nine games of the regular season due to a NCAA suspension, made an impression during Friday night’s exhibition game. Lee and Nixon scored 13 and nine points, respectively, helping lead the Cougars to a rout of Texas-Tyler, 100-58, at the Marriott Center.“I thought we all played our role,” Lee said. &ldquo
  
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