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• [USA Today: For The Win] - Defense is back in the NBA and here's why

  07-11-2019 23:47 via sportspyder.com
  
  Defenses are finally beginning to catch up with the league’s offenses and the Lakers are leading the charge.
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Relieved: What's it like to play WITH Rudy and not AGAINST him

  07-11-2019 23:42 via sportspyder.com
  
  Bojan, Mike & Jeff sat down and talked about one thing they're all looking forward to on their new team: Not playing against Rudy Gobert anymore.
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Dunks of the Week - 11.7.19

  07-11-2019 23:23 via sportspyder.com
  
  "Great pass Rudy to Bogey!"
  
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• Behind the Headlines: 9 women and children with Utah ties are killed in Mexico and Erin Mendenhall is elected mayor of Salt Lake City

  07-11-2019 23:17
  
  Families are grieving after an attack from a Mexican drug cartel left three women and six children dead. Salt Lake City Councilwoman Erin Mendenhall was voted to be the next mayor of Salt Lake City after securing an early lead on election night. And The Salt Lake Tribune is now a nonprofit. At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune managing editor David Noyce, reporter Taylor Stevens, and news columnist Robert Gehrke, join KCPW’s Roger McDonough to talk about the week’s top stories. Eve
  
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• Tax reform bill proposes bigger income tax cut and new fuel taxes

  07-11-2019 22:55
  
  Draft legislation for a major overhaul of Utah’s tax code was released by lawmakers on Thursday, adding detail and specificity to the long-gestating work of a task force that has been studying the issue for much of the year.Largely based on the recommendations of the task force’s chairmen, which were released last month, the bill would cut Utah’s income tax rate from 4.95% to 4.58% — slightly lower now than previous iterations — while significantly expanding the per
  
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• Mexican killings spotlight the twists and turns in the history of Mormon polygamy

  07-11-2019 22:55
  
  The slaying in Mexico of nine people who belonged to a Mormon offshoot community where some people practice polygamy spotlights the mainstream church’s struggle to distance itself from plural marriage, which has a history in the faith but has long been denounced.The victims’ connection to Mormonism featured prominently in headlines this week about the drug cartel attack on a caravan of American women and children living in Mexico, though there’s no indication they were targeted
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Joe Ingles bringing sarcasm and seriousness to his new role as the Jazz’s sixth man

  07-11-2019 22:50 via sportspyder.com
  
  Given that it’s Joe Ingles, it should come as no surprise to anyone that his default response to most questions is sarcasm.
  
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• Joe Ingles bringing sarcasm and seriousness to his new role as the Jazz’s sixth man

  07-11-2019 22:30
  
  Given that it’s Joe Ingles, it should come as no surprise to anyone that his default response to most questions is sarcasm.Asked whether his pregame routine has changed as a result of serving as the Jazz’s sixth man this season, he replied, “Oh, I changed my shootaround time. You probably noticed that. I moved from second-to-last to last. That was a big change in my life.”Thing is, though, once Ingles has got the snarky one-liners out of the way, he typically follows up w
  
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• Despite an unending series of injuries, BYU OC Jeff Grimes has kept the Cougar offense stitched together

  07-11-2019 22:05
  
  As BYU’s offensive coordinator, Jeff Grimes oversees the quarterbacks, linemen, tight ends, wide receivers and running backs. With injuries in just about every group, Grimes has had to adjust the offense for every game.The weekly disruptions, however, aren't really out of the usual duties for Grimes. It's part of his daily routine, he said.“Part of our day-to-day work is to get all of our players ready, and sometimes it's a little bit easier than other times,” Grimes said. &ldq
  
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• ‘We love being in a big family’ — Tears flow, hugs abound as funeral honors mom, two sons killed in Mexico ambush

  07-11-2019 21:59
  
  La Mora, Mexico • A few people were crying earlier Thursday morning as family members who had driven in from across northern Mexico and the western United States shared hugs and viewed the bodies of Dawna Langford and two of her sons, Trevor and Rogan.The crying began en masse when loved ones started telling stories of the mother and children, three of the nine victims killed in an ambush earlier this week. One surviving son recalled how Dawna could take mundane happenings, turn them into s
  
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• Fred Graves, former Ute and NFL coach, fulfills his promise after the fall

  07-11-2019 21:41
  
  Draper • The cane never leaves Fred Graves’ right hand, as the former receivers coach for six NFL teams stands on Juan Diego Catholic High School’s football field and instructs a punt returner.Being able to walk slowly and steadily across the field is a continuing victory for Graves, 69, two years after he slipped and fell on a kitchen floor in his home in Sandy, jarring his neck with a central cord injury. The Utah alumnus and longtime Ute assistant coach has come a long way fr
  
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• Videos criticizing Weber State University instructor as ‘anti-white’ spark probe

  07-11-2019 21:14
  
  Ogden • Weber State University has opened an investigation after a student’s YouTube videos calling debate-team teachings “anti-white” gained widespread attention online, sparking threats targeted at the instructor.Weber State debate director Ryan Wash, who is black, tells the Standard-Examiner he's gotten more than 100 messages containing racial epithets and some death threats.He tells KUTV the posted recordings were selectively edited to misrepresent classroom discussion
  
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• The Mark Madsen era has begun at UVU. A big rebuild awaits for the Wolverines.

  07-11-2019 21:02
  
  This is the last in a series of stories previewing the men’s and women’s college basketball season.Mark Madsen still remembers when Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson said a few simple yet impactful words in a room that included Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant.“Every single man in this room has talents and abilities that can help this team win,” said Madsen, recalling the words of the famed NBA coach who won 11 NBA championships with the Lakers and Chicago Bulls
  
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• Gail Collins: Trump’s loss in Kentucky was the greatest ever. At least, that’s what he said.

  07-11-2019 21:00
  
  Counting down …“Can you believe it? Less than a year,” Donald Trump told a rally in Kentucky this week, looking forward to election 2020.Not nearly as much as we are, Don.Tuesday’s voting was only a weenie prologue, although naturally we intend to read as much into the results as is humanly possible. Virginia went a serious shade of blue; the Pennsylvania suburbs started looking distinctly Never Trump, and the Republican governor of Kentucky seems to be out of a job.That
  
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• Trump denies he wanted Attorney General William Barr to publicly clear him

  07-11-2019 20:59
  
  Washington • President Donald Trump wanted Attorney General William Barr to hold a press conference to declare he broke no laws during his July phone conversation with Ukraine’s president in which Trump pressed his Ukrainian counterpart to investigate Democrats, according to a person familiar with the matter.Now Trump is angrily lashing out at the revelation, first reported by The Washington Post. He tweeted early Thursday that the claim "is totally untrue and just another FAKE NEWS s
  
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• ‘I’m walking.’ Former Ute and NFL coach Fred Graves fulfills his promise, after the fall.

  07-11-2019 20:38
  Draper • The cane never leaves Fred Graves’ right hand, as the former receivers coach for six NFL teams stands on Juan Diego Catholic High School’s football field and instructs a punt returner.Being able to walk slowly and steadily across the field is a continuing victory for Graves, 69, two years after he slipped and fell on a kitchen floor in his home in Sandy, jarring his neck with a central cord injury. The Utah alumnus and longtime Ute assistant coach has come a long way fr
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - James Harden has bad games in Utah because ... EXCEPTIONAL SLC STRIP CLUBS???

  07-11-2019 20:29 via sportspyder.com
  
  WHO SAYS UTAH DOESN’T HAVE ANY #NIGHTLIFE?
  
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• Court to rehear law on adoptions of Native American children

  07-11-2019 20:29
  New Orleans • A federal appeals court announced Thursday that it will take a second look at an emotionally fraught lawsuit governing the adoption of Native American children.In August, a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978. It was a defeat for non-Indian families in multiple states who had adopted or sought to adopt American Indian children.On Thursday, the New Orleans-based court said a majority of its active judges have vo
  
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• [KSL] - 'I told them they can fine me': Mike Conley makes deal so he doesn't miss any more box-outs | KSL.com

  07-11-2019 20:28 via sportspyder.com
  
  Mike Conley put some money on the line in Utah's win over Philadelphia. Plus, Raul Neto made his return to Utah.
  
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• Art made from light and technology will glow in The Gateway during Illuminate festival

  07-11-2019 20:21
  An extraterrestrial landscape will glow from the vaulted ceiling of The Gateway’s historic Union Pacific train depot. A Light-Art-House will beam rippling water around the Olympic fountain, where a towering crystal sculpture forest will shine.Look up, and you may find yourself dancing on the clock tower. Virtual reality films will immerse guests in other worlds, while electro-scifi band Conquer Monster rocks the dome inside Clark Planetarium.More than 40 artists who work in light and techn
  
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• Utah family of autistic girl is suing bus driver who grabbed, punched her

  07-11-2019 20:19
  She was sitting in the back of the school bus when she became agitated and started to lose control.The teenage girl, who is autistic, nonverbal and blind, among other disabilities, often had small attacks like this when there was a disruption, her family said. She would throw out her arms, hit her head and scream in order to cope. But, after a few minutes, she usually calmed down if someone sang to her or counted down from 50.On this particularly bumpy ride, though, in June 2018 — when a l
  
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• What's it like playing WITH a guy you used to dread playing AGAINST? "I'm just relieved I don't have to deal with him anymore."pic.twitter.com/Yk7Ds4nR6A

  07-11-2019 20:04 via twitter.com
  What's it like playing WITH a guy you used to dread playing AGAINST?"I'm just relieved I don't have to deal with him anymore."pic.twitter.com/Yk7Ds4nR6A
  
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• First funerals underway for victims of Mexico ambush. Hundreds attend services honoring slain mother and her two sons.

  07-11-2019 20:01
  La Mora, Mexico • The first funerals began here Thursday for the U.S. citizens slaughtered in an ambush in northern Mexico on Monday.At least 500 people were expected at the funeral for Dawna Ray Langford and her 11-year-old son, Trevor Harvey Langford, and 2-year-old son, Rogan Jay Langford.Many of the mourners are family from Utah and elsewhere in the United States. Some of the relatives drove from U.S. border crossings, where they met Mexican soldiers who escorted them on the remaining f
  
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• [Sports Keeda] - Milwaukee Bucks vs Utah Jazz: Match Preview and Predictions - 8th November 2019

  07-11-2019 19:50 via sportspyder.com
  
  Two strong teams go up against each other in this intriguing matchup.
  
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• Gordon Monson: Hold the burps and yawns. Under Jay Hill, Weber State is one of Utah’s best football stories.

  07-11-2019 19:30
  Jay Hill was running routes with his receivers at practice the other day, galloping like a horse over short stretches of turf, showing them how it’s done all proper.OK, that’s a lie.If he attempted to gallop, he did so like a Clydesdale, moving more at a slow trot, huffing and puffing. There might have been elements of instruction in it, but, really, he was goofing around, trying to put some humor in his players’ hearts, demonstrating for them the way an old, washed-up defensiv
  
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• Utah artists add to Her Flag project celebrating women getting right to vote

  07-11-2019 19:23
  When Marilyn Artus realized that the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment — which gave women the right to vote — was coming up in 2020, she knew she wanted “to do something big to celebrate.”The Oklahoma artist decided to collaborate with others around the country in a project she called Her Flag. She asked a female artist from each of the 36 states that ratified the amendment to design a stripe, and is traveling to meet the women and add their work in their states&rsq
  
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• United Methodist Church’s Western bishops announce ‘safe harbor’ for LGBTQ clergy

  07-11-2019 19:23
  The bishops of the Western Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church have declared their churches a “safe harbor” for LGBTQ clergy.The declaration was announced Wednesday as United Methodists’ Council of Bishops wrapped up its autumn meeting in Lake Junaluska, N.C.It comes months before new restrictions strengthening the denomination’s ban on the ordination and marriage of its LGBTQ members, which are set to take effect Jan. 1.“We are haunted by the actions of the
  
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• Commentary: Five things Kanye West, as a Christian, knows

  07-11-2019 19:08
  Kanye West’s improbable and dramatic turn to traditional Christianity has stunned many of us. It also appears to have cultural legs. His new “Jesus Is King” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Chart this week. All 11 songs are among the top 100 in the nation, an astonishing feat for an album that is also ranked on the Christian and gospel charts.The popular reaction has ranged from deeply skeptical, to genuinely confused, to overwhelmingly enthusiastic. Indeed, Google already
  
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• Erin Mendenhall announces plans for taking over as Salt Lake City mayor

  07-11-2019 19:05
  As Salt Lake City Councilwoman Erin Mendenhall prepares to become Mayor Mendenhall in January, she promised Thursday that her administration will be “ready on Day One.”At a news conference outside City Hall that came the day after her opponent, state Sen. Luz Escamilla conceded in the race, Mendenhall outlined her process and goals for the transition in leadership, including that it be as seamless as possible for residents and businesses and that she retain as much institutional memo
  
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• Red All Over: Receivers keep doing their part in Utah’s offensive success

  07-11-2019 18:58
  Red All Over is a weekly newsletter covering University of Utah athletics. Subscribe here.In the Utah football team’s win at Washington last weekend, three receivers made big catches in the fourth quarter after rarely being targeted all day.Jaylen Dixon and Solomon Enis had caught one pass each and Samson Nacua didn’t have any passes thrown in his direction until those last two drives. They came through. The receivers’ performance all season has been remarkable, as they keep re
  
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• | “As soon as I feel comfortable and once I’m ready to go I’ll be giving 100 percent.” »https://on.nba.com/2WSMzoQ 

  07-11-2019 18:44 via twitter.com
  | “As soon as I feel comfortable and once I’m ready to go I’ll be giving 100 percent.”»https://on.nba.com/2WSMzoQ 
  
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• Bret Stephens: Mexico is on a path to becoming a failed state

  07-11-2019 18:41
  Mexico City • On a working visit here, I have dinner with one of the country’s elder statesmen and listen to him describe its greatest challenges. He names three: “Rule of law. Rule of law. And rule of law.”The truth of the observation is underscored a few days later, when gunmen kill nine members of the LeBarón family along a back-country road in the northern state of Sonora. The motive for the massacre is unclear, but its barbarity is not: three women and six chil
  
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• This week in Mormon Land: More Christmas vending machines for charities, a Latin American fiesta and a Central American agreement

  07-11-2019 17:57
  The Mormon Land newsletter is a weekly highlight reel of developments in and about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whether heralded in headlines, preached from the pulpit or buzzed about on the back benches. Want this free newsletter in your inbox? Subscribe here.A Latin ‘Title of Liberty’
  (Photo courtesy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
  Gary Doxey, associate director for the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young Univer
  
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• First funerals poised to begin for victims of Mexico ambush. About 500 expected for services honoring slain mother and her two sons.

  07-11-2019 17:57
  La Mora, Mexico • The first funerals were poised to begin here Thursday for the U.S. citizens slaughtered in an ambush in northern Mexico.At least 500 people were expected at the funeral for Dawna Ray Langford and her 11-year-old son, Trevor Harvey Langford, and 2-year-old son, Rogan Jay Langford.Many of the mourners are family from Utah and elsewhere in the United States. Some of the relatives drove from U.S. border crossings, where they met Mexican soldiers who escorted them on the remain
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Bojan Bogdanovic is exactly what the Jazz needed

  07-11-2019 16:38 via sportspyder.com
  Consistent. Reliable. Clutch. All the Jazz need and more.
  
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• UTA dumps ticket machines on 35 MAX line, citing cost

  07-11-2019 15:18
  Operating ticket vending machines costs nearly as much as the fares they collect on the 35 MAX bus — a partial bus rapid transit route in West Valley City. So the Utah Transit Authority Board decided Wednesday to dump them, and depend on bus operators to collect all fares.When officials launched the 35 Max a decade ago, they hoped to speed service by passengers buying tickets before they board from one of 26 machines at stops. But the route also had on-bus fare boxes for stops in neighborh
  
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• Salt Lake City Winter Market starts Saturday

  07-11-2019 15:17
  Find winter squash and root vegetables, Utah-raised turkey and pork, as well as cheese, honey, jam and salsa this Saturday, when Salt Lake City’s Winter Market opens.“It’s hard to believe that this is our seventh season,” Alison Einerson, executive director, said in a news release. "We are proud to provide a venue for our vendors to continue to sell all year-round, providing them with additional economic opportunity, and offering patrons the ability to eat locally all yea
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Some fake news sites are flush with readers as real local newspapers struggle

  07-11-2019 15:15
  Happy Thursday!More than 2,000 local U.S. newspapers have closed in the last 15 years, but a few fake local news sites are doing great. The Albany Daily News, for example, racked up nearly 10 million pageviews in August. Problem is it’s a fake news site that has old content and gets a lot of traffic from a digital ad fraud scheme. [Buzzfeed]Topping the news: Erin Mendenhall will become Salt Lake City’s new mayor after Sen. Luz Escamilla conceded the race on Wednesday. [Trib] [DNews]
  
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• Ask Ann Cannon: How do I explain homelessness to my grandkids?

  07-11-2019 15:14
  Dear Ann Cannon • My grandchildren are getting a bit older now and when they visit, they notice people living outside in the parks and by the library. They also notice people looking for handouts on the street. My grandchildren ask me what’s going on. Why are there no homes for these people? Why does this happen? I have no good answers for them. I also feel conflicted about walking by and ignoring people experiencing homelessness — this seems like a bad example to set for my gra
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Jazz Rank: Bojan Bogdanovic is 3rd

  07-11-2019 15:06 via sportspyder.com
  The free agent has found a new home
  
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• Rich Lowry: American nationalism is nothing to be feared

  07-11-2019 15:00
  If there’s one thing that elite opinion tends to agree about on the left and the right, it’s that nationalism is a very bad thing. If anything, this view has become even more entrenched as nationalism has demonstrated its potency in recent years, from the election of Donald Trump to Britain’s vote to leave the European Union.When President Trump first openly embraced the term "nationalist" at a 2018 campaign rally, commentators reacted in horror. Patriotism is about love, natio
  
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• Letter: The little people pay taxes

  07-11-2019 15:00
  Surprise, surprise! Our wonderful legislators’ new “tax reform” is just another way for them to make people with less money pay more and people who already have plenty of cash to pay less. And they’ll still tell us with a straight face how low taxes are here. I guess it’s to match the low wages that the “little people” earn, eh?Mike Crookston, Cottonwood HeightsSubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Tax reform plan would fall on the poor

  07-11-2019 15:00
  Gov. Gary Herbert’s 2020 budget recommendations are not the way to “modernize” Utah’s tax code. While he states that taxing services in addition to goods will “broaden the sales tax base,” any type of sales tax places a larger portion of tax responsibility on the poor. Although Herbert suggests lowering the sales tax rate in an attempt to balance the expenses for consumers created by this new tax, the tax would still disproportionately burden those of lower in
  
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• Letter: Not guilty by incompetence

  07-11-2019 15:00
  In regard to President Trump's "perfect" phone conversation with the President of Ukraine, Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., was quoted as saying, "If there was a quid pro quo, it certainly wasn't a very effective one." This sounds like an argument for not guilty by reason of incompetence. One can be guilty of robbing a bank and yet not get away with any cash.Vicky Hall, Salt Lake CitySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Next president must restore trust with other nations

  07-11-2019 15:00
  We all know 2020 is the time for another presidential race. While I know that it has begunalready this year, and I have listened to the debates aired on various stations, I find myself stillnot being drawn to one hopeful over another. Each candidate has their own plan to deal with health care, immigration, budgets, defense, global warming and numerous other topics. I understand that the one elected will work to present legislation to both houses of Congress based on what they have told us they w
  
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• Farhad Manjoo: Instead of a generational culture war, let’s fight the rich

  07-11-2019 15:00
  Generations are pretty bogus. The labels we use to casually slice up society — boomer, millennial, Gen X, Gen Z — are a nearly useless way of thinking about politics, culture or business in the U.S. The very idea that tens of millions of people across different classes and races and geographies might hold similar views on a range of subjects just because they happened to be born during the same 20-year span of U.S. history — the whole thing sounds a bit too much like astrology,
  
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• [Last Word On Sports: Last Word On Pro Basketball] - Ben Simmons Leaves Game Against the Utah Jazz with an Injury

  07-11-2019 14:32 via sportspyder.com
  The 76ers dynamic  point guard Ben Simmons suffered an injury. He headed to the locker room during the second quarter against the Utah Jazz
  
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• Utah adds its stripe to a flag celebrating states that helped ratify women getting the vote

  07-11-2019 14:00
  When Marilyn Artus realized that the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment — which gave women the right to vote — was coming up in 2020, she knew she wanted “to do something big to celebrate.”The Oklahoma artist decided to collaborate with others around the country in a project she called Her Flag. She asked a female artist from each of the 36 states that ratified the amendment to design a stripe, and is traveling to meet the women and add their work in their states&rsq
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz end two-game skid with win over Sixers

  07-11-2019 08:57 via sportspyder.com
  The rebounding looked much better this game and it got the win
  
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