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• Fed’s Powell sees steady growth, signals pause in rate cuts

  13-11-2019 23:32
  
  Washington • Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Wednesday that the Fed is likely to keep its benchmark short-term interest rate unchanged in the coming months, unless the economy shows signs of worsening.But for now, in testimony before a congressional panel, Powell expressed optimism about the U.S. economy and said he expects it will grow at a solid pace, though it still faces risks from slower growth overseas and trade tensions.“Looking ahead, my colleagues and I see a sust
  
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• Spencer Johnson’s long college basketball road winds up in Provo, with BYU

  13-11-2019 23:28
  
  Four years ago, Spencer Johnson was a high school senior who signed with Weber State to continue playing basketball. On Wednesday, Johnson participated in another Signing Day and this time put his commitment to BYU on paper.“It feels so good,” Johnson said. “I just know where I'm going and I'm so excited to be part of this team next year.”The Cougars also signed Wasatch Academy standout Richie Saunders.The road to become a Cougar has been a long one, but once Johnson arri
  
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• Impeachment testimony wraps up after 5 hours, Trump denies asking about investigations on call

  13-11-2019 23:13
  
  Washington • The Latest on the House impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump (all times Eastern):5 p.m.President Donald Trump is denying he asked a U.S. ambassador about “investigations” in Ukraine a day after his call with that country’s president.The existence of the call was revealed Wednesday by William Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine. He testified that one of his staffers overheard Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, speaking on
  
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• Tom Huckin: How one little word merits impeachment

  13-11-2019 23:00
  
  In a now-famous phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in July 2019, President Donald Trump offered to release $400 million of military aid to Ukraine in exchange for Zelenskyy’s help in investigating Trump’s political opponents, including Joe Biden and his son Hunter. According to the official transcript, the relevant part of the conversation went like this: “Zelenskyy: I would also like to thank you for your great support in the area of defense. We are ready
  
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• ‘Utah Booze News’ podcast: Cocktails under court order and Samuel Adams founder celebrates new beer law

  13-11-2019 22:43
  
  A Utah judge breaks new ground when she decides to let Salt Lake City’s Button Down bar serve alcohol without a state license — at least for now.On the the latest episode of the “Utah Booze News” podcast, Salt Lake Tribune reporter Kathy Stephenson and FOX 13′s Ben Winslow talk about the lawsuit between Button Down and the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control and how the legal battle might unfold now that the state is — once again — running low
  
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• Utah Rep. Chris Stewart says ‘The coup has started’ during opening day of public impeachment hearings

  13-11-2019 22:27
  
  Washington • Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, used his few minutes in the spotlight of the first public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump to boil the whole issue down to a single phone call between President Donald Trump and the leader of Ukraine.“There is one sentence, one phone call,” Stewart said. “That is what this entire impeachment proceeding is, basically. And I got to tell you, if your impeachment case is so weak that you have to lie and exaggerate about it
  
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• Utah State’s men’s basketball team reels in Montana’s player of the year on national signing day

  13-11-2019 22:17
  
  The Utah State basketball team on Wednesday signed the Montana's Gatorade Player of the Year.Rollie Worster signed his national letter of intent to join the Aggies program. Worster played basketball at Hellgate High School in Missoula, Mont., where he averaged 22.2 points, 5.9 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.3 steals per game.“Rollie embodies what our program is all about. He has great character, humility, work ethic, and is passionate about basketball,” Aggies coach Craig Smith said in
  
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• Takeaways so far from House public impeachment hearings on Trump

  13-11-2019 22:17
  
  Washington • Wednesday’s start of public impeachment hearings unfolding in Congress marked the first time that the American public could watch and listen to the witnesses whose testimony is at the center of the Democrats’ investigation.In several hours of testimony, punctuated by occasional bickering among lawmakers, some memorable moments emerged.Some key takeaways from the first public witnesses: George Kent and William Taylor.Trump pushed for Biden investigationHearings like
  
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• Impeachment testimony wraps up after 5 hours

  13-11-2019 22:16
  
  Washington • The Latest on the House impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump (all times Eastern):4:10 p.m.A motion to issue a congressional subpoena to compel the whistleblower whose complaint led to the House impeachment inquiry to appear behind closed doors has been put off.House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff had said earlier Wednesday that the panel would take up the motion after two diplomats completed their public testimony.As Schiff proposed tabling the motion
  
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• An Ogden bar crowd fought off an attacker who ‘pierced’ one man’s skull with a knife and stabbed a second victim, police say

  13-11-2019 21:47
  
  A man with a knife “pierced the skull” of a man and stabbed another in the chest before a passerby outside an Ogden bar threw the attacker on the ground and wrested the knife away, police wrote in charges filed this week.Witnesses said the man was asked to leave the Historic Place bar, 162 25th St., during an argument on Monday afternoon, when he began lunging at patrons and trying to stab them, according to court documents. He replied that he would not leave and was going to kill pe
  
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• [THE SPORTSRUSH] - LAL Vs GSW Dream11 Team Prediction : Golden State Warriors Vs Los Angeles Lakers NBA 2019-20 Dream 11 Team

  13-11-2019 21:44 via sportspyder.com
  
  LAL Vs GSW Dream11, Team Overview, Match Centre And Probable Playing 5: Lopsided encounter sees top of the table meet bottom of the pile in the Western Conference.
  
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• Watch live: Impeachment witnesses deny being never Trumpers

  13-11-2019 21:36
  
  Washington • The Latest on the House impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump (all times Eastern):3 p.m.The two veteran diplomats testifying in the House impeachment hearing are denying President Donald Trump’s accusation that they adamantly oppose him.Shortly before Wednesday’s House Intelligence Committee hearing began, Trump tweeted, “NEVER TRUMPERS!” He mentioned no evidence.California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell asked both men if Trump’s claim was t
  
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• Second lady Karen Pence to visit Utah for Trump reelection bid

  13-11-2019 21:35
  
  Second lady Karen Pence will appear in Salt Lake City on Friday as President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign files paperwork to appear on the ballot in Utah next year.Pence, wife of Vice President Mike Pence, will deliver remarks to the media Friday morning during an event in the Utah Capitol.Trump’s campaign will file the documents to meet the requirements for appearing on the statewide Republican primary ballot for the 2020 election, according to a news release. The release goes
  
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• The Upshot: Challenges of red economies (like Provo) are different from blue economies (like San Francisco)

  13-11-2019 21:32
  
  At a quick glance, red and blue metropolitan areas are performing equally well on average in the most watched indicators of labor market health.Employment growth in the year ending in the first quarter of 2019 was 1.4% in both Democratic-leaning and Republican-leaning metro areas, and the unemployment rate in both types of places is roughly equivalent.Silicon Valley (blue) is booming. So is Provo, Utah (red).But below the surface, red and blue local economies are worlds apart on enduring, fundam
  
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• ‘Mormon Land’: A look at how Latter-day Saint polygamists ended up in Mexico and how their legacy endures to this day

  13-11-2019 21:32
  
  When nine U.S. citizens were killed in a brutal attack in northern Mexico last week, much of the world learned for the first time about that area’s past and prevailing ties to Mormon polygamy.Those ties include a complex cast of characters and creeds — both mainstream Latter-day Saints and breakaway believers.Helping to untangle and understand this web is historian Barbara Jones Brown, executive director of the Mormon History Association who has studied and written about post-1890 Mo
  
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• An Ogden bar crowd fought off an attacker who "pierced” one man’s skull with a knife and stabbed a second victim, police say

  13-11-2019 20:43
  
  A man with a knife “pierced the skull” of a man and stabbed another in the chest before a passerby outside an Ogden bar threw the attacker on the ground and wrested the knife away, police wrote in charges filed this week.Witnesses said the man was asked to leave the Historic Place bar, 162 25th St., during an argument on Monday afternoon, when he began lunging at patrons and trying to stab them, according to court documents. He replied that he would not leave and was going to kill pe
  
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• Family of woman run over and killed by Unified police officer in parking lot blames 911 dispatcher, police in lawsuit

  13-11-2019 20:37
  
  A man called Unified police after sundown on a March day to report a woman was lying down in a parking lot near his workplace in Millcreek. He said she was wearing dark clothes, told the dispatcher he was worried and specified that “that he would hate to see the individual run over.” But when a Unified officer arrived to check out the situation, that’s exactly what happened.Officer Megan Franklin hit Cindrea Europe, dragged her 45 feet underneath the patrol car, and struck her
  
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• Frank Bruni: Trump’s contempt for true professionals

  13-11-2019 19:58
  
  The impeachment inquiry and the events that led to it tell many stories. One, obviously, is about the abuse of power. Another illuminates the foul mash of mendacity and paranoia at the core of Donald Trump.But this week, as several longtime civil servants testify at the inquiry’s first public hearings, a third narrative demands notice because it explains the entire tragedy of the Trump administration: the larger scandals, the lesser disgraces and the current moment of reckoning.That story
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Weekly Run newsletter: Jazz depth was on display in win over Nets

  13-11-2019 19:38 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Jazz’s star power played a big part in Tuesday’s comeback victory over the Nets, of course, what with Donovan Mitchell pouring in 30 points and six rebounds, Rudy Gobert contributing 18 points, 15 boards, two blocks, and two steals, and Mike...
  
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• Weekly Run newsletter: Jazz depth was on display in win over Nets

  13-11-2019 19:34
  
  The Jazz’s star power played a big part in Tuesday’s comeback victory over the Nets, of course, what with Donovan Mitchell pouring in 30 points and six rebounds, Rudy Gobert contributing 18 points, 15 boards, two blocks, and two steals, and Mike Conley adding 18 points and five assists.Conley and Mitchell, meanwhile, stole the postgame locker room show with their organically unfolding O.G. and Young Blood routine about the travails of aging and fatherhood.Mike Conley, on the comeback
  
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• As college football turns 150, here are the 50 biggest wins in Ute history.

  13-11-2019 19:00
  
  Utah’s football teams of 1966 and ’67 lost more games than they won, but they looked good. The Utes will celebrate college football’s 150-year anniversary season by wearing “heritage” uniforms from that era Saturday vs. UCLA.Under Armour, the school’s apparel provider, is reproducing Utah’s look of silver helmets, red jerseys and silver pants from those years — somewhat resembling Ohio State’s traditional design, with big numbers.Ute coach Ky
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - NBA Power Rankings: Utah Jazz rise after beating East powerhouses

  13-11-2019 18:58 via sportspyder.com
  
  A 2-0 week over the cream of the Eastern Conference crop has the Jazz climbing
  
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• Watch live: Impeachment witness says Trump asked about Ukraine probes

  13-11-2019 18:49
  
  Washington • For the first time a top diplomat testified Wednesday that President Donald Trump was overheard asking about “the investigations” he wanted Ukraine to pursue that are central to the impeachment inquiry.William Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, revealed the new information as the House Intelligence Committee opened extraordinary hearings on whether the 45th president of the United States should be removed from office.Taylor said his staff recently told him th
  
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• Watch live: Diplomats testify on Trump impeachment

  13-11-2019 17:45
  
  Washington • For the first time a top diplomat testified Wednesday that President Donald Trump was overheard asking about “the investigations” that he wanted Ukraine to pursue that are central to the impeachment inquiry.William Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, revealed the new information as the House Intelligence Committee opened extraordinary hearings on whether the 45th president of the United States should be removed from office.Taylor said his staff recently told h
  
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• Facing ‘certain death,’ boy with vaping injury gets double lung transplant

  13-11-2019 17:42
  
  A 17-year-old boy whose lungs were irreversibly damaged by vaping received a double-lung transplant at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, a lifesaving measure taken when a patient’s own lungs are diseased or damaged beyond repair and there is no other hope of survival, doctors said Tuesday.Without the transplant, performed last month, the patient “would have faced certain death,” Dr. Hassan Nemeh, who led the surgical team, said during a news conference at the hospital.The pat
  
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• Former Latter-day Saint stake president changing ‘not guilty’ plea in fraud case

  13-11-2019 17:06
  
  A former Utah stake president in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is no longer seeking acquittal on allegations that he used his role in the church to orchestrate a phony investment scheme worth $1.5 million.Robert Glen Mouritsen, 71, is set to change his “not guilty” plea this morning in the U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City. Court documents do not yet show how Mouritsen plans to plead.Mouritsen, of Kaysville, is charged with three counts of wire fraud and three c
  
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• Woman arrested after she failed to return 7-year-old Utah boy, sparking alert

  13-11-2019 17:04
  
  A Provo woman who was reported missing with the 7-year-old boy she was babysitting has been arrested.Police put out an alert on Monday for the 37-year-old woman and the boy, who were located unharmed that evening. The woman has since been booked into jail.According to a probable cause statement, the boy’s mother said she allowed the suspect — who she described as “her friend” — to babysit the child from Friday to Sunday. The mother said the suspect agreed to meet an
  
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• Man killed by Cedar City police in apparent domestic dispute is identified

  13-11-2019 17:01
  
  Law enforcement officials in Iron County have identified the man a Cedar City police officer shot and killed Monday, in what police say was a domestic dispute.James Aubrey Sr., 56, was shot by a Cedar City police officer around 1 p.m. Monday, outside a residence on Sunset Drive.Police responded to a 911 call from a woman who said her husband, Aubrey, was threatening her and her adult son, according to a statement from the Iron County Sheriff’s Office. Four Cedar City police officers arrive
  
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• Watch live: Trump impeachment hearing underway

  13-11-2019 16:21
  
  Washington • The U.S. House launched the first public hearing Wednesday of Donald Trump’s impeachment investigation, the extraordinary process to determine whether the 45th president of the United States should be removed from office.Rep. Adam Schiff, the Democratic chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, opened the hearing for the start of testimony.It’s a remarkable moment, even for a White House full of them. The hearing is the first chance for America, and the rest of
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Video: Jazz guards’ Mike Conley, Donovan Mitchell share hilarious locker room exchange about ‘waking up’

  13-11-2019 16:07 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Utah Jazz got off to a slow start but eventually rallied back and dominated the second half to escape with a 119-114 home victory over the Brooklyn Nets. After the game, Mike Conley discussed their sluggish start. Third-year star Donovan Mitchell,
  
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• ‘Solemn undertaking’: Trump’s impeachment hearings go public

  13-11-2019 15:19
  
  Washington • The closed doors of the Trump impeachment investigation are swinging wide open.When the gavel strikes at the start of the House hearing on Wednesday, America and the rest of the world will have the chance to see and hear for themselves for the first time about President Donald Trump's actions toward Ukraine and consider whether they are, in fact, impeachable offenses.It's a remarkable moment, even for a White House full of them.All on TV, committee leaders will set the stage, t
  
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• Nicholas Bagley: Some of Trump’s most devious lies are about health care

  13-11-2019 15:13
  
  As Democrats debate the best way to achieve universal coverage and lower health care costs, the Trump administration has a different approach to the challenges of our current system. It’s working overtime to make the system more fragile for the sick and the poor, even as it misrepresents to Congress and the American public what it’s up to.Speaking to reporters in late October, President Trump said that “we have a great Republican plan” to replace the Affordable Care Act.
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Jared Kushner suggests setting up webcams to live-stream border wall construction

  13-11-2019 15:07
  
  Happy Wednesday!The White House has plans to set up a “wall cam” to live-stream construction of a barrier at the nation’s southern border. The plan formulated by Jared Kushner and other senior Trump administration officials runs counter to advice from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and senior U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials. These officials have pointed out that construction contractors don’t want to broadcast their techniques to competitors. [WaPo]Topping
  
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• Salt Lake City’s Trolley Wing Co. comes home to roost after 10-year absence

  13-11-2019 15:05
  
  A decade-old drama involving Salt Lake City’s Trolley Square, a century-old rail car and a beer bar that serves chicken wings finally got its happy ending.“Things have worked out,” said Jess Wilkerson, who reopened Trolley Wing Co. on Tuesday inside the historic rail car that gave the business its name.Wilkerson and his business partner, Jeff Krie, chose Nov. 12 for the unveiling since that’s the date in 2001 that Trolley Wing Co. originally opened under the Trolley Squar
  
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• Letter: What not to donate to the homeless

  13-11-2019 15:00
  
  As a homeless person living at the shelter during 2019, it quickly became evident to me that many items that were being donated to the homeless just made life harder.Here are a few things to stop donating and what you can donate instead.”Postage stamp” blankets. They sell these things by the boatload at Walmart, they’re soft, cute and utterly worthless as a blanket for an adult. Homeless people are issued one blanket a day. So keep these tiny things for your poodle and donate a
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Projecting the Utah Jazz Championship Window: Part II

  13-11-2019 14:05 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Utah Jazz possess an experienced roster, bringing warranted hope for a championship for the first time in over 20 years. How long will they be able to ...
  
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• Timeline of the Draper FrontRunner station development and investigation

  13-11-2019 14:00
  
  2000 • Greg Hughes and his business partner begin buying parcels along main TRAX line on 200 West, near the 900 So. station in Salt Lake CIty, seeing it as a big opportunity for profitable development.Feb. 2006 • Hughes becomes a UTA board member.Nov. 3, 2008 • Draper City Council approves an ordinance for development around the FrontRunner station that one council member described as containing “peculiar allowances” — such as no limits on building height or dens
  
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• Robert Gehrke: For the University of Utah to come to terms with Lauren McCluskey’s killing, President Ruth Watkins has to step up

  13-11-2019 14:00
  
  Last week was, by most measures, a banner celebration for the University of Utah.The school announced a landmark scholarship program, promising full tuition to low-income freshmen with at least at 3.2 GPA, which will put a college education in reach for thousands.A major mental health initiative was announced, with the backing of $150 million from the Huntsman family, that will fuel research and hopefully help Utah bend the curve on suicide in the state.The U. got invited to an elite academic as
  
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• Projecting the Utah Jazz Championship Window: Part II

  13-11-2019 14:00
  
  The Utah Jazz possess an experienced roster, bringing warranted hope for a championship for the first time in over 20 years. How long will they be able to keep this championship window open? The NBA regular season has been going on for only three weeks, yet we have already seen stellar stretches of Utah Jazz […]
  Projecting the Utah Jazz Championship Window: Part II - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Live, from D.C.: Trump impeachment hearings about to go public

  13-11-2019 14:00
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The closed doors of the Trump impeachment investigation are swinging wide open.When the gavel strikes at the start of the House hearing Wednesday morning, America and the rest of the world will have the chance to see and hear for themselves for the first time about President Donald Trump's actions toward Ukraine and consider whether they are, in fact, impeachable offenses.It's a remarkable moment, even for a White House full of them.All on TV, committee leaders will set t
  
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• Investigative report shines new light into dark corners of a controversial Draper train station development

  13-11-2019 14:00
  
  The following was written and reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune.The FBI has shut down its yearslong investigation into the murky, conflict-riddled deals involving a Utah Transit Authority commuter train station and related development in Draper.No charges resulted aside from the bankruptcy fraud counts brought two years ago against politically connected developer Terry Diehl, a former UTA board member. And those were dismissed before
  
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• Can Backcountry.com rehabilitate its reputation after trademark flap?

  13-11-2019 14:00
  
  Seven years ago, Tyson Stellrecht debuted his store, Backcountry Pursuit, in Boise, selling secondhand outdoor equipment and clothing.The store grew, and he opened a second store in the nearby town of Eagle. Then, two years ago, lawyers for Backcountry.com started calling, complaining that the store’s name infringed on the Utah e-commerce company’s rights to the word “backcountry.”So began Stellrecht’s trademark ordeal, which ended with a rebranding that consumed te
  
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• [KSL] - Utah Jazz find fresh-enough legs late to beat Brooklyn Nets | KSL.com

  13-11-2019 08:22 via sportspyder.com
  
  Rudy Gobert is used to winning games with his defense. On Tuesday, it was his offense that put the Utah Jazz over the top for good.
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Jazz Grit Their Way to a Win Over the Nets, 119-114

  13-11-2019 08:11 via sportspyder.com
  
  That game ended in a Bojan Bogdanovic buzzer-beating three-pointer. Throughout the first half, the Nets were able to get off any shot they wanted, and led by 15 at halftime.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - The Triple Team: Jazz get bench scoring from Mudiay and Green, bad shooting from Kyrie to complete second-half comeback over Nets

  13-11-2019 08:02 via sportspyder.com
  
  Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 119-114 win over the Brooklyn Nets from Salt Lake Tribune Jazz beat writer Andy Larsen.
  
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• The Triple Team: Jazz get bench scoring from Mudiay and Green, bad shooting from Kyrie to complete second-half comeback over Nets

  13-11-2019 07:56
  
  Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 119-114 win over the Brooklyn Nets from Salt Lake Tribune Jazz beat writer Andy Larsen.1. Jazz force, or take advantage, of Kyrie’s rough second halfThe Jazz landed at Salt Lake City International Airport at exactly 2:36 a.m. Tuesday morning, ahead of meaning that many didn’t get a lot of sleep today. That was one rationale given when asked about a dismal first half, when they allowed the Nets to get a 15-point halftime lead.Mike Conley: It too
  
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• [NBA] - The Roundup—Jazz stun Nets with come-from-behind victory

  13-11-2019 07:36 via sportspyder.com
  
  It would have been easy to mail this one in. Less than 24 hours after a late-night victory over the Warriors in San Francisco, the Utah Jazz were clearly tired as they dug themselves a
  
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• [NBA] - Emmanuel Mudiay, Jeff Green spark second-half rally to help the Utah Jazz beat the Brooklyn Nets

  13-11-2019 07:36 via sportspyder.com
  
  If Donovan Mitchell had a box score in his hand in the locker room, he would have seen a double-double from Rudy Gobert, another good night from Mike Conley, and a gigantic 30 in the points column
  
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• No. 17 Utah State blasts Denver 97-56 at the Spectrum

  13-11-2019 07:33
  
  Logan • Brock Miller’s career night led to an easy win for Utah State.Miller scored a career-high 27 points as the No. 17 Aggies (3-0) cruised to a 97-56 victory over Denver.“These guys were able to find open looks for me, wide open. All of us were able to share the ball with each other and get it going early,” Miller said.The sophomore guard had four rebounds and three assists to go with his good shooting night.“Brock’s not afraid to rise and fire. I thought
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz refuse to quit, come back in 4th to beat Brooklyn Nets

  13-11-2019 07:08 via sportspyder.com
  
  Utah Jazz continue to win close games decided by 5 points or fewer.
  
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