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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Three players the Utah Jazz can pursue if they’re desperate for more size

  07-12-2019 23:55 via sportspyder.com
  
  If the Utah Jazz are looking to add more size to bolster their frontcourt, there are three available players in particular that they may want to consider. ...
  
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• BYU basketball shakes off loss to Utes, routs UNLV 83-50 at Vivint Arena

  07-12-2019 23:33
  
  BYU’s recovery period following its come-from-ahead loss to rival Utah officially lasted a little less than three days.The Cougars used a barrage of three-pointer and Yoeli Childs’ double-double to post a blowout 83-50 victory over former Mountain West rival UNLV on Saturday at Vivint SmartHome Arena.Childs, who left late in the Utah game with an undisclosed injury and was listed as day-to-day going into Saturday, bounced back with 13 points and 14 rebounds against the Rebels.Three o
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Few past NBA teams have struggled like Utah and become contenders, can the Jazz?

  07-12-2019 23:03 via sportspyder.com
  
  Mythbusting through the excuses and reasons to the Utah Jazz’s early season woes.
  
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• Tribune Editorial: Utah should ratify the Equal Rights Amendment

  07-12-2019 23:00
  
  The Civil War was all but won. A war that had begun over the matter of whether the United States was divisible or not had become a moral crusade to end slavery once and for all. The anti-slavery Union was about to prevail over the pro-slavery Confederacy.The Emancipation Proclamation was more than two years old.So why, in 1865, was Abraham Lincoln employing all the powers of his office and his considerable skills of political persuasion in an attempt to pass and ratify the 13th Amendment to the
  
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• Three players the Utah Jazz can pursue if they’re desperate for more size

  07-12-2019 23:00
  
  If the Utah Jazz are looking to add more size to bolster their frontcourt, there are three available players in particular that they may want to consider. Let’s not sugarcoat it, the Utah Jazz have a lot of issues right now. And there’s simply no easy fix for it, or one quick move they can […]
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• Commentary: More study needed before state makes changes on Legacy Parkway

  07-12-2019 23:00
  
  We believe that a rigorous study is essential to evaluate the current need and to assess and disclose the impacts if large trucks and higher speeds are introduced on Legacy Parkway in Davis County. Such a study is critical to ensure that the needs and interests of the public are considered fully.We believe that any changes to the parkway, which could take place after Jan. 1, should follow the legal requirements stated in the Record of Decision (ROD) issued Jan. 9, 2006, by the Federal Highway Ad
  
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• BYU shakes off loss to Utes, routs UNLV 83-50 at Vivint Arena

  07-12-2019 22:59
  
  BYU’s recovery period following its come-from-ahead loss to rival Utah officially lasted a little less than three days.The Cougars used a barrage of three-pointer and Yoeli Childs’ double-double to post a blowout 83-50 victory over former Mountain West rival UNLV on Saturday at Vivint SmartHome Arena.Childs, who left late in the Utah game with an undisclosed injury and was listed as day-to-day going into Saturday, bounced back with 13 points and 14 rebounds against the Rebels.Three o
  
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• ‘Snowball Express’ provides holiday trips for families who’ve lost loved ones in the military

  07-12-2019 22:53
  
  It was party time Saturday at Salt Lake International Airport’s Gate G-5 for a group of Utahns noted more for somber memorials and grief-filled reflections than for merrily posing with a green-faced Grinch in a hastily created Whoville.Light-hearted celebrating, though, was precisely the point: The festivities were set up for Gold Star families from Utah, all of whom have lost a loved one in the military, as they prepared to hop on the “Snowball Express” for an all-expense paid
  
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• For grieving Gold Star families, the ‘Snowball Express’ provides some welcome holiday cheer

  07-12-2019 22:41
  
  It was party time Saturday at Salt Lake International Airport’s Gate G-5 for a group of Utahns noted more for somber memorials and grief-filled reflections than for merrily posing with a green-faced Grinch in a hastily created Whoville.Light-hearted celebrating, though, was precisely the point: The festivities were set up for Gold Star families from Utah, all of whom have lost a loved one in the military, as they prepared to hop on the “Snowball Express” for an all-expense paid
  
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• Gordon Monson: Bruised and battered, Utah football can bounce back because ... it has no other choice

  07-12-2019 22:15
  
  Santa Clara, Calif.Life is short, make it sweet.That’s a line from a song sung by the band, Old Dominion.And, lord knows, the Utes need to sing it now.After what happened on Friday night in the Pac-12 title game, a contest that not only saw Utah end up on the short end of a lopsided score, but also tore away at the robes and knocked off the crown the Utes would have worn as league champions, they need some perspective.They’re hurting right now.And they should hurt.They messed up. The
  
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• [Sports Illustrated] - Marcus Smart altercation could change NBA's approach with fans - Sports Illustrated

  07-12-2019 22:03 via sportspyder.com
  
  Marcus Smart says he was the target of a derogatory remark from a Nuggets fan at the Pepsi Center. How will the NBA handle the allegation?
  
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• Clifton Jolley: Being the Chosen One doesn’t guarantee you’ll do the right thing

  07-12-2019 21:00
  
  “I am the Chosen One.” — Donald TrumpJust hours before U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson reminded us that “Presidents are not kings,” outgoing Energy Secretary Rick Perry beat her to the punch on Fox News by declaring that although our president may not be a king, he probably is a messiah.Perry said he told Trump: “Mr. President, I know there are people that say you said you were the chosen one, and I said, You were.”A religiously illiterate youn
  
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• Gordon Monson: Bruised and battered, Utah can bounce back because ... it has no other choice

  07-12-2019 20:45
  
  Santa Clara, Calif.Life is short, make it sweet.That’s a line from a song sung by the band, Old Dominion.And, lord knows, the Utes need to sing it now.After what happened on Friday night in the Pac-12 title game, a contest that not only saw Utah end up on the short end of a lopsided score, but also tore away at the robes and knocked off the crown the Utes would have worn as league champions, they need some perspective.They’re hurting right now.And they should hurt.They messed up. The
  
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• Ceremony honors those killed in 1941 Pearl Harbor attack

  07-12-2019 20:18
  
  Pearl Harbor, Hawaii • More than 2,000 people attended a ceremony Saturday to remember those killed when Japanese planes bombed Pearl Harbor 78 years ago and launched the U.S. into World War II.Organizers of the public event at the Hawaii naval base say attendees included about a dozen survivors of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack, the youngest of whom are now in their late 90s.Herb Elfring, 97, of Jackson, Michigan, said being back at Pearl Harbor reminds him of all those who have lost their lives
  
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• Utah backcountry skier Noah Howell takes a crack at the ‘Fifty Classic Descents of North America’

  07-12-2019 20:00
  
  The hiking boots, base layers, helmets, skis and other sporting goods carried by Kirkham’s Outdoor Products in Murray never captured Noah Howell’s imagination as much as a simple mess kit. When it caught the 19-year-old’s eye while he was stocking shelves, it wasn’t the cookware inside that piqued his interest. It was the peak on the lid: a beautiful, snow-covered mountain rising out of a lake with a wide, steep, perfectly skiable swath seemingly painted down the center.&
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz’s Mike Conley won’t play vs. Grizzlies due to hamstring injury

  07-12-2019 19:53 via sportspyder.com
  
  Utah Jazz guard Mike Conley will not play against his former Memphis Grizzlies club on Saturday due to a hamstring injury, according to Tony Jones of The Athletic. Conley spent the first 12 seasons of his NBA career with the Grizzlies before being...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Eric Walden: With David Fizdale’s firing, the Knicks’ clown car rolls merrily on

  07-12-2019 19:13 via sportspyder.com
  
  Does Knicks owner Jim Dolan really not understand why fans of the franchise clamor for him to sell the team? To his face? Does he think such occurrences are isolated incidents?
  
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• Nate Delgado: Are BYU’s religion requirements enlightening or inappropriate?

  07-12-2019 19:00
  
  Brigham Young University is a four-year university best known for its association with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, otherwise known as the Mormon church. Students come from across the globe to experience a unique academic, social and religious experience.However, a growing concern is rising among students, staff and other members of the church. Where is the line between spiritual and inappropriate drawn?Every student in attendance at BYU is required to take 14 units of religi
  
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• Eric Walden: With David Fizdale’s firing, the Knicks’ clown car rolls merrily on

  07-12-2019 19:00
  
  Does Knicks owner Jim Dolan really not understand why fans of the franchise clamor for him to sell the team? To his face? Does he think such occurrences are isolated incidents?Probably.There’s got to be a significant amount of hubris involved to not recognize that you, in fact, are the problem.Coach David Fizdale was made the latest scapegoat for Dolan’s ineptitude on Friday afternoon, fired for amassing a 4-18 mark that included eight straight losses, the last two of which came Mond
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Jazz vs. Grizzlies odds, spread: 2019 NBA picks, predictions from advanced simulation - CBSSports.com

  07-12-2019 18:42 via sportspyder.com
  
  The SportsLine projection model has a pick for the clash between Grizzlies and Jazz. Here are the results:
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz among teams providing evidence that West is inferior to East this year

  07-12-2019 18:39 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Utah Jazz are a perfect example of an interest phenomenon taking place thus far in the 2019-20 NBA season - the East appears to have finally surpassed ...
  
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• [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - Breaking down recent struggles of Utah Jazz

  07-12-2019 18:38 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Utah Jazz have dropped 5 of their last 6, including a horrendous 1-4 road trip and a 25- point pummeling from the Lakers. How do they turn it around? O...
  
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• After the Utes gained zero yards in the fourth quarter vs. Oregon, where do they go from here?

  07-12-2019 18:15
  
  Santa Clara, Calif. • Nothing that Utah’s Tyler Huntley did on fourth and 19 could have altered his team’s outcome Friday night vs. Oregon. All the Utes accomplished on their last offensive play of the Pac-12 championship game was subjecting their quarterback to another sack and finalizing their futility with a nice, round number.Zero yards.With the yardage of five sacks subtracted, that’s how much of the Levi Stadium’s field Utah officially covered in the fourth qua
  
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• Utah Jazz among teams providing evidence that West is inferior to East this year

  07-12-2019 18:11
  
  The Utah Jazz are a perfect example of an interest phenomenon taking place thus far in the 2019-20 NBA season – the East appears to have finally surpassed the West. It’s been more than just a narrative, it’s essentially been fact in the NBA for the past several years that the Western Conference is far […]
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• Utah football flunks its playoff audition, falls to Oregon 37-15 in Pac-12 Championship Game

  07-12-2019 18:08
  
  Santa Clara, Calif. • Oklahoma vs. Baylor is irrelevant and LSU vs. Georgia is meaningless to Utah, all because the Utes' game vs. Oregon turned into an abrupt end of their big-time ambitions.No. 5 Utah's hopes of a College Football Playoff berth, with the fabled Rose Bowl as a fallback, crumbled Friday night in a 37-15 loss to Oregon in the Utes' return to the Pac-12 championship game at Levi's Stadium.Utah fans planned to spend Saturday agonizing about the results of other conference titl
  
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• Army pilot killed in Afghanistan to be buried Monday in Utah

  07-12-2019 17:52
  
  Brigham City, Utah • A 25-year-old Army helicopter pilot killed in a crash in Afghanistan will be buried Monday at Brigham City Cemetery in northern Utah.CW2 Kirk Fuchigami Jr. was one of two Army pilots killed in the Nov. 20 crash while providing security for ground troops in eastern Logar Province outside of Kabul, officials said.Fuchigami was a native of Hawaii whose wife, McKenzie Norman, is from Utah.The Utah National Guard said Friday that Fuchigami's remains were scheduled to arrive
  
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• Ceremony to remember those killed in Pearl Harbor attack

  07-12-2019 17:48
  
  Pearl Harbor, Hawaii • More than 2,000 people are expected at a ceremony Saturday to remember those killed when Japanese planes bombed Pearl Harbor 78 years ago and launched the U.S. into World War II.Organizers of the public event at the Hawaii naval base say attendees will include about a dozen survivors of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack, the youngest of whom are now in their late 90s.A moment of silence is scheduled for 7:55 a.m., the same minute the assault began. U.S. Air Force fighter jets
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Donovan Mitchell must adapt offense to modern NBA

  07-12-2019 17:39 via sportspyder.com
  
  Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell is already an elite player, but a couple tweaks to his offensive game could make him better for longer Everyone already kn...
  
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• Utah payday loan company uses constable services owned by man with criminal past

  07-12-2019 17:07
  
  Wasatch Constables, the company identified in ProPublica’s high-interest loan story as providing bailiff and warrant services, is partly owned by and, until recently, employed as an executive officer, Steven Maese, who 10 years ago made headlines as the high-profile owner of a prostitution ring.Maese was convicted in 2008 of five felonies in what was known as the Doll House case, named after the escort service that he ran in Salt Lake County. The convictions were upheld in 2010 by the Utah
  
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• Utah Jazz: Donovan Mitchell must adapt offense to modern NBA

  07-12-2019 17:00
  
  Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell is already an elite player, but a couple tweaks to his offensive game could make him better for longer Everyone already knew this coming into the season. Donovan Mitchell is an NBA star at age 23. He is the clear-cut top scoring option for a playoff team, averaging 24.7 points […]
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• Nicholas M. Bielaczyc: Utah teachers don’t need more money. They need more help.

  07-12-2019 17:00
  
  Earlier this year, Envision Utah announced that it was going to study the teacher shortage and come up with recommendations. Envision Utah released the results of their study. Pay teachers a starting salary of $60,000. Veteran teachers would be paid as much as $110,000. Estimated cost? $500 million! Annually!And how is this visionary? You can’t tell me that there wasn’t anyone in the room that looked at this idea and said, “This has absolutely no chance of passing?” Where
  
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• Utah Board of Education loses another member — fourth one in less than a year

  07-12-2019 16:58
  
  Another member of the Utah Board of Education has announced that she will leave her seat — making her the fourth to resign in less than a year. Linda Hansen, who was elected to the board in 2014, spoke at the beginning of Thursday’s monthly meeting and said she would be stepping down as she moves to a new home outside of her district. With her departure, the board will also lose one of its strong advocates for students with disabilities.“One of the reasons I ran is because I ne
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Jazz vs. Grizzlies: How to watch online, live stream info, game time, TV channel - CBSSports.com

  07-12-2019 16:55 via sportspyder.com
  
  How to watch Jazz vs. Grizzlies basketball game
  
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• Utah Theater begins its final curtain call with go-ahead on selling it to developers

  07-12-2019 15:43
  
  A lone electric light continues to shine from the darkened stage of Salt Lake City’s Utah Theater, homage to an old superstition that every theater harbors ghosts.The light ensures safety, but theatrical tradition also has it that ghost lamps, as they’re called, allow theater spirits to dance and perform at night, quenching their impulses to haunt real-world occupants by day.A spokeswoman for the city’s Redevelopment Agency confirmed Friday that the single-bulbed incandescent l
  
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• Constable service executive in Utah had high-profile criminal past

  07-12-2019 15:42
  
  Wasatch Constables, the company identified in ProPublica’s high-interest loan story as providing bailiff and warrant services, is partly owned by and, until recently, employed as an executive officer, Steven Maese, who 10 years ago made headlines as the high-profile owner of a prostitution ring.Maese was convicted in 2008 of five felonies in what was known as the Doll House case, named after the escort service that he ran in Salt Lake County. The convictions were upheld in 2010 by the Utah
  
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• Another member of the Utah Board of Education has resigned — making her the fourth in less than a year

  07-12-2019 15:00
  
  Another member of the Utah Board of Education has announced that she will leave her seat — making her the fourth to resign in less than a year. Linda Hansen, who was elected to the board in 2014, spoke at the beginning of Thursday’s monthly meeting and said she would be stepping down as she moves to a new home outside of her district. With her departure, the board will also lose one of its strong advocates for students with disabilities.“One of the reasons I ran is because I ne
  
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• ‘Work In Progress’ achieves dream a year after Sundance by being picked up by Showtime

  07-12-2019 14:00
  
  Conventional wisdom is that total unknowns with little money can’t possibly get a film into the Sundance Film Festival. That as the festival has grown, it’s become more corporate and more exclusive.Not true. “You absolutely do not [need connections]. I didn’t,” said Tim Mason, who co-created, co-wrote and is an executive producer of “Work In Progress,” a dark comedy that premiered in the indie episodic category at the film festival in 2018.“You go
  
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• Letter: Trump was not elected by the ‘will of the people’

  07-12-2019 14:00
  
  Among the most ridiculous lies told by Republicans during the recent impeachment hearings is the fantasy that President Trump was elected “according to the will of the American people.”True, Donald Trump did earn just under 63 million votes. But Hillary Clinton earned just under 66 million votes. The will of the American people was to have Hillary Clinton be their president.The will of the American people was thwarted by an archaic electoral college system that utterly failed to work
  
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• Letter: Trump doesn’t know himself

  07-12-2019 14:00
  
  So many of Donald Trump’s associates are marching off to prison, or to trials likely leading to prison sentences, like lemmings marching off a cliff. Trump's usual remarks about these people is that he never knew them, or hardly knew them.I think Trump's best defense of himself is to claim, under the shield of schizophrenia, that he doesn't know himself.Ted Ottinger, Taylorsville Submit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Make a plan for voting

  07-12-2019 14:00
  
  You just have to shake your head in wonder, and then make a plan.We can create a K-9 Veterans Day, but not maintain a bus stop at our VA hospital.We can close a homeless shelter, and deny full Medicaid expansion.We (some of us) support drilling for more fossil fuels, yet go on thinking air pollution is just the Utah way of doing business.We can move Utah to former Gov. Huntsman’s flat income tax, reducing taxes on the wealthy by hundreds of millions and thereby cutting school funding, and
  
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• Letter: Large families should pay their costs

  07-12-2019 14:00
  
  “Planned tax cut may be hiding a catch” (Tribune, Dec. 5).You think?For years in Utah the focus of taxation has been to get those who don’t use the system to the fullest to pay for those who do, i.e, profits on state-controlled liquor sales going to education.I was raised Catholic. We invented oversized families before Mormonism (sorry) was a twinkle in Joseph Smith’s eye. But we also invented parochial schools. And I have a strong sense that the education of the masses i
  
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• Letter: Don’t shift tax burden to lower-income Utahns

  07-12-2019 14:00
  
  When the Utah Legislature first started making noise about a tax reform bill, there was an implication that the reform was focused on establishing a service tax balanced by a sales tax cut.While a service tax should not be entered into lightly, these original bounds kept the issue of fair taxation easy to follow by Utah residents. Regardless of your stance on taxing services, Utahns could follow the logic: The economy relies less on goods and more on services by the day, and the tax system shoul
  
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• Letter: Bad air and no relief in sight

  07-12-2019 14:00
  
  As we watch the quality of our air deteriorate grossly and experience the dire consequences to our health, our legislators seem to be moving forward with the inland port fiasco, which is sure to exacerbate this problem exponentially.It looks to me like most of us in the Salt Lake City area do not want the inland port. Seriously?! Is this really going to happen? How can commerce be more important than human lives?Dale Palmer, Sandy Submit a letter to the editor
  
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• Four potential Kevin Love trade destinations

  07-12-2019 12:14
  
  After a long, painfully dry drought of trade rumors in the NBA, one that was historically lengthy, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski broke the silence on Friday by reporting that the Cleveland Cavaliers are finally ready to hear offers for five-time All-Star Kevin Love.
  If one deal is on the way, it would make sense considering the stage of rebuilding Cleveland is currently in (very early on in the process), and how much time is left on Love’s contract (three more seasons after thi
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The Utah Jazz turnaround is coming

  07-12-2019 09:14 via sportspyder.com
  
  It hasn’t been all bad for Utah this season and the best is yet to come
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz alumni: Heartbreaking news, Rodney Hood tears Achilles

  07-12-2019 08:33 via sportspyder.com
  
  Former Utah Jazz player Rodney Hood has suffered one of the most devastating injuries in basketball, a torn Achilles tendon. Although Rodney Hood's time wi...
  
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• Utah Jazz alumni: Heartbreaking news, Rodney Hood tears Achilles

  07-12-2019 08:11
  
  Former Utah Jazz player Rodney Hood has suffered one of the most devastating injuries in basketball, a torn Achilles tendon. Although Rodney Hood‘s time with the Utah Jazz was somewhat polarizing due to his constant struggle with injuries, his streakiness and his sometimes irritating play, I don’t think any Jazz fan really held ill feelings […]
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• Gordon Monson: On history’s edge, with glory beckoning, Utah football suffers its worst loss at the worst time — ever

  07-12-2019 06:39
  
  Santa Clara, Calif.Just when it appeared that the Utes were on the verge of a historic season, they and their season were … history.At least the historic part of it.Inside of 60 brutal minutes at the Pac-12 championship game, extraordinary was majorly downgraded, suddenly and irrevocably Gone With the End, left in the vapor of three jarring touchdown runs, 208 rushing yards in total, by Oregon’s CJ Verdell, who — has anyone checked? — may be running, still.The Utes will
  
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• PG&E says it has reached $13.5 billion wildfire settlement

  07-12-2019 06:26
  
  San Francisco • Pacific Gas and Electric says it has reached a $13.5 billion settlement that will resolve all major claims related to devastating wildfires blamed on its outdated equipment and negligence.The settlement, which the utility says was reached Friday, still requires court approval. PG&E says it is a key step in leading it out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy.It adds that the settlement will resolve all claims arising from the 2017 Northern California wildfires and 2018 Camp Fire, as
  
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• Misfiring Utes haunted by missed opportunities against Ducks

  07-12-2019 06:26
  
  Santa Clara, Calif. • The Utah offense was little more than a tease when it mattered most in the Pac-12 championship game on Friday night.Five times in the first half the Utes drove into Oregon territory and crossed the 40-yard line.And five times, they were rebuffed before reaching the 30.The red zone was never in play because the Utes couldn’t escape the dead zone that was the landscape between the 30 and the 40.By halftime, Utah had failed to score a touchdown at Levi’s Stadi
  
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