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• Utah routs Weber State, 60-49, in Beehive Classic finale

  14-12-2019 23:58
  
  Maybe Utah should schedule Weber State more often. In the renewal of a rivalry left dormant since a Wildcats blowout out win eight years ago, Utah came out of the halftime locker room playing downhill. With the momentum on their side, the Utes ripped off a 15-5 run to open the second half on their way to a 60-49 win as part of the final installment of the Beehive Classic at Vivint Smart Home Arena. Sophomore guard Timmy Allen asserted himself midway through the first half, finishing with 19 poin
  
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• Tribune Editorial: Impeachment proceeds as it should

  14-12-2019 23:22
  
  To paraphrase Mr. Jefferson,When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary to confront the clear and unrefuted wrongdoing of someone in high political office, and to assume among the powers granted to Congress by the U.S. Constitution the duty to oversee, investigate and, if warranted, impeach and remove the president of the United States, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that the Congress should declare the causes which impel them to the action.That is what the Hou
  
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• Utah’s Jaylon Johnson opts out of the Alamo Bowl vs. Texas, but Zack Moss and other seniors intend to play

  14-12-2019 23:16
  
  Utah junior cornerback Jaylon Johnson will skip the Alamo Bowl to prepare for the NFL draft, but coach Kyle Whittingham expects all of the team's healthy seniors to play against Texas on New Year's Eve in San Antonio.In the team's first media availability since a 37-15 loss to Oregon in the Pac-12 championship game, Whittingham confirmed Johnson's decision. As for other players, “I just figure they'll let us know if they want to opt out of it,” Whittingham said Saturday.Running back
  
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• NBA Daily: Chris Paul’s Last Hope

  14-12-2019 23:00 via basketballinsiders.com
  There have been so many rumblings surrounding who Chris Paul's next team should be. Matt John provides one particular team that hasn't been brought up much that could very much benefit from Paul's services.
  
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• Holly Richardson: Christmas giving without breaking the bank

  14-12-2019 22:00
  
  ‘Tis the season for giving. As you might imagine, the gift-giving thing can be complex with a very large family and not a very large budget. I suspect that many families face the same challenge of gift-giving without breaking the bank, although research from MarketWatch suggests that 44% of shoppers rack up more than $1,000 of Christmas debt.If you’re like us, you’ve probably tried a variety of things when it comes to gifts. At the beginning, I’d classify our gift-giving
  
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• Utah women’s basketball team rallies to beat Nevada, 68-62

  14-12-2019 21:35
  
  Junior guard Julie Brosseau scored 11 points Saturday afternoon and steadied her team in the fourth quarter of a 68-62 win over Nevada in women's basketball at the Huntsman Center. Brosseau made a shot in the lane with 30.8 seconds remaining, giving Utah a 67-62 edge. Freshman guard Brynna Maxwell and senior guard Kiana Moore also scored 11 points each for the Utes (6-3), who have a six-game winning streak. Freshman forward Lola Pendande posted 12 points and seven rebounds for Utah before foulin
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Bogdanovic, Mitchell rally Jazz to 114-106 win over Warriors

  14-12-2019 21:24 via sportspyder.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — Golden State worried so much about defending Donovan Mitchell that Bojan Bogdanovic repeatedly found himself wide open on the perimeter.
  
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• Marine killed in World War II is buried in Utah after 76 years

  14-12-2019 20:38
  
  Bountiful • Marine Pfc. Robert J. Hatch received a homecoming fit for a war hero Saturday — even if his return was delayed 76 years.American flags and supporters lined Main Street in Bountiful between a mortuary and the city cemetery. That was the procession route for Hatch’s remains.Hatch fought for three days against the Japanese on the small island of Betio. Then he was killed on Nov. 22, 1943.He was buried on the island, but the U.S. military couldn’t find his remains
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Andy Larsen: NBA commentators aren’t great at talking about the NBA, and it’s hurting the game

  14-12-2019 20:01 via sportspyder.com
  
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• Andy Larsen: NBA commentators aren’t great at talking about the NBA, and it’s hurting the game

  14-12-2019 20:00
  
  People like sports.They like watching sports, they like talking about sports, they like thinking about sports.It turns out you can track this tendency with data. When sports broadcasts are about sports, people watch more than when they are not about sports. The NFL’s ratings went down during the flag kneeling controversy of 2016-17, and went up after it subsided.“If the conversation around football is primarily about the game, then we’re probably winning,” Michael Mulvihi
  
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• Utah man convicted of sex crimes for posing as medical researcher

  14-12-2019 19:41
  
  Provo • A Provo man has been jailed pending sentencing after being convicted of sex crimes accusing him of falsely claiming to be a medical professional conducting anatomy research on women contacted through advertising.Jury verdicts Friday convicted 36-year-old Borzin Mottaghian of two counts each of object rape, sexual battery and attempted sexual battery in verdicts that prosecutor Carl Hollan said enable the two victims “to see some justice.”Mottaghian had been free but wear
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - A tumultuous decade of Utah Jazz basketball is coming to a close. Here are the highs and lows.

  14-12-2019 19:03 via sportspyder.com
  
  It has been an uproarious, and at times, emotional decade of Jazz basketball.
  
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• Harry Reid: Democrats running for president need a plan for the Supreme Court

  14-12-2019 19:00
  
  When I hear Democrats running for president talk about their ideas to address our country’s urgent problems, I always find myself returning to the same question: What will you do to protect the Supreme Court of the United States?Senate Republicans have hijacked our Supreme Court. They stole a seat that should have been filled by President Obama in 2016 and they rushed to confirm Brett Kavanaugh last year despite ample evidence that he lied to Congress. The result is the Supreme Court is no
  
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• A tumultuous decade of Utah Jazz basketball is coming to a close. Here are the highs and lows.

  14-12-2019 19:00
  
  It has been an uproarious, and at times, emotional decade of Jazz basketball.From the lows of Jerry Sloan’s sudden retirement and Gordon Hayward’s shocking departure to the elation that came with the arrival and development of Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell. From the demise of the Deron Williams/Carlos Boozer era and eventual tear-down of the roster to the arrival of Quin Snyder and Jazz’s most recent three-year run of playoff appearances.And everything in between.With the &r
  
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• Spencer Cox leads Jon Huntsman in latest 2020 Utah governors poll

  14-12-2019 18:07
  
  The latest poll on Utah’s 2020 race for governor shows Spencer Cox with a sizable lead over Jon Huntsman and a big gap between these frontrunners and the rest of the Republican field.The poll was conducted by UtahPolicy.com and Y2 Analytics and released late Friday. Cox, the lieutenant governor, received 41% of the support from Republican voters who will select their party’s nominee in a June primary, which is likely to be a crowded affair.Huntsman, a former Utah governor who recentl
  
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• Weber State football tops Montana to advance to FCS semifinals

  14-12-2019 17:09
  
  Ogden • Give Josh Davis a cape to go with his helmet. He came in to save the day.Give Adam Rodriguez Thor’s hammer, because he put one down on Montana.Davis, a sophomore running back out of Sandy, had the best view in the house — from the sideline — for most of the second quarter of Weber State’s Football Championship Subdivision quarterfinal game against Montana. He left with a hip pointer injury late in the second quarter Friday night and didn’t take the fiel
  
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• The Triple Team: The Utah Jazz bench was bad, but the Warriors were worse on Friday

  14-12-2019 17:01
  
  Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 114-106 win over the Golden State Warriors from Salt Lake Tribune Jazz beat writer Andy Larsen.1. The Subway Sub of the Game, and what it says about the benchThe closest Subway to Vivint Arena has a two-star rating on Yelp. In the last year, they have been reviewed eight times, and have received one star seven times and three stars one time. At their best, in the three-star review, they overcharged the customer, but made a decent sandwich.At their worst (a
  
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• Salt Lake City woke to snow, but can expect rain later Saturday

  14-12-2019 16:57
  
  What could be a soggy weekend began Friday night and Saturday morning with snow falling in northern Utah’s valleys.The precipitation began Friday night in places such as the Weber State University football game against the University of Montana. Viewers on ESPN2 watched the Wildcats win 17-10 in a light powder.More Utahns woke Saturday morning to perhaps 1 inch of snow covering their sidewalks and driveways. The National Weather Service predicted snow late Saturday morning and more precipi
  
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• George Pyle: Legislature gives us back our money, robs us of our power

  14-12-2019 15:00
  
  "I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization.”― Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.Mr. Justice Holmes was, in the modern vernacular, virtue signaling.It is difficult to imagine that anyone, even someone as patriotic as he, actually enjoys turning over a substantial sum of money to be used however Congress or the state legislature sees fit. Any more than a person smiles when paying their mortgage or gets a warm feeling at the checkout after a major grocery run.But the aphorism still ring
  
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• Ballet West’s ‘Nutcracker’: 18 things that might surprise you

  14-12-2019 15:00
  
  Ballet West’s production of “The Nutcracker” is not only a Utah tradition, it’s the longest-running production of its kind in the United States. Maybe in the world.First presented by the San Francisco Ballet in 1944, the choreography came to Salt Lake City with its creator, Willam Christensen, when he moved to Utah. He founded the University of Utah’s ballet department in 1951, and Ballet West in 1963.And, three-quarters of a century after it was first performed, th
  
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• Utah Rep. Ben McAdams finds himself in a no-win situation on impeachment

  14-12-2019 14:00
  
  Washington • Rep. Ben McAdams hasn’t decided yet if he’ll vote to impeach President Donald Trump.But he has seen “Frozen 2.”At a defining moment in the new, popular animated movie, a character deals with a tough predicament and sings about the choice ahead: “When it’s clear that everything will never be the same again? Then I’ll make the choice; To hear that voice; And do the next right thing.”Seeing the movie with his kids over Thanksgiving,
  
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• Meet the 3 finalists to be the University of Utah’s next police chief

  14-12-2019 14:00
  
  Holding onto a microphone, a woman listed the four females with ties to the University of Utah who have been murdered in the past few years. A staff member was shot to death by her husband in a parking lot. A medical resident died after her boyfriend pulled a gun on her at their apartment. A 23-year-old kinesiology major was killed by a man whom she briefly communicated with on a dating app. And a track star was shot multiple times by a convicted felon who had lied about his identity.With all of
  
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• Letter: Young people are taking the lead

  14-12-2019 14:00
  
  President Trump has again tweeted about Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old climate change activist. This time the tweet came after Greta was chosen as Time magazine’s Person of the Year.Trump tweeted, “So ridiculous. Greta must work on her Anger Management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend! Chill Greta, Chill!”Unlike Trump, I support Greta. I also support the nearly 2,000 young people who on April 29, 2017, marched to the governor’s residence to su
  
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• Letter: Trumpublicans make spectacles of themselves

  14-12-2019 14:00
  
  Watching Congress debate the articles of impeachment has embarrassed me as I watch all the members of my party, the so-called Republicans (now Trumpublicans) make a spectacle of themselves and try to divert attention from the real issue, which was that Trump abused his power of the presidency by trying to extort or bribe a foreign country to dig up dirt on his political rival by withholding badly needed aid and again invite foreign interference in our elections and then obstruct Congress by refu
  
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• Letter: How will tax reform impact those on fixed incomes?

  14-12-2019 14:00
  
  I am an elderly widow on a fixed income who wants to stay in her home of 60 years.In order to do that, I have to hire much of the yard work and house upkeep done for me. I am concerned that if the state Legislature decides to tax services, this may force me out of my home.The legislators say that this tax will be offset by an increase in dependent deductions on my annual state tax return. Of course, this benefit does not apply to me, whose children are grown and scattered across the country. The
  
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• Letter: GOP supports criminal behavior

  14-12-2019 14:00
  
  The moment of truth is upon us. Will our representatives and senators protect our Constitution, or will they choose to further their political agenda?Friday morning we found out that Reps. Chris Stewart, John Curtis and Rob Bishop chose to flush our Constitution down the toilet (10-15 times) so that they can have Trump pursue policies that they support.Sen. Mike Lee has informed the residents of Utah that he is OK with President Trump putting his personal interests ahead of our country’s n
  
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• Letter: Congress should take its duty seriously

  14-12-2019 14:00
  
  I am a lifelong Republican. I certainly find the choices our president has made unorthodox and possibly illegal. Anyone who still feels Trump’s interaction with Ukraine was in the best interest of the American people is either not being honest or is naïve.Whatever doubt remains needs to be resolved by Congress. The Constitution mandates that they take this process seriously, finish it, and give the American people answers. That doesn’t necessarily mean the president will be remo
  
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• Letter: Biden should appear more presidential

  14-12-2019 14:00
  
  To Joe Biden:Your acerbic reaction to the “liar” who confronted you the other day about your son and Burisma was appropriate for Donald Trump, not the hapless individual to whom you responded. However, your contemptuous response likely will halt any like accusations from other cowardly Trump toadies.If you get in a similar such incident, try a different tact. Ask the person if s/he has a son/daughter and how they would respond if a flurry of ”lies” was incessantly dissemi
  
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• Davis, Rodriguez provide heroics as Weber State tops Montana to advance to FCS semifinals

  14-12-2019 09:00
  
  Ogden • Give Josh Davis a cape to go with his helmet. He came in to save the day.Give Adam Rodriguez Thor’s hammer, because he put one down on Montana.Davis, a sophomore running back out of Sandy, had the best view in the house — from the sideline — for most of the second quarter of Weber State’s Football Championship Subdivision quarterfinal game against Montana. He left with a hip pointer injury late in the second quarter Friday night and didn’t take the fiel
  
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• Utah’s Tony Finau comes through in two tying efforts in the Presidents Cup

  14-12-2019 08:47
  
  Lehi resident Tony Finau made clutch putts on each of his two tours of the 18th hole, as he and partner Matt Kuchar earned a total of one point for their two ties on the third day of the Presidents Cup.Finau fought hard to give himself and Kuchar a tie in a fourball match at Royal Melbourne Golf Club with International golfers Beyong Hun An and Adam Scott. He birdied the last two holes Friday (Saturday morning in Australia), helping the U.S. team come back to within 10-8 entering the final day&r
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Jazz overcome first-half deficit thanks to all-time night from Bogdanovic

  14-12-2019 08:00 via sportspyder.com
  
  Bojan tied a single-game Jazz record with eight 3-pointers made
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - The Triple Team: The Jazz bench was bad, but the Warriors were worse on Friday

  14-12-2019 07:56 via sportspyder.com
  
  Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 114-106 win over the Golden State Warriors from Salt Lake Tribune Jazz beat writer Andy Larsen.
  
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• Utah volleyball team falls to Stanford in five sets in the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16

  14-12-2019 07:51
  
  Utah's women's volleyball team led No. 3 seed Stanford briefly in the fifth set Friday night in an effort to reach the NCAA Tournament's Elite Eight for the first time, but Cardinal star Kathryn Plummer asserted herself in the end.Plummer, a two-time national Player of the Year, posted 29 kills as Stanford won 22-25, 25-14, 25-10, 12-25, 15-11 at Maples Pavilion in Palo Alto, Calif.Utah (24-10) was led by Dani Drews with 18 kills. Kenzie Koerber and Berkeley Oblad added 12 each and Zoe Weatherin
  
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• The Triple Team: The Jazz bench was bad, but the Warriors were worse on Friday

  14-12-2019 07:39
  
  Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 114-106 win over the Golden State Warriors from Salt Lake Tribune Jazz beat writer Andy Larsen.1. The Subway Sub of the Game, and what it says about the benchThe closest Subway to Vivint Arena has a two-star rating on Yelp. In the last year, they have been reviewed eight times, and have received one star seven times and three stars one time. At their best, in the three-star review, they overcharged the customer, but made a decent sandwich. At their worst (
  
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• Weber State tops Montana 17-10, advances to first FCS semifinals

  14-12-2019 07:30
  
  Ogden • Give Josh Davis a cape to go with his helmet. He came in to save the day. Give Adam Rodriguz Thor's hammer, because he put it down on Montana.Davis, a sophomore running back out of Sandy had the best view in the house — from the sideline — for most of the second quarter of Weber State’s Football Championship Subdivision quarterfinal game against Montana. He left with an injury late in the second quarter Friday night and didn’t take the field with the Wildcats
  
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• [KSL] - Jazz experience just about everything as they eke out win over lowly Warriors | KSL.com

  14-12-2019 07:27 via sportspyder.com
  
  If there was a game that showed pretty much everything the Jazz have done this season, Friday's win against Golden State was it.
  
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• [NBA] - Bojan Bogdanovic ties Utah Jazz record with eight 3-pointers in win over Golden State

  14-12-2019 07:10 via sportspyder.com
  
  Bojan Bogdanovic was walking toward the bench for a timeout when Donovan Mitchell met Bogdanovic at the midcourt line, shoved him enthusiastically and yelled excitedly in his face.The message: keep
  
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• [NBA] - The Roundup—Bogdanović, Mitchell lead Jazz to comeback win over Warriors

  14-12-2019 06:44 via sportspyder.com
  
  It wasn't always pretty, but the Utah Jazz overcame a sluggish start to squeak out a 114-106 victory over the Golden State Warriors Friday night in Salt Lake City. The Jazz (15-11) have now
  
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• [Fox Sports] - Bogdanovic, Mitchell rally Jazz to 114-106 win over Warriors

  14-12-2019 06:09 via sportspyder.com
  
  Bogdanovic, Mitchell rally Jazz to 114-106 win over Warriors
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Highlights: Royce O’Neale — 14 points, 4 assists

  14-12-2019 06:08 via sportspyder.com
  
  Royce added 4 rebounds and 4 assists in the Jazz's 114-106.
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Highlights: Jazz 114 | Warriors 106

  14-12-2019 06:08 via sportspyder.com
  
  Bojan Bogdanovic led Utah with 32 points. The Croatian Creation made 8 3-pointers.
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Highlights: Donovan Mitchell — 28 points, 4 rebounds

  14-12-2019 06:08 via sportspyder.com
  
  Spida shot 10-of-19 and added 3 threes in Utah's 114-106 win against Golden State.
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Highlights: Bojan Bogdanovic — 32 points, 8 3pm

  14-12-2019 06:08 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Croatian Creation connected on 8-of-13 threes in Utah's 114-106 victory,.
  
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• It isn’t pretty, but Jazz able to rally for 114-106 victory over Warriors at Vivint Arena

  14-12-2019 05:55
  
  There’s a scene in the 1986 film “Top Gun” where the pilot played by Tom Cruise is having his performance in a dogfight evaluated, and the analyst concludes, “The encounter was a victory, but I think we’ve shown it as an example of what not to do.”Sounds like a pretty apt description of the Jazz’s 114-106 win over Golden State on Friday night at Vivint Smart Home Arena.Utah had to overcome its own lethargy and bad decision-making just to rally past the w
  
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• [KSL] - Santa Rudy: Utah Jazz center hosts Christmas for kids affected by homelessness | KSL.com

  14-12-2019 05:46 via sportspyder.com
  
  If you had asked one of the 25 kids who attended the Rudy's Kids Holiday Hoopla who Santa was, they may have just said a 7-foot-1 NBA center.
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - VIDEO: Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell shakes Damion Lee with the crossover and takes it hard to the rack

  14-12-2019 05:35 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Utah Jazz are holding a slim lead over a determined Golden State Warriors that has played well recently. Fortunately for Utah, they have a fantastic star in Donovan Mitchell carrying them past the Dubs. Mitchell’s latest display of athleticism...
  
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• No. 5 Utah gymnastics team debuts at Red Rocks Preview at Huntsman Center

  14-12-2019 05:27
  
  Utah’s gymnastics team is flipping not only in the routines but in the strengths, too, as the Utes prepare for the 2020 season.The fifth-ranked Utes are expected to be strong on the balance beam this year, an event that has been very inconsistent for them during the post-season recently.Friday during the team’s Red Rocks Preview at the Huntsman Center, the Utes unveiled some new creative mounts, good difficulty and a lot of confidence.Returners including Cristal Isa, Sydney Soloski a
  
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• Utah’s Tony Finau comes through in a tying effort in the Presidents Cup

  14-12-2019 04:08
  
  Lehi resident Tony Finau was one of the top U.S. performers through three rounds of the Presidents Cup, even while earning only a half-point for his team.Finau fought hard to give himself and partner Matt Kuchar a tie in a four-ball match at Royal Melbourne Golf Club with International golfers Beyong Hun An and Adam Scott. He birdied the last two holes Friday (Saturday morning in Australia), helping keep the Americans within 9-5 entering the afternoon foursomes play.Finau again was paired with K
  
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• Live: Jazz trailing Warriors 56-49 at the half at Vivint Arena

  14-12-2019 04:06
  
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• Brian Moench: Seven deadly misperceptions about our air quality

  14-12-2019 04:00
  
  The Bible teaches that if we want to go to heaven we must avoid seven deadly sins — pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath and country western music. If the Bible were written today by someone in Salt Lake City, it might teach that if we don’t want to go to heaven prematurely, we should avoid seven deadly misconceptions about our air pollution.• First misconception: Winter inversions are “unhealthy for sensitive groups.”This is an official government curveball. Th
  
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