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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz travel to Los Angeles to face California’s best NBA team

  28-12-2019 23:45 via sportspyder.com
  
  In a period of adjustments, the Jazz will have a progress check against the best team in the league
  
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• Hundreds of accused clergy left off church’s sex abuse lists

  28-12-2019 23:36
  
  Richard J. Poster served time for possessing child pornography, violated his probation by having contact with children, admitted masturbating in the bushes near a church school and in 2005 was put on a sex offender registry. And yet the former Catholic priest was only just this month added to a list of clergy members credibly accused of child sexual abuse — after The Associated Press asked why he was not included.Victims advocates had long criticized the Roman Catholic Church for not makin
  
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• Renovated Utah theater shows classics with modern technology

  28-12-2019 23:28
  
  Logan • A northern Utah theater that recently underwent a major renovation and is showing classic favorites using modern technology.The makeover made possible with donations from the likes of Utah Jazz owner Gail Miller transformed a run-down movie house into a restored version of its art-deco grandeur. The lobby is elegantly decorated with fresh wallpaper and glittering chandeliers, the Herald Journal reported.On the Saturday before Christmas, the Utah Theatre staff were popping popcorn an
  
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• Tribune Editorial: Sen. Mitt Romney’s mission: Trial first. Verdict afterwards.

  28-12-2019 23:00
  
  "'Let the jury consider their verdict,' the King said, for about the twentieth time that day."'No, no!' said the Queen. ‘Sentence first—verdict afterwards.’“‘Stuff and nonsense!’ said Alice loudly. ‘The idea of having the sentence first!’”— Lewis Carroll, “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” (1865)The process of impeachment in the House of Representatives and the subsequent trial in the Senate is often described in terms
  
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• Gordon Shepherd: Party of Lincoln becomes the Party of Id

  28-12-2019 23:00
  
  The Party of Lincoln has devolved. Republicans have become the Party of Id. Let me first state the obvious, then move on to more troubling concerns.The obvious is that Donald J. Trump, President Trump, personifies the naked id of Freudian fame. In Freud’s theory of personality development, the id is curbed by ethical ideals and normative constraints, which normal children — after graduating from their “Terrible Twos” — internalize as humankind’s superego. But,
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz execs reveal why they traded for Jordan Clarkson

  28-12-2019 22:50 via sportspyder.com
  
  Utah Jazz executive vice president of basketball operations Dennis Lindsey and general manager Justin Zanik knew they had to upgrade the Jazz’s bench if the team was going to make a deep playoff run this season, which is why they traded for shooting...
  
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• Tribune Editorial: Disarm security guards who are unfit to shoot

  28-12-2019 22:10
  
  They aren’t police officers, but they still carry deadly force.That is why the state of Utah needs to take a hard look at how it regulates armed security guards. A recent analysis by Tribune reporter Paighten Harkins turned up several cases where people who shouldn’t have guns were carrying them as armed guards.In essence, the bureaucracy is not keeping up with the risk.In one case, a man who isn’t legally allowed to carry a firearm was still able to get licensed as an armed gu
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Look ahead: Utah Jazz can use upcoming stretch as launch pad

  28-12-2019 21:37 via sportspyder.com
  
  For the Utah Jazz, they have another opportunity to grow a long winning streak in the upcoming stretch of games. The Utah Jazz are in Los Angeles tonight t...
  
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• Utah faces a college football blueblood in the Alamo Bowl, as Texas tries to restore its aura

  28-12-2019 21:30
  
  Austin, Texas • On a cloudy weekend morning in late December, the University of Texas campus is quiet, except for the noise of heavy construction machinery in the south end zone of Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.In the southeast corner of the 100,119-seat facility's upper deck, overlooking the $175 million enhancement project, numbers celebrate Texas' Big 12 Conference football championships. The most recent title: 2009.That partly explains why the construction work is so urgent. Th
  
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• Mayor-elect Erin Mendenhall plans to hold regular one-on-ones with residents in city libraries. Here’s why.

  28-12-2019 21:15
  
  Jessica Cobabe and Joshua Aguila couldn’t come from more different walks of life.Cobabe, 35, is a sustainable fashion blogger with houses in both Springville and Salt Lake City’s east side. Aguila, 40, is a formerly homeless drug addict turned successful business owner who lives in Glendale.But last week, both received a one-on-one meeting with Salt Lake City Mayor-elect Erin Mendenhall at the Day-Riverside Branch Library in the city’s west side, at the last of four “offi
  
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• Look ahead: Utah Jazz can use upcoming stretch as launch pad

  28-12-2019 21:03
  
  For the Utah Jazz, they have another opportunity to grow a long winning streak in the upcoming stretch of games. The Utah Jazz are in Los Angeles tonight to take on the Los Angeles Clippers. Led by superstars Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, the Clippers are hot off a win over their city rivals on […]
  Look ahead: Utah Jazz can use upcoming stretch as launch pad - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Authorities: Small plane crashes in Louisiana, killing 5

  28-12-2019 20:53
  
  Lafayette, La. • Louisiana sports reporter Carley McCord has died in a plane crash on the way to a college football playoff game in Louisiana. Her husband, Steven Ensminger Jr., confirmed the death to The Associated Press on Saturday. Ensminger’s father is the offensive coordinator for Louisiana State University’s football team. The team is to play Oklahoma on Saturday afternoon.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.Lafayette, La. • A small
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Houston Rockets snag potential diamond in rough from SLC Stars

  28-12-2019 19:25 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Utah Jazz may have lost a potential diamond in the rough as the Houston Rockets recently signed Salt Lake City Stars player William Howard. The Utah Ja...
  
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• Lisa Michele Church: Presidents can’t ignore the rules to get what they want

  28-12-2019 19:00
  
  My mom taught me to “Stand up for your principles” and also, “Half a loaf is better than no loaf.” Seemingly contradictory advice.The Rolling Stones taught me, “You can’t always get what you want.”I am thinking often about this advice in our current political climate as people attack our system of holding a president accountable – impeachment.This particular presidency began with chants of “lock her up” in regard to a political rival wh
  
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• Andy Larsen: Here’s what we learned about the NBA this year

  28-12-2019 18:53
  
  It was an eventful, tumultuous year in the NBA. What can we take away from the highest levels of basketball in 2019?Well, for starters, we were reminded once again that the mighty can fallBack on January 1, the Golden State Warriors were cruising, 2/3 favorites to win the title according to Vegas oddsmakers. And it made sense: they had Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, and Kevin Durant, perhaps three of the five best shooters of all time. But they also had Draymond Green, a former Defensive Player of
  
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• Battle-tested by rugged non-conference schedule, the Utah women’s basketball team opens Pac-12 play vs. Colorado

  28-12-2019 18:52
  
  Lynne Roberts has eight freshmen or sophomores on her roster this season. When the Utes coach set out to craft her schedule, knowing she would have a lot of youth and inexperience, she did what any coach in her position would do. Roberts scheduled tough. The Utes, who open Pac-12 play on Sunday against Colorado at the Huntsman Center, began the season on the road at Cincinnati and Xavier. They played a pair of games in Honolulu against Texas Southern and UTSA. It was Utah’s turn to go to B
  
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• Utah Jazz: Houston Rockets snag potential diamond in rough from SLC Stars

  28-12-2019 18:50
  
  The Utah Jazz may have lost a potential diamond in the rough as the Houston Rockets recently signed Salt Lake City Stars player William Howard. The Utah Jazz have been busy this past week looking for ways to inject a jolt of life into what has been a dismal bench so far this season. First […]
  Utah Jazz: Houston Rockets snag potential diamond in rough from SLC Stars - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Clippers vs. Jazz: How to watch online, live stream info, game time, TV channel - CBSSports.com

  28-12-2019 18:37 via sportspyder.com
  
  How to watch Clippers vs. Jazz basketball game
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Game thread: Utah Jazz aim for statement victory against LA Clippers

  28-12-2019 18:31 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Utah Jazz have a chance to make a major statement if they're able to pull off a victory against an elite LA Clippers squad. The last time the Utah Jazz...
  
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• Game thread: Utah Jazz aim for statement victory against LA Clippers

  28-12-2019 18:30
  
  The Utah Jazz have a chance to make a major statement if they’re able to pull off a victory against an elite LA Clippers squad. The last time the Utah Jazz had a legitimate measuring stick game to see how they compare to an elite foe was on Monday when they faced off against the […]
  Game thread: Utah Jazz aim for statement victory against LA Clippers - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Andy Larsen: What did we learn about the NBA this year?

  28-12-2019 17:29 via sportspyder.com
  
  It was an eventful, tumultuous year in the NBA. What can we take away from the highest levels of basketball in 2019?
  
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• Erin Aubrey Kaplan: The poverty and prosperity of losing my husband

  28-12-2019 17:08
  
  Last week I got new checks in the mail. It had been years since I needed any; like most people I find myself writing fewer and fewer checks these days. Cutting open the package, I was struck by the fact that where I used to receive a whole box of checks, I now got a slim envelope of only two — one more paper item that used to be solid and institutional was now, like so much else, swiftly passing into irrelevance. I couldn’t help feeling a twinge of loss.When I saw the new checks I wa
  
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• Robert Gehrke: Here’s a group of Utahns who could achieve important things in 2020

  28-12-2019 17:07
  
  Over the past few years, I’ve started the year assembling a list of the 25 most influential Utahns in politics.The thing is, the list doesn’t change that much. Shuffle a few around, swap one mayor or legislator for another, and there you have it. The good news, for me, is that it’s easy. The bad news is it’s stale.So this year, I’m switching it up. I want to highlight a few people — some you may not know, some you probably do — who will shape our state i
  
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• Andy Larsen: What did we learn about the NBA this year?

  28-12-2019 17:00
  
  It was an eventful, tumultuous year in the NBA. What can we take away from the highest levels of basketball in 2019?Well, for starters, we were reminded once again that the mighty can fallBack on January 1, the Golden State Warriors were cruising, 2/3 favorites to win the title according to Vegas oddsmakers. And it made sense: they had Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, and Kevin Durant, perhaps three of the five best shooters of all time. But they also had Draymond Green, a former Defensive Player of
  
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• [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - Breaking down the top 5 Utah Jazz moments of 2019

  28-12-2019 16:57 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Utah Jazz were solid throughout the 2019 calendar year and they're poised to keep the ball rolling in 2020. Here are the top 5 Jazz moments of 2019. Wi...
  
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• Despite drop in beer sales, Utah liquor stores topped last year’s pre-Christmas totals

  28-12-2019 15:00
  
  Utah liquor stores sold a lot less beer — but more wine and spirits — in the five sales days leading up to Christmas, new state figures show.Pre-Christmas beer sales at the state-run stores totaled more than $838,000 — down 43% from the same time last year, according to numbers from the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.People are not drinking fewer ales and lagers than they did in 2018 — when beer sales at liquor stores topped $1.2 million in the days leading
  
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• Age limit now 21 across U.S. for cigarettes, tobacco products

  28-12-2019 15:00
  
  Anyone under 21 can no longer legally buy cigarettes, cigars or any other tobacco products in the U.S.The new law enacted last week by Congress also applies to electronic cigarettes and vaping products that heat a liquid containing nicotine.The provision raising the legal limit from 18 to 21 nationwide was in a massive spending bill passed by Congress and signed by the president on Dec. 20. About one-third of states already had their own laws restricting tobacco sales to people 21 and older."Thi
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Ranking the top five players from the year 2019

  28-12-2019 14:32 via sportspyder.com
  
  With the year 2019 coming to a close, we made a list of the five best players the Utah Jazz had this past year. The Utah Jazz have had a lot of ups and dow...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Ranking the top five players from the year 2019

  28-12-2019 14:00
  
  With the year 2019 coming to a close, we made a list of the five best players the Utah Jazz had this past year. The Utah Jazz have had a lot of ups and downs in the year 2019, including a fantastic finish to the regular season followed by a disappointing playoff series. The roller […]
  Utah Jazz: Ranking the top five players from the year 2019 - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• The Salt Lake Tribune’s 2019 photos of the year

  28-12-2019 14:00
  
  The photo staff of The Salt Lake Tribune was privileged in 2019 to witness many of the most significant events affecting Utah. Highs and lows. Bitter and sweet. Here is a collection of some of our favorite images of 2019 by Rick Egan, Leah Hogsten, Francisco Kjolseth, Trent Nelson and Jeremy Harmon.(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) David Langford’s family embraces one another during the closing hymn at the funeral for Dawna Langford and two of her children, Trevor and Rogan, in La Mor
  
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• Mayor-elect Mendenhall plans to hold regular one-on-ones with residents in city libraries. Here’s why.

  28-12-2019 14:00
  
  Jessica Cobabe and Joshua Aguila couldn’t come from more different walks of life.Cobabe, 35, is a sustainable fashion blogger with houses in both Springville and Salt Lake City’s east side. Aguila, 40, is a formerly homeless drug addict turned successful business owner who lives in Glendale.But last week, both received a one-on-one meeting with Salt Lake City Mayor-elect Erin Mendenhall at the Day-Riverside Branch Library in the city’s west side, at the last of four “offi
  
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• Letter: When is having more than enough enough?

  28-12-2019 14:00
  
  In his novel “A Walk on the Wild Side,” Nelson Algren makes the following observation:“When we got more houses than we can live in, more cars than we can ride in, more food than we can eat ourselves, the only way of getting richer is by cutting off those who don’t have enough. If everybody has more than enough, what good is my more-than-enough? What good is a wide meadow open to everyone? It isn’t until others are fenced out that the open pasture begins to have real
  
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• Letter: The corruption of ‘Animal Farm’ is in the Trump administration

  28-12-2019 14:00
  
  I read with great interest the letter from Mr. James Oshust, “Some more equal than others,” and it brought back fond memories of a treasured book from George Orwell.Mr. Oshust is correct that the pigs who were the leaders, Napoleon and Snowball, grew more corrupt as they became more powerful. The official party propaganda/slogan did indeed become, “All animals are created equal but some are more equal than others” as a cloak to hide their self-serving, unethical and possi
  
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• Letter: Prevention is the best remedy for the inland port

  28-12-2019 14:00
  
  Last month, I met Jack Hedge, the executive director of the Utah Inland Port Authority, at a community council meeting. Hedge was brought here from the California ports to oversee the Utah inland port.Envision Utah recently published a public engagement report regarding the inland port, and the No. 1 concern is air quality in relation to increased truck and rail traffic.I asked Hedge about the trucks in Los Angeles and how that was working out for the area. Hedge told me, “There are about
  
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• Letter: Pelosi takes a page from Moscow Mitch’s book

  28-12-2019 14:00
  
  Rob Bishop has been on the public payroll as a legislator since 1978. Forty-one years! He has golden lifetime medical insurance and retirement from both the state and federal governments. In the 2016 election cycle, 92.6% of contributions to Bishop’s political campaign came from outside Utah, the highest out-of-state percentage of any member of the House, with much of the contributions coming from the energy sector, according to an analysis by the Center for Responsive Politics. Only 7.4%
  
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• Letter: Kudos to the U. volleyball team

  28-12-2019 14:00
  
  Kudos to the University of Utah’s women’s volleyball team and the coaches. Their showing in the NCAA tournament was outstanding.I watched most all of the matches between ranked teams and, except for Stanford (the eventual winner), Utah was as good as or better than all others. In fact, Stanford lost only two sets the entire tournament, and both of those were to Utah.It was a pleasure to see how the women handled themselves and the joy they showed in their play. Regardless of the way
  
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• Letter: Gondolas would spell disaster for Little Cottonwood Canyon

  28-12-2019 14:00
  
  The Dec. 21 story by Brian Maffly regarding a gondola in Little Cottonwood Canyon read like an infomercial for the ski resorts and the gondola industry. There was only a single mention of the “major visual impact” aerial transit would have in the canyon.If such a story was fair, it would tell readers that some of the towers would be more than 200 feet tall and create an eyesore from almost everywhere in the canyon. It would tell us that the towers, cables and cabins would make the ca
  
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• Hiking fees set to double in parts of Bears Ears National Monument

  28-12-2019 14:00
  
  A family of four who spends two or more days hiking in portions of Bears Ears National Monument will be required to pay $40 in fees starting Jan. 1. That’s when a new fee structure imposed by the Bureau of Land Management takes effect, doubling most fees for overnight and day hiking on Cedar Mesa.The changes also expand the fee area to include Butler Wash and Comb Ridge in the Shash Jáa unit of Bears Ears near Bluff that currently offers free dispersed camping and hiking.A business
  
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• Eric Hubner: Republican senators should stand up to the appeasement of Trump

  28-12-2019 14:00
  
  As our focus now turns to the Senate impeachment trial of Donald J. Trump, we need Republican Senators who will act now, before the trial, to protect their ability to, as the oath requires, “do impartial justice according to the Constitution and laws.”The Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell has stated that he is, “coordinating with the White House counsel (to ensure that) there will be no difference between the president’s position and our position as to how to handle
  
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• Shooting inside suburban Denver mall kills 1; suspect sought

  28-12-2019 04:54
  
  Aurora, Colo. • Gunfire broke out inside a mall in a Denver suburb on Friday, killing a 17-year-old boy and causing shoppers to scatter in search of hiding places, police officials and a witness said.Aurora Police Department spokesman Anthony Camacho said officers were looking for at least one suspect who wielded a handgun in the shooting that occurred at 4 p.m. inside a J.C. Penney store at the Town Center at Aurora mall.He said there was no ongoing threat inside the mall, which remained
  
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• David Brooks: The media is broken and we must learn to see things differently

  28-12-2019 04:00
  
  Those of us in journalism primarily do one thing: cover events. We report and opine about events like election campaigns, wars and crimes. A lot of the events we cover are decisions — a decision to reform health care or write a tweet — so we tend to congregate in the cities where decision-makers live. The internet has sped up the news cycle. Now we put more emphasis on covering the last event that just happened. But it’s still mostly events.But a funny thing has happened to eve
  
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• [KSL] - Lillard calls Whiteside the best defensive center; Gobert has a response in Utah's win over the Blazers | KSL.com

  28-12-2019 02:49 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Jazz's 23-point lead had shrunk to 1, but Donovan Mitchell and Co. had enough to finish off the Trail Blazers at home on Thursday.
  
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• [Oregon Live] - Portland Trail Blazers’ Anfernee Simons is leaning on family as he navigates the ups and downs of the NBA - oregonlive.com

  28-12-2019 01:57 via sportspyder.com
  
  Portland Trail Blazers guard Anfernee Simons has leaned on his father, Charles, and mother, Tameka, as he has learned to navigate the ups and downs of a long NBA season and dealt with the hefty expectations that come along with being a highly touted...
  
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• 22 stories from 2019 that will make you say, ‘Oh, Utah’

  28-12-2019 01:22
  
  When Bravo TV’s Andy Cohen announced the next installation of “The Real Housewives” franchise would be in Salt Lake City, he used phrases like “curveball” and “completely unique” to describe the Beehive State.Judging from the past year of news, he has no idea just how different this state can be.From fake Twitters to liquor laws — and everything in between — here are the most unique-to-Utah stories from 2019.
  (Trent Nelson|The Salt Lake Tribu
  
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• Rebounding once again BYU’s top priority as Cougars get ready to wrap up non-conference play against Oral Roberts

  28-12-2019 01:17
  
  Provo • BYU will close out its non-conference portion of the season the way it started — with a huge rebounding challenge.The Cougars will host Oral Roberts, of the Summit League, Saturday at 7 p.m. at Marriott Center.BYU coach Mark Pope said the main goal for the team will be to just get another win to close out 2019, but the Golden Eagles will present a challenge they’ve been working on since the start of the season.“It’s really interesting because non-conference w
  
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• [Sports Keeda] - Los Angeles Lakers vs Portland Trail Blazers: Match Preview and Predictions - 28th December 2019

  28-12-2019 01:04 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Blazers host the Lakers at the Moda Center tonight, but who will prevail?
  
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• [Larry Brown Sports] - Rudy Gobert takes shot at Hassan Whiteside after win over Blazers

  28-12-2019 01:01 via sportspyder.com
  
  Another beef is brewing between Rudy Gobert and a Western counterpart. After his team's 121-115 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday, the Utah Jazz center was asked to respond to Damian Lillard's comments before the game calling Hassan...
  
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• Mexican police chief arrested in connection with slaying of 9 women and children with Utah ties

  28-12-2019 00:44
  
  Authorities in Mexico have arrested a municipal police chief there for his alleged role in the killing of nine women and children in early November, Reuters reported.The victims were all U.S. citizens who have lived in a fundamentalist Mormon community in the border-area between the U.S. and Mexico for decades. Three mothers and six children were traveling in a caravan of three cars near La Mora, Mexico, when assailants opened fire on the vehicles.Reuter reports that Fidel Alejandro Villegas, wh
  
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• [Hoops Rumors] - Northwest Notes: Clarkson, Tucker, Gallinari

  28-12-2019 00:43 via sportspyder.com
  
  Guard Jordan Clarkson scored nine points in 20 minutes in his Jazz debut and Donovan Mitchell was impressed how quickly …
  
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• Jazz execs explain the bench shake-up: ‘We had seen enough that this current mix just wasn’t working’

  28-12-2019 00:24
  
  In the hours before Monday’s loss in Miami, the Jazz traded oft-injured lottery pick Dante Exum and two future second-round draft picks to Cleveland for scoring guard Jordan Clarkson. And in the minutes after that game, the team released veteran forward Jeff Green — a player thought to be a critical component of the team’s bench unit when he signed in free agency this summer — and handed out a guaranteed deal to undrafted rookie Rayjon Tucker.On Thursday night, less than
  
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