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• Washington governor declares state of emergency over virus

  29-02-2020 23:09
  
  The governor of Washington state declared a state of emergency Saturday after a man died there of COVID-19, the first such reported death in the United States. More than 50 people in a nursing facility are sick and being tested for the virus.Gov. Jay Inslee directed state agencies to use “all resources necessary” to prepare for and respond to the coronavirus outbreak. The declaration also allows the use of the Washington National Guard, if necessary.“We will continue to work to
  
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• Tribune Editorial: We may be about to see why health care is a public need

  29-02-2020 23:00
  
  Nobody wants to see a global pandemic that will strike billions and kill millions. But, if it happened, it might finally drive home the point that universal access to health care — in whatever form and by whatever means — is not an act of charity.It is an act of self-preservation.The threat that the new coronavirus could spread worldwide, overwhelming health care systems in nations advanced and not so, completely ignoring borders and immigration laws, is beginning to focus the minds
  
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• Utah Republican Party opts not to censure Mitt Romney, and instead praise Trump’s acquittal

  29-02-2020 22:57
  
  Sandy • Instead of censuring Sen. Mitt Romney for his vote to impeach President Donald Trump, the Utah Republican State Central Committee decided Saturday simply to praise the president’s acquittal.But it still threw a few slaps at Romney in the resolution it adopted.The 136 party leaders present from around the state, as part of five-hour meeting at the Salt Lake Board of Realtors building, debated proposals as extreme as calling for Romney’s resignation to as lenient as not ev
  
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• Highland clamps down on Springville to win first state girls basketball title since 1984

  29-02-2020 21:42
  
  Highland’s 46-34victory over Springville for the Class 5A girls basketball title Saturday wasn’t always pretty. In fact, there were times it was downright ugly.The Rams struggled with the Red Devils press. They went long periods without scoring. And they were in serious foul trouble much of the second half.Still, they used physical and stifling defense to smother cold-shooting Springville and were just effective enough on offense to secure their first state girls’ title since 1
  
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• Experts paid by government pool play major role in cases

  29-02-2020 21:41
  
  Ogden • In the realm of civil litigation over jail deaths in Utah, expert witnesses and an experienced cadre of private defense attorneys paid by a government indemnity pool usually play dominant and often decisive roles.Two cases underway in Davis County illustrate how this preponderance of legal firepower helps the government side prevail, or at least make it difficult for family members of deceased inmates to win their claims of alleged negligence or wrongdoing inside jails, the Standard
  
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• Hundreds of kids get free dental care at Salt Lake City event

  29-02-2020 21:30
  
  Volunteer dentists, hygienists and the University of Utah School of Dentistry provided free dental care to 400 children Saturday.The event, held in the 60 chairs at the dental school, was part of the American Dental Association’s “Give Kids a Smile” program, according to a news release from the U. The effort launched in 2003 and gives no-cost care to thousands of kids nationwide.The dental school is the new permanent home for Salt Lake City’s event — the largest &ld
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Gordon Monson: Where have you been Mike Conley? And who are you now?

  29-02-2020 21:24 via sportspyder.com
  
  Anybody around here not think originally that adding Mike Conley to the Jazz would make them considerably better?
  
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• [Forbes] - Tumultuous Season For Rockets’ Eric Gordon Continues

  29-02-2020 21:11 via sportspyder.com
  
  2019-2020 has been the most tumultuous season of Eric Gordon’s Houston Rockets tenure.
  
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• Gordon Monson: Where have you been Mike Conley? And who are you now?

  29-02-2020 21:00
  
  Anybody around here not think originally that adding Mike Conley to the Jazz would make them considerably better?That’s a different question than this one: Anybody around here not think that Mike Conley would be worth the $30-plus million the Jazz are paying him?On that day in June when the Jazz traded for Conley, I answered yes, he would, to both questions.A lot has happened since then. They made those other moves, too, signing Bojan Bogdanovic, Jeff Green (and then dumping him), Ed Davis
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - The Mike Conley conundrum: Is there still time for the Utah Jazz and their point guard to make this work?

  29-02-2020 20:56 via sportspyder.com
  
  There are some nights when Mike Conley goes home and feels like a fish out of water.
  
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• The Mike Conley conundrum: Is there still time for the Utah Jazz and their point guard to make this work?

  29-02-2020 20:29
  
  There are some nights when Mike Conley goes home and feels like a fish out of water.For 12 seasons in Memphis, he was asked to play basketball in a certain way. The most stark difference might come at the defensive end, where the schemes for the Jazz and the Grizzlies could not be more different. In Memphis, protecting the paint is a five-man job. In Utah, it’s a one-man job for Rudy Gobert, and the other four players are out on the perimeter with a primary goal of preventing the 3-point s
  
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• Man in Washington state first in U.S. to die from new virus

  29-02-2020 20:03
  
  A man has died in Washington state of COVID-19, state health officials said Saturday, marking the first such reported death in the United States.State officials issued a terse news release announcing the death, gave no details and scheduled a news conference. A spokesperson for EvergreenHealth Medical Center, Kayse Dahl, said the person died in the facility in the Seattle suburb of Kirkland, but gave no other details.[Read More: Intermountain Medical Center to treat Utah man who has the coronavi
  
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• Yellowstone bison entering Montana face slaughter, hunters

  29-02-2020 20:00
  
  Billings, Mont. • One of the last and largest wild bison populations in North America has begun its migration out of Yellowstone National Park into southwestern Montana, where they are being hunted and face government-sponsored slaughter as part of a population reduction program.Hundreds of the animals have moved in recent days into the Gardiner basin along the park’s northern border, Yellowstone spokeswoman Morgan Warthin said. The animals leave the park in winter to graze at lower e
  
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• Taylor West: Mayor Pete can solve America’s problems

  29-02-2020 20:00
  
  The last four years of politics have been depressingly lonely for principled conservatives and independently minded Republicans like me who have felt abandoned and unrepresented, and we may be doomed to continue our sojourn in the wilderness if the 2020 presidential campaign continues its present course.The leading voice on the left despises capitalism and prefers to replace market freedoms with government control, eliminating choice and dictating our consumption of goods and services for crucia
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Eric Walden: The NBA will never be the parity-driven NFL, but even the worst teams can still rise up vs. the best

  29-02-2020 20:00 via sportspyder.com
  
  The NFL is sufficiently renowned for its parity to have spawned the pretty universal phrase “any given Sunday.”
  
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• If No. 3 Utah gymnasts get past 13th-ranked Washington, an unbeaten season is in the offing

  29-02-2020 20:00
  
  Upsetting UCLA at Pauley Pavilion a week ago not only gave Utah’s gymnastics team a win to boast about, it put the Utes on the verge of a historic season.With just three meets left in the season, including Sunday’s competition at No. 13 Washington, the Utes (9-0, 5-0) have a very real chance of finishing the regular season undefeated. That is something the they have only achieved once before, in 1993.The Utes also have home meets against Stanford and Utah State remaining, but those t
  
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• Eric Walden: The NBA will never be the parity-driven NFL, but even the worst teams can still rise up vs. the best

  29-02-2020 19:38
  
  The NFL is sufficiently renowned for its parity to have spawned the pretty universal phrase “any given Sunday.”The NBA … is not so similarly regarded.No, professional basketball is more known for producing multi-year dynasties — the Warriors, the Lakers, the Bulls, the Lakers, the Celtics … the Lakers.You get the point.It’s not merely the year-to-year variety, though — the NBA doesn’t really have that “any given Sunday” perception, an
  
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• Klobuchar coming to Utah ahead of Super Tuesday

  29-02-2020 19:11
  
  Another Democratic presidential candidate — Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar — is visiting Utah for a rally on Monday, the day before Utah’s Super Tuesday primary.Her campaign website announced that she is scheduled to appear at 9 a.m. at The Depot, 13 N. 400 West, in downtown Salt Lake City. Doors will open at 8:15 a.m.Later in the day, frontrunner Bernie Sanders is scheduled to hold a noon rally at the Utah State Fairpark. Doors open there at 10 a.m.This is the first year that Ut
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: 3 reasons why Royce O’Neale’s starting job should be permanent

  29-02-2020 18:44 via sportspyder.com
  
  Royce O'Neale is back in his starting role for the Utah Jazz, and based on what we have seen, he should remain in that role permanently. It's been an up-an...
  
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• [KSL] - Streak busted: Jazz get 1st win since All-Star break with victory over Wizards | KSL.com

  29-02-2020 18:39 via sportspyder.com
  
  Donovan Mitchell had seen enough. Utah's third-year star led the Jazz to their first win in 16 days Friday, scoring 30 points in a win over the Wizards.
  
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• Utah Jazz: 3 reasons why Royce O’Neale’s starting job should be permanent

  29-02-2020 18:36
  
  Royce O’Neale is back in his starting role for the Utah Jazz, and based on what we have seen, he should remain in that role permanently. It’s been an up-and-down season for the Utah Jazz. You can say the same thing about a number of Jazz players. One player that has been consistent from game […]
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• Grand Teton: 36 mountain goats killed in helicopter shooting

  29-02-2020 18:00
  
  Jackson, Wyo. • Sharpshooters killed 36 mountain goats from a helicopter in a contested effort to eradicate the nonnative animals from Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.Four days after Interior Secretary David Bernhardt intervened to stop the shooting on the day it began, park officials released the tally Tuesday to the Jackson Hole News & Guide.About 100 mountain goats, descendants of animals introduced outside the park decades ago, inhabit the Teton Range. Using a combination of sh
  
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• Mormon crickets reported early this year in northern Nevada

  29-02-2020 17:42
  
  Reno, Nev. • Mormon crickets, the grasshopper-like insects that pose threats to crops and drivers. are hatching early this year in northern Nevada.KRVN-TV reports that the Nevada Department of Agriculture has confirmed some of the earliest hatchings of Mormon crickets in years, with the first reported Feb. 22 in Winnemucca, which is 148 miles (238 kilometers) northeast of Reno.Mormon crickets pose a safety threat to drivers because they get squished and make roads slick. “”We've
  
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• U.S., Taliban sign deal aimed at ending war in Afghanistan

  29-02-2020 17:37
  
  Doha, Qatar • The United States signed a peace agreement with Taliban militants on Saturday aimed at bringing an end to 18 years of bloodshed in Afghanistan that began after 9/11 and allowing U.S. troops to return home from America’s longest war.This historic deal, signed by chief negotiators from the two sides and witnessed by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the Qatari capital of Doha, could see the withdrawal of all American and allied forces in the next 14 months and allow Presid
  
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• [THE SPORTSRUSH] - BOS vs HOU Dream11 Prediction : Boston Rockets Vs Houston Rockets Best Dream 11 Team for NBA 2019-20 Match

  29-02-2020 17:31 via sportspyder.com
  
  BOS Vs HOU Dream11 Team Overview, Match Centre And Probable Playing 5: Humdinger on our hands with two pulsating units clashing heads in the league today.    
  
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• Daryl Austin: I voted for Trump once. This is why I might not in 2020

  29-02-2020 17:00
  
  At the close of last year, Donald Trump’s long-ago friend, Howard Stern, sat down with his longer-ago friend, Hillary Clinton, to discuss — among other things — our nation’s President.At one point Howard suggested that Hillary could have won the 2016 election by testing then-candidate Trump’s lack of foreign policy knowledge on the debate stage. As if his not knowing where “Russia is on a map,” or the name of the “president of Yugoslavia” &md
  
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• Ski racing community starts to back away from toxic wax

  29-02-2020 16:55
  
  Montpelier, Vt. • At ski races across the United States, competitors are starting to abandon a type of wax many count on for speed amid concerns it contains toxic chemicals that threatens human health and could reach streams and other critical groundwater sources.The International Ski Federation, the governing body for international skiing, announced plans to ban the use of fluorinated waxes in all disciplines next season.These waxes contain perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, co
  
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• Coronavirus will likely reduce Chinese travel to Yellowstone

  29-02-2020 16:00
  
  Billings, Mont. • The coronavirus outbreak will reduce Chinese travel to Yellowstone National Park, according to tourism officials, but the impact will be small compared to the national effect.“Yes, we would anticipate it having some effect, but they are not our only customers,” Marysue Costello, executive director of the West Yellowstone Chamber of Commerce, told The Billings Gazette.Chinese tour groups are “100% suspended right now,” said Norma Nickerson, director
  
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• O’Neale’s block, Conley’s bucket prove the key sequence as Utah Jazz snap four-game losing streak

  29-02-2020 15:50
  
  Most of Friday night’s third quarter had gone the Jazz’s way, and yet they were still only up seven points against the Washington Wizards and their 30th-ranked defense.Bradley Beal — the league’s foremost scoring supernova since Damian Lillard — thought he was about to make it a five-point game, darting past Joe Ingles and down an open lane for an apparent layup.Except that Royce O’Neale (temporarily deployed as a smallball center) swooped in from the weak sid
  
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• ‘Queens of Music’ will be celebrated, onstage and in murals, at The Gateway for International Women’s Day

  29-02-2020 15:00
  
  Live music and artistic celebrations of “Queens of Music” are part of a celebration of International Women’s Day, set for Saturday, March 7, at The Gateway in downtown Salt Lake City.The Queens of Music Festival starts at 2 p.m., at The Gateway, 50 S. Rio Grande St., Salt Lake City. Tickets are a $5 donation to nonprofit radio station KRCL-FM, and are available at shopthegateway.com.From 2 to 7 p.m., the event will feature live music: singer Jazzy Olivo at 2:30 p.m., hip-hop ar
  
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• [Deseret News] - ‘This is one win’: Utah Jazz happy to bust slump, but recognize there’s more work to be done

  29-02-2020 14:30 via sportspyder.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — Tony Bradley is generally a man of few words, but the Utah Jazz’s backup center’s message on Friday night after a 129-119 win over the Washington Wizards summed the evening up...
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Three takeaways from crucial win against Wizards

  29-02-2020 14:22 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Utah Jazz rallied from a halftime deficit to beat the Washington Wizards, and found the joy of playing basketball in the process. Here are three takeaw...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Three takeaways from crucial win against Wizards

  29-02-2020 14:03
  
  The Utah Jazz rallied from a halftime deficit to beat the Washington Wizards, and found the joy of playing basketball in the process. Here are three takeaways from the win. The Utah Jazz finally snapped out of their post All-Star break trance. Along the ride there was plenty of typical Jazz moments that remind us […]
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• Letter: What about the Democrats?

  29-02-2020 14:00
  
  What happened to President Trump’s acceptance speech in 2016, stating that he wanted to be the president for all Americans. The man has used terrible language in describing all Democrats. Doesn’t he realize that there are a large number of Democrats in this country?Holly Rio, DraperSubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Wake up, Latter-day Saints

  29-02-2020 14:00
  
  Wake up, Latter-day Saints.Articles of faith that are part of the covenant made at baptism upon joining the LDS faith include: “We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men. … If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things. … We believe … in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.”And how can we as “Christians” ignore what Jesus taught as the two g
  
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• Letter: Schools offered pennies instead of dollars

  29-02-2020 14:00
  
  It’s no secret that it is hard to find qualified teachers, especially in math and science. My own physics department is a revolving door with new personnel every year. In the last four years all my former colleagues have left the Utah public school system.This is not an indictment of my school or my district. Teachers are asked to do too much and given too little. We have students with serious social needs in our classes. We try to fill gaps, but teachers aren’t social workers, nurse
  
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• Letter: Don’t allow depleted uranium in Utah

  29-02-2020 14:00
  
  Cancer is something that many people sadly encounter in their lives, one way or another. One way that some come into contact with carcinogens is through radiation. This can be through many different ways, one of which is depleted uranium.Currently at the state level there is a bill disguised as a land preservation bill that would allow for the taxing of DU. While currently there is no legal way to bring DU into the state for storage, allowing the taxing of it would open doors to allow legislatio
  
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• Letter: Deep state or disorganized?

  29-02-2020 14:00
  
  Donald Trump has sent Twitter messages blaming the Democrats for being a part of the “deep state” conspiracy, a coordinated effort to embarrass and criticize the president’s performance in office.He has also sent Twitter messages criticizing the Democrats for their infighting and disorganization as showcased at their public debates and the Iowa caucus voting.Which is it?It seems to me the GOP is much more organized at these shenanigans than the Democrats.Marilyn Marshall, Magna
  
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• Letter: Bloomberg is the strongest candidate

  29-02-2020 14:00
  
  Utah, we have a job to fill, and Mike Bloomberg is the strongest applicant.I don’t know about you, but when I evaluate job applicants, I look at their resumes. I consider accomplishments and proven aptitude for the job.Utah voters, regardless of party affiliation, will choose a candidate for president of the United States on March 3. I implore you to consider the applicants’ track records to choose the one most qualified.Job description: President of the United StatesThe best candida
  
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• $1 billion-plus Uinta Basin oil train could hinge on tax break

  29-02-2020 14:00
  
  The following was written and reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune.Last June, Utah’s Permanent Community Impact Board (CIB) doled out $21 million from the state’s share of federal mining royalties toward a rail line proposed to connect the oil of the Uinta Basin to national markets.The project is controversial for a number of reasons: its estimated $1.2 billion price tag; that it would primarily benefit one industry; and beca
  
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• Marjorie McCloy: Who can beat Bernie Sanders?

  29-02-2020 13:00
  
  For months, as I’ve pondered the slate of really-good-but-not-quite-perfect Democratic presidential candidates, I’ve asked myself, “But who can beat Donald Trump?” Now, however, I have a new question: “Who can beat Bernie Sanders?”Sanders is a dangerous choice for Democrats. Not only is he stubborn, narrow-minded, divisive and more liberal than the majority of his party, he is a one-trick pony. Ask him how he likes the weather, and he’ll respond that if
  
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• [Sports Keeda] - NBA 2019-20: Wizards lose against Donovan Mitchell and the Jazz

  29-02-2020 08:39 via sportspyder.com
  
  Wizards lose to Donovan Mitchell and the Jazz
  
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• O’Neale’s block, Conley’s bucket prove the key sequence as Jazz snap four-game losing streak

  29-02-2020 08:02
  
  Most of Friday night’s third quarter had gone the Jazz’s way, and yet they were still only up seven points against the Washington Wizards and their 30th-ranked defense.Bradley Beal — the league’s foremost scoring supernova since Damian Lillard — thought he was about to make it a five-point game, darting past Joe Ingles and down an open lane for an apparent layup.Except that Royce O’Neale (temporarily deployed as a smallball center) swooped in from the weak sid
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - The Triple Team: Jazz offense explodes, bench saves the day against weak resistance from Washington

  29-02-2020 08:00 via sportspyder.com
  
  Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 129-119 win over the Washington Wizards from Salt Lake Tribune Jazz beat writer Andy Larsen.
  
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• The Triple Team: Jazz offense explodes, bench saves the day against weak resistance from Washington

  29-02-2020 07:51
  
  Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 129-119 win over the Washington Wizards from Salt Lake Tribune Jazz beat writer Andy Larsen.1. It’s nice to play the league’s worst defenseThe Jazz’s offense played at its highest level in weeks, scoring 129 points on the Washington Wizards — who do feature the league’s worst defense. That’s a 127 offensive rating, which is nice on its own, but a 118 offensive rating just on their half-court possessions, which is really,
  
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• Utah Jazz-Washington Wizards analysis by Andy Larsen

  29-02-2020 07:50
  
  Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 129-119 win over the Washington Wizards from Salt Lake Tribune Jazz beat writer Andy Larsen.1. It’s nice to play the league’s worst defenseThe Jazz’s offense played at its highest level in weeks, scoring 129 points on the Washington Wizards — who do feature the league’s worst defense. That’s a 127 offensive rating, which is nice on its own, but a 118 offensive rating just on their half-court possessions, which is really,
  
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• [Deseret News] - Utah Jazz snap 4-game losing streak, beat Washington Wizards

  29-02-2020 06:56 via sportspyder.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz are back in the win column. It took nearly three full quarters for the Jazz to gain some separation and then they had to hold on in the final minutes, but they...
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Donovan 'Spida' Mitchell SLAMS it home past Rui Hachimura

  29-02-2020 06:55 via sportspyder.com
  
  Spida goes for 30 points in Utah's 129-119 win against the Washington Wizards.
  
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• [NBA] - The Roundup—Mitchell, Clarkson help Jazz snap four-game losing streak

  29-02-2020 06:53 via sportspyder.com
  
  It took 16 days and four games (five if you count the All-Star Game), but the Utah Jazz picked up the intensity and closed their homestand with a much-needed 129-119 victory over the Washington
  
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• State colleges: Utah falls at USC 69-66 in women’s basketball

  29-02-2020 06:50
  
  Los Angeles, Calif. • A slow start and turnovers plagued the University of Utah women’s basketball team Friday night against USC, and despite another late rally, the Utes fell 69-66.The Utes are 13-15 overall this season and 6-11 in Pac-12 play. The Utes committed 21 turnovers, tying for second-most by Utah this season, with the Trojans capitalizing by scoring 20 points off turnovers. Eight of Utah’s turnovers came in the first quarter with USC able to take off on a 10-0 run to
  
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