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• Utah Jazz shootaround inspires local teens at Michigan high school

  24-01-2018 23:50
  BIRMINGHAM, Mich. — A pair of large Indian Trails buses were parked outside Seaholm High School in a suburb of Detroit.During third hour — and lunch for others — random students passed by the gymnasium to glance inside on Wednesday morning to catch a glimpse of the Utah Jazz during shootaround in preparation for the Detroit Pistons.“I’ve never seen the players before,” said Andrew Rebock, a 15-year-old freshman.The Jazz aren’t the first team to hold a pr
  
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• Case dismissed for Utah high school baseball coach once charged with showing pornographic material to minors

  24-01-2018 23:46
  The felony charges against Woods Cross High School’s former baseball coach have been dropped after prosecutors were presented with additional evidence in the case.Trevor J. Amicone, 30, had been accused of showing pornographic images and videos to three minor males during the 2015-16 school year, according to charges filed last February in 2nd District Court.On Monday, however, Davis County prosecutors dismissed the three third-degree felony counts of dealing in harmful materials to a mino
  
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• Federer rips official, then wins to reach Australian Open semis

  24-01-2018 23:32
  Melbourne, Australia • Roger Federer got cranky at the chair umpire for a technology flaw in his Australian Open quarterfinal match, using the rare emotional outburst as motivation.It helped. The 36-year-old Federer, now the oldest semifinalist in Melbourne in 41 years, beat long-time rival Tomas Berdych 7-6 (1), 6-3, 6-4 Wednesday and will next face a challenge from the next generation.That will be against 21-year-old Hyeon Chung, the first South Korean to reach a Grand Slam semifinal and
  
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• Robert Pattinson and Mia Wasikowska were upstaged at their Sundance premiere — by a miniature horse named Daisy

  24-01-2018 23:09
  Park City • It took an enigmatic blonde to upstage Robert Pattinson at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.Not Mia Wasikowska, his co-star in the off-kilter filmed-in-Utah Western “Damsel,” which premiered Tuesday at Park City’s Eccles Center Theatre.The blonde who stole the show from Pattinson and Wasikowska was Daisy, a miniature horse who made her movie debut in the film.David Zellner, who wrote and directed with his brother Nathan, guided Daisy onto the stage after the scr
  
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• Toys R Us cites holiday ‘missteps,’ says 182 stores to close including two Utah locations

  24-01-2018 23:00
  New York • Toys R Us, a nostalgic favorite even as many shoppers moved to Amazon and huge chains like Walmart, plans to close up to 182 stores, or about 20 percent of its U.S. locations.The company that once dominated toy sales in the U.S. has been operating under bankruptcy protection since last fall, when it filed for Chapter 11 under the weight of $5 billion in debt. Toys R Us operates about 900 stores in the U.S., including Babies R Us stores.Loyal fans lamented the closing of their hom
  
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• [The Score] - Report: Jazz interested in Knicks' Hernangomez

  24-01-2018 22:46 via sportspyder.com
  ... attention among the Knicks' centers, is reportedly drawing interest from the Jazz, sources told the . Hernangomez admitted that while he welcomes the trade ru ...
  
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• CPR is easier than most people realize — and it doesn’t require mouth-to-mouth contact, Utah fire officials say

  24-01-2018 22:40
  Performing CPR is easier than most people realize — and it does not require mouth-to-mouth contact, according to West Valley City fire officials.The fire department’s new “Hands-Only” CPR campaign emphasizes how important it is to learn this simple life-saving technique, which only employs chest compressions.Nationally, bystanders start CPR about 40 percent of the time. In Utah, the rate is much lower, about 20 percent, according to a Wednesday news release announcing the
  
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• Utah religious leaders call on Legislature to stem ‘alarming’ spread of hate crimes

  24-01-2018 22:38
  Nearly two dozen Utah religious leaders are urging the Utah Legislature to pass SB86, which would enhance penalties for hate-driven crimes against people or property.Under the bill, sponsored by state Sen. Daniel Thatcher, R-West Valley City, punishment for a class A misdemeanor could be meted out at a harsher, third-degree-felony level if the crime targeted a person based on “ancestry, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, national origin, race, religion or sexual orientation.&r
  
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• Trib Caucus: Place your bets for the 2018 legislative session

  24-01-2018 22:34
  Every week during Utah’s legislative session, The Salt Lake Tribune’s political reporters and columnists will chat about the hottest topics of the week. The following is a lightly edited transcript of their conversation. Benjamin Wood (education reporter): Welcome to this week’s Trib Caucus Slack chat, which will be convening weekly during the 2018 legislative session. We’re on day 3 of 45 so not much has happened (yet) but @leedavidson and @tanderson what are the highlig
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: How Laws Are Made

  24-01-2018 22:30
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2018.<br>You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below.<br>For the children<br>Who’s a good legislature?<br>Party of personal responsibility<br>Government shutdown showdown<br>Diversity not for the birds<br>Trump and the religious right<br>Trump Tower<br>Walmart severance<br>It’s a hard knock life<br>The Never Ending Story<
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Donovan Mitchell doesn’t need a dunk contest to be considered a star

  24-01-2018 22:28 via sportspyder.com
  ...and company, at SBNation NBA dropped this amazing video about the ’s . Utah Jazz fans might be smarting from the dunk contest snub, but Donovan Mitchell is a ...
  
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• [NBA] - Donovan Mitchell to Participate in 2018 MTN Dew Kickstart Rising Stars Challenge

  24-01-2018 22:28 via sportspyder.com
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• Robert Pattison and Mia Wasikowska were upstaged at their Sundance premiere — by a miniature horse named Daisy

  24-01-2018 22:21
  Park City • It took an enigmatic blonde to upstage Robert Pattinson at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.Not Mia Wasikowska, his co-star in the off-kilter filmed-in-Utah Western “Damsel,” which premiered Tuesday at Park City’s Eccles Center Theatre.The blonde who stole the show from Pattinson and Wasikowska was Daisy, a miniature horse who made her movie debut in the film.David Zellner, who wrote and directed with his brother Nathan, guided Daisy onto the stage after the scr
  
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• She claims paramedics said her 6-year-old had common flu symptoms and left. Now her daughter is dead.

  24-01-2018 22:00
  Six-year-old Emily Muth first fell ill with the flu on Jan. 16. Three days later, she had difficulty breathing, so her mother, Rhonda Muth, called for an ambulance.Muth said a paramedic told her that labored breathing was a common symptom of the flu, so the ambulance was sent back. But Emily's breathing continued to slow, and when paramedics returned a second time, it was too late.Emily's sudden death was heartbreaking and unsettling to her parents and her 8- and 10-year-old brothers, Muth said.
  
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• Utah House votes for fireworks restrictions — fewer days to shoot them off and higher fines for violations

  24-01-2018 21:45
  Next July may be quieter in Utah.The Utah House voted Tuesday to reduce by nearly half the number of days that fireworks are allowed around Independence and Pioneer day holidays.HB38 also increases penalties for setting off fireworks at banned times, allows cities to more easily restrict them in fire-prone areas, and clearly makes people who set off fireworks liable for any damage they cause.The bill passed 69-3, and now goes to the Senate for consideration.“We ended up with a compromise b
  
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• Water main breaks in Sandy, leaving 49 homes without water for several hours

  24-01-2018 21:36
  A water main in Sandy broke Wednesday morning, leaving some residents without water for about five hours.The break occurred about 7 a.m. near 8000 South and 450 East. It affected an area extending from 7600 South to 8000 South and 300 East to 450 East, a news release from the city said.The 49 homes within that area were without water, said city spokesman Robin Saville, until service was restored about 12:15 p.m.The break was likely caused by freezing and thawing, Saville said, which is more comm
  
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• BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe talks ESPN contract, Cougars’ future as a football independent, and more

  24-01-2018 21:34
  Provo • Brigham Young University is not actively looking to place its independent football team into a conference outside one of the five power conferences, athletic director Tom Holmoe said Wednesday during an hourlong roundtable discussion with reporters who cover the school’s athletic program.“You can ask me that question a thousand times, and that answer is going to be, ‘if that day comes, you are going to know it,’” Holmoe said. “It is the same answe
  
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• Utah’s Steve Nyman will celebrate his 36th birthday on the hills of Pyeongchang after making his fourth U.S. Olympic team

  24-01-2018 21:26
  The Sundance Kid has earned a ticket to his fourth Olympic Winter Games.U.S. alpine skier Steven Nyman, who will turn 36 in three weeks, will get to celebrate his birthday on the hills of Pyeongchang, South Korea. The Provo native and Sundance Resort product was named to the 2018 U.S. alpine skiing roster Wednesday. These Olympics will be Nyman’s fourth consecutive appearance at a Games. He joins fellow Olympians and Utahns Ted Ligety, Jared Goldberg and Megan McJames as representatives of
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Report: Utah Jazz showing interest in Knicks’ Hernangomez

  24-01-2018 21:05 via sportspyder.com
  ... ll and when moving without the ball. More from The J-Notes Trade rumor: Utah Jazz open to dealing Ricky Rubio? 2h ago Utah Jazz: Bleacher Report pins Portland ...
  
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• Alexandra Petri: Here are some totally groundless opinions about the Oscar nominees

  24-01-2018 21:00
  Do people want a complete rundown of the year’s Oscar-nominated movies from someone who has only seen “Get Out” and “The Last Jedi” six times? Who knows! I am trying to get better at having strong opinions about things I know nothing about, since otherwise I cannot possibly ever hope to get on television.• “Call Me by Your Name”: People I have not seen for years have approached me, weeping, to clasp my hand and tell me that this film was poignant an
  
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• Report: Utah Jazz showing interest in Knicks’ Hernangomez

  24-01-2018 20:44
  According to the New York Daily News, the Utah Jazz could be coveting New York Knicks big man Willy Hernangomez. The NBA trade deadline is upon us and with just over two weeks remaining until the big day, the Utah Jazz look to be one of the league’s more active teams. Multiple Jazzmen have already […]
  Report: Utah Jazz showing interest in Knicks’ Hernangomez - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Mormon singer Nathan Pacheco joined a Utah youth symphony at the top of a butte in Zion National Park — and their YouTube video is racking up the views

  24-01-2018 20:39
  Singer Nathan Pacheco, a graduate of Brigham Young University’s music program, joined the students of the American Fork-based Lyceum Philharmonic at the annual Lyceum Music Festival in southern Utah this past summer. The video of their performance of “What a Wonderful World” — filmed at Zion National Park — was just released Tuesday, but has already racked up more than 65,000 views on YouTube.
  The Lyceum Philharmonic, led by Kayson Brown, is usually made up of young
  
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• Utah’s gymnasts, coaches, shocked and horrified by Larry Nassar’s vast sexual abuse of young Team USA members

  24-01-2018 20:35
  How could it happen for so long? Why didn’t anyone stop him? Where were the parents? Where were the coaches and other figures of authority?Where was anyone who could have stopped the nightmare?So many people are asking those questions as the shocking details of the sexual abuse at the hands of Larry Nassar are told. More than 150victims delivered accounts during his hearing of how they were sexually abused and assaulted by the former USA Gymnastics doctor under the guise he was treating th
  
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• Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell laments not making slam dunk contest

  24-01-2018 20:35
  Detroit • Passing students peeked through the windows of the school gymnasium at Seaholm High School, tucked in a suburban golf course 20 miles northwest of downtown Detroit.Inside the locked doors were the Utah Jazz (19-28), trying to find their way after one of their ugliest losses of the season against the Atlanta Hawks.The setting was somewhat incidental, coach Quin Snyder said, and it didn’t change the flavor of Wednesday morning’s shootaround. The Jazz have held walkthroug
  
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• Female journalist goes undercover at posh 'men only' London fundraiser, reports widespread groping

  24-01-2018 20:30
  Each year, for 33 years, “The President’s Club Charitable Trust” has organized a fundraising dinner at London’s exclusive Dorchester Hotel to benefit “worthy children’s causes.”The attendees last Thursday, as in the past, were an elite from Britain’s business, finance, fashion, entertainment and political establishments, an “esteemed” group if ever there was one, as the club’s website says — esteemed to the man because it wa
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Donovan Mitchell hasn’t received Slam Dunk Contest invite: ‘I had a feeling’

  24-01-2018 20:06 via sportspyder.com
  ... on the trading block with the deadline just over three weeks away. He is the Jazz’s second leading scorer, posting a career-best 16.7 points per game. Hood su ...
  
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• [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - Why Utah Jazz should turn into sellers at the trade deadline

  24-01-2018 20:05 via sportspyder.com
  ... des what it wants to do before the Feb. 8 NBA trade deadline, here’s why the Jazz should be sellers rather than buyers. One thing that Utah has currently on i ...
  
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• Donovan Mitchell hasn’t received Slam Dunk Contest invite: ‘I had a feeling’

  24-01-2018 20:00
  BIRMINGHAM, Mich. — Time and time again, Utah Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell has stated the he wouldn’t get caught up in being an NBA All-Star 2018 participant.If it happens, it happens, if not, so what.Although the league has yet to officially announce the players competing in this year’s slam dunk contest, Mitchell said he hasn’t received an invite.“I had a feeling I wasn’t going to be in it. It’s alright that I’m not,” Mitchell said during W
  
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• Jazz interested in Willy Hernangomez?

  24-01-2018 19:50 via hoopshype.com
  Regardless, Willy Hernangomez has received the most attention of New York’s centers from potential trade partners, according to sources. One team to show interest is the Utah Jazz. Hernangomez, like O’Quinn, is on a team-friendly contract. “I don’t know what’s going to happen,” Hernangomez said. “The trade deadline is coming. Like I’ve said a couple times, I’m 23, I’m hungry. I want to play. Whatever happens, I’m ready for it.&rdq
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Struggling Utah Jazz travel to face the reeling Detroit Pistons

  24-01-2018 19:44 via sportspyder.com
  ... s lack thereof) Photo by Scott Cunningham/NBAE via Getty Images At home, the Jazz score 103.9 points per game. That drops significantly when the team ventures ...
  
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• NBA Trade Watch: Shooting Guards

  24-01-2018 19:44 via basketballinsiders.com
  Shane Rhodes looks at six shooting guards who could be on the move before the deadline.
  
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• Leonid Bershidsky: Tech is losing its war on journalism

  24-01-2018 19:42
  It seems like only yesterday that journalism faced existential challenges from technology platforms that helped anyone publish whatever they wanted, took over the distribution of news, and usurped the advertising market with promises of precise targeting. It turns out that the news profession can be quite successful at repelling those challenges. The enemy is in retreat; the news business just needs to be bolder about claiming the spoils.In the past week, the Huffington Post scaled back its plat
  
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• Top potential trade destinations if the Kings move Skal Labissiere

  24-01-2018 19:40 via hoopshype.com
  If the Sacramento Kings trade George Hill, the team will reportedly move Skal Labissiere to make room for Iman Shumpert and Channing Frye.
  It’s strange to give up a developing talent but the Kings are loaded with young big men like Willie Cauley-Stein and Georgios Papagiannis as well as veterans Zach Randolph and Kosta Koufos. But reports show that Labissiere is indeed on the market, along with Malachi Richardson (via ESPN):
  “Sacramento has to clear a roster
  
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• How has Saint Mary’s risen to a Top 25 basketball program in the WCC? Can BYU do it, too?

  24-01-2018 19:39
  Playing connected, disciplined basketball and valuing every possession. Those traits — and attention to sticky, team-oriented defense — have carried the Saint Mary’s men’s basketball program to national prominence.With the help of fiery new assistant coach Heath Schroyer, BYU coach Dave Rose is trying to instill those attributes into his own program this season in an attempt to get the Cougars out of the good-but-not-great rut they’ve been in the past half-dozen ye
  
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• Robert Pattinson, Mia Wasikowska and a miniature horse named Daisy charm Sundance audience at ‘Damsel’ premiere

  24-01-2018 19:33
  Park City • It took an enigmatic blonde to upstage Robert Pattinson at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.Not Mia Wasikowska, his co-star in the off-kilter filmed-in-Utah Western “Damsel,” which premiered Tuesday at Park City’s Eccles Center Theatre.The blonde who stole the show from Pattinson and Wasikowska was Daisy, a miniature horse who made her movie debut in the film.David Zellner, who wrote and directed with his brother Nathan, guided Daisy onto the stage after the scr
  
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• Former USA gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar gets 40 to 175 years in prison

  24-01-2018 19:30
  Lansing, Mich. • The former sports doctor who admitted molesting some of the nation’s top gymnasts for years was sentenced Wednesday to 40 to 175 years in prison as the judge declared: “I just signed your death warrant.”The sentence capped a remarkable seven-day hearing in which scores of Larry Nassar’s victims were able to confront him face to face in a Michigan courtroom.Judge Rosemarie Aquilina said Nassar’s “decision to assault was precise, calculated
  
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• Utah may end an anti-underage-drinking program — though the liquor stores that fund it brought in a record $427M last year

  24-01-2018 19:26
  Utah hiked its liquor prices by 2 percent last year, a move that will generate an additional $4 million for the state in 2018. The money will be used to teach alcohol prevention to public school children — but it could come at the expense of another program, this one aimed at their parents.On Tuesday, lawmakers said it may be time to cut Parents Empowered, the alcohol education program for the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (DABC).Most Utahns likely have seen the group&rsquo
  
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• [Sporting News] - Donovan Mitchell says he has not received invite to NBA Slam Dunk Contest (not yet, at least)

  24-01-2018 19:25 via sportspyder.com
  ...Don’t fall for #FakeNews... 🙄— Larry Nance Jr (@Larrydn22) January 23, 2018 Jazz fans were understandably outraged that their breakout rookie will not be sho ...
  
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• Mountain lion shot after delaying flight from Idaho to Salt Lake City

  24-01-2018 19:04
  Ketchum, Idaho • An airplane approaching a rural Idaho airport had to abort its initial landing after a mountain lion was spotted on the runway.The Idaho Mountain Express reports the Delta flight from Salt Lake City to Friedman Memorial Airport in Hailey on Saturday night was delayed about 20 minutes due to the mountain lion.Airport manager Chris Pomeroy says airport personnel attempted to corral the cougar, and its tracks later indicated it had been roaming outside the perimeter fence for
  
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• Holly Richardson: Why do we need Better Days 2020? Because we have forgotten our heritage.

  24-01-2018 18:56
  Last weekend, a Utah Republican Party precinct chairman shared a meme on Facebook that made this statement: “The more I study history the more I think giving voting rights to others not head of household has been a grave mistake!”No, he wasn’t joking and, no, he is not alone in his thinking.During the 2016 election cycle, the hashtag #Repealthe19th was used several times. It even trended a couple of times. Once was in October, after pollster Nate Silver posted two Electoral Col
  
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• Wyoming secretary of state won’t run for governor after harassment allegations

  24-01-2018 18:53
  Casper, Wyo. • Wyoming Secretary of State Ed Murray announced Tuesday he would not seek a second term and had decided not to run for governor this year after a second woman came forward with an accusation of sexual misconduct dating from decades ago.Murray forcibly kissed her in front of his home after she’d been babysitting for his family on New Year’s Eve 1988, Theresa Sullivan Twiford told the Casper Star-Tribune in a statement.Twiford was 18 at the time. After saying goodnig
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Trade rumor: Utah Jazz open to dealing Ricky Rubio?

  24-01-2018 18:34 via sportspyder.com
  ...a great guy), it’s pretty obvious that he has not been a fit at all for the Jazz. The simple fact of the matter is that in today’s league that so emphasizes...
  
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• Utah lawmakers pass bill legalizing free-range parenting

  24-01-2018 18:32
  Free-range parenting is a modern buzzword for families aiming to raise self-sufficient kids, but how much freedom at what age remains a fierce debate.Now, a Utah lawmaker wants to make sure moms and dads don’t find themselves under investigation for allowing mature kids with good judgment to do things alone such as travel to school, explore a playground or stay in their parents’ car.A panel of state lawmakers unanimously approved the proposal on Tuesday, advancing it to the full Sena
  
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• Cruising into the Motor City tonight 🏎️💨 Tipoff⌚️: 5PM MT #UTAatDET https://t.co/5JUdmeDWTg

  24-01-2018 18:32 via twitter.com
  
  Cruising into the Motor City tonight 🏎️💨Tipoff⌚️: 5PM MT#UTAatDET https://t.co/5JUdmeDWTg
  
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• Trump’s team wants Bears Ears, Grand Staircase lawsuits filed in D.C. sent back to Utah

  24-01-2018 18:30
  Washington • The Trump administration is urging a federal court in Washington to transfer lawsuits seeking to overturn changes to the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments to Utah’s district court, where it says the impact of the ultimate decision will be felt most.Tribal nations and environmental groups, who filed separate lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against President Donald Trump’s actions, are expected to oppose the m
  
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• [Hoops Rumors] - Jazz Have Interest In Willy Hernangomez

  24-01-2018 18:21 via sportspyder.com
  ... 8 at 11:07am CST by Luke Adams The Jazz are among the teams that have shown interest in Knicks big man , according t ...
  
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• Trade rumor: Utah Jazz open to dealing Ricky Rubio?

  24-01-2018 18:14
  USA Today’s Sam Amick suggested on a recent HoopsHype podcast that the Utah Jazz could be aiming to trade point guard Ricky Rubio. At this point, if the Utah Jazz aren’t major participants at this season’s NBA trade deadline, it’s going to feel like a major let-down. Sitting at a record of 19-28 and with […]
  Trade rumor: Utah Jazz open to dealing Ricky Rubio? - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• What was really going on during the introduction of the Mormon church’s new leaders? Body-language experts weigh in.

  24-01-2018 18:00
  In their public debut, new Mormon church President Russell M. Nelson and his counselors spoke about women (they’re loved), LGBT members (they’re welcome) and millennials (they’re strong).But, beyond the thousands of words they uttered, their body language — posture, gestures, touches, facial expressions — said even more.The 93-year-old Nelson appeared open and inviting. His first counselor, Dallin H. Oaks, 85, was assertive and supportive. Second counselor Henry B.
  
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• Kragthorpe: Watching the Jazz from above is a cool view, but eating all those hot dogs? Unfulfilling

  24-01-2018 17:59
  Jazz forward Joe Johnson’s tying 3-point attempt looked good when he launched it from where I stood, high above the court at the other end of Vivint Smart Home Arena. The basketball disappeared briefly behind the video board then came back into view, bouncing off the rim. Same story with Joe Ingles’ shot from the other corner a few seconds later in the last minute of the Jazz’s disheartening loss to New York.The defeat might have left me with a hollow feeling, if not for that f
  
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• Sedrick Barefield searching for his footing in a new role for the Utes

  24-01-2018 17:23
  Coaches love the refrain “control what you can control,” but the major theme of this season for Utes junior Sedrick Barefield has been searching for a way to thrive on the court while ceding more control than he ever has before.Barefield, a scoring point guard throughout his prep, AAU and collegiate careers until this season, has seen his season marked by large fluctuations in his production. He has endured extended shooting slumps for the first time he can remember. The latest twis
  
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