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Month: April 2018

Jazz cruise to 119-79 win over Warriors

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 22 points and set an NBA rookie record for 3-pointers, Derrick Favors added 16 points and nine rebounds, and the Utah Jazz cruised to a 119-79 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night. Jonas Jerebko scored 14 points, and Rudy […]

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NBA teams paying closer attention to players’ wingspan

NBA teams paying closer attention to players’ wingspan

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Not until Nate McMillan began being fitted for custom-made suits a few years into his NBA career three decades ago did he understand just how far his arms reached. When Bill Walton dominated at UCLA in the 1970s, no one ever measured his wingspan — from […]

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Cougars travel to Portland

Cougars travel to Portland

On the strength of its first league sweep, BYU baseball readies for consecutive road encounters starting this week at Portland. The Cougars, 17-13 overall, are back in the West Coast Conference race with a 6-6 record. Portland is 11-19 and 4-8. Veterans Jordan Wood (2-2, 2.65) and Hayden Rogers (4-2, […]

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Public comment period nears end for Utah national monuments

Public comment period nears end for Utah national monuments

ST. George, Utah (AP) — The public comment period is drawing to a close as the Bureau of Land Management will move to create new management plans for the reduced national monuments in southern Utah. The Spectrum reports comments were given at the scoping meetings held last month in Kanab, Escalante, Blanding […]

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Mormons to celebrate 1978 lifting of ban on blacks in clergy

Mormons to celebrate 1978 lifting of ban on blacks in clergy

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church says it will celebrate the upcoming 40th anniversary of its reversal of a ban on blacks in the religion’s lay priesthood. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said Monday night that the celebration will take place June 1 in Salt […]

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Baby killed, 6 people injured in Salt Lake City suburb crash

HERRIMAN, Utah (AP) — Law enforcement authorities in a suburban Salt Lake City community say a baby was killed and six people, including a toddler, were injured in a crash involving multiple vehicles. Salt Lake County Sheriff Rosie Rivera says the crash happened around 7 p.m. Monday in Herriman. She […]

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Lightning strike likely cause of house fire in St. George

Lightning strike likely cause of house fire in St. George

ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Authorities suspect that lightning is responsible for a house fire in St. George that has caused up to $350,000 in damage. The Deseret News reports that St. George Fire Chief Robert Stoker said on Sunday that firefighters worked for up to two hours to extinguish the blaze […]

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Suspect shot after hitting deputy with car in Spanish Fork

SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) — A suspect is hospitalized and in police custody after allegedly striking a deputy with his car and being shot by a second deputy in Spanish Fork. The Daily Herald reports that the Utah County Sheriff’s Office identified the man on Monday as 38-year-old Wade Leon Willis. Police […]

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Jazz host Warriors in regular season home finale

(Salt Lake City, UT)  —  The Jazz host the Warriors for their home finale tonight at Vivint Smart Home Arena. Utah can lock up the third-seed in the West with wins in its final two games.  At 47-and-33, the Jazz are a half-game behind the Blazers and play them to […]

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Bees win in walk-off fashion

Bees win in walk-off fashion

(Salt Lake City, UT)  —  Nolan Fontana drove home the walk-off run with a sacrifice fly in the 11th inning as the Bees edged the Isotopes 5-4 at Smith’s Ballpark. Vicente Campos got credit for the win in relief.  Salt Lake snapped a three-game slide and improved to 2-and-3.  They […]

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