Jazz's George Hill named NBA's Western Conference player of the week
Utah Jazz point guard George Hill has been exceptional in his brief, but growing stint with the team. How good has he been? On Monday, the NBA named Hill the Western Conference Player of the Week. In...
View ArticleUtah Jazz must better contain Hornets' Kemba Walker this time
The last time the Utah Jazz played against Kemba Walker in Charlotte, the Hornets guard proceeded to light Utah up for 52 points. Walker is good. Dynamic with the ball, a load to handle in space, and...
View ArticleJazz shootaround: Long, athletic Magic will present a stern test
Orlando, Fla. • The New York Knicks were driven by Carmelo Anthony and Kristaps Porzingis. The Philadelphia 76ers didn’t present much of a challenge for the Utah Jazz, no matter what they did. The...
View ArticleJazz update: Hood, Hill, Favors, Diaw questionable vs. Memphis
The Jazz could be shorthanded again Monday night, when they return to Vivint Smart Home Arena after a successful 4-1 road trip and play the Memphis Grizzlies. Rodney Hood missed the morning...
View ArticleJazz shootaround: Jazz making due on defense with Derrick Favors still out
Derrick Favors and Rudy Gobert make the Utah Jazz such a good defensive team when they are on the floor together. Both are good rim-protectors, and both are unique for big men in their ability to...
View ArticleJazz shootaround: Boris Diaw showing signs of coming around after preseason...
Boris Diaw isn’t totally healthy yet, but the veteran forward has finally showed some signs of progress. A bone contusion suffered late in the preseason had kept Diaw either sidelined or rendered him...
View ArticleJazz shootaround: Andrew Wiggins says Rudy Gobert is 'motivation' to add to...
Minneapolis • It might have been the dunk of the week, or the month, or maybe the year. Against the Golden State Warriors over the weekend, Timberwolves forward Andrew Wiggins drove right, blowing...
View ArticleJazz shootaround: George Hill to miss Heat game with toe injury
For the Utah Jazz, the start of a hopeful season has been a pain in the … well, pretty much everything. It’s a toe and a hamstring, most recently. Point guard George Hill, who has already missed eight...
View ArticleJazz blog: Quin Snyder outlines areas for improvement
As the season eclipses the quarter-pole mark, the Utah Jazz play their 21st game against the Denver Nuggets. For Jazz coach Quin Snyder, his main focus is to get the roster completely healthy,...
View ArticleJazz shootaround: Snyder wants his team to start games like it does second...
Los Angeles • For the Jazz, Saturday night’s win over the Denver Nuggets followed a script that has become familiar this season: start slow, then turn it on after halftime. With the game tied in the...
View ArticleJazz notes: Hood, Hill, Favors, Burks out for Thursday against Golden State
One team is statistically the most injured group in the NBA. And true to form, the Utah Jazz will play on Thursday night without Rodney Hood, George Hill, Derrick Favors and Alec Burks. The other team...
View ArticleJazz shootaround: Gordon Hayward won't play tonight vs. Golden State
Gordon Hayward, the Jazz’s leading scorer, will not play against Golden State on Thursday night at Vivint Smart Home Arena after re-aggravating a finger injury, the team has announced. With Hayward...
View ArticleJazz blog: Snyder responds to Green's comments
After hitting a quartet of 3-pointers against the Jazz on Thursday night, Golden State forward Draymond Green gave an assist to Utah coach Quin Snyder. Green received a text message from his mother...
View ArticleUtah woman charged with poisoning her husband with eyedrops
Police and prosecutors say a Davis County woman sickened her husband by poisoning him with eyedrops. The 33-year-old woman was charged earlier this month in 2nd District Court with a class A...
View ArticlePatience pays off for Bingham's Brayden Cosper, a BYU commit
South Jordan • Brayden Cosper seemingly had a ton of advantages for a high school junior wanting to go on to play collegiately.The 6-foot-3, 200-pound wide receiver had size, good hands, jumping...
View ArticleGun-rights activists up in arms about concealed carry fee hike
The National Rifle Association issued a call for action to Utah gun owners on Wednesday asking them to voice their opposition to an increase in fees for first-time concealed weapons permit holders.The...
View ArticleInvestor testifies Utah real estate guru Koerber promised him 3% a month return
Dale Clark really wanted out of his engineering job in 2005 and he was looking for a way to earn the income that would allow him to quit.He received a flyer touting a seminar about a revolutionary new...
View ArticleBYU football notes: Offense will hold nothing back against FCS foe, Ty Detmer...
Provo • There’s not a more congenial member of the BYU football coaching staff than offensive coordinator Ty Detmer, but even the former Heisman Trophy winner showed a tinge of frustration on Wednesday...
View ArticleIt could take 2 years for Operation Rio Grande to truly eliminate crime — and...
House Speaker Greg Hughes, Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox and Public Safety Commissioner Keith Squires updated lawmakers Wednesday about Operation Rio Grande — and ballyhooed successes so far — in an effort to...
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Margaret Sullivan: Trump’s vicious attack on the media shows one thing...
As with so much about President Donald Trump, his Phoenix rally on Tuesday night was two contradictory things: both shocking and completely predictable.Shocking because it was the most sustained attack...
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