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Soccer: U.S. tops Honduras in World Cup qualifier at Rio Tinto (with video)

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:06:58 MDT

Soccer: U.S. tops Honduras in World Cup qualifier at Rio Tinto (with video)

by Aaron Falk The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 19, 2013 01:06AM MDT

Sandy • On a hot summer night, it was the United States’ hottest player who made the difference for his country. Jozy Altidore continued his international streak Tuesday, scoring for a fourth straight match, to give the Americans a 1-0 victory over Honduras at Rio Tinto Stadium, pushing the U.S. to the brink of qualifying for the 2014 World Cup. Altidore, who is coming off a tremendous season in the Netherlands, has taken knocks for an international scoring drought that lasted nearly two years. ...

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PCL baseball: Salt Lake Bees shut out Sacramento

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:57:02 MDT

PCL baseball: Salt Lake Bees shut out Sacramento

by Alex Riggins The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 18, 2013 11:57PM MDT

Matt Shoemaker struck out nine batters over five innings and combined with three relievers to throw a three-hit shutout on Tuesday night, leading Salt Lake past Sacramento 10-0. The game was played in front of a crowd of 15,185, the largest at Spring Mobile Ballpark this season. Andrew Romine got the offense started early for Salt Lake when he led off the bottom of the first inning with an opposite-field home run down the left-field line, just his second homer of the season. Chris Nelson, play...

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Kragthorpe: U.S. soccer team merits more noise in second half (with video)

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:55:23 MDT

Kragthorpe: U.S. soccer team merits more noise in second half (with video)

by Kurt Kragthorpe The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 18, 2013 11:55PM MDT

Sandy Every four years, Jozy Altidore personally makes sure high-level international soccer keeps coming back to Utah. If not for Altidore’s left-footed goal in the 73th minute Tuesday night, Rio Tinto Stadium would have been remembered as the site of a rare non-victory for the U.S. men’s national team in a World Cup qualifier on home soil. Even worse, this night would have become known as the time when the Riot — the stadium’s nickname — was too quiet. Altidore rewrote that script, to the re...

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Pierce: RSL broadcaster can teach you a few things about soccer

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:54:48 MDT

Pierce: RSL broadcaster can teach you a few things about soccer

by Scott D. Pierce The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 18, 2013 11:54PM MDT

Brian Dunseth has made himself into one of the best soccer analysts on TV by thinking about his wife. “I feel like I’m trying to talk to my wife and explain the game of soccer to her,” said Dunseth, who played professionally for eight years before becoming a part of the Real Salt Lake broadcast team in 2006. “She doesn’t really know the game at all and has never been a huge fan of sports. So I feel like I’m just trying to explain it to her while not trying to dumb it down. And not disrespect th...

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NBA Finals: Heat top Spurs in OT, force Game 7

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:54:48 MDT

NBA Finals: Heat top Spurs in OT, force Game 7

by Brian Mahoney The Associated Press

Published Jun 18, 2013 11:54PM MDT

Miami • LeBron James led a title-saving charge, and now his crown will be on the line one more time in Game 7. James powered Miami to a frantic fourth-quarter rally and overtime escape as the Heat beat the San Antonio Spurs 103-100 on Tuesday night to extend the NBA Finals as far as they can go and keep Miami’s repeat chances alive. Losing his headband but keeping his cool while playing the entire second half and overtime, James finished with 32 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists, making the go-...

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Utah Football: Quinton Pedroza dismissed for violating team rules

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:54:48 MDT

Utah Football: Quinton Pedroza dismissed for violating team rules

by Tony Jones The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 18, 2013 11:54PM MDT

Two months remain until Utah makes its football season debut against Utah State. But the Utes are already thinner at wide receiver. Receiver Quinton Pedroza was dismissed from Utah for a violation of team rules, university officials told The Salt Lake Tribune. The 6-foot-2 California native had been poised to have a big junior season in Dennis Erickson’s new pass-oriented offense. Instead, this could turn out to be a big loss. Pedroza played sparingly in his first two years in the program, mos...

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Duncan, Spurs collapse late

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:25:03 MDT

Duncan, Spurs collapse late

by Jon Krawczynski The Associated Press

Published Jun 18, 2013 11:25PM MDT

Miami • Tim Duncan was delivering a vintage performance, and the San Antonio Spurs were streaking to the franchise’s fifth championship. Then the 37-year-old forward ran out of gas, and the Spurs collapsed down the stretch like they so rarely have before. Duncan had 30 points and 14 rebounds in the first three quarters, but was scoreless and grabbed just three boards in the fourth quarter and overtime of San Antonio’s 103-100 overtime loss to the Miami Heat in Game 6 of the NBA Finals on Tuesday...

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World Cup qualifying: Fabian Johnson’s versatility continues to pay off

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:52:03 MDT

World Cup qualifying: Fabian Johnson’s versatility continues to pay off

by Christopher Kamrani The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 18, 2013 10:52PM MDT

Sandy • They saluted those waving their red, white and blue scarves and clapped their hands together in commemoration of yet another three points won and another monumental step toward qualifying for the World Cup in Brazil next summer. Fabian Johnson, his right arm draped around the local boy Nick Rimando, cracked a joke and the Real Salt Lake goalkeeper burst into laughter. He certainly does it all. He’s Jurgen Klinsmann’s Swiss army knife. If he’s needed on the left side of the U.S. midfield,...

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NBA Finals: James helps Heat stave off elimination in Game 6

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:26:05 MDT

NBA Finals: James helps Heat stave off elimination in Game 6

by Jon Krawczynski The Associated Press

Published Jun 18, 2013 10:26PM MDT

Miami • LeBron James shrugged off a poor start to get 32 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds, Ray Allen hit a 3-pointer with 5.2 seconds to play to force overtime and the Miami Heat staved off elimination with a 103-100 victory over the San Antonio Spurs in Game 6 of the NBA Finals on Tuesday night. James missed nine of his first 12 shots, but scored 16 points in the fourth to rally the Heat from a 10-point deficit. The Heat trailed 94-89 with 28 seconds to play, but James hit a 3 with 20 seconds...

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U.S. men's national team tops Honduras 1-0

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:11:29 MDT

U.S. men's national team tops Honduras 1-0

aaron Falk The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 18, 2013 09:11PM MDT

Sandy • Jozy Altidore's hot streak continues. The U.S. striker scored in the 73rd minute to give the Americans a 1-0 victory over Honduras on Tuesday night at Rio Tinto Stadium. The goal off a Fabian Johnson pass extended Altidore's scoring streak to four straight matches and moved his country a long way toward qualifying for the 2014 World Cup. Altidore foreshadowed the goal earlier in the half by beating Honduras goalkeeper Noel Valladares only to see the score whistled off because Altidore wa...

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Sports briefs: Wisconsin lands Jordan High QB Kafentzis

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:28:02 MDT

Sports briefs: Wisconsin lands Jordan High QB Kafentzis

Published Jun 18, 2013 08:28PM MDT

college football • Jordan High quarterback Austin Kafentzis has given a verbal commitment to play for Wisconsin and former Utah State coach Gary Andersen. Kafentzis, who led the Beetdiggers to a state championship last year as a sophomore, is in Madison for the Badgers’ camp and gave his commitment Tuesday, according to his father, Jordan defensive coordinator Kyle Kafentzis. “He just felt it was the right thing to do,” Kyle Kafentzis said. “It was the right place for him.” Kafentzis, the top q...

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NBA playoffs: Ray Allen keeps Heat alive with huge 3-pointer

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:03:03 MDT

NBA playoffs: Ray Allen keeps Heat alive with huge 3-pointer

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Published Jun 18, 2013 06:03PM MDT

Miami • For years, Ray Allen’s routine has not changed. Show up for work hours earlier than just about everyone else, go onto the court and take hundreds of jump shots. It paid off for him on Tuesday. And he’ll be back out there on Thursday — since the Miami Heat season still has one game remaining. Allen’s 3-pointer with 5.2 seconds left in the fourth quarter capped a huge Miami rally plus essentially took the championship trophy out of San Antonio’s hands, and the Heat found a way in overtime ...

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Monson: Miss Utah will bounce back big after choking away beauty crown

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:53:21 MDT

Monson: Miss Utah will bounce back big after choking away beauty crown

by Gordon Monson The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 18, 2013 05:53PM MDT

I think we can relate this back to education, and how we are continuing to try to strive to … (tight smile and long pause) … figure out how to create jobs right now. That is the biggest problem and I think especially the men are seen as the leaders of this, and so we need to try to figure out how to create education better so that we can solve this problem. Thank you.” — Miss Utah Ever screw up in the clutch and want to dissipate into thin air, just melt into a puddle and pour away through the...

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Winter sports: Lolo Jones rankles some bobsledders’ feathers

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:41:03 MDT

Winter sports: Lolo Jones rankles some bobsledders’ feathers

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Published Jun 18, 2013 05:41PM MDT

Des Moines, Iowa • Lolo Jones’ attempt at humor in a video that’s gone viral received a chilly reception from some members of the bobsledding community. Like that, the U.S. hurdler who also recently picked up bobsled finds herself under scrutiny again. Jones posted a Vine video in which she pokes fun at a check she received for $741.84 as prize money from the U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Federation. In the spoof, she picks up the phone and says, “I’m going to be a little bit late on my rent.” Now, ...

NBA: Jazz work out Carter-Williams, but don’t expect Burke

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:54:02 MDT

NBA: Jazz work out Carter-Williams, but don’t expect Burke

by Steve Luhm The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 18, 2013 04:54PM MDT

The Utah Jazz have worked out nearly every top point guard available in the NBA Draft on June 27. It’s going to stay that way. After another pre-draft workout Tuesday morning, vice president of player personnel Walt Perrin said he does not expect Michigan’s Trey Burke to audition for the Jazz. Burke is the top-rated point guard in the draft whose advisors obviously don’t think he’s going to be available to Utah, which owns the 14th and 21st picks in the first round. “I’ve been in communication w...

College World Series: North Carolina ousts LSU with 4-2 win

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:40:03 MDT

College World Series: North Carolina ousts LSU with 4-2 win

the Associated Press

Published Jun 18, 2013 04:40PM MDT

Omaha, Neb. • Brian Holberton homered, Trent Thornton pitched a strong seven innings and No. 1 national seed North Carolina extended its stay at the College World Series with a 4-2 victory over LSU on Tuesday. The Tar Heels (58-11) play North Carolina State or UCLA in an elimination game Thursday. The No. 4-seeded Tigers (57-11) went 0-2 in their first CWS appearance since winning the 2009 national title. Holberton’s 12th homer of the season staked the Tar Heels to a 2-0 lead in the first inning...

NFL notes: St. Louis CVC pays $2M to Rams for legal fees

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:30:02 MDT

NFL notes: St. Louis CVC pays $2M to Rams for legal fees

the Associated Press

Published Jun 18, 2013 04:30PM MDT

St. Louis • The St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission said Tuesday it has paid $2 million to the St. Louis Rams to cover the team’s legal fees for the dispute over upgrades to the Edward Jones Dome that resulted in arbitration. CVC spokeswoman Donna Andrews said payment was made May 20. Rams spokesman Artis Twyman confirmed the team was paid. The CVC operates the dome that the Rams have played in since 1995, the year they moved to St. Louis from Anaheim, Calif. The dome was built with tax...

Venus Williams pulls out of Wimbledon, citing back injury

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:03:20 MDT

Venus Williams pulls out of Wimbledon, citing back injury

The Associated Press

Published Jun 18, 2013 04:03PM MDT

Wimbledon, England • Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams has pulled out of the grass-court Grand Slam tournament because of a lower back injury. Williams’ agent, Carlos Fleming, says Wimbledon was told of her decision Tuesday. Williams, who turned 33 on Monday, was bothered by her back during a first-round loss at the French Open last month, then cited that injury when she and her younger sister Serena withdrew from the doubles competition in Paris. The older Williams played at Wim...

Harvey leads Mets to 4-3 win over Braves

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:34:03 MDT

Harvey leads Mets to 4-3 win over Braves

The Associated Press

Published Jun 18, 2013 02:34PM MDT

Atlanta • Matt Harvey pitched six hitless innings, John Buck homered and the New York Mets held off another Atlanta comeback, beating the Braves 4-3 Tuesday in the first game of a doubleheader. Harvey (6-1) didn’t allow a hit until Jason Heyward’s fluke infield single leading off the seventh but tired in the eighth as the Braves tried to rally for the second straight game. Trailing 4-0, Atlanta scored three runs and had the bases loaded before Bobby Parnell, the fourth Mets pitcher of the inni...