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College baseball: Utah Valley loses in GWC opener

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:54:31 MDT

College baseball: Utah Valley loses in GWC opener

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 21, 2013 11:54PM MDT

Utah Valley’s has had its way in the previous Great West Conference baseball tournaments. However, Tuesday, a late rally couldn’t pull the Wolverines out of a four-run deficit in an 8-7 loss to North Dakota in the opening game of the 2013 GWC Tournament. The final GWC Tournament is being hosted by NJIT at Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium in Newark, N.J. It was the first time UVU (24-29) had lost in the tournament. Now, UVU must now come all the way through the loser’s bracket to try and win it...

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Amputee athlete from South Dakota dies of cancer

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:48:31 MDT

Amputee athlete from South Dakota dies of cancer

The Associated Press

Updated May 16, 2013 11:48PM MDT

Mitchell, S.D. • A record-setting amputee athlete from South Dakota has died after losing a second battle with cancer. Hunter Bork, 23, died Tuesday at a Vermillion hospital, according to Kober Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements were still pending early Thursday. Bork starred in track and field for Mount Vernon High School but lost his left leg to bone cancer shortly after graduating. He used a prosthetic leg while competing for Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell from 2009-11. In 2011 ...

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Jazz take a look at point guards Kabongo, Wolters in pre-draft workout

Sun, 12 May 2013 18:08:36 MDT

Jazz take a look at point guards Kabongo, Wolters in pre-draft workout

By Steve Luhm The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 12, 2013 06:08PM MDT

The Utah Jazz started the process of restructuring their point guard position Saturday, when Texas’ Myck Kabongo and South Dakota State’s Nate Wolters were among six players participating in a pre-draft workout at the team’s practice facility. None of Utah’s veteran point guards from last season — Mo Williams, Jamaal Tinsley or Earl Watson — is under contract for next year. In addition, none of the Jazz’s four acknowledged building blocks for the future — Gordon Hayward, Derrick Favors, Enes Kan...