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MLS season to start with 6 games on March 2; RSL to open a day later at San Jose

The Associated Press The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, December 18, 2012 - 3:00pm

NEW YORK — Major League Soccer’s season will open March 2 with six games on its earliest start date, and New England will be the final team to open at home when it hosts Dallas on March 23.

The league said Tuesday that March 2 matches will include Columbus at Chivas USA, Colorado at Dallas, D.C. United at Houston, Kansas City at Philadelphia, Montreal at Seattle and Toronto at Vancouver.

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2 dead in burned Sandy home were shot

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, December 17, 2012 - 12:31pm

SANDY — Police say a man and a woman found dead inside a burned home near Sandy last week had been shot to death.

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(Photo by DOUG GIBSON)
Chris Fernandez, WBU welterweight champion, stalks challenger Allen Litzau during their title fight Saturday in Sandy as referee Larry Fullmer watches. Fernandez defeated Litzau by a TKO after five rounds.

Fernandez stops Litzau, defends welterweight title

Doug Gibson Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, December 16, 2012 - 5:40pm

SANDY — Saturday night at the South Towne Expo Center, Salt Lake City’s Chris “Kid Kayo” Fernandez successfully defended his World Boxing Union welterweight championship, dominating Allen Litzau, of St. Paul, Minn., who failed to answer the bell for the sixth round.

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Two found dead in burning Sandy home

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, December 14, 2012 - 11:36am

SANDY — Homicide detectives are investigating after two people were found dead inside a burning home near Sandy.

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Dog killed after getting caught in beaver trap in Sandy

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, December 14, 2012 - 10:35am

SANDY — A Sandy family whose dog died after getting caught in a beaver trap this week says they wish city officials posted more warnings around the devices.

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Blake Molder, left, stands next to his attorney Rex Bray, during his sentencing at the Matheson Court House, Monday, Dec. 3, 2012. Molder is being sentenced for causing the crash that killed Cottonwood High School assistant football coach Michael Gallegos in June. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Rick Egan)

Sandy man gets 1 to 15 years in coach’s crash death

Conributed The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, December 4, 2012 - 10:28am

SANDY — A 24-year-old Sandy man has been ordered to one to 15 years in prison for a June crash that killed a Cottonwood High School assistant football coach.

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RSL makes sweeping changes to roster

Justin Johnson Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, December 3, 2012 - 11:26pm

SANDY — When Monday morning rolled around, it put an official end to Major League Soccer’s roster freeze.

Real Salt Lake rolled out a furnace.

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Report: RSL to trade Olave, Espindola, Johnson

Staff and wire services Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, December 2, 2012 - 8:13pm

SANDY — With the Major League Soccer season officially concluding on Saturday night as Los Angeles captured its second straight MLS Cup, the league’s trade window opens today and according to Soccer by Ives, a prominent national soccer website, Real Salt Lake will be at the forefront of the line.

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Sculptures stolen from Sandy gallery

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, November 28, 2012 - 5:30pm

SANDY — Nine life-size sculptures of children have been stolen from a sculpture park in Sandy.

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Sandy man dies after hitting parked excavator

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, November 26, 2012 - 10:05am

SANDY— Police say a 49-year-old man from Sandy is dead after his SUV slammed into heavy construction equipment over the weekend.

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Muriel Ava Brown Webecke

Obituaries Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, November 16, 2012 - 1:54am

Muriel Ava Brown Webecke died Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at Larkin Sunset Gardens, 1950 E. 10600 South in Sandy. A viewing will be held beginning at noon. Interment will be at Westminster Memorial Park, Westminster, Calif. Online condolences welcomed at www.larkincares.com. Read the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

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Seattle Sounders forward Fredy Montero (17) and Real Salt Lake midfielder Will Johnson battle for the ball during the first half of the Western Conference semifinals at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy on Thursday. The Sounders defeated RSL 1-0.

Sounders end RSL's season with late goal

Justin Johnson Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, November 9, 2012 - 12:30am

SANDY — And just like that, the walls of the fortress at Rio Tinto Stadium collapsed.

A gaping hole blown open by a blistering right-footed cannon ball from the foot of Seattle midfielder Mario Martinez in the 81st minute.

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Margaret M. Wheelwright

Obituaries Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, November 6, 2012 - 8:47pm

Margaret M. Wheelwright, 78, of Sandy, died Monday, Aug. 5, 2012, at a care center in Salt Lake City. Graveside services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, at the Ogden City Cemetery. Friends may call from noon until 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Lindquist Ogden Mortuary, 3408 Washington Blvd. To read the full obituary, see the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

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Real Salt Lake goalkeeper Nick Rimando, right, looks at blood on his glove as he is tended to by a trainer after being injured in the second half of a MLS Western Conference semifinal soccer match against the Seattle Sounders, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, in Seattle. Rimando stayed in the match, the first of a two-match aggregate game, which finished with a score of 0-0.

Rimando's toughness puts RSL in good position

Justin Johnson Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, November 5, 2012 - 7:17pm

No matter which side of the final result you were on, Real Salt Lake goalkeeper Nick Rimando earned plenty of praise for his efforts during the first leg of RSL’s Western Conference playoff series against Seattle.

Despite suffering a facial laceration above his right eye — which required stiches to close — and a nose injury, Real’s goalkeeper fought to the finish line and helped his team hold Seattle scoreless.

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Prep football: Knights can't find offense as Beetdiggers roll into 5-A semis

Gentry Reinhart Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, November 2, 2012 - 10:15pm

SANDY — Jordan’s offensive line was too much for Northridge as the Beetdiggers racked up 360 rushing yards en route to a 49-13 thumping of the Knights at Sayers Field on Friday.

The loss — Northridge’s third of the season — ends a storybook season that coach Erik Thompson said few predicted.

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