Utah Jazz legend and Basketball Hall of Famer Jerry Sloan died Friday, May 22, 2020, at the age of 78. Sloan was the "Original Bull" with the Chicago Bulls as a player from 1965-76. He averaged 14 points, 7.4 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.2 steals per game in his career — still the only player…
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Jerry Sloan walked up the steps to the stage at the Basketball Hall of Fame to give his enshrinement speech in 2009, almost as if he were dreading what the next few minutes would bring.
Mike Conley is waiting for further instructions. So is the rest of the NBA.
The Utah Jazz and AT&T SportsNet are extending their schedule of “Jazz Playback” programming as the sports shutdown related to the new coronavirus pandemic continues past two months.
Bojan Bodganovic was one of the most reliable players for the Utah Jazz in the 2019-20 season and, it turns out, was playing with an injured shooting wrist most of the time.
ESPN’s “The Last Dance,” its 10-part docuseries detailing the Chicago Bulls’ 1998 NBA title, has been great on its own and especially great, for whatever importance sports have right now, during the current void after the new coronavirus pandemic vacuumed live competition out of our lives.
As the novel coronavirus pandemic and measures to mitigate the virus’s spread continue to keep sports on hold, the Utah Jazz are adding more games to the team’s “Jazz Playback” series.
The Utah Jazz announced a reading program Wednesday aimed at helping students who are learning from home to stay engaged during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Amid the novel coronavirus pandemic and a 5.7 magnitude earthquake and numerous aftershocks that shook up the Wasatch Front on Wednesday, Utah Jazz fans got some small relief as the team announced recent classics would re-air on the team’s cable home, AT&T SportsNet.
The NBA has suspended the 2019-20 season until further notice after Wednesday's games conclude
Apparently, Fremont High’s basketball teams picked up a new fan on Saturday at the state championship games.
Just days before the 2019-20 NBA season, the Utah Jazz and head coach Quin Snyder reached an agreement on a contract extension, the team announced Saturday.
The NBA has been a nonstop whirlwind of trades, free-agent surprises and a constant stream of news since free agency opened on the evening of June 30.
Wednesday brought peak marketing exposure for Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell.
Thursday's NBA Draft may have just become much less interesting for the Utah Jazz but, in its place, the 2019-20 season will have all kinds of high hopes and expectations.
The Utah Jazz usually try to look out for local college products during the pre-NBA draft workout season, but this one is a even more hometown than that.
The Tax Entity Committee that met Monday at Farmington City Hall approved an extension to the Redevelopment Area at Station Park, clearing the first step for Station Park owners to build a multi-use arena there.
Farmington City has a new high school, miles of hiking and biking trails, a booming population and a popular shopping mall — and it might not be done yet.
Standard-Examiner Staff
SALT LAKE CITY — Few teams could match the Utah Jazz in their ability to dominate defensively this season. An inability to generate consistent offense, however, ultimately doomed Utah in the postseason.
HOUSTON — James Harden scored 26 points and the Houston Rockets outlasted the Utah Jazz 100-93 on Wednesday night to win their first-round playoff series 4-1.
SALT LAKE CITY — James Harden overcome a horrible shooting performance and scored 14 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter, leading the Houston Rockets to a 104-101 win over the Utah Jazz for a commanding 3-0 lead in their first-round playoff series.
Just before Game 2 of the first-round series between the Utah Jazz and Houston Rockets tipped off Wednesday night, Shaquille O’Neal said on TNT’s studio show, “We’ll have to see if the Jazz play old-school defense or gimmick defense.”
Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY — Donovan Mitchell and Grayson Allen each scored 23 points to lead the Utah Jazz to their seventh straight victory with a 119-98 win over the Sacramento Kings on Friday night.
PHOENIX — Donovan Mitchell scored 29 points, leading the playoff-bound Utah Jazz to a 118-97 win over the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night.
CHICAGO (AP) — The Jazz got a slap in the face a couple nights earlier and answered with quite a punch.
PHOENIX — Donovan Mitchell scored 16 of his 26 points in the second half, leading the Utah Jazz to a 114-97 win over the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night.
NEW YORK — The NBA has fined Oklahoma City guard Russell Westbrook $25,000 for the language he directed toward a fan in Utah.
SALT LAKE CITY — Donovan Mitchell scored a career-high 46 points and led the Utah Jazz from a 17-point fourth-quarter deficit to a 115-111 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday night.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Paul George floated in a basket with less than a second remaining in double-overtime, capping a 45-point night with the winning shot in the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 148-147 victory over the Utah Jazz on Friday.
SALT LAKE CITY — Donovan Mitchell scored 21 points and Joe Ingles had a career-high 11 assists, leading the Utah Jazz to a 116-88 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night.
LOS ANGELES — Donovan Mitchell scored 28 points and the Utah Jazz defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 129-109 on Wednesday night for their first five-game winning streak of the season.
SALT LAKE CITY — Donovan Mitchell had 33 points and a career-high nine assists, helping the Utah Jazz beat the Los Angeles Lakers 113-95 on Friday night.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Ricky Rubio had 24 points and eight assists to lead the Utah Jazz to a 120-90 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night.
SALT LAKE CITY — Joe Ingles scored 20 points while Rudy Gobert had 17 points and 15 rebounds to lead the Utah Jazz to a 108-103 win over the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night.
DALLAS (AP) — Harrison Barnes scored 19 points and the Dallas Mavericks handed the Jazz their worst loss since moving to Utah, 118-68 on Wednesday night.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Donovan Mitchell scored 11 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter and the Utah Jazz overcame an uneven performance on both ends of the floor to beat the Sacramento Kings 123-117 in the season opener for both teams Wednesday night.
One day after players excitedly leaked photos on social media of the new threads, the Utah Jazz officially unveiled purple throwback uniforms Thursday to be worn nine times during the 2018-19 season, the 40th season the Jazz will play in the state of Utah.
The Utah Jazz announced the team’s 2018-19 schedule as the NBA unrolled league-wide schedules Friday.
The Utah Jazz opened a roster spot Saturday morning by announcing the team had waived forward Jonas Jerebko.
SALT LAKE CITY — No roster makeover for the Utah Jazz.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz of the 2018-19 season will look much the same as last season.
The Utah Jazz have drafted Duke wing player Grayson Allen with the 21st pick in the 2018 NBA Draft.
HOUSTON — Chris Paul scored a playoff career-high 41 points with eight 3-pointers to finally reach the conference finals, helping the Houston Rockets eliminate the Utah Jazz 112-102 in Game 5 on Tuesday night.
HOUSTON — Joe Ingles scored a career-high 27 points and the Utah Jazz squandered a huge early lead before using a big fourth quarter to regain control and beat the Houston Rockets 116-108 on Wednesday night and tie the Western Conference semifinals at 1-1.
SALT LAKE CITY — Donovan Mitchell scored 38 points and the Utah Jazz held off the Oklahoma City Thunder 96-91 in Game 6 on Friday night to advance to the Western Conference semifinals.
SALT LAKE CITY — Ricky Rubio had 26 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for Utah's first playoff triple-double in 17 years, and Donovan Mitchell added 22 points to lead the Jazz to a 115-102 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night and a 2-1 lead in their first-round series.
He’s back — again.
CLEVELAND — With their NBA title hopes fading fast, the Cavaliers got aggressive at the trade deadline, and it involved trading key pieces with the Utah Jazz.
Ron Vigil has cerebral palsy. Before living with his cousin, he was a resident at Heritage Park Healthcare and Rehabilitative Services in Roy. After the facility saw an outbreak of COVID-19 in early May, Denise Vigil-Thieldfoldt, Ron’s power of attorney, was able to bring him home to avoid t…
