Utah Jazz: Nickeil Alexander-Walker hoping for stability in 2022-23
deseret.com...Alvin Gentry, Stan Van Gundy, Willie Green, Quin Snyder and now Will Hardy.Nickeil Alexander-Walker is just 24 years old, heading into his fourth NBA season and although he's only been on two teams, the New Orleans Pelicans and Utah Jazz, he has already worked under five different head... ...Utah Jazz guard Nickeil Alexander-Walker (6) passes during the game against the Orlando Magic at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City on Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. Spenser Heaps, Deseret News...
Did Charlie D'Amelio stay on top in "Dancing with the Stars" week 3? Who went home?
deseret.com > entertainmentUtah football: Jaylen Dixon becoming weapon for No. 11 Utes once again
deseret.com...Utah wide receiver Jaylen Dixon stretches out for for a touchdown catch during game against Oregon State at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022.Scott G Winterton, Deseret News.... ...Utah's Jaylen Dixon gets a first down during game against San Diego State in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022.Ben B. Braun, Deseret News. "It hasn't been too tough. There's been certain things that seem worse than they really are," he said....
Tua injury prompts Alex Smith to describe playing through concussion
deseret.com...San Francisco 49ers quarterback Alex Smith (11) warms up before a preseason game against the Denver Broncos in Denver, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012.Joe Mahoney, Associated Press.... ..."I had what I would call a star in my vision," he told podcast host Pablo Torre. "It was like if you looked at sun for a little while.". Why Tua Tagovailoa's injury puts the future of the NFL at risk...
Utah State football: Addison Trupp enters transfer portal
deseret.com...Utah State Aggies players warm up against BYU in Provo on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022.Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News. ...
West Catholic forward Zion Stanford, a Temple commit, is a pillar to the Burrs' program
inquirer.com > college-sports...West Catholic forward Zion Stanford, a Temple commit, is a pillar to the Burrs" program. Stanford recently became the first player from the 2023 class to commit to Temple.... ...He passed up scholarship offers from Boston College, Drexel, St. Joseph"s, Bryant, Albany, and Fairfield. His decision to stay local stemmed from McKie's coaching style, which Stanford felt he was already familiar with....
Team Israel was "miracle team" of the last World Baseball Classic. Check out the roster for the next one.
forward.com > news > sports...In next year's WBC, Team Israel won't have that element of surprise. The tournament won't be played until March -- in Miami, Phoenix, Tokyo and Taichung, Taiwan -- but teams are solidifying their rosters now.... ...Israel has already lined up an excellent outfield of Joc Pederson (San Francisco Giants), Harrison Bader (New York Yankees) and Kevin Pillar (Los Angeles Dodgers)....
The nationalists win in Quebec again, disconcerting many of the province's Jews
forward.com > news...The Coalition Avenir Quebec on Monday won 90 of the 125 districts in the province's National Assembly and over 40% of the popular vote.... ...While Bill 21 has many critics, including from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Francois Legault, who leads the CAQ and will continue as the province's premier, has defended the law as "reasonable" and supported by a majority of Quebecers....
Was Morris Hirshfield's Jewishness responsible for his fall from grace in the art world?
forward.com > culture...A new exhibit at the American Folk Museum in New York, "Morris Hirshfield Rediscovered," explores the painter's entire career, including his time in the garment industry, also known as the "shmatte trade."... ...For a brief period, the Jewish painter was embraced by the surrealist movement: His work was featured in exhibitions on Surrealism alongside luminaries such as Frida Kahlo, Max Ernst and Marcel Duchamp. André Breton and Pablo Picasso touted his art....
CRS launches campaign to build greater Catholic response to climate change
catholicnews.com...WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Working with small farmers in the Horn of Africa, Yohannes Subagadis with Catholic Relief Services keeps hearing how difficult it is for growers to raise even minimal crops for their families to live on let alone to have extra to take to market.... ...The deep poverty in the region that encompasses Kenya, Somalia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan and South Sudan prevents people from having access to technology that might help them predict when it's best to plant and better manage drought conditions, Subagadis added....