One Foot on a Platform, the Other on a Train

Over the past two weeks, the Western playoff hunt has gone from a five-team chase for the last three spots to a two-team chase for the eighth spot. Thankfully (eat your heart out, tankers), the Jazz are one of them, with only the...

Jazz sign Blake Ahearn for the remainder of the season

Nice to see the Jazz sign D-League call-up Blake Ahearn for the remainder of the season. I got to see Ahearn play up close several times when I covered the Utah Flash and he was usually the best player on the floor. Here’s...

Introducing the KFAN Salt City Hoops Show

I’m excited to announce the launch of the KFAN Salt City Hoops Show, which will debut live on the 1320 KFAN airwaves starting this Saturday at 11am. You can listen at 1320 AM or online at http://1320kfan.com/  The show...

Jazz 123 – Mavs 121: The Triple Overtime Wet Willy Game

Games like this are the reason I love professional basketball. Could I interest you in a German-speaking giraffe that can play basketball? How about a slightly unhinged ginger who gives wet willies to his opponents? Perhaps a...

Jazz 98 – Grizzlies 103

Utah Jazz 98 Final Recap | Box Score 103 Memphis Grizzlies Paul Millsap, PF 38 MIN | 8-15 FG | 0-2 FT | 7 REB | 1 AST | 17 PTS | 0 Is there any trait of this Jazz team more perplexing than Millsap’s...

The Location of Jazz Nation

There’s a dichotomy, used in linguistics and in literary criticism, used to describe the relationship between words and their referents. The word we speak or write for referent is called “the signifier” while...

Hornets 96 – Jazz 85

Utah Jazz 85 Final Recap | Box Score 96 New Orleans Hornets Paul Millsap, PF 39 MIN | 11-21 FG | 5-6 FT | 8 REB | 3 AST | 27 PTS | -9 WARRIOR. Millsap was by far the best Jazz player on the...

Jazz 91 – Spurs 84: The Devin Harris Game ft guest appearances by John Stockton and Greg Ostertag

Utah Jazz 91 Final Recap | Box Score 84 San Antonio Spurs Here’s referee Ken Mauer in beach clothes but same hair at a Summer League game in 2007: — All videos by memoismoney / Root Sports /...

Diagnosing Utah’s Recent Woes

Typically, when a team misses the playoffs, it’s for one of two rather obvious reasons. 1. A talented roster that is incapable of meshing the considerable talents of each individual into a concerted team effort. 2. A roster...

David Stern to Keynote the Governor’s State of Sports Awards Ceremony

If you were wondering why David Stern attended last night’s Jazz-Suns game, you’ll be pleased to know that it wasn’t simply to create a disturbance in the Force. Channing Frye hit that shot completely on his...