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NBA Preview: Spurs dig in for back-to-back rings

By By Chris Kamrani • October 30, 2007

There are many givens in this world. There will always be an abundance of Red Sox fans wherever you venture. Lindsay Lohan is always guilty. Furthermore, the Spurs will continue to dominate as long as they have No. 21 donning the black and white. With the start of the NBA season knocking at our door, there are a handful of teams that are vying for a shot at "The Big Fundamental" and his San Antonio Spurs.

NBA Preview: The wait ends tonight

By By Natalie Dicou • October 30, 2007

Here we go again: the NBA season. Oh, how it toys with our hearts here in Utah. Without any other major sports teams to obsess over, each year we put all our eggs in one basket. We heap all our dreams onto the shoulders of a bunch of imported giants. Boozer, Williams, Okur, Kirilenko -- where will you lead us this year? Will there at last be triumph? Or will the ringless drought drag endlessly on into infinity in a Chicago Cubs-like fashion? Soon Jazz fans will pour into EnergySolutions Arena and something quite bizarre will occur.

Jazz see bright future ahead

By By Jason Peterson • October 30, 2007

The Northwest Division Championship. Fifty-one wins. Two All-Stars. The first trip to the Western Conference Finals in nine years. Erased. Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan will be the first to tell you that past accolades mean nothing. The old farmer from Illinois might even say last year's crops are already harvested.

NBA Preview: All-Star lineups they are a changin’

By By Jon Gilbert • October 30, 2007

"The line it is drawn, the curse it is cast. The slow one now will later be fast, as the present now will later be past. The order is rapidly fadin'. And the first one now will later be last, for the times they are a-changin'." It's likely that Bob Dylan had other things on his mind besides the 2007-2008 NBA season when he wrote those words.

Jazzocalypse is coming

By By Steve Coons • October 30, 2007

I'm routinely confronted by a feeling of anxiety when the sports teams I follow prepare for new seasons. The Utah Jazz, the team I follow most avidly, will play their home opener tomorrow night against the Houston Rockets. My dad never has hope for the new season, supposedly because so many things could go so horribly wrong.

NBA Preview: Celtic supergroup

By By Cody Brunner • October 30, 2007

Kevin Garnett. Ray Allen. Paul Pierce. Is that a typo? How in the hell could three superstars like that end up on the same team? I don't even need to see the rest of the Boston Celtics roster to know that they're going to be a top-tier team this season.

Nano-tech experiences rapid growth

October 30, 2007

Nanotechnology will revolutionize computers, handheld electronic devices, medicine and the way people do business, said Larry Dalton in a lecture about nano-engineering last Wednesday. Personal computers, cell phones and new handheld devices for communication are all the result of advances in nano-engineering.

Cartoon: The problem with tenure

October 30, 2007

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NBA Preview: Best rookie class ever?

By By Jason Peterson • October 30, 2007

The Washington Wizards' Gilbert Arenas was taken with the 31st pick in the 2001 NBA Draft. The Milwaukee Bucks nabbed sharpshooter Michael Redd with the 43rd selection in 2000. And Manu Ginobili -- a key member of the San Antonio Spurs' multiple championships -- was taken 57th overall in 1999.

Dumbledore is gay!?

By By Nicholas Pappas • October 29, 2007

Albus Dumbledore is gay. It's true. The former headmaster of Hogwarts prefers the company of men. He walks around in long, elaborate robes. He spent a summer trouncing around Europe with a male-companion-turned-jilted-lover. He even owns a phoenix, Fawkes, who could be described as "flaming.