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@AlexMVejar

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Human being. Formerly @sltrib . APSE Diversity Fellow class XI. NAHJ. L.A. native. Cinephile. Taylor Swift apologist.

Salt Lake City, UT
Joined July 2010
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"Hindsight is whatever" is my new life motto
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Herriman High takes the field for the first regular season high school football game in the country since the pandemic. #Football #tribpreps
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The August/This Is Me Trying/Illicit Affairs stretch of #folklore is everything.
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The program director of @sundancefest said Taylor Swift is coming for the opening night screening of her documentary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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BREAKING: #MLS Commissioner Don Garber says #RSL owner Dell Loy Hansen "has decided to begin a process to sell Utah Soccer holdings."
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6 years
The moment Siaki Ika chose his school.
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3 years
Here’s the Utah football team, led by coach Kyle Whittingham, making its way to the vigil. We’re less than 30 minutes from starting. #Utes
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4 years
I haven't even recovered from the last surprise announcement by Taylor Swift.
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Players kneeling for the national anthem, which is being performed on saxophone. #NWSL #woso
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Utah Royals kneeling in a circle during the national anthem. OL Reign not on the field at all during this time. #NWSL #woso
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Amy Rodriguez has been named team captain of the Utah Royals FC. #URFC #NWSL #woso
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Kelley O’Hara is seating very close to me, taking in the game. She’s yelling instructions at her teammates, and they can probably hear her. #URFC #NWSL #woso
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Christen Press addresses the Barstool Sports partnership. She said she wasn’t aware of the site when presented with the idea. #URFC
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Damian Lillard said he will wear his Weber State jersey for the 3-point contest. @WeberStateMBB #NBAAllStar
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Chuck and Shaq blame Jazz coaching for the series loss. “They made no adjustments,” they both said of Utah.
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3 years
Former #BYU men’s basketball coach Dave Rose is at the game tonight.
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Vero just gave a big hug to Tziarra as King ended an interview and Boquete was preparing for hers. #URFC #NWSL #woso
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BREAKING: Utah Royals FC has parted ways with Craig Harrington. Amy LePeilbet will continue as interim coach. #URFC #NWSL
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Here is a screenshot from today's B-roll of today's Utah Royals practice. Kelley O'Hara is back. I didn't see Christen Press in the video. #URFC #NWSL #woso
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Pope, when asked about this thoughts on Bouyea's dunk at the end of the game: "I don't really have any comment on it. If we don't want that to happen, we should win the game." #BYU
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1. I’m glad a cat was included in this montage. Stop the cat slander, people. 2. I just don’t trust the lions and other big cats. I feel like they’re just biding their time. 3. A fish? Cmon dude.
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Because most everything sucks right now here is two-minutes of pure goodness...
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Utah Royals coach Craig Harrington said Tziarra King will likely see some minutes tomorrow against Houston. Called her "a proven goal scorer." #URFC #NWSL #woso
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WE. OUT. HERE. #NWSL
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From the Utah Royals FC just now: Kelley O'Hara has officially opted out of the #NWSL fall series.
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The Utah Royals FC were supposed to play the Portland Thorns tonight in the 2020 #NWSL season opener. Becky Sauerbrunn against her former team. Sucks that storyline may not play out now. #URFC #NWSL #woso
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Utah Royals FC coach Craig Harrington said the two Canadian players and two USWNT players are still not in market. That's Diana Matheson, Desiree Scott, Christen Press and Kelley O'Hara. He said there's no need for them to be in market yet with just individual training. #URFC
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The U.S. Women's National Team will play a friendly at Rio Tinto Stadium shortly before the start of the #NWSL season, per a league source. #USWNT #woso
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3 years
Jaren Hall as he was leaving the media session: "Kalani for president." #BYU
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Not everyone is kneeling tho.
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BREAKING: #RSL announces Dell Loy Hansen has been placed on leave while #MLS and #NWSL conducts its investigations.
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Becky Sauerbrunn on her goal. #URFC #NWSL #woso
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I can confirm @SoccerInsider 's report that Utah Royals FC and #USWNT defender Kelley O'Hara is being traded to the Washington Spirit. That leaves no current national team player on the Royals roster for 2021, unless something changes. They used to have three.
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Attendance at Rio Tinto for tonight's @UtahRoyalsFC game: 15,931
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Mark Pope on CBSSN: "“I couldn't be more proud of our guys, man. It was just guts. They just fought. They fought, and fought, and fought, and it was beautiful.” #BYU
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Sarah Bouhaddi today: "I am in very advanced discussions with the American franchise Utah Royals of Salt Lake City. It will surely be my future club if we manage to move forward in our negotiations." #URFC #NWSL #woso
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Christen Press, per statement: “It is deeply painful not to be able to play the game I love, and to watch the broader effects of the global pandemic on our league, sports, and our world,” Press said.
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Per @caitlinmurr ’s request, here’s a little video of what the atmosphere sounds like for people in the stadium.
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2 years
@NBCSports Kobe and there’s no other answer
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#RSL defender Nedum Onuoha on why he chose to opt out of the #MLS tournament in Orlando.
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Mark Pope, when talking about #BYU ’s win over the Oregon Ducks earlier in the season becoming a Quad 1 and joking that it should be “Quad 0,” transitioned into this wonderful quote about literal ducks.
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Paisley Harding announced on Instagram that she has signed a training camp contract with the Seattle Storm. #BYU
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4 years
I can confirm that #RSL chief business officer Andy Carroll is taking a leave of absence effective immediately after the allegations from the @rslsoapbox surfaced. I am also told #MLS and the #NWSL have started an investigation into Carroll. Team will make public statement soon.
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In history. That's so freakin cool.
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Joe Musgrove just threw the first no-hitter in San Diego Padres history. Sports. Thank goodness for sports...
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Positive COVID-19 cases in Florida and Utah have hit record highs in the past few days — the same past few days when #MLS , #NWSL and #NBA all agreed to returns to play in both those states.
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3 years
David Ochoa said he saw a little kid in the Minnesota stands and wanted to give him a ball, and that's why kicked the ball in the stands. He also said he called Adrian Heath and apologized, and said Heath apologized to him for his postgame comments. #RSL
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When a Springville family visiting Paris learned of Rudy Gobert setting the single-season record for dunks, they did this. Pretty cool gesture from dedicated fans. #UtahJazz
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Former #BYU QB Zach Wilson is at this game.
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I am said reporter. I did it on deadline and tried my best to avoid chicken scratch (my default font) and yet the whole reporting contingent still got shortchanged, which really sucks. Things like this hurt coverage and leave questions fans have unanswered.
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A reporter who belongs to @NWSLmedia was even able to provide a copy of these questions in person on extremely short notice thanks to being onsite, and the request was still denied. #NWSLChallengeCup
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I’m at Liberty Park today for the Utah Pride and Black Lives Matter protest. So many people here. Signs, rainbow flags, dogs, and more.
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Utah Royals FC coach Craig Harrington said Aminata Diallo is expected to be with the team before the tournament start. I asked about Christen Press, and was told "the rosters will be out at a later date." #URFC #NWSL #woso
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Hearing there will be no fans allowed for the last two rounds of the #NWSLChallengeCup as it moves to Rio Tinto Stadium. The #RSL organization was hopeful of the possibility of having fans after the Real Monarchs got approval.
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@ESPNFC "Why Qatar" is the only thought I'll ever have about 2022
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3 years
Professional news (because “personal” is for, like, marriages and stuff): I will now be the lead BYU men’s and women’s basketball writer for @sltrib . When it’s not basketball season, I’ll be covering college sports and any important breaking sports news. Football too of course.
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4 years
Here’s the scene around Kristie Mewis right now. #NWSLChallengeCup
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I'm told Harrington was initially placed on leave because players complained he was being "verbally abusive" toward them. It got to the point that players would organize their own group film sessions. #URFC #NWSL #woso
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Utah Royals FC coach Craig Harrington said the #USWNT players will be on minutes limits during the #NWSL Challenge Cup.
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A surprise revelation (to me anyway) by Nick Rimando postgame: "I've been playing all year with a torn rotator cuff." #RSL
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#RSL players walking in to the stadium wearing Royals gear.
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Let’s be clear, WE appreciate excellence.
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Here is the scene during the national anthem. #URFC #NWSL #woso
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That’s Danny Ainge and Ryan Smith taking in #BYU women’s basketball tonight. #Jazz
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Noah Waterman is the third transfer this offseason for #BYU men’s basketball, and represents the last scholarship that was open for Mark Pope. Most notable: He’s 6-foot-11 and shot 44% from the 3-point line.
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5 years
Did anyone say Damian Lillard waving goodbye to an entire arena after his shot ended a playoff series was distasteful? No. ”Wah, wah, wah” indeed.
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Megan Rapinoe responding to criticism that Alex Morgan’s tea-sipping celebration was distasteful: “Wah, wah, wah. It’s like, we’re at the World Cup. What do you want us to do? “We work hard, we like to play hard.”
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I am that attender
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Mark Pope: "We've taken a major step back, and that is 100% on me. I need to figure things out. ... Right now, our coach stinks. I have to fix that. " #BYU
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Injury report for Utah Royals vs Houston Dash tomorrow. OUT: Kelley O’Hara (Left quad), Mallory Weber (Right quad), Desiree Scott (Personal leave), Aminata Diallo (international quarantine) #URFC #NWSL #woso
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Reported attendance at Rio Tinto for the Utah Royals: 18,015. #URFC
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Utah Royals say that in addition to Kelley O'Hara opting out of the #NWSL Fall Series, Canadian players Desiree Scott and Diana Matheson also chose to opt out. #URFC #woso
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It’s with an extremely heavy heart that I have to say this, but my mom died early this morning, succumbing to complications from stage 4 lung cancer. I’ll likely be away from twitter for a bit. Thank you for your support these last few months.
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That is Gavin Baxter and Richard Harward on the floor to end this game. They played exactly one possession. #BYU
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I’m hearing the #RSL - #LAFC game is “off.”
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Gideon George: "The @byuROC is the Sixth Man of the Year for sure." #BYU
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Laura Harvey says she *won’t* be the next #USWNT coach.
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BREAKING: Mady Sissoko of Wasatch Academy basketball commits to Michigan State University.
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Kyle Whittingham said the #Utes will attend Aaron Lowe’s funeral next Monday. It’s not mandatory, but whoever wants to attend — players, coaches, staff — can get on the charter and attend.
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@allday_ajking He makes two blocks and that’s it! That seems at least plausible
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#BYU men's basketball commit Collin Chander announces on Instagram that he will serve his two-year mission in Sierra Leone, West Africa. He leaves July 25.
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#RSL legend @NickRimando will be inducted to the Utah Sports Hall of Fame in a ceremony on Sept. 20.
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4 years
Just give Phoebe Bridgers, Haim and Taylor Swift all the Grammys.
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After watching Taylor Swift’s Tiny Desk concert, I have two thoughts: 1. She needs to write and record an acoustic album now more than ever. 2. She is queen.
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"Following her dreams into taxidermy..." "Uh, it's tax attorney." "I read it wrong agaaaaaaaaaaaain!"
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The final showing of unity among the Utes.
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The Utah Royals still start on June 30, but it's against the Houston Dash. The rest of their schedule is: July 4 vs. Sky Blue July 8 vs. OL Reign July 12 vs. Chicago #URFC #NWSL #woso
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Taylor Swift...liked...one of my tweets. I...I don’t know what’s happening. This is either real, or I’m dead and there’s a heaven and everything I thought I knew has changed. What do I do now? I don’t know what to do with my hands, legs or life.
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Caleb Lohner on BYU Radio: "We just got our a-- kicked." #BYU
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#Utes football players Cam Rising, Brant Kuithe and Thomas Yassmin out here at the Huntsman supporting the @UTAHWBB team against Stanford.
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O’Hara was just on the sideline talking to Craig Harrington about what she’s seeing on the field. Lots of gesticulating with her arms. I couldn’t hear what she was saying, but she was animated for sure.
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THAT. BRIDGE.
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Taylor Swift
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Me in 2020: life is chill, writing songs based in fiction to avoid drama, feeling pretty grown up My 2008 music from the vault, in a goblin voice: “REELEEEEEEASE MR PERFECTLY FIIIIIIINE”
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Right before Craig Harrington left his interview chair, the moderator congratulated him on a "fun day." Harrington's response: "Fun for you." #NWSL #URFC #woso
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I fave it
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Rex Chapman🏇🏼
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Happy 4th of July 2020, y’all. Here is Japanese Ambassador to the United States - Yamanouchi Kanji - shredding the Star Spangled Banner on guitar - Jimi Hendrix-style...
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Ja'Quinden Jackson said everyone should get “22% better” at everything they do.
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@RexChapman Traffic signal is set and has established prior position. Charge.
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Horrifying
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Inbox: The Utah Royals FC have partnered with Mendi, a women-owned company that makes and sells hemp CBD products geared toward athlete recovery. The Royals are one of two #NWSL teams partnered with Mendi. The other is the North Carolina Courage. #URFC #woso
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