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Utah Mammoth Are Officially Official And It’s A Great Identity Even Though Everyone Wanted ‘Yeti’
The NHL’s 32nd franchise officially has a permanent name and while it’s not quite as good as the one everyone — including the team — wanted, it’s still pretty damn good.
Ladies and gentlemen, I’d like to introduce you to the Utah Mammoth.
Now, pretty much from the moment Utah acquired a team last year, everyone was hoping the team’s name would be ‘Yeti,’ but the trademark proved hard to acquire because of a certain cooler company.
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But, the second-best option on the table for the team was always Mammoth — despite that name belonging to a lacrosse team one state over; not sure how that’s a non-issue, while the coolers proved to be an insurmountable hurdle.
But, hey, they still got a name that’s a big hairy monster and, on the Reigle Scale of Badassery, Mammoth comes in just behind Yeti.
The team allowed its fans to be involved throughout the name selection process. Fans in attendance at select games this spring were invited to vote on their preferred name. The final three options were Mammoth, Outlaws, and Utah Hockey Club.
In the end, I think they made the right choice, and it seems like the name and branding have been fairly well-received, at least as well as anything can be received on the internet.
Hats off to the NHL for what appears to be three-straight really solid new team identities with the Golden Knights, Kraken, and now Mammoth.
It will also be fun to see what kind of mascot the team goes with. I’m thinking something very Mr. Snuffleupagus-ian, and one of the NHL’s premiere mascot experts seems to agree.
With the excitement of their permanent name now behind them, Utah — who finished their maiden season with a 38-31-13 record and have the fourth pick in the upcoming draft — will look to continue building a team that can compete in a very tough Central Division.
SALT LAKE CITY — A California man in Utah, as part of his duties with the National Guard, is accused of trying to solicit sex from a young teenager.
Joshua Ruben Rodriguez, 29, of Fresno, was charged Tuesday in 3rd District Court with attempted rape of a child, a first-degree felony, and enticement of a minor, a second-degree felony.
The investigation began when an agent with the Utah State Bureau of Investigation posed as a 13-year-old girl on a “popular social media site … in an attempt to locate and apprehend adults attempting to have sexual contact with children,” according to charging documents.
On April 16, Rodriguez sent the agent a message — believing he was talking to a teen girl — that stated, “I’ll be direct with you, I would like to get to know you and (have sex with) your mind into a daze to where you feel like a woman,” according to charging documents.
When the “girl” asked if he had a problem with her age, Rodriguez replied, “I don’t have a problem with your age,” the charges state.
The agent told Rodriguez to meet at an apartment complex in Salt Lake County where the girl lived, claiming her mother would be gone. When Rodriguez arrived, he was taken into custody, the charges state.
“(Rodriguez) does not have ties to Utah. He is a resident of Fresno, California. (He) was in town as part of his military service with the California National Guard,” prosecutors stated in charging documents while requesting he be held without bail pending trial.
ST. GEORGE, Utah (KUTV) — One person was hospitalized at the St. George Regional Hospital after a car rolled and caught fire just south of the Utah-Arizona border.
The Beaver Dam and Littlefield Fire Department in Arizona said its crews responded to the crash near the Black Rock Road exit – roughly two miles south of the state border – on Sunday night.
Upon arrival, crews put out the car fire and found the driver had left the scene. A single occupant, who was able to get out of the car on their own, was transported to the hospital by a Beaver Dam ambulance.
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Their condition has not been publicly released.
Details on what led to the crash and the condition of the driver were not immediately available.
The Beaver Dam and Littlefield Fire Department said law enforcement investigated the scene.
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SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz missed out on the NBA Playoffs, but still scored a big win thanks to a coin flip.
In Monday’s tiebreaker coin flip to determine who had the fourth-worst record in the league last season, the Jazz came out winners over the Sacramento Kings, who had the same 22-60 record.
Had the Jazz lost the coin flip, they would have been fifth in NBA Draft Lottery odds. Only the worst four teams are guaranteed to remain within the top eight of the lottery.
If Utah had fallen to fifth, there would have been the chance they could have dropped out of the top 8 teams in the lottery, and owed the draft pick to Oklahoma City, which was top-8 protected in a previous trade.
The Jazz now have an 11.5 percent chance to win the first overall pick in the NBA Draft Lottery, which is scheduled for Sunday, May 10.
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