Are the Jazz still Utah’s team?
They’ve been the tie that binds Beehive State together, but some fans have drifted away amid the NBA team’s social activism and a TV and streaming deal that shuts a portion out. Winning it all might bring them back.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Mallory Lambert wears a bear costume as she celebrates with the fans on the plaza in front of the Energy Solutions Arena, for game four of the Western Conference Finals, in Salt Lake City, on May 28, 2007.
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Julie left the beach of Santa Cruz, Calif., where she worked for 17 years, for the mountains of Salt Lake City in 2019. She has covered the NBA Finals, the Super Bowl, the World Series, the Maverick's big wave surf contest and two Olympics. A Colorado native, she enjoys creating her own adventure, occasionally with her husband and two kids in tow.