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Morning links: Why Stanford is a haven for LDS players; ESPN says is Jazz a top 10 team; BYU No. 1 in cross country

Richard Vogel, Associated Press

Adding Joe Johnson, Boris Diaw and George Hill, along with a healed Dante Exum, to what the Jazz already had makes them the scariest of the West's up-and-comers.

Claire Fahy of the San Francisco Chronicle took a look at the LDS players on the Stanford Cardinal football team.

After talking about the conversion story of Cardinal linebacker Lane Veach, Fahy talked about why so many LDS players are at Stanford, saying, "The answer is Lance Anderson, Stanford’s defensive coordinator and also a returned Mormon missionary. Anderson is one of the nation’s top recruiters, and his recruiting area includes the heavily LDS areas of Utah and Arizona.