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Original Utah Jazz Bear Jon Absey honored posthumously with Pioneer of Progress award

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By Ron Bird Verified
| KJZZ-TV (Salt Lake City, UT) Verified
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Take a moment and look at the amazing entertainment resume of the original Utah Jazz Bear, Jon Absey. During Jon's 25-year career with the Utah Jazz, he made more than 4,000 slam dunks, climbed 1,100 ladders, rappelled from the Delta Center rafters (until the NBA banned it), was inducted into the NBA Mascot Hall of Fame in 2006 and presented the NBA Mascot Lifetime Achievement Award just last year.
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Original Utah Jazz Bear Jon Absey honored posthumously with Pioneer of Progress award

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By Ron Bird Verified
| KJZZ-TV (Salt Lake City, UT) Verified
Jon Absey, the original Jazz Bear, was posthumously honored with the Days of '47 Pioneer of Progress President's Award in 2026.
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Former Jazz center Greg Ostertag trades NBA life for role as Texas mayor Original

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By Ron Bird Verified
| KUTV-TV (Salt Lake City, UT) Verified
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Utah Jazz fans remember Greg Ostertag protecting the paint during one of the most memorable eras in franchise history. Nearly 20 years after stepping away from the NBA, the former Jazz center has traded sold-out arenas for small-town life — and now public office. ARC Salt Lake caught up with Ostertag in Mount Vernon, Texas, where the newly elected mayor spends his days on a farm filled with animals and doing just about everything except slowing down.
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