Salt Lake City is the home of three major professional sports franchises: Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer (football), the Utah Hockey Club of the National Hockey League (NHL), and the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After relocating in 1979 from New Orleans (hence its team name), the Jazz, under the direction of Jerry Sloan—who coached the team from 1988 to 2011—became one of the most consistently winning teams in the NBA. The capital also boasts a minor league baseball and a minor league hockey team. Although Weber State (of the Big Sky Conference) and Utah ...(100 of 6058 words)