Today is Utah Jazz great Karl Malone’s 53rd Birthday. Which is, clearly, a State-wide Holiday in Utah. Or at least, one could honestly make that mistake when first encountering the celebrations for Pioneer Day and the Days of ‘47 Parade which both fall on July 24th. (And no, sadly that second event is not a celebration of Andrei Kirilenko ‘s 5x5s.)
As a non-Utah based Utah Jazz fan it was a little confusing to me. And honestly, for all non-Utahns it’s a regional event that doesn’t get much publicity outside of the “Promised Land”.