Pink Grandmas remain loyal to Jazz basketball team

Chances are that if you've been to a Utah Jazz basketball game, you've seen sisters Keiko Mori and Yeiko Homma on the jumbo screens. The two women always dressed in pink jerseys at Jazz games are known locally as "The Pink Grandmas". The Pink Grandmas sit in Keiko's family room on Sunday, April 30, 2017 waiting for game 7 of the playoff series between the Utah Jazz and the Los Angeles Clippers. At right is a photograph of their mother and father. (Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

By Associated Press May 6, 2017 4 min read

MURRAY, Utah (AP) – The Pink Grandmas bleed green, purple and gold. They’re sweating out all of those colors as their beloved Utah Jazz stare at a 0-2 deficit against the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference semifinals.

Yeiko Homma and Keiko Mori are known as the Pink Grandmas for their attire – pink Jazz jerseys. For the last 20 years, they’ve charmed Utah fans, players and coaches with their loyalty and love for their team and each other.

Homma, 92, and Mori, 88, were at Mori’s home Sunday watching Game 7 of the Jazz’s first-round series vs the Los Angeles Clippers, surrounded by a dozen family members, the Salt Lake Tribune reported (http://bit.ly/2qBwu9n ). Wherever Mori watches, that’s where Homma watches.

When Mori went to Intermountain Medical Center for seven days last week, Homma joined her by her bedside, donning pink Gordon Hayward jerseys to cheer for the Jazz the same way they have for two decades.

“We go together,” Homma said. “That’s how we do it.”