Kaepernick carries UNR past Cal

RENO — UNR might not get the respect it thinks it deserves playing in the shadow of Boise State in the Western Athletic Conference, but California coach Jeff Tedford is calling the Wolf Pack a Top 25 team.

Koelbaek fires 70 for Rebels, leads tourney

Therese Koelbaek of UNLV shot her second straight 3-under-par 70 Friday to carry a two-stroke lead into today’s final round of the season-opening Dick McGuire Invitational at Albuquerque, N.M.

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Las Vegas phenom Harper joins Washington squad in Florida fall league

VIERA, Fla. — Bryce Harper did everything expected of him — and more — on his first day of professional baseball.
The 17-year-old Harper, the No. 1 overall pick in the Major League Baseball draft by the Washington Nationals, was among about 40 players who reported for Florida Instructional League fall drills Friday.

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Right-wing nuts would reverse progress

Why do Republican members of Congress despise the middle class of our country so? They vote no, no, no for every piece of legislation designed to help the middle class, create jobs or help small business. Their obstructionism has slowed our recovery to a crawl and they still insist in shifting our middle class wealth upward to the richest 10 percent.

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Silver prices closed at a nearly 30-year high on the Comex exchange. And Bloomberg News says data suggest the rise may not be over.

‘Lubbock lunatics’ take aim at green Texas quarterback

Texas sophomore quarterback Garrett Gilbert, one of the nation’s most ballyhooed recruits out of high school, experienced the bright lights of the national championship stage in January in Pasadena, Calif.

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Rebels seek first win of season in Idaho tonight

MOSCOW, Idaho — UNLV’s Bobby Hauck lives strictly by the football’s coach credo of not reading too much into any game. He contends no one knows a game’s impact until after the season.

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