It was the longest of long weekends for Las Vegas sports fans. But there’s a long way to go to catch Cleveland.
Ron Kantowski
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A crowd estimated at 300 attended a Tuesday memorial service for former UNLV football player Kenny Keys, including Rebels coach Tony Sanchez and the majority of his players.
By Ron Kantowski / RJ
Ceremonial ground finally was broken on UNLV’s proposed football building Tuesday. Not just the ground for the fence posts that said it would be coming in (insert year here). The actual building.
By Ron Kantowski / RJ
The backdrop of Harvey Hyde’s Twitter account is a photo of the former UNLV football coach chatting about “big uglies” with legendary broadcaster Keith Jackson.
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