Las Vegas sports radio talk show host Ken Thomson and UNLV players brightened the days of sick kids with their annual holiday visit to Sunrise Children’s Hospital.
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After being fired by UNLV last week, Tony Sanchez suggested college football coaches who jump directly from high school might be doomed to fail.
Tony Sanchez showed class in facing the music and the media after being fired as UNLV’s football coach following five losing seasons — unlike Mike Sanford when he was ousted by the school.
The North vs. South rivalry between UNLV and UNR, Nevada’s two football-playing schools, has taken its rightful place among the NCAA’s most bitter, thanks in no small part to the Fremont Cannon.
UNLV defensive tackle Kolo Uasike joins baseball slugger Pete Alonso in providing a fading Las Vegas sports facility with a memorable final act.
Todd Floyd played football on three levels at Sam Boyd Stadium. The stadium on the edge of Las Vegas will be closing soon, but the memories will last a lifetime.
With California having passed the Fair Pay to Play Act, even the usually bullheaded NCAA is reconsidering its hard-line definition of amateurism.
Former UNLV pitcher Erick Fedde helped the Washington Nationals win several games this season, appearing in 21 and starting 12. He finished 4-2 with a 4.50 ERA.
Former UNLV soccer star Simon Keith received the gift of life from Roger Groves’ son, a schoolboy soccer player in Wales who died of a brain hemorrhage on the field in 1986.
The Pac-12 Coast to Coast Challenge means there will be fewer opportunities for mid-major schools such as UNLV to enhance their NCAA Tournament positioning.
A GoFundMe account has been set up to help defray the medical expenses of Robert Smith, point guard for UNLV’s first Final Four basketball team.
Here’s a look at some of the memorable Las Vegas sports finishes we’ll never forget — buzzer beaters and other heart-stoppers that proved Yogi Berra was right when he said “It ain’t over till it’s over.”
Cle Edwards died Saturday of kidney and heart failure. He was 71. He never left Las Vegas after becoming one of Jerry Tarkanian’s trusted assistants.
The start of fall practice reminds longtime observers of the UNLV football program of when prison inmates played a significant role in training camp.
At UNLV, Hunkie Cooper played six positions — quarterback, running back, wide receiver, defensive back, punt returner, kickoff returner — before becoming one of the Arena Football League’s all-time best players.