The NHL draft is the latest marquee league event to hit Las Vegas since the Golden Knights began play seven years ago. The Sphere could make it a show to remember.
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The 2024 NHL draft should be full pizzazz with the event taking place Friday and Saturday at The Sphere. But here’s what to watch for when the picks start coming in.
Vashti Cunningham finished in third place in the women’s high jump at the U.S. Track and Field Trials Monday night, securing a spot in the Paris Games.
UNLV’s football team added six new players Monday as it seeks to build on the momentum it created in coach Barry Odom’s first season.
Former Raiders defensive end Chandler Jones is facing a suspended jail sentence in a domestic violence case.
Bishop Gorman offensive lineman Douglas Utu, the second-ranked recruit in the state of Nevada by 247 Sports, announced his college commitment Monday.
From an Aces team looking to repeat as WNBA champs to the return of Formula One, Las Vegas will again offer a collection of local sports options.
Dick Calvert was UNLV’s public-address announcer for 52 years, and he was on the microphone for multiple other Las Vegas events. He also was an announcer at three World Cups.
The Fox 5 subsidiary is called Silver State Sports Entertainment Network and will concentrate on sports other than football and men’s basketball.
UNLV Athletic Director Erick Harper is happy with the Mountain West, but the situation remains fluid after UCLA and USC announce moves to the Big Ten.
“Friends of UNILV” is a third-party program designed to assist UNLV athletes with name, image and likeness deals.
Wink Adams and Anderson Hunt lead a group of 11 new members of UNLV’s Hall of Fame in the school’s first induction since 2017.
Name, image and likeness allow some college athletes to make endorsement deals in six and even seven figures. They, however, are the outliers.
The university remained in-house when replacing Desiree Reed-Francois, hiring interim athletic director Erick Harper in the full-time role.
UNLV formalized the hiring of athletic director Erick Harper on Monday, effective Jan. 1, university president Keith E. Whitfield announced in a statement.
Erick Harper becomes the 15th athletic director in UNLV history, succeeding Desiree Reed-Francois, who departed in August for the same position at Missouri.
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Former Raiders defensive end Chandler Jones is facing a suspended jail sentence in a domestic violence case.
Now that special events and live broadcasts are in the mix, it’s a whole new ballgame for Sphere.
The NHL draft is the latest marquee league event to hit Las Vegas since the Golden Knights began play seven years ago. The Sphere could make it a show to remember.
The pure joy and optimism with which the patriarch of “Your New Zealand Family” views American sports could serve as a lesson to us all.