For a Mountain West that has 11 members for basketball and 12 for football, including UNLV, how it reacts to a sudden defection could shape the league for its foreseeable future.
Basketball
Mark Davis, owner of the Raiders and Aces, will be in Connecticut as the Aces try to win the WNBA title while the Raiders play the Arizona Cardinals at Allegiant Stadium.
While the Raiders’ tumultuous year dominated the news in Las Vegas, they were far from the only major story on the local sports scene.
As the owner of the Raiders and Aces, Mark Davis has changed the trajectory of Las Vegas sports forever.
As major events like the NCAA Tournament were canceled and professional leagues hit the pause button, the importance of sports in our lives became even more clear.
It’s much easier — not to mention cheaper — for UNLV to ditch a mascot than the nickname the university has been known by since the mid-1950s.
One of the main problems with UNLV athletics, perhaps the central one, is the fact it either doesn’t realize or accept its place in today’s world of collegiate athletics.
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