The son of TNT basketball broadcaster Craig Sager says his father is set to undergo a third bone marrow and stem cell transplant Wednesday as he continues his cancer fight.
Basketball
The UNLV-Duke basketball game on Dec. 10 at T-Mobile Arena will be nationally televised.
Paul Washington Sr., the father of two Findlay Prep players, has been hired as the Pilots’ new boys basketball coach.
Changing a sport’s national letter of intent signing date is similar to the political structure in the nation’s capital. It can be done. It has been done. But it’s a tedious process.
The U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team won its third straight gold medal and did it easily, beating Serbia 96-66 on Sunday.
The dominant U.S. women’s basketball team did what was expected, winning a sixth consecutive Olympic gold medal and doing it in impressive fashion.
Former UNLV basketball player Daquan Cook has transferred to Prairie View A&M. He played 55 games for the Rebels, but off-court issues led to a lengthy suspension and eventual dismissal.
UNLV’s basketball team went on a six-hour trip on a catamaran on Friday in a team-bonding exercise. The Rebels leave the Bahamas on Saturday after a weeklong visit that included three exhibition games.
UNLV learned a lot about itself over the past three weeks. But some questions still need to be answered when the Rebels begin practice in earnest in late September.
Jalen Poyser scored 28 points to lead UNLV to a 102-87 exhibition victory Thursday over the Providence Storm at Sir Kendal Isaacs Gym.
A trip to Hawaii and a tournament at T-Mobile Arena highlight the UNLV 2016-17 women’s basketball schedule, which was released Thursday.
Tiki Bikini Hut at Nassau’s Junkanoo Beach is listed as one of the top places to visit. It has the music and the drinks, not to mention the white sandy beach and green and blue Caribbean waters.
China presented Nassau, Bahamas, with the $30 million Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium, but some locals wonder what the Chinese want in return. It’s a good question.
The Runnin’ Rebels Club provided about $100,000 in funding to allow UNLV’s basketball team to travel to the Bahamas. UNLV also received 10 practices before the trip, giving the Rebels an important head start.
This was the U.S. men’s Olympic basketball team that everyone expected to see at the Rio Games, now right where it was expected to be — in the semifinals. And a familiar foe will be waiting.
