Third-year running back Zamir White will be given every opportunity to become the Raiders’ starter this season and fill the departed Josh Jacobs’ cleats.
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Despite getting off to the type of start they desired, the Golden Knights lost to the Dallas Stars on Monday in a Stanley Cup playoff series that now is tied 2-2.
Rookie quarterback Aidan O’Connell impressed enough in the preseason that he should be the pick over Brian Hoyer as Jimmy Garoppolo’s backup to start the season.
Oakland Athletics fans are angry, sad, and bitter about the prospect of their team relocating to Southern Nevada. Several offered their thoughts at Friday’s home game.
The Hall of Fame football coach was a winner and a Super Bowl champion, and that’s only a small part of his story.
The third-year safety finds himself in that all-too-important window when teams often determine a player’s long-term value.
Headlines from Monday night should have focused on money raised for Darren Waller’s foundation and not some of his teammates failing to wear masks.
The Cimarron-Memorial High product signed a one-year deal with the team this season, and hopes to remain a Raider when the team moves to Southern Nevada in 2020.
Already, the new UNLV football complex has paid off with several commitments for the 2020 recruiting class, pledges from the sorts of players who likely would have never considered the Rebels if not for such dedication to an on-campus facility.
While early indications are this could prove the most hospitable of Super Bowls, the Patriots-Eagles clash began with the tamest of opening acts.
The similarities between Nashville and Las Vegas are striking, from market size to an attractive entertainment destination for tourists to an insatiable appetite for major league professional sports.