The Pac-12 looks likely to send one of three teams, including a traditional powerhouse, while the Big Ten West puts bowl eligibility on the line.
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Head coaches Billy Napier and Jonathan Smith, and player representatives from Florida and No. 17 Oregon State, were on hand Tuesday for the Las Vegas Bowl’s first press conference.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority on Tuesday agreed to spend nearly $9 million to sponsor six sporting events at Allegiant Stadium over the next five years.
Allegiant Stadium is officially a $2 billion project with the revised budget the Las Vegas Stadium Authority will review at Monday’s meeting, and it’s not a cost overrun.
Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy recently reimbursed an Oklahoma City radio host who bet the Cowboys (6-6) would win eight games this season.
Don’t expect a tearful farewell from Arizona State fifth-year senior quarterback Manny Wilkins after Saturday’s Las Vegas Bowl at Sam Boyd Stadium. He’s already been through that twice.
Fresno State’s defense allows only 13.7 points per game and has held opponents to 30 points or fewer in the past 24 games, the nation’s longest streak. The No. 19 Bulldogs play Arizona State on Saturday in the Las Vegas Bowl.
When the Oakland Raiders selected a general contractor to build the planned 65,000-seat Las Vegas stadium, team executives said they wanted the best. And when Minneapolis-based M.A. Mortenson Construction began building sports facilities, company executives said they, too, wanted to be the best.
Football players and coaches from Boise State University and the University of Oregon were treated to a big Las Vegas welcome Wednesday at the Fremont Street Experience.
Boise State quarterback Brett Rypien began slow this season, but finished strong in leading the Broncos to the Mountain West championship and a berth in the Las Vegas Bowl.
One of the biggest mysteries concerning Oregon this week is whether star running back Royce Freeman and left tackle Tyrell Crosby will play in the Las Vegas Bowl on Saturday.
Oregon went 1-4 and averaged 15 points when Justin Herbert was out with a fractured collarbone on his left, nonthrowing arm this season. Oregon went 6-1 and averaged a staggering 52 points when he started.
The Nevada Board of Regents in early January will get its first look at a proposed UNLV Joint-Use Agreement for the 65,000-seat domed football stadium being built by the Oakland Raiders after the university and the team resolved every major issue in negotiations that wrapped up last week.
Scores of people jammed the Clark County Government Center on Thursday looking for jobs and a way to sign up for them.
Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., golf pro Butch Harmon and former IndyCar driver Sam Schmidt will be inducted into the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame.
