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Deal on UNLV use of Las Vegas Raiders Stadium appears closer

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.

 
Ex-Raiders celebrate Henderson students’ activity achievement

Four ex-players and members of the Raiderettes cheer students at Josh Stevens Elementary for logging 645,070 minutes of physical activity as part of the NFL Play 60 Challenge.

 
Freed O.J. Simpson will live in Las Vegas, official says

For the first time in nine years, O.J. Simpson is free. Although speculation raged about where the former football star would head next, a state official said Simpson would live in Las Vegas for now.

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High school football melee ended by pepper spray being investigated

Clark County School District Police Captain Ken Young said Monday his team is still gathering information about the use of pepper spray Friday to break up a melee after the Canyon Springs and Basic High School football game.

 
Las Vegans help Miami football team stranded by Hurricane Irma

Hurricane Irma has left 50 Miami Central High School football players and about 20 members of the coaching staff stranded in Sin City as they wait for airports in Miami and Fort Lauderdale to reopen.

 
Las Vegas police say race played no role in Michael Bennett’s detainment

Metropolitan Police Department Undersheriff Kevin McMahill denied race played a role when officers detained Seattle Seahawks defensive lineman Michael Bennett after the Aug. 26 Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor fight.

Bishop Gorman football coach faces domestic battery charge

Kenny Sanchez, the head coach of Bishop Gorman High School’s national champion football team, was arrested this week on a domestic battery charge, the Las Vegas Review-Journal has learned.

 
Oakland Raiders get NFL’s approval to move to Las Vegas

National Football League owners voted Monday in Phoenix to approve the relocation of the Oakland Raiders to Southern Nevada, where a $1.9 billion, 65,000-seat domed stadium will be built for the team.