Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever are coming off their first win of the WNBA season, while the Aces need to rebound Saturday from their first loss.
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Aces guard Kelsey Plum entered the WNBA as the No. 1 overall draft pick and the all-time leading scorer in women’s college basketball, just like Fever star Caitlin Clark.
It could turn out nothing wrong transpired, that the sponsorship with 12 Aces players by the LVCVA complies with WNBA rules. But the deal still should be investigated.
Six key Raiders players from a defense that surrendered the ninth-fewest points in the NFL last season are entering the final year of their contracts.
The Raiders have begun organized team activities, which means fans have questions about how the team is shaping up so far.
Raiders home games at Allegiant Stadium are once again the most popular purchase in the NFL on the online ticket broker StubHub.
What you are witnessing is Dave Rice’s prophecy coming true, and within it will be these sorts of close losses to an experienced team. But as the games and weeks and possessions pass, UNLV basketball improves.
Say what you want about those tools used by the NCAA Tournament selection committee when determining at-large berths each March, the opinion about a Mountain West ranked 11th among conferences nationally in RPI today is fairly consistent.
UNLV beat No. 3 Arizona at the Thomas & Mack Center by playing with a level of emotion and desire not seen yet this season. For once, Rice can say it following a win and the notion more than holds up. UNLV beat a terrific team.
Lon Kruger left UNLV to coach Oklahoma after returning the Rebels to respectability with a 161–71 record and four NCAA tourney appearances in seven seasons. His 15th ranked Sooners meet No. 16 Washington in the MGM Grand Showcase on Saturday.
UNLV’s overtime win against Portland on Wednesday night was important for one reason: The alternative would have been dreadful.
For those who said allowing the country a peek into the college football playoff process for over a month would backfire in terms of trust and perception, we offer Sunday’s final rankings as sound support to that theory.
This is what they don’t write about in those lavish recruiting profiles. These are the things you don’t hear about when a prep basketball star signs with your favorite college.
There are different kinds of wins in sports. Ones when you outplay an opponent. Ones when you don’t and still succeed. Ones when you make your owns breaks. Ones when the other guys break down. UNLV’s basketball team had another kind Saturday. “This was a character win,” Rebels coach Dave Rice said.
Is there such a thing as a season-defining moment for a college basketball team in just its fourth game? For UNLV, it will find out Saturday.
History is pretty clear on this: You can’t begin listing the greatest Final Four games and not mention many — Magic vs. Larry in 1979, Texas Western and its all-black starting five vs. Kentucky in 1966, Jim Valvano looking for someone to hug in 1983, Villanova slaying Georgetown in 1985 — before reaching games between UNLV and Duke in 1990 and 1991.
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Aces rookie Kate Martin and Caitlin Clark, the WNBA’s No. 1 overall draft pick by the Indiana Fever, are bonded by a trait that has aided both of their success.
Special teams coordinator Tom McMahon has been hard at work trying to figure out the best way to approach kickoffs this year given the NFL’s new rule changes.
The Aces’ first meeting with rookie phenom Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever is one of the hottest tickets on online ticket broker StubHub.
The second annual Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix weekend in November will be capped off with a Raiders game.