Raiders tight end Michael Mayer struggled with injuries and needed to learn how to block in the NFL as a rookie. He’s put all that behind him this offseason.
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The second annual Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix weekend in November will be capped off with a Raiders game.
Circa Sports is sweetening the pot yet again this season for its $1,000-entry Survivor and Million NFL handicapping contests.
Golden Knights forward Jonathan Marchessault will announce the ceremonial “shuffle up and deal” when the 55th World Series of Poker opens Tuesday.
The College of Southern Nevada, which features 20 players from the Las Vegas Valley, won 47 of its final 51 games to advance to the NJCAA World Series.
The UNLV logo that bore a striking resemblance to Western character actor Sam Elliott now is going the way of Khalil Mack Raiders jerseys.
The gap between the Power Five and Group of Five conferences continues to grow. It leaves schools such as UNLV in a difficult spot.
Sexual harassment allegations triggered an investigation of Eric Toliver, then-compliance director for UNLV’s athletic department, by an outside law firm earlier this year. Toliver quit Feb. 9 and hasn’t been heard from since.
The Boyd Gaming Corp. has pledged $5 million to UNLV’s athletic department over a multiyear period. It is the largest corporate gift ever for UNLV athletics.
UNLV athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois saw a lot of positives in her first year, with five conference championships coming from Olympic sports. But she knows most of the focus is on football and men’s basketball.
Seven UNLV sports broke or tied their previous Academic Progress Rate highs, according to data released by the NCAA on Wednesday.
The NCAA has at least temporarily changed its policy toward legalized sports betting, clearing the way for Las Vegas to bid on championship events such as the Final Four.
Haley Bodnar Rydalch, a 6-foot-3-inch center from Brigham Young, will transfer to the UNLV women’s basketball team, coach Kathy Olivier announced.
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a nationwide ban on single-game legalized sports betting outside of Nevada. That could help Las Vegas’ case to host NCAA championship events, which currently is prohibited.
UNLV hired Eric Nepomuceno to be in charge of compliance for the athletic department. Athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois also has restructured the compliance office, so Nepomuceno will report to her as well as the president’s office.
UNLV could have had its logo redesigned by Nike for free, according to the school’s apparel contract with the world-famous shoe company, but opted to pay almost $50,000 to use the Denver firm Adrenalin.
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Raiders tight end Michael Mayer struggled with injuries and needed to learn how to block in the NFL as a rookie. He’s put all that behind him this offseason.
Golden Knights forward Jonathan Marchessault will announce the ceremonial “shuffle up and deal” when the 55th World Series of Poker opens Tuesday.
The 10-day event, with a $11.5 million prize purse, has sold out 360 consecutive performances at the Thomas & Mack Center.
The Aces couldn’t overcome a big night from Kahleah Copper and the Phoenix Mercury and took their first loss of the season Tuesday at Michelob Ultra Arena.