Raiders fans brought plenty of questions for this week’s mailbag, including one on whether the team thought it could land a quarterback in this year’s draft.
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Raiders assistant Luke Steckel worked on some major film productions after college, but coaching was always in his blood.
The Aces signed a former All-Star on Friday as the back-to-back WNBA champions continue their three-game road trip short-handed.
The Rebels, after a strong first year under coach Barry Odom, will appear on national TV more times than ever before during the 2024 season.
The college football landscape will look different this season. But some Las Vegas handicappers believe a familiar face has the best chance to win the title.
When the number of Mountain West games is 18 and your program hasn’t won a regular-season league championship in forever, any mark on the left side of a win-loss column is cherished inside a locker room.
The quote goes like this: Seize the moment, because some opportunities don’t come twice.
It was following a game at the Maui Invitational in November when UCLA basketball coach Steve Alford, his team having just lost to Wake Forest, spoke about the Bruins being assessed 28 fouls.
It all made sense before Wednesday, how this week might play out for UNLV’s basketball team, how important it could prove in regards to the postseason, how a winnable game against Arizona State would be followed by an extremely difficult one at Arizona.
I suppose the best thing that could have happened for UNLV’s basketball team Wednesday night would have been for no one to discover those AAA batteries and duct tape needed to fix the shot clocks at Thomas & Mack Center because when you spend nearly $50 million on renovations, it must be tough making sure all the lights work.
The lesson is this: That a week and a month and a few months from now, and perhaps into the madness of March, UNLV’s basketball team can take from a December game in south-central Kansas along the Arkansas River a definite truth about opposing an elite point guard.
College basketball seasons develop in stages, from closed-door scrimmages to exhibitions to home and neutral matchups. To the most important games of all.
They came to paradise, as much for anything, to learn about themselves. What they do well. What they need to improve. What they are today. What they might become tomorrow. UNLV’s basketball team headed home late Wednesday having answered some of those questions a 3-0 start against inferior opponents presented
UNLV forward Ben Carter is the lunch pail and hard hat kid. He’s that guy. He’s the one who doesn’t question orders, a coach’s son who not only can play, but more importantly, knows how to play. There is a big difference.
Part of the message from the time practice began for UNLV this college basketball season was about reaction. How would the Rebels respond to success? How would they deal with adversity?
When the talent continued to sign on the dotted line and the depth became more than UNLV’s basketball team has enjoyed under fifth-year head coach Dave Rice, it wasn’t guaranteed the Rebels would immediately turn a corner back towards the NCAA Tournament.
On any given night, you can find something special at Lee’s Family Forum. Whether you are watching the future stars of the Vegas Golden Knights hit the ice with the Henderson Silver Knights, sitting front row to the world’s fastest football with the Vegas Knight Hawks, or watching some of the best volleyball players on […]
Shooting guard Jackie Young is holding her own at the point in the absence of Chelsea Gray, giving the Aces more flexibility for a new roster addition.
Imprisoned for a Las Vegas fatal DUI, former NFL player Henry Ruggs is in a prison work program that placed him at the Governor’s Mansion.
A’ja Wilson powered the Aces to victory in their first road game of the season, beating the Minnesota Lynx on Wednesday in Minneapolis.
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.