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Nevada set a Super Bowl record wagering handle at $132.5 million

It was a boring game, and watching the replay would be a treatment for insomnia, but Super Bowl 50 will be remembered as a win for Peyton Manning and for producing a record wagering handle in Nevada.

UNLV’s Zimmerman Jr. out indefinitely

UNLV freshman forward Stephen Zimmerman Jr. is out with a sprained left knee, and it’s uncertain when he will return.

Lobbying for new Las Vegas stadium begins

Las Vegas Sands’ pitch for a $1.2 billion domed football stadium on the UNLV campus is off and running.

Fred Albrecht held down fort for UNLV on regular basis

In 1864, the story goes, Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman wired a military order to Gen. John M. Corse back at Union Army headquarters in Altoona, Pennsylvania. The directive was supposed to say “hold on, relief is coming.” It came out “hold the fort,” and then after that, it became “hold down the fort.”

5 boxers to watch for during 2016

Gilberto Ramirez was set on starting his training camp in Germany for his fight with WBO super middleweight champion Arthur Abraham.

MGM Resorts’ Rood rides wave on sports books’ biggest day of year

About two hours before kickoff, the phone is lighting up. The screen next to the phone is showing the bets pouring in by the minute. Jay Rood answers the phone in a manner similar to a quarterback calling signals during a two-minute drill.