The Vikings aren’t playing in their stadium this week, just another loop in the postseason belt of despair that has included four Super Bowl losses.
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The Patriots meet the Eagles on Sunday at U.S. Bank Stadium, where New England tries for a sixth title while simultaneously annihilating the one obstruction many naively believed could derail their journey back to the game.
While early indications are this could prove the most hospitable of Super Bowls, the Patriots-Eagles clash began with the tamest of opening acts.
When word got out that pro wrestling impresario Vince McMahon intends to bring back the XFL, the cellphone of former Las Vegas Outlaws QB Ryan Clement began to light up. You’ve got two years to get in shape, the messages said.
“Pawn Stars” marked its 500th TV episode, and so a lot of people told “Pawn Stars” stories, and one or two told Chumlee stories.
There isn’t an award in the NFL for Organization of the Year, but if there were, send the trophy to the Philadelphia Eagles, who will meet the New England Patriots on Feb. 4 in Super LII.
Ceremonial ground finally was broken on UNLV’s proposed football building Tuesday. Not just the ground for the fence posts that said it would be coming in (insert year here). The actual building.
One William Hill bettor lost a $250,000 wager he placed on the Patriots (-7) Saturday in Southern Nevada and another lost a $500,000 bet he placed Sunday at William Hill’s location at the Baha Mar Resort in the Bahamas.
The backdrop of Harvey Hyde’s Twitter account is a photo of the former UNLV football coach chatting about “big uglies” with legendary broadcaster Keith Jackson.
Assuming Tom Brady’s injured hand doesn’t affect him in a major way Sunday in the AFC championship game, the Patriots should advance to defend their Super Bowl championship.
The biggest bet South Point oddsmaker Jimmy Vaccaro ever took was a $2.4 million money-line wager from billionaire investor Carl Icahn in 1995.
A William Hill bettor lost $150,000 in money-line wagers on the Saints at 2-1 odds, a CG Technology sports book bettor also lost a six-figure money-line wager on New Orleans and a Caesars Palace sports book bettor lost a money-line wager of more than $50,000 on the Saints.
Now that he’s back as coach of the Raiders, you probably will be seeing less of Jon Gruden on TV.
This weekend, we have two live ’dogs in the NFL playoffs. The Saints are getting 5 points at the Vikings, and the No. 1-seeded Eagles are catching a field goal against the defending NFC champion Falcons.
New coach Jon Gruden had trouble saying “Las Vegas” when asked about the Raiders moving here during his news conference.
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