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UNLV basketball star plays five instruments and he can dunk too
 

Beyond what you might know about UNLV’s freshman basketball star Brandon McCoy exists a side unknown to most who cheer his every dunk. The 19-year old, who plays five instruments, embraces a love for music and its power to inspire far beyond a court and rim.

 
Famed tailgate madness a way of life for Buffalo Bills fans

This is the place folks like to say is a drinking town with a sports problem, where purposefully setting your friends on fire isn’t as much criminal act as communal endorsement of a longstanding love affair with all things Buffalo Bills.

 
Golden Knights continue implausible start in NHL

The Knights are 7-1 to begin their inaugural season, having continued their historic beginning with a 4-2 victory against Chicago.

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Nate Schmidt brings winning attitude to Golden Knights

After four seasons with the Washington Capitals, Nate Schmidt will play a major role in professing how winners act, prepare and attack each morning skate and game for the NHL expansion team.

 
Golden Knights owner Bill Foley finds inner peace as winemaker

Long before he delivered Las Vegas its first major league professional franchise, Bill Foley became intrigued by those techniques that went into making Chardonnay and Pinot noir.

 
Wide receiver takes long road from Air Force to UNLV

Wide receiver Darren Palmer is a 26-year-old junior walk-on who made the Rebels after impressing coaches at an open tryout and then during spring ball.

 
UNLV should admit mistake, start over with new logo

The most difficult step for a university to make is admitting it fumbled an important decision, and yet for as much as social media unmercifully ripped the confusing new Hey Reb! mark, it appears those in charge are standing behind it.

 
You have entered the spin zone for Mayweather-McGregor

It was three months ago when Mark Kriegel, an accomplished boxing author whose works include “The Good Son: The Life of Ray ‘Boom Boom’ Mancini,” predicted to me how the buildup to a Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor fight would eventually turn.

 
Raiders’ gamble on Gareon Conley pays off with no indictment

A grand jury in Ohio chose not to indict Raiders first-round draft pick Gareon Conley on rape charges, meaning the only thing standing in the way of him being on the field at training camp are shin splints.