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CHICAGO — Bishop Gorman High School boys basketball star Shabazz Muhammad was named Most Valuable Player of the McDonald’s All-American Game on Wednesday night at the United Center. And he made more news after the game, announcing he has trimmed the list of colleges he is considering to UCLA, Kentucky and Duke. Muhammad, a 6-foot-6-inch senior wing, had also been weighing scholarship offers from UNLV and Kansas as college basketball’s April 11 signing day approaches.
Sophomore running back Dionza Bradford has left UNLV’s football team, dealing a big blow to what was expected to be one of the best running games in the Mountain West Conference.
Doctors at a Las Vegas hospital decided to keep storied former UNLV basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian overnight Thursday for observation after a mild heart attack.
Former UNLV basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian suffered a mild heart attack around 5 p.m. and is recovering at MountainView Hospital. Tarkanian, 81, was alert and joking after being moved into intensive care, according to his daughter, Jodie Diamant, who was with him the entire time.