Danielle Miller hit a 24-foot tying 3-pointer in the final second of regulation and totaled a game-high 22 points to lead UNLV to a 73-70 overtime victory over Fresno State in a Mountain West women’s basketball game Wednesday in Fresno, Calif.
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Jerry Tarkanian, the iconic towel-chomping coach who put UNLV on the map as a national college basketball power and repeatedly clashed with the NCAA during his career, died Wednesday morning at Valley Hospital Medical Center.
Sig Rogich always had an eye for political talent, an ability that even served him well in sports when he noticed a young basketball coach compiling victories at an astonishing rate.
Reaction from the basketball world to Jerry Tarkanian’s death Wednesday morning at age 84 was quick and consistent — great admiration for a man who helped change the game of college basketball, a man who never backed down from a challenge and whose teams were always tough to prepare and play against.
A media target throughout the country, Jerry Tarkanian didn’t always have it easy in Las Vegas, either, when it came to local coverage of his basketball team.
The passing of Jerry Tarkanian at age 84 on Wednesday morning drew reaction from across the country.
Legendary UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian died Wednesday morning at Valley Hospital Medical Center. Here’s what his fans had to say about him.
There’s something in the sports writer’s code, an unwritten rule, about not asking for autographs. When I heard that Jerry Tarkanian had died Wednesday morning, asking him for his autograph when I was a young sports writer was one of the first things that popped into my mind.
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