The Aug. 6 exhibition game between the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers is the first on-field event the league has canceled during the pandemic.
UNLV athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois announced Monday, Nov. 25 that she has fired football coach Tony Sanchez after five seasons. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
UNLV basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger talks about Friday’s victory over West Coast Baptist. (Mark Anderson/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
UNLV football coach Tony Sanchez talks about playing San Diego State. (Mark Anderson/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas Ballpark’s splash pad area is the perfect place to keep cool while enjoying the game. (Cassie Soto/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
UNLV football coach Tony Sanchez talks about the first day of spring practice. Video by Mark Anderson/Las Review-Journal
The Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant discusses the team’s newest player, forward Mark Stone, acquired from the Ottawa Senators. (Ben Gotz/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
UNLV guard Kris Clyburn talks about Saturday’s game at San Diego State. Video by Mark Anderson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
UNLV basketball coach Marvin Menzies talks about the upcoming game at San Diego State. Video by Mark Anderson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Miners Fall To Shields As Cheyenne Wins 42 – 6 At Home
The Knights have been strong killing penalties in the playoffs. (Steve Carp/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Michael Vick Named Offensive Coordinator of New Football League Team The ex-Falcons’ quarterback was named to the position by Brad Childress, head coach of the Atlanta’s Alliance of American Football team. “I’ve always had a passion for teaching, a passion for coaching. When Brad called me about this opportunity, I felt like it was obviously something I couldn’t pass up.” Michael Vick Vick retired from the NFL in 2017 and coached very briefly as an intern with the Kansas City Chiefs last summer. The Virginia Tech product played for the Atlanta Falcons from 2001-08. Atlanta’s team will play their games at Georgia State Stadium and the new 10-week regular season starts in Feb. 2019.
The forward said Sunday at City National Arena his physical style of game can help the team in the playoffs. (Steve Carp/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant on facing Los Angeles on Sunday at City National Arena. (David Schoen/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Westgate race and sports supervisor Derek Betters talks about the Superbowl proposition bets at the Westgate Race & Sports Superbook on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2018. Richard Brian/Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotograph
If a federal ban on sports betting is lifted in the coming months, the NBA wants sports books to pay the league 1 percent of the money wagered on its games as an “integrity fee.” An NBA official, assistant general counsel Dan Spillane, made the request in written testimony submitted Wednesday in support of the passage of a sports betting bill at New York’s Senate Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee hearing. For sports books, the “integrity fee” could be costly. The 1 percent fee amounts to more than 20 percent of sports book revenues, William Hill sports book CEO Joe Asher told the committee. “It’s a red herring when you call it an integrity fee. They want to be partners but they don’t want to appear to be partners. They’re saying they want to protect the integrity of the game by not having bookmaking. Now they want to be part of it. It doesn’t work both ways.” – Vic Salerno, a Las Vegas sports betting pioneer. Prices of straight bets could also be increased in order for sports books to turn a profit. The price on straight bets from the traditional $11 to make $10 could jump to $12 or $13 to make $10. “It has to go up or they can’t make money. I don’t know if they’ll be successful,” he said. “If the tax rate is on the handle, forget it. Kentucky wants 20 percent of the handle. We don’t hold 20 percent. It’s a very thin margin.” – Vic Salerno, a Las Vegas sports betting pioneer.
Despite the Golden Knights’ policy on autographs at City National Arena being restrictive to adults, the fans understand why it was implemented. With fans packing the team’s practices and congregating outside the players’ parking lot seeking autographs and photos, the team decided to control traffic inside and outside the facility. Camping outside by the parking lot is no longer allowed. In addition, fans can only receive autographs inside the rink in a designated area by the player benches and there is an age restriction. Only those 14 and under are allowed access to the players.
Despite the Golden Knights’ policy on autographs at City National Arena being restrictive to adults, the fans understand why it was implemented. With fans packing the team’s practices and congregating outside the players’ parking lot seeking autographs and photos, the team decided to control traffic inside and outside the facility. Camping outside by the parking lot is no longer allowed. In addition, fans can only receive autographs inside the rink in a designated area by the player benches and there is an age restriction. Only those 14 and under are allowed access to the players.
WWE’s Vince McMahon to Revive XFL in 2020 The WWE founder made the announcement at a press conference Thursday. The XFL was originally launched in 2001 and lasted only one season after struggling to meeting attendance and ratings expectations. saying “I wanted to do this since the day we stopped the other one…” Vince McMahon, WWE founder The XFL will restart in 2020 and its first season will have eight teams around the country playing a 10-week schedule. McMahon sold $100 million in WWE stock to fund Alpha Entertainment — a company he formed — last month to make investments that included “professional football.”
O.J. Simpson, who is temporarily residing in Las Vegas, answered a few questions from a reporter who encountered him during a chance meeting near his gated community on Oct. 24, 2017. (Ron Kantowski/ Las Vegas Review Journal)
Golden Knights center Cody Eakin expects T-Mobile Arena to be a tough place for visiting teams to play in. (Steve Carp/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Here are five highlights from the Arbor View and Las Vegas football game Friday night. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Review-Journal’s Todd Dewey, handicapper Kelly Stewart (@KellyInVegas) and Sunset Station sports book director Chuck Esposito preview the Lions’ season in the 15th of a series of 32 NFL team videos in 32 days. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
It took only 15 seconds for Karl Roberson to dispose of Ryan Spann on Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series. Brutal elbows led to the finish, which proved to be impressive enough to earn a contract.
At the Professional Fighters League event on July 29, Danny Davis, Jr. will face MMA veteran Jake Shields. He hopes a win will make him a contender in the division.
UNLV head football coach Tony Sanchez participated in an all-coaches panel during the Mountain West Football Media Summit on Tuesday at the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Mountain West Football Media Summit hosted the colleges within the western portion of the division at the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas hotel-casino. Here are the highlights from the first day. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
On a conference call ahead of UFC 212 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo talked about a possible boxing career and super fights.
Johnny Nuñez was selected as an alternate for TUF 25 and got a call from coach Cody Garbrandt to join the ‘Redemption’ series when Hector Urbina failed to make weight for his fight.
UFC V.P. of Athlete Health and Development Jeff Novitzky explains why the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency may have different timetables for issuing suspensions once an athlete has knowingly violated their policy.