Experts said whether Las Vegas eventually gets an NBA or Major League Baseball franchise will be determined by a number of factors.
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Raiders quarterback Derek Carr tweeted he was upset after watching the video of an unarmed African-American man dying at the hands of Minneapolis police officers.
Tight end Paul Butler spent most of the previous two years on the Raiders’ practice squad, but was promoted to the active roster in Week 17 of the 2018 season.
UNLV athletes registered a 3.22 semester GPA, besting the mark of 3.09 set in the fall of 2018. Their cumulative GPA was 3.13, beating the 3.09 set in spring of 2019.
The league will play 63 regular-season matches and two days of playoffs at The Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.
Former Southern California offensive tackle Clayton Bradley is a graduate transfer who will be eligible to play this season.
Katie Hnida became the first woman to play in a major-college game when she attempted an extra point in the 2002 Las Vegas Bowl for New Mexico.
The 1989-90 and 1990-91 UNLV teams were ranked among the top 10 college basketball teams over the past 50 years by The Athletic.
The Raiders had stipulated that UNLV needed to shift the Colorado State game to Oct. 23 in order for the Rebels to play Arizona State at Allegiant Stadium on Sept. 12.
The schools tied at 13.5 points apiece, but the tiebreaker went to the Rebels for winning the Fremont Cannon when they defeated UNR 33-30 on the football field.
Boise State’s athletic department and San Diego State’s men’s basketball program provide example of stability leading to success.
UNLV set school Academic Progress Report records with a single-year 990 and a four-year average of 979. A perfect score is 1,000.
San Jose State athletic director Marie Tuite said in a radio interview that she was hopeful that “we’re going to have fall sports. There may not be many spectators.”
Quarterback Cameron Friel also received scholarship offers from Arizona, Navy and Mountain West schools UNR, San Diego State and Fresno State.
UNLV voted against playing a full Mountain West basketball schedule, according to a league source. The conference presidents still need to vote on the measure.
Raiders defenders Johnathan Abram and Te’Von Coney as well as former UNLV quarterback Johnny Stanton are taking part in a fundraiser for United Way.
The governors of California, New York and Texas made announcements at separate news conferences, and their comments could spark nationwide momentum to bring back pro sports.
The Raiders want UNLV to move up its home game against Colorado State in order to allow the Rebels’ game against Arizona State to be played at Allegiant Stadium.
UNLV athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois said through a spokesman that she was pulling her name out of the UCLA AD job search.
Former UNLV and MLB star Matt Williams manages the Kia Tigers of the Korea Baseball Organization, which plays in empty stadiums because of the coronavirus pandemic.
UNLV announced its nonconference basketball schedule on Wednesday, and it rates as the Rebels’ toughest in five years.