The Las Vegas Aces host a WNBA draft party at the Mandalay Bay for season-ticket holders, and have the number one overall pick.
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Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Gennady “GGG” Golovkin made their grand arrivals at the MGM Grand lobby Tuesday afternoon. Canelo and GGG will face off Saturday night. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
UNLV football coach Tony Sanchez talks about Saturday’s scrimmage at Sam Boyd Stadium on Aug. 12, 2017. (Mark Anderson/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
NBA commissioner Adam Silver addresses the media following the Board of Governors meeting at Wynn Las Vegas. (Mark Anderson/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Review-Journal reporter Sam Gordon previews the sixth day of the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas. With pool play over, the tournament begins Wednesday.
Cheyanne Vlismas is heading into what may be her last amateur fight at Tuff-N-Uff’s Pack the Mack event. The strawweight fighter talks training with Miesha Tate and why no one will claim her belt.
The UFC introduced Justin Gaethje at their summer kickoff press conference. Still undefeated, Gaethje will be welcomed to the promotion by Michael Johnson at The Ultimate Fighter Finale on July 7, 2017.
1. A former Las Vegas nightclub promoter was acquitted Thursday of kidnapping and sexual assault charges. A 25-year-old woman testified that Frederick Richards took her to his home in Rhodes Ranch after meeting at Hyde nightclub, and that she awoke the next morning with her underwear across the room. Jurors said they felt the state couldn’t prove the woman’s testimony and that it wasn’t an easy decision to acquit Richards.
2. A man was shot and killed at a northwest Las Vegas apartment complex. Police were dispatched to Bloom Apartment Homes on Gowan Road near Tenaya Way at about 6 p.m. Thursday, where they found a man dead inside a car. Police are still investigating.
3. The Raiders are set to name a general contractor for a new Las Vegas stadium. Raiders president Marc Badain said Thursday that a contract has yet to be finalized, but that they’re working with a Minneapolis-based firm Mortensen Construction that is partners with McCarthy Building Companies in Henderson. A timeline released by the Stadium Authority estimates stadium groundbreaking by late December or early January.
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Las Vegas Review-Journal sports betting columnist Matt Youmans predicts which teams will advance to the NBA finals.
Matt Youmans, Kelly Stewart and Tony Miller give their picks for NFL and college football for week ten.