Well, well. It seems as though Jeff Long might be smarter than we thought. He hadn’t come off as the sharpest tool in the first two weeks of the college football playoff committee releasing its rankings, but the committee chairman saved a bit of face Tuesday.
TCU still has Baylor beat in the College Football Playoff rankings — even though the Bears got the better of the Horned Frogs on the field.
Five key questions as UNLV’s football team prepares for Saturday’s 4 p.m. PST at Brigham Young.
It was unusually quiet inside the Rio’s Penn & Teller Theater for much of Tuesday night, but when the harmless king fell on the turn at 9:41 p.m., Martin Jacobson’s friends stormed the stage. And they definitely were not silent.
Martin Jacobson of Sweden and Norway’s Felix Stephensen will go heads-up Tuesday night for the World Series of Poker Main Event title and $10 million first prize.
The Board of Governors of MLS, which is expanding to 24 teams, is meeting in New York on Dec. 6, with expansion expected to be among the primary discussion topics, said Dean Howes, a soccer stadium adviser helping Justin Findlay on a downtown stadium proposal in Las Vegas. At that time, Las Vegas may learn whether it is selected as the final Major League Soccer expansion team.
Former UNLV great Matt Williams has been chosen National League Manager of the Year after guiding the Washington Nationals to the league’s best record in his first season on the job.
A Michigan freshman who survived two plane crashes that killed his parents and siblings scored the first point of his college career in the Wolverines’ 86-43 exhibition victory Monday night over Wayne State University.
Here’s a breakdown of the leading candidates for the various Mountain West football awards. UNLV’s Devonte Boyd could edge Wyoming’s Brian Hill’s top freshman.
Right-hander Jacob deGrom turns Las Vegas apprenticeship into major award, gives credence to ad copy.
