Very few fighters have had to deal with the kind of expectations that have been placed on Irish featherweight Conor McGregor so early in his Ultimate Fighting Championship career.
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Arbor View small forward Justin Burks made an oral commitment to UC Santa Barbara on Sunday during his official visit to the school.
Junior running back Adonis Smith has some familiarity with UNLV’s opening opponent. He played at Northwestern for two football seasons before transferring last year, and he was on Wildcats teams that went 2-0 against Big Ten Conference rival Minnesota. UNLV plays at Minnesota on Aug. 29.
The UNLV women’s basketball team will play at least 10 games against teams that appeared in the postseason.
■ WINNING/LOSING PITCHER: 51s, Tim Byrdak (1-0); Bees, Fernando Cabrera (1-2)
Aytes, a 6-foot-6-inch power forward from JSerra Catholic High School in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., announced Monday on Twitter he has orally committed to UNLV.
In the old days, when Jimmy Vaccaro first rolled into town and there were fewer rules and Las Vegas was more like the Wild West, it was easier to get deals done.
A lawyer for Alex Rodriguez has declined Major League Baseball’s challenge to make public evidence that led to the 211-game suspension of the New York Yankees star.
A cowboy named J.B. Mauney climbed aboard the back of a bull named Bushwacker — the bull “no man can ride” — and rode for 8 seconds.
A standard definition: The state of endurance under difficult circumstances, which can mean persevering in the face of delay or provocation without acting on annoyance/anger in a negative way; or exhibiting forbearance when under strain, especially when faced with longer-term difficulties.