To say things have been on an uptick for Napoleon McCallum is putting it more mildly than a Palm Springs winter.
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For the sake of this discussion, let’s assume shovels will be placed in the ground at the $1 billion domed arena site on the edge of UNLV’s campus. And that the NFL rescinds its leather-helmet view of legal and highly monitored gambling on pro football.
Maybe we’re getting a little bit ahead of ourselves with this speculation of the NFL coming to town. But in the NFL, getting ahead of oneself is a way of life.
When I told the UNLV people I wanted to write about the new courtside seating area at Lady Rebels games sometimes referred to as Tiffany Row (there is no official connection with the women’s jewelry and specialty retailer), they pointed to three women’s basketball fans seated in the cushy seats near the baseline.
When it was announced Tim Chambers was stepping down as UNLV baseball coach, the first things that came to mind was his health and family, because those things are more important than a season-opening, three-game series at Texas.
It was Aug. 22, the penultimate homestand of the 2015 Las Vegas 51s’ season, when the (raw sewage) hit the fan at Cashman Field. The toilets near the dugouts backed up and exploded into a noxious quagmire. Don Logan, the 51s president, said (raw sewage) got all over his shoes.
Tony Stewart has a cantankerous nature, which until 2014 mostly had served him well, in the manner that having a cantankerous nature served the great A.J. Foyt well.
Curling is a cool game — it often is called “chess on ice” — and it’s on TV real late at night during the Olympics, and I have seen calendars featuring some of these women’s curlers. Those are … um … pretty interesting, too.
At a little past 11 a.m. Wednesday, a red pickup truck pulled out from the shadow of the Richard Petty Terrace and made a left-hand turn through the infield tunnel at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Whenever UNLV fires a basketball coach or a football coach, two things pop into mind when it comes to speculation about their replacements.