“There’s no doubt Mayweather-McGregor will be at T-Mobile” says a source familiar with the scheduling of that bout and Ice Cube’s 3Ball tournament, both set for Aug. 26.
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Las Vegas freelance photographer and avid Golden Knights fan Shawn Hickey donned a suit of armor during the NHL Expansion Draft on Wednesday.
“This city has a great hockey foundation and we’re really excited about hockey coming to Las Vegas,” Wayne Gretzky said. “This is tremendous organization. (Las Vegas Knights General Manager) George McPhee has done a tremendous job putting the team together. They are going to surprise a lot of people this year. As Nashville showed, if you finish in the top eight, anything can happen.”
The executive producer of the NHL Awards and NHL Expansion Draft show knows that ice melts in the desert, but the NHL is unafraid of the heat.
The aquarium being designed by Raymer and King’s crew for the Animal Planet show “Tanked” is to be installed at the Sharks’ home arena, SAP Center, aptly known as The Shark Tank. The episode airs this fall on the Animal Planet series.
Apparently, what happens in Oakland, stays in Vegas. The Golden State Warriors were so ubiquitous this weekend I would not have been surprised to run into Draymond Green at the Midway at Circus Circus.
The Kats! Bureau remains Midtown Manhattan, dancing between the raindrops as the city today is under a drizzle. From my writing post I have a view of Marquis Theatre on 46th Street.
The Golden State Warriors won the NBA Finals in five games over the Cavs. Players are now taking a well-deserved vacation.
Ex-MMA superstar and rising film thespian Randy Couture had this to say of Conor McGregor’s chances against Floyd Mayweather: “I don’t think he’ll be knocked out, but I do think he’s going to get beat up.”
We’ve had the Ali Shuffle. What about the Arena Shuffle?
Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor could happen “sooner than you think,” says a source in the know.
Cleveland can win in seven games, but they have to win Game 4 first, as Kenny Smith reminds.
Come August, Encore guests won’t need to trudge to Wynn Las Vegas to make an in-person sports wager once.
Mike Tyson met Muhammad Ali when Tyson was admitted to a detention center. The young Tyson was impressed by Ali’s fame before he was enamored of boxing.
Cisco Aguilar has been awarded a Bosch Foundation Fellowship and will spend a year overseas studying corporate-sports marketing partnerships.
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