Derrick Jones Jr. scored 18 points and Stephen Zimmerman Jr. posted a double-double as freshmen led the way Saturday for UNLV in a closed scrimmage against Southern California in Los Angeles.
Basketball
Before committing to a college, Tyrell Green asked a friend for his opinion. It’s a friend from Canada who knows Las Vegas well.
Grand jury subpoenas reportedly have been issued in the case of the sex scandal involving the Louisville men’s basketball program.
Los Angeles Clippers guard Austin Rivers was fined $25,000 by the NBA after an incident on Wednesday night at Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento, Calif.
The UNLV women’s basketball team was picked to finish fifth in the 2015-16 Mountain West preseason poll, which was released Wednesday by the league office.
We have heard a lot about the D word when it comes to UNLV basketball this season, about how the Rebels have more depth than at any time under fifth-year coach Dave Rice. That’s because Oregon transfer Ben Carter is now eligible and freshman Stephen Zimmerman chose to stay home; size and talent in the front court haven’t been this extensive in some time. There are others, of course.
The Golden State Warriors raised their 2014-15 NBA championship banner on Tuesday night at Oracle Arena before their season opener against the New Orleans Pelicans.
If a slow start trips up the Cleveland Cavaliers, overreactions will be sure to follow. But the NBA season is a marathon, not a sprint, and LeBron James might not be fit to run either right now.
Minnesota Timberwolves president and coach Flip Saunders, whose 35 year career in the NBA led to over 1,000 victories, passed away Sunday morning after a long battle with cancer. He was 60.
Arizona freshman forward Ray Smith is out for the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, the school said.
Flip Saunders will not return to coach the Minnesota Timberwolves this season while he undergoes treatment for cancer.
A Nye County brothel owner who distanced his business from allegations of drug use after Lamar Odom was found unconscious Oct. 13 following a four-day bender has changed his perspective, slightly, after court documents told a different story.
USA Basketball announced Friday that longtime San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich has been selected to replace Mike Krzyzewski as coach of the men’s national team.
Less than two weeks after suffering a sprained left ankle, UNLV freshman Derrick Jones jumped over three teammates on his way to winning the dunk contest at the Runnin’ Rebel Madness event at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, which drew a crowd of around 3,000.
Cerruti Brown, the founder of AmeriLeague, a fledgling pro basketball league that was scheduled to conduct its draft in Las Vegas on Thursday, is actually Glendon Alexander, a former McDonald’s All-American-turned-conman who has multiple criminal convictions for fraud.
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