Former UNLV player Gaston Essengue helped Cameroon earn a spot in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
Essengue had 14 points in a 58-52 semifinal win over Egypt on Thursday in the FIBA Africa Championship, clinching one of two available Olympic bids.
In Saturday's final, Angola beat Cameroon 86-72 to win the tournament. Essengue had 14 points and five rebounds.
Check out the scores and top performances from Monday’s high school tennis, soccer and girls volleyball action.
Here’s today’s local and national sports schedule, including television and radio listings.
Faith Lutheran’s boys tennis team defeated Palo Verde to win its second straight Class 5A team state title Monday at Palo Verde.
Palo Verde’s run of five consecutive girls state team tennis titles is over, but Panthers standout Remi Rice is ready to move on.
Bally’s Corp. plans to begin work on their multiphase mixed-use hotel-casino project around the Athletics’ ballpark in April, according to documents submitted to Clark County.
The Golden Knights will have salary cap space available when Jack Eichel’s $108 million extension kicks in next year, but there are questions to figure out with the roster.
With an opportunity to go into the bye week on a two-game winning streak, the Raiders will be prudent in determining Brock Bowers’ availability for the Chiefs game.
The Las Vegas Bowl takes place Dec. 31 at Allegiant Stadium. Here are the teams projected to play in the game following Week 7 of the college football season.
Check out where the top high school sports teams stand in the Review-Journal’s football, boys and girls soccer, and girls volleyball rankings.
Anthony Colandrea became the first UNLV quarterback to win three Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week awards after his performance against Air Force.
