Amazingly, the $750 million in public money already committed to a proposed 65,000-seat domed stadium in Las Vegas seems to have fallen to sidebar status.
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Relocation of NFL franchises, a hot-button topic in pro football for the past year, remained a focus of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s questioners Wednesday leading to Super Bowl LI.
UNLV coach Tony Sanchez’s third recruiting class stands at 18 with 13 high school recruits and five junior college commits from six states.
Before handicapper Ted Sevransky moved to Las Vegas and became known as “Teddy Covers,” he lived in Michigan, where in 1998 he tried to cash in on the anti-Packers sentiment there.
When Tico Rodriguez took over as Desert Pines football coach in 2013, he thought the Jaguars’ freshman class had a chance to be special. Four years later on National Signing Day, his hunch proved correct.
Local athletes expected to sign a national letter of intent during the signing period, which runs Wednesday through April 1.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Wednesday during his pre-Super Bowl address that the league has not yet determined whether Las Vegas is a viable market for a franchise.
“The sharper guys aren’t afraid to lay the higher prices. Will there be overtime? They’re not afraid to lay (minus-1000) on the ‘No.’ It’s the same thing with a safety. They’ll lay (minus-900) that there won’t be a safety.”
Joining the esteemed pantheon of Doritos-craving pugs and a Snickers-hawking Bettie White, Vegas rockers Imagine Dragons will take part in the Super Bowl commercial sweepstakes this year.
For the home cook, dips are the perfect Super Bowl party food. For one thing, there’s an endless variety, to satisfy almost any taste. And you can make them healthful or indulgent.
Bill Belichick stood at the podium Tuesday, looking a bit weary, slightly rumpled and sounding like, well, Bill Belichick: a football coach for all seasons, all players, all generations.
Dan Quinn doesn’t think first about the offensive possession, about one of the most analyzed and criticized plays in Super Bowl history, about the snap that allowed the New England Patriots to lift a fourth Lombardi Trophy.
Desert Pines’ Isaiah Morris endured a childhood filled with personal tragedy. The onetime UNLV commit remains undecided on his college plans, and it is uncertain whether he will sign a letter of intent Wednesday.
The Oakland Raiders’ deal with New York-based Goldman Sachs to finance a $1.9 billion stadium in Las Vegas is in jeopardy because the agreement was contingent on a $650 million investment from Sheldon Adelson, who withdrew from the partnership Monday.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell will make his annual Super Bowl state-of-the-league address at 11 a.m. PST on Wednesday in Houston. The news conference will be televised live by the NFL Network.
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