The high school football season kicks off this week. Here’s a look at some of the week’s most interesting games.
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Miami went 6-10 last season. New coach Adam Gase faces a tough road as the Dolphins open as underdogs at Seattle and New England.
UNLV brought in transfers Trevor Kanteman and Tim Holt to the position to join fifth-year senior Andrew Price, the expected starter.
If a $1.9 billion stadium financing plan is approved by Nevada lawmakers in a fall special session, the Raiders expect to present the proposal and a relocation request to the NFL in January.
All football handicapping contests are not created equally. There are options for low and high rollers, and for the so-called sharps and squares.
Developers of a proposed 65,000-seat football stadium have zeroed in on a site and a $1.9 billion budget — and they told a special committee Thursday that if $750 million in hotel room tax revenue isn’t authorized for the project, the dome that could bring the NFL’s Oakland Raiders to Las Vegas won’t be built.
Coach Tony Sanchez used part of practice Thursday to work certain end of game situations and plans to make them the focus of Friday’s hour-long session.
Rex Ryan, 8-8 in his first season as Buffalo coach, is counting on quarterback Tyrod Taylor to be a dynamic playmaker.
In the spring, Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis said he was not using Las Vegas in a game of bargaining leverage, and Davis continues to show he means business.
Arbor View quarterback Hayden Bollinger has the look of a prototypical pocket passer. But with the Aggies running an offense where the quarterback generally throws more blocks than passes, most area fans aren’t surewhat kind of arm the 6-foot-3-inch, 220-pound Bollinger actually has.
With several key returnees back, Las Vegas looks like the team to beat in the Northeast. The Wildcats were third in the league behind Liberty and Silverado last season, but both of those teams shifted to the Southeast League with realignment this year.
The Sonic Boom of the South will play Aug. 31 at the Pearson Community Center in North Las Vegas.
The Rebels open their season in eight days when they host Jackson State on Sept. 1 at 7 p.m.
Adrian Peterson led the NFL with 327 carries and 1,485 rushing yards. Can he carry the Vikings to another NFC North title?
Moapa Valley returns only senior center Cameron Larsen to the offense and just four starters to the defense. In all, 10 lettermen will be back from last season’s squad that dropped the state title game to Churchill County 34-27.