That sequence of plays took place at UNLV’s practice Friday morning at Rebel Park, where crowd noise blared from speakers and the energy was palpable as the team geared up for its annual spring game, scheduled for noon Saturday at Johann Memorial Field.
Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh’s next satellite camping trip through the South has been cancelled. The NCAA shut down so-called satellite football camps Friday after the Big Ten turned out to be the only Power Five conference in favor of them.
Bill Belichick, who has coached Tom Brady to four Super Bowl titles and six conference championships in their 16 years together with the New England Patriots, calls the future Hall of Famer the “greatest quarterback of all time.”
No time soon but possibly down the road, the Denver Broncos are open to signing Johnny Manziel.
The NFL’s Oakland Raiders plan to play some preseason games at Sam Boyd Stadium, and possibly one regular-season game per year, to help build their fan base in Southern Nevada if a deal is reached to build a new domed stadium near the Las Vegas Strip.
In the most emotional moment of UNLV’s spring football practice, Rebels coach Tony Sanchez made a surprise announcement to the team after its final workout before spring break that junior walk-on linebacker Roscoe Kalilikane would be awarded a scholarship.
The entire UNLV football team crowded around kicker Nicolai Bornand at the end of Wednesday’s practice at Rebel Park and tried to distract him, but the senior stayed focused and calmly booted a 35-yard field goal.
A group of New England Patriots fans have sued the NFL in an effort to recover the first-round draft pick taken from the team as punishment for the “Deflategate” scandal.
When the league negotiated its latest deal for the Thursday package, it decided to sell the streaming rights separately for an “over the top” broadcast. This past season, it partnered with Yahoo to stream a game from London that took place on a Sunday morning in the United States.
A former Vanderbilt football player was drunk and manipulated by three of his teammates on the night that an unconscious female student was raped, an attorney for Cory Batey argued Monday — a departure from previous arguments that blamed a permissive college culture.
Following Saturday’s football practice at Rebel Park, Johnny Stanton said UNLV’s quarterbacks, including himself, needed to step up their games.
Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy will not face charges for his alleged role in a nightclub fight with off-duty Philadelphia police officers, according to reports Monday.
Confidence is key to being a successful quarterback. After three weeks of spring practice, UNLV quarterback Johnny Stanton could use a confidence booster.
Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis met with UNLV officials Friday and toured Sam Boyd Stadium, home of the Rebels football team.
Junior Devonte Boyd has 119 catches for 1,884 yards and 11 touchdowns in his first two seasons for UNLV. He’s the leader of a receiving corps that is short on depth, with only four scholarship players in spring practice, but long on talent and confidence.
