UNLV has received commitments from two junior college football players.
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When Tony Sanchez became the football coach at UNLV more than 11 months ago, he took the job with a long-range view of turning around a program some even thought shouldn’t exist anymore.
Despite returning to a Dallas Cowboys team that’s in dire straits at 2-7 and mired in a seven-game losing streak, quarterback Tony Romo has high hopes for the rest of the season.
We’re down to six high school football games this week, with three Division I contests on Friday, and three small-school state title games on Saturday in Northern Nevada.
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has praised NFL commissioner Roger Goodell for his handling of Deflategate involving New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady.
If you wager on the NFL, your handicapping usually starts with the quarterbacks. Beer-drinking gamblers and brain surgeons can agree that Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers rank as the most valuable. Below are our rankings of all 32 of the NFL’s regular starting QBs.
Fullerton (Calif.) College tight end Tim Holt committed Thursday night to play football at UNLV.
Our handicapping experts share their picks for this weekend’s college and NFL football games.
The Jacksonville Jaguars used a 63-yard punt return by Rashad Greene followed by a short touchdown pass from Blake Bortles to Julius Thomas to lead the Jacksonville Jaguars to a 19-13 win over the Tennessee Titans on Thursday.
Donnell Pumphrey spent his early childhood in San Diego before moving to Las Vegas in eighth grade, going on to star for Canyon Springs High School. UNLV wanted him to stay home. San Diego State wanted him to return home. In the end, it was San Diego State that won out
Matt Youmans, Kelly Stewart and Golden Nugget sports book manager Aaron Kessler preview the college football and NFL weekend.
The Jacksonville Jaguars host the Tennessee Titans at EverBank Field tonight for a Thursday Night Football matchup. Here’s everything you need to know if you want to watch the game.
As if being subjected to a “Thursday Night Football” matchup between the lowly Jacksonville Jaguars and Tennessee Titans isn’t bad enough, the teams with a combined 5-13 record will be decked out in Nike’s garish “Color Rush” uniforms.
Defense long has been a hallmark of Rocky Long-coached teams, and no one in the Mountain West is playing better defense than San Diego State.
It is conceivable, perhaps more than not, that the fourth and final spot in the College Football Playoff this season will point directly to a team that is 4-6 today, has been outscored 299-249 and has little to no chance of qualifying for a bowl.