Matt Youmans, Kelly Stewart and Golden Nugget sports book director Tony Miller preview the college football and NFL weekend.
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A high school football player from western Kansas who collapsed on the sidelines during a playoff game has died, becoming the 11th confirmed U.S. high school football fatality since July, his family and researchers said.
Since the news broke that quarterback Johnny Manziel would start for the Cleveland Browns in today’s “Thursday Night Football” game against the favored Cincinnati Bengals, the line has moved from 10 points to 11½, according to Sunset Station sports book director Chuck Esposito.
The Cleveland Browns visit the Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium tonight for Thursday Night Football. Here’s what you need to know to catch the game.
Detroit Lions president Tom Lewand and general manager Martin Mayhew were fired Thursday and the fate of head coach Jim Caldwell is being determined.
The anger at the time was palpable, but such feelings usually ease as the months click by. This is the week, though, the memories come flooding back for UNLV’s football players, who believed they had a victory taken away last season at Hawaii.
Peni Vea wasn’t alone in his desire to get off the rock, one of many born and raised in Hawaii who covet a chance to experience another place, another sense of culture and tradition. No, really.
Bishop Gorman High School will not be allowed to participate in a national football bowl game after the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association declined to vote on proposal from an outside vendor.
They should put a monk on the College Football Playoff committee. Or a monkey.
Besides UNR, the Rainbow Warriors are the most intense rival on UNLV’s schedule. The Rebels are bitter are over last season’s ending at Hawaii, when a series of controversial series of events led to a 37-35 victory for the Warriors. Tony Sanchez addressed that and various other issues in his weekly news conference
Jim Harbaugh credits milk for helping him grow to 6-foot-3-inches tall. Not surprisingly, the old-school Michigan coach also is a big fan of red meat.
Clemson was ranked No. 1 in the first College Football Playoff poll of 2015 released Tuesday night.
Ken Whisenhunt was fired by the Tennessee Titans on Tuesday and replaced by interim coach Mike Mularkey.
Carolina Panthers kicker Graham Gano atoned for a missed extra point by kicking a game-winning 52-yard field goal in overtime as the Panthers stayed unbeaten by defeating the Indianapolis Colts 29-26 on a rainy Monday night at Bank of America Stadium.
Mike Pritchard will share his emotions with the public as part of his past plays itself out on TV tonight. He will be at a viewing party beginning at 5 p.m. at Hi Scores Bar-Arcade in Henderson for the newest “30 for 30,” ESPN’s outstanding documentary series.