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UNLV second-year coach Tony Sanchez already has brought in two talented recruiting classes, including arguably the best one in school history in February that featured a Rebels-record 10 three-star recruits.
When Kenny Keys returned to the sideline Saturday at the Rose Bowl after getting flagged for a targeting penalty in UNLV’s 42-21 loss to UCLA, Rebels coach Tony Sanchez told the senior safety he didn’t do anything wrong.
In a time when bells and whistles of extravagant and opulent levels define the arms race within college football, UNLV on Tuesday took a gigantic leap in terms of relevance and commitment to success in announcing the single largest gift in program history.
Radio announcer Kevin Harlan used a fan who ran onto the field to spice up his call of Monday night’s game between the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers, offering spirited play-by-play commentary as security chased down the fan.
The Fertitta family has pledged $10 million to the construction of a state of the art football training facility for UNLV, the university announced Tuesday.
Five players to watch when UNLV’s football team plays at Central Michigan at 12 p.m. Saturday in Mount Pleasant, Michigan.
Carlos Hyde ran for 88 yards and two touchdowns and the San Francisco 49ers posted their first season-opening shutout in franchise history to spoil the Rams’ first game since moving back to Los Angeles with a 28-0 victory Monday night.
Evaporating endorsements and burning T-shirts won’t deter Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall from continuing to kneel during the national anthem in support of Colin Kaepernick’s protest of social injustices.
San Francisco 49ers backup quarterback Colin Kaepernick brought his controversial protest in the name of racial equality to a nationally televised Monday Night Football audience, kneeling on the field rather than standing as the national anthem played.
Ben Roethlisberger knew the retired Heath Miller, suspended teammates Le’Veon Bell and Martavis Bryant and the injured Markus Wheaton weren’t walking through that door. So he put the Pittsburgh Steelers’ young, largely untested offense on his shoulders.
Gov. Brian Sandoval on Monday called for clarity in determining traffic congestion and costs to build improved road infrastructure for a proposed 65,000-seat domed football stadium.
Will veteran quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers, who finished 10-6 last season, overtake Cincinnati in the AFC North?
The new website design on lvbowl.com comes in advance of this year’s game, which will be played on Dec. 17, 2016, at 12:30 p.m. at Sam Boyd Stadium
Week two of the NFL settles in the normal routine — a game on Thursday, four games on Sunday and one Monday night game.
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