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UNLV defense ‘making people earn what they get’

Just by themselves, the numbers aren’t anything to brag about. When talking about UNLV’s defense, however, the statistics can’t be judged in a vacuum. Context is crucial.

Time for winless teams to wake up

A losing quarterback is often heckled and ripped. It seldom happens to Andrew Luck, who usually leads a good life. But when things turned bad this week, Luck was the target, and the angry critic was his coach.

The weekend’s best bets

Our handicappers choose their best bets for this weekend’s NFL and college football slate.

SEC doesn’t deserve benefit of doubt

Nick Saban is the face of the mighty Southeastern Conference, and the Alabama coach already has one black eye.

Giants roll over Redskins, 32-21

The New York Giants converted two turnovers into 14 points, and they rolled to a 32-21 win over the Washington Redskins on Thursday at MetLife Stadium.

Tom Brady leads NFL in jersey sales

Two weeks into the NFL season and after all of the preseason hubbub surrounding “Deflategate,” New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady leads the league in jersey sales.

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Thursday Night Football: How to watch Redskins at Giants

The Washington Redskins visit NFC East rival the New York Giants on Thursday night to kick of Week 3 of the 2015 season. Here’s how you can catch the game.

 
Sports Betting Spotlight: NFL Week 3

Matt Youmans, Kelly Stewart and Golden Nugget sports book director Tony Miller preview the college football and NFL weekend:

 
Texas football coach suspected of telling players to attack ref loses job

The assistant San Antonio high school football coach thought to have ordered his players to blindside a referee during a game no longer works for the Texas school district that employed him, a school official told an investigation panel on Thursday.

Take dysfunctional Giants to deliver win, cover vs. Redskins

The only team in NFL history to blow double-digit fourth-quarter leads in their first two games, the New York Giants will try to avoid falling to 0-3 today against a Washington Redskins squad coming off an upset of the St. Louis Rams.

Rebels dogged by FCS letdowns

Coaches like to say they will take an ugly victory over a pretty loss, but sometimes even a win can feel like a defeat.

Power 5 becoming even more dominant

Do you know that saying about being a symptom of something much worse? Yeah. That’s what 2-16 is. That’s what being outscored by an average of 39-18 in those football games is. That’s the reality facing Mountain West teams and all others existing within the insignificant and dismal reality of a non-Power 5 conference today.

Las Vegas Bowl success relies on ratings

They went all out (or in) at the annual Las Vegas Bowl Ticket Kickoff Luncheon at Vinyl at the Hard Rock on Wednesday.

 
Minnesota Vikings mascot Ragnar holding out for $20,000 a game

Ragnar the Viking — the Minnesota Vikings’ beloved bearded, motorcycle-riding unofficial mascot — missed his first home game since 1994 on Sunday after the team balked at his demand for a huge raise.

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