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Retooled Mountain West healthy, braces for future

Mountain West commissioner Craig Thompson appeared more relaxed at media days this week than in recent years and perhaps even more confident, too.

Boise State and San Diego State are back. San Jose State and Utah State, football teams coming off 11-win seasons, are in.

Rebels picked to finish fifth, ahead of Hawaii

UNLV was picked to finish fifth out of six teams in the West Division in the annual poll at Mountain West media days Monday at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.

It’s the year of the quarterback in the Mountain West

Fresno State senior Derek Carr heads the list of impressive Mountain West quarterbacks this season. He was the conference Offensive Player of the Year last season, passing for 4,104 yards and 37 touchdowns, and was chosen by the media to repeat that honor this fall.

Prop bets veer into the fantasy football world

Most quarterbacks are judged by wins and losses. Using that measuring stick, Drew Brees came up short for the New Orleans Saints last season.

 
Cops: Evidence found in secret Hernandez apartment

Court documents indicate the search of a secret “flop house” leased by former Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez has turned up what police say could be key evidence in the murder case against him.

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Funeral held for man in ex-Patriot’s murder case

Hundreds of relatives, friends and well-wishers have wept together and hugged at the funeral of a semi-pro football player whose killing led to murder and weapons charges against former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez.

 
Second man arraigned in Hernandez murder case; third suspect arrested

A man arrested in Connecticut in connection with the murder case against former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was charged with a weapons count, and investigators said a third suspect was arrested Friday in south Florida.

 
Patriots tight end Hernandez charged with murder

New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was taken from his home in handcuffs Wednesday morning, more than a week after a Boston semi-pro football player was found dead in an industrial park a mile from Hernandez’s house.

Police search home of Patriots’ Aaron Hernandez

NORTH ATTLEBORO, Mass. — State police officers and dogs are searching the home of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez as they investigate the killing of a semi-pro football player whose body was found nearby.

Body near Patriot’s home was semi-pro athlete’s

A man found dead in an industrial park about a mile from New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez’s house was a semi-pro football player with connections to Hernandez, his family said Wednesday.

UNR holding football camp at Bishop Gorman

The UNR football team will have a camp for upcoming high school juniors and seniors at 6 p.m. Friday at Bishop Gorman High School. Check-in begins at 5 p.m.

Nebraska Blackshirt fitting honor for ex-quarterback Humm

Bishop Gorman High School graduate and former Cornhusker quarterback David Humm was awarded an honorary Nebraska Blackshirt, usually reserved for only the best defensive players, from the Husker Greats Foundation.

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