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Oscar-winning ending

When it seemed UNLV was hitting rock bottom, sophomore guard Oscar Bellfield was full of hope.

Brazilian answers critics, claims title

Jose Aldo’s explosive knockout power got him a title shot, but the 23-year-old Brazilian still had some questioning his all-around game.

FISHING REPORT

• LAKE MEAD — Anglers continue to find slow fishing, though the Vegas Wash area continues to produce stripers and catfish. Stripers have been hitting bait as well as top-water lures, and the cats are taking worms and anchovies. Shad have been seen in the Boulder Harbor area, where anglers in boats and on the fishing pier have caught stripers. Just north of the Hemenway launch ramp is also productive.

Jets coach not afraid to shed tears

If any NFL coach had cause to cry Sunday, it was New England’s Bill Belichick, whose ill-fated decision to go for it on fourth-and-2 from his 28-yard line cost his team the game in a 35-34 loss at Indianapolis.

Garcia avoids cell, much prefers cage

Losing to featherweight champion Mike Brown helped Leonard Garcia determine where his fighting career stood.

Sanford’s firing not surprising

After his team held off UNLV 42-35 last season in Provo, Utah, Brigham Young football coach Bronco Mendenhall, while sharing an elevator ride to the press box with reporters, remarked how much the Rebels had improved.

UNLV takes spin on ‘carousel’

The suggestions have been too numerous to count for UNLV interim athletic director Jerry Koloskie, who is collecting names of potential candidates for the Rebels’ football coaching vacancy.

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