Prep football has again kicked off across the valley, and there is every chance Fox has, in his sixth season as coach of the Crusaders, his most talented side yet.
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One way of thinking is that the former soccer prodigy landed in Las Vegas still thinking a shade of supremacy still exists within those once magical feet.
Las Vegas on Saturday night concluded a three-week run of exhibitions against MLS opponents, falling to D.C. United 4-2 before 7,158 at Cashman Field.
Beyond what you might know about UNLV’s freshman basketball star Brandon McCoy exists a side unknown to most who cheer his every dunk. The 19-year old, who plays five instruments, embraces a love for music and its power to inspire far beyond a court and rim.
The Knights won again Friday on an afternoon when they were anything but their best, making San Jose their latest T-Mobile Arena victim in a 5-4 overtime win.
The Knights are 7-1 to begin their inaugural season, having continued their historic beginning with a 4-2 victory against Chicago.
Those words in the First Amendment about abridging the freedom of speech and the right to peaceably assemble advanced to a new level around the NFL this week.
Hockey’s culture, perhaps more than any other sport, is to exhibit patience in developing skill, to encourage growth at lower levels and allow nature to take its course.
Przemek Karnowski is a big reason many think Gonzaga will defeat Xavier on Saturday in the West Region final and reach the Final Four for the first time.
No. 1-seeded Gonzaga meets No. 11 Xavier in the West Region final at 3:09 p.m. Saturday at SAP Center in San Jose, California. The winner will advance to the Final Four.
Mark Few’s team is an Elite Eight win against Xavier on Saturday from advancing as a No. 1 seed out the West Regional and to Phoenix next week.
The state basketball tournament is being held at Cox Pavilion, a 2,500-seat gymnasium on UNLV’s campus and a logistical nightmare for the most significant week of the prep season.
The Wildcats play Santa Clara in the Las Vegas Invitational at Thursday at Orleans Arena, an event Ray Smith undoubtedly pointed to when embarking on this season, what would have been his first competing at the college level.
UNLV started seven seniors and two juniors on defense, so the constant narrative we hear about the Rebels being young and inexperienced while rebuilding certainly doesn’t apply to that side of the ball.
The Pac-12 might have stunk up the bracket during this NCAA Tournament, but the one remaining representative appears more than capable of atoning for the sins of its brethren. It appears capable of winning the whole darn thing.
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