Golden Knights center Jack Eichel was welcomed as you might expect — with a thunderous ovation from the T-Mobile Arena crowd holding posters with messages scrawled across them.
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Cincinnati might have lost Super Bowl LVI, but not because it wasn’t prepared or good enough to win it. This was no Cinderella playoff run.
While the Rams might be creating a new, younger fan base across this City of Angels, the Raiders remain its most popular NFL team.
A former Wyoming standout and Mountain West Freshman of the Year, Logan Wilson leads the Bengals in tackles.
The Raiders’ quarterback could be traded for a haul, just as Matthew Stafford was from Detroit to the Rams.
If the NFL knew at all what charges might be levied against Saints running back Alvin Kamara and still allowed him to play in the Pro Bowl, the league should be incredibly embarrassed.
The Golden Knights and Rams are separated by some 270 miles, but their desire to win now is not even a hair apart.
NHL All-Star Weekend was a huge success in Las Vegas, but the Golden Knights, with Jack Eichel perhaps close to playing, now will focus on a push toward the playoffs.
Former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores’ lawsuit against the NFL and three teams targets a rule that had flaws from the outset.
Golden Knights owner Bill Foley has never swayed from his desire for Las Vegas to host major events, a destination for NHL All-Star Games and outdoor games and drafts.
If you can’t match the success of a franchise like New England’s, Raiders owner Mark Davis hired those who have lived it. Who also arrive with a bunch of shiny rings.
New England offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels needs to show he has grown since his disastrous head coaching stint with Denver 12 years ago.
Second-year coach Lindy La Rocque has the UNLV women’s basketball team sitting atop the Mountain West with a 9-1 record, and the Lady Rebels are 17-4 overall.
Oakland’s planning commission approved an environmental impact report this week that moved the Athletics one bases-loaded double closer to staying in Northern California.
Raiders owner Mark Davis should embrace a more standard approach when reconstructing his management pecking order.
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