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Mother of Ali takes over Rebels volleyball program

What was UNLV thinking, hiring Cindy Fredrick — the mother of Ali Farokhmanesh, the Northern Iowa sharpshooter who sank the Rebels basketball team last March in the NCAA Tournament — to be its new volleyball coach?

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So far, difference between Hauck, Hoke is huge

There is a big problem with this theory about Bobby Hauck building his UNLV football program in the same manner Brady Hoke has at San Diego State: It doesn’t make sense.

With all his heart, ‘Gondo’ was UNLV

Here comes the call from death again, being its ironic self. A fight had just broken out during the Wranglers playoff game Monday evening at the Orleans Arena when the news of Glen Gondrezick’s passing arrived.

Slippery QB exposes flaws in UNLV defense

The latest UNLV football loss to UNR is over, which means Wolf Pack coach Chris Ault is somewhere dancing on a couch wearing a lampshade and the Rebels now can just have nightmares about tackling Frankie Albert rather than looking pathetic trying to do so.