The Raiders believed they needed to win down the stretch to secure the full-time job for coach Antonio Pierce. But they could use better draft position now.
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Major League Baseball opened the season with a couple of games in South Korea, though Las Vegas fans can be forgiven for missing at least one of them.
The NCAA Tournament is the greatest sporting event on the planet, but that doesn’t mean it’s perfect. Here are two things that should be changed.
An embarrassing performance in the NCAA Tournament should serve as a humbling slice of reality for a conference, but maybe not the first one that comes to mind.
There are still plenty of problems with the way the NCAA Tournament committee selects and seeds teams, but enjoy it while it lasts. Something worse is coming.
The UNLV women’s basketball team got a well-deserved trophy for winning its third straight Mountain West tournament championship, but a bigger goal remains.
It’s popular to say the Raiders should trade into the top three of the NFL draft to ensure a chance to select a franchise quarterback. But it’s not that easy.
New rules governing the use of technology and clock management have not even been approved by the NCAA yet, but UNLV coach Barry Odom is preparing for them.
The most surprising thing about this week’s announcement of one college leader’s departure was that he still had that job to begin with.
The Athletics won’t play in Las Vegas until at least 2028. A lot can change in the sports landscape — including another Super Bowl here — before then.
Now that the first Super Bowl in Las Vegas is behind us, it’s time for college basketball and the incredibly stacked Mountain West to get their due.
Some national media members trotted out their old, lazy takes on Las Vegas in the past week and then watched the city pull off an unbelievably smooth Super Bowl.
Once an evil pariah, Las Vegas gets to enjoy an unexpected but well-deserved coronation as the sports capital of the world on Sunday at Allegiant Stadium.
Nearly 200 outlets — from local sports talk radio stations to podcasts to the biggest national platforms — will be churning out constant content this week at Mandalay Bay.
Circa owner Derek Stevens says pop superstar Taylor Swift will have “no problem” getting back from a Tokyo concert to the Super Bowl in Las Vegas.