The UNLV football team’s national profile is increasing after a standout first season under coach Barry Odom and offensive coordinator Brennan Marion.
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Only one of the 35 men who was a head coach in the NFL this season fared worse in one particular metric than former Raiders coach Josh McDaniels. That was Antonio Pierce.
Now that he is the Raiders’ head coach, Antonio Pierce faces some important decisions with his coaching staff and roster, starting with the team’s putrid offense.
Sharp bettors backed the Lions over the Buccaneers in Sunday’s divisional round game. Westgate SuperBook vice president Jay Kornegay also likes a side in that game.
Raiders players have stood united behind interim coach Antonio Pierce and their desire for him to get the full-time job. The rest is up to owner Mark Davis.
The Dallas Cowboys had won 16 straight home games before Sunday’s 48-32 wild-card playoff loss to the Green Bay Packers as 7-point favorites.
Matt Ste. Marie, a married father of two from Minnesota, won the Circa Sports Million with some help from the Buffalo Bills in the final game of the NFL regular season.
Quarterback Matthew Stafford is going back to Detroit with the Rams to take on his former team in one of the most intriguing games of Super Wild Card Weekend.
Interim coach Antonio Pierce and rookie quarterback Aidan O’Connell have uncertain futures with the Raiders following Sunday’s season-ending win over the Broncos.
The transfer portal has helped turn collegiate athletes from products to people and should be embraced instead of feared and lamented in the college sports landscape.
Maxx Crosby is having his finest season as a Raider. That should earn him consideration for the NFL’s highest honor for a defensive player.
The Steelers are consensus 4-point road favorites over the Ravens, who would be 7½- or 8½-point favorites if they were playing for the No. 1 seed.
UNLV quarterback Jayden Maiava deserves the chance to find better football and financial situations through the transfer portal, where the Rebels also have prospered.
Only two entries from a field of 6,324 were still in the running for the $150,000 prize entering the final day of Station Casinos’ Last Man Standing contest.
We’ve seen enough in seven games — four of them victories — to make it apparent that owner Mark Davis should remove the interim tag from Antonio Pierce’s title.