The awards took on a feel of the Academy Awards. There were heartfelt speeches from honorees, thanking spouses, family, friends and mentors. Even tears were shed.
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Playing as if it wanted to be elsewhere, Boise State was beaten 38-7 in the Las Vegas Bowl by a Washington team being coached for the last time by a familiar face.
Waybe Mabry, one of the Raiders’ most ardent and recognizable fans, said he won’t be able to follow the team to Las Vegas because season tickets cost too much.
Before the hip injury, Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa was at least one of the top three quarterbacks available in the NFL draft, along with LSU’s Joe Burrow and Oregon’s Justin Herbert.
Rich Velez went 81-36-2 ATS to win the Golden Nugget’s inaugural Ultimate Football Challenge, and he’s in 10th place in the contest this year with a 46-28-3 record.
Racing industry heavyweights launched a major initiative to improve safety measures for horses and riders. Those pushing for a ban were not impressed.
Gareon Conley was sent to Houston on Monday for a third-round pick in the 2020 draft, just one more,reminder of how the Raiders are preparing for the move to Las Vegas.
After shutting down its men’s and women’s basketball programs nearly 20 years ago, the College of Southern Nevada is on the verge of reinstating them.
Even though Nevada’s big game hunting seasons already have begun, it’s opening day of the annual mourning dove season that has long been viewed by hunters as the “official” beginning of the hunting season.
Cle Edwards died Saturday of kidney and heart failure. He was 71. He never left Las Vegas after becoming one of Jerry Tarkanian’s trusted assistants.
What seemed to them a small act of kindness helped the tennis-playing Bryan brothers shine a light on the darkest hour of a troubled Las Vegas youngster.