It has been roughly 10 weeks since a four-seam fastball clocked at 97.1 mph whistled toward home plate with two outs in the bottom of the eighth during Game 7 of the World Series, and a man named Rajai Davis gave it a mighty lash.
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Matt Kenseth and Joey Logano say NASCAR is going to miss retiring Carl Edwards, who won 28 races and was in his racing prime at age 37.
The Henderson Hawks are providing exposure for Southern Nevada players such as Valley High’s Spencer Mathis, who has signed to play pro basketball in Argentina.
Retired broadcaster and hockey enthusiast Tim Ryan has written a book about his five decades in sports called “On Someone Else’s Nickel: A Life in Television, Sports and Travel.”
For many, pro hockey’s Winter Classic recalls the games of one’s youth, except lifting the puck is permitted and the nets aren’t comprised of an boot and galoshes.
It’s true that history really is subjective, that the teller of it determines it. Which is great if you were Kris Bryant in 2016, and not so much if you were firing basketball coaches at UNLV.
The team with the coolest nickname in college sports hoops it up during the annual Division III basketball tournament in Las Vegas.
With point guard Nikki Wheatley watching in a knee brace, UNLV fails to penetrate Colorado State’s zone defense and loses its Mountain West women’s basketball opener at Cox Pavilion.
Once proud basketball programs at DePaul and UNLV, on display in crosstown games in Las Vegas, have fallen from college basketball grace with a thud.
The 25th installment of the Las Vegas Bowl had all the ingredients for a great matchup, but San Diego State’s defense ruled the day en route to an easy 34-10 victory.
UNLV’s Tony Sanchez, Martin Menzies and Kathy Olivier assist sports talk radio’s Ken Thomson in lifting the holiday spirits at Sunrise Children’s Hospital.
Legendary sportscaster Brent Musburger, who will call his seventh Las Vegas Bowl on Saturday, takes time out for a short chat about his long and decorated career.
A statistical rule revision puts Ron Dayne’s NCAA career rushing record within reach of Las Vegas native Donnel Pumphrey.
The relationship between former UNLV coach Jeff Horton and Rebels standout Hunkie Cooper leads to record-setting running back Donnel Pumphrey leaving Las Vegas for San Diego State.
It’s hard to fathom that Randall Cunningham, recent College Football Hall of Fame inductee, wasn’t selected in the first round of the NFL Draft.
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