Raiders offensive tackle Brandon Parker missed the 2022 season with torn triceps in his right arm. But he’s back as one of the team’s longest-tenured players.
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The exhibition game, in front of an enthused crowd that included NBA stars Kevin Durant and Draymond Green and boxing legend Floyd Mayweather, was a tuneup for the FIBA World Cup.
Before reporting to training camp, Jermaine Eluemunor ventured across the pond to host a camp in England, where he serves as a steward of American football.
With his dominating performance Saturday against Errol Spence Jr. at T-Mobile Arena, Terence Crawford deserves to be included among the all-time pound-for-pound fighters.
Before Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford wage their welterweight war Saturday, they first acknowledged its significance Friday at their weigh-in at T-Mobile Arena.
Saturday’s Errol Spence Jr.-Terence Crawford superfight joins a lineage that includes Sugar Ray Leonard, Oscar De La Hoya, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Unbeaten stars Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford are finally ready to battle Saturday inside T-Mobile Arena for the undisputed welterweight title.
Washington senior linebacker Edefuan Ulofoshio, a Bishop Gorman graduate, returned to Las Vegas for Pac-12 football media day at Resorts World Las Vegas.
Errol Spence Jr., the IBF, WBA and WBC welterweight champion, can make history July 29 in Las Vegas by unifying the title against Terence Crawford.
Stoic, slick switch-hitting slugger Terence Crawford is concluding his training camp in Las Vegas, where he’ll vie for history in boxing’s most consequential fight since Mayweather-Pacquiao.
Only players from the Aces received comparable introductory ovations to Brittney Griner at the WNBA All-Star Game on Saturday at Michelob Ultra Arena.
With two WNBA championships, a Finals MVP and five All-Star selections in hand, Aces guard Chelsea Gray isn’t simply an All-Star. She’s one of the best ever.
Victor Wembanyama’s participation on the first night of NBA Summer League made it one of the most memorable nights in the event’s 16-year history in Las Vegas.
The Aces destroyed the New York Liberty on Thursday at Michelob Ultra Arena, establishing themselves as the WNBA’s lone superteam.
Liberty’s Julian Strawther was a first-round pick and one of six players with local ties selected Thursday in the NBA draft.