Because of continuing construction, UNLV soccer fans are being asked to find another place to park for the Rebels’ game against University of Maryland, Baltimore County on Friday. Try the lots at the Boys and Girls Club or the baseball field.
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Lori Harrigan-Mack, former UNLV softball star and three-time Olympic gold medalist, gets back into shape on “The Biggest Loser: Glory Days.” And former Eldorado lineman Howard “Woody” Carter also takes the challenge.
UNLV’s Kyle Mellies was named defensive soccer player of the week in the Western Athletic Conference on Monday.
School is back in session! It seems like the summer flew by, but it also seems like forever since we’ve watched some football. Finally the NFL kicks off this week, and college football kicked off last weekend.
The Rebels are picked to finish second in the WAC preseason poll. And thanks to benefactors, they have improved facilities — even if the parking lot isn’t finished.
Simon Keith, the former UNLV soccer star, is a survivor of a life-and-death situation. In 1986, when he was 21, he underwent heart transplant surgery. Only he didn’t tell anybody, other than his coaches and a few others who had a need to know.
UNLV soccer fans will have to park in the baseball parking lots and walk to Peter Johann Memorial Field at the start of the season because of construction to add parking spaces at the soccer stadium.
UNLV was picked to finish seventh in the Mountain West women’s soccer preseason poll. The Rebels received 55 points in voting by coaches.
The former All-American golfer from England spent four years as an assistant with the Cardinal and replaces J.C. Deacon, who left in June to become head coach at Florida, as Dwaine Knight’s assistant with the Rebels.
UNLV baseball coach Tim Chambers’ new five-year contract will pay him at least $150,000 annually, including $125,000 in base earnings. He also had the potential to earn more through incentives.
UNLV’s Dana Finkelstein took ninth overall and sixth among amateurs Saturday at the World University Golf Championship in Geneva. The senior-to-be finished the four-round event at 1-under-par 287 to help Team USA take second behind Spain.
Former UNLV track and field star Amanda Bingson won the hammer throw Saturday for the second consecutive year in the USATF Outdoor Championships in Sacramento, Calif. Bingson, a 2012 London Olympian who attended Silverado High School, won the event with a toss of 246 feet, 3 inches, almost 11 feet better than runner-up Jessica Cosby. The winning throw was a record at Sacramento State’s Hornet Stadium.
On the heels of his most successful season at UNLV, baseball coach Tim Chambers was handed a new five-year contract.
UNLV’s Krystal Wharton failed to advance to the finals of the women’s long jump at Wednesday’s NCAA Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Ore.
The Los Angeles Dodgers selected UNLV right-hander John Richy in the third round with the 98th overall pick. With teammate Erick Fedde going in the first round Thursday to the Washington Nationals, UNLV has two players taken in the top 100 for the first time.
