This season figures to be one of transition more than contention for UNLV, which opens its basketball season at 7 p.m. Tuesday against Purdue-Fort Wayne at the Thomas & Mack Center.
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Las Vegas remains a knowledgeable basketball market, so can the up-tempo system of new head coach T.J. Otzelberger’s re-energize the Thomas & Mack Center?
If UNLV decides to fire Tony Sanchez, athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois figures to conduct the same kind of search that landed basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger.
Goals in the final 15 minutes sent both UNLV soccer teams to 1-0 losses Friday in conference play. The men fell at Cal State Bakersfield, and the women bowed at San Diego State.
A position-by-position look at UNLV’s game against No. 16 Boise State at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Sam Boyd Stadium.
Bart Hendricks grew up a big UNR fan, but he began Boise State’s proud quarterback history in the late 1990s as the program transitioned to Division I-A.
A 2001 GMC Sierra white pick-up truck belonging to the parents of UNLV linebacker Farrell Hester II was stolen Sunday. The truck was used to carry church supplies and goods for the needy.
Mountain West Conference teams pulled off four upsets last week, and people have a lot to say about it.
The Rebels need junior college star linebacker Vic Viramontes to translate his confidence off the field to a huddle.
With Max Gilliam out until next month with an injured foot, Kenyon Oblad has taken advantage of his opportunity. Oblad became the state’s career passing leader while at Liberty.
UNLV went into half pads Sunday for the first time this training camp, and coach Tony Sanchez said he liked the effort. He also praised freshman wide receiver Steve Jenkins.
A potential site for a College Football Playoff championship game will soon host the NFL and UNLV football, along with a new-and-much-improved Las Vegas Bowl.
The Las Vegas Bowl announced Tuesday it will move to Las Vegas Stadium in 2020 and has a deal to feature either a Big Ten or Southeastern Conference team vs. a Pac-12 team.
UNLV freshman Connie Li rebounded from a 6-3 tiebreaker deficit to win 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7) in the decisive match, lifting the Rebels past Texas Tech 4-3 in the first round of an NCAA women’s tennis regional Saturday in Los Angeles.
The UNLV men’s golf team has qualified for its 31st consecutive appearance in the NCAA regionals, a national record and one more consecutive national championship berth than the Kansas basketball team.