Bryan Salmond and Mark Anderson provide a recap from Saturday’s loss to USC and what the team needs to do to prepare for UTEP.
UNLV
The NCAA changed the kickoff return rule so that fair catches inside the 25-yard line, even those in the field of play, put the ball at the 25. It could result in more squib and onside kicks.
Competition for spots is heating up after only two days of UNLV’s football training camp. Linebacker Bailey Laolagi and offensive lineman Sid Acosta have shown their versatility by playing multiple positions.
It’s fairly easy to see the progress made by the 450 construction workers who are on the site of the $1.8 billion, 65,000-seat indoor football stadium being built in Las Vegas by a subsidiary of the Oakland Raiders.
Janine Petmecky went 4-for-4 and scored the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, leading UNLV past first-place Fresno State 4-3 in a Mountain West softball game Friday in Fresno, California.
UNLV hired Eric Nepomuceno to be in charge of compliance for the athletic department. Athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois also has restructured the compliance office, so Nepomuceno will report to her as well as the president’s office.
The United States Eagles came into this weekend’s World Rugby Sevens Series at Sam Boyd Stadium looking to do something they hadn’t been able to do since 2015 — win a tournament.
Trevor Horn pitched seven sharp innings to lead UNLV to a 5-4 victory over Fresno State and a sweep of the teams’ three-game Mountain West baseball series Sunday at Wilson Stadium.
The Mountain West tournament will run from March 5-9 at the Thomas & Mack Center.
UNLV forward Brandon McCoy was named Mountain West Freshman of the Year by the league media on Sunday. He also represented the Rebels on the second team with junior forward Shakur Juiston.
No deal-killing issues emerged Thursday when the Nevada Board of Regents picked through UNLV’s Joint-Use Agreement with the Oakland Raiders for use of the planned 65,000-seat domed Las Vegas football stadium.
Three takeaways from the UNLV basketball team’s 82-76 overtime victory over San Jose State at The Event Center on Wednesday night.
Senior Danny Musovski became the second UNLV soccer player to receive all-region designation three times as he was named to the United Soccer Coaches All-West Region first team.
As a five-star recruit, UNLV forward Brandon McCoy entered his freshman season facing lofty expectations. He has met them so far, averaging 20.4 points and 11.9 rebounds per game.
Five opposing players to watch when UNLV’s basketball team plays Oral Roberts on Tuesday and Illinois on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
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