Gov. Joe Lombardo weighed in Tuesday on UNR volleyball players’ decision not to play against San Jose State, part of a controversy about transgender women in sports.
Callie Fin
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Callie Fin was hired by the Review-Journal in April 2024 to cover the Aces and UNLV. She previously worked for Yahoo Sports and NBC Sports. She was born in New York, but has lived most of her life in Sacramento, California. She earned her bachelor’s degree from UC Riverside and her master’s degree from San Francisco State, and she ran the hurdles on the track and field team at both schools.
The Rebels are opening extra seating and parking spaces for their Mountain West showdown with 15th-ranked Boise State at Allegiant Stadium.
UNLV football has never gone to bowl games in consecutive seasons in program history. The Rebels are one win away from doing just that.
UNR would be the fifth women’s volleyball team to forfeit a match to San Jose State, but the university said it still plans to “move forward with the match as scheduled.”
The Aces face some of the big decisions during the offseason, including an extension for All-Star guard Kelsey Plum.
The UNLV women’s volleyball team will play all of its matches this season, including against San Jose State, amid allegations that a Spartans player is transgender.
The UNLV football team will try to bounce back from its first loss of the season when it continues Mountain West play against Utah State on Friday.
Aces lead assistant coach Natalie Nakase is leaving the organization to become head coach of the Golden State Valkyries, the WNBA expansion team announced Thursday.
UNLV star wide receiver Ricky White entered the season with clear expectations for himself: To “be the best receiver in the nation” and block at least two punts.
Two of the Aces’ guard were dealing with injuries during the team’s WNBA title defense, details of which weren’t disclosed until the end of the season.
Hajj-Malik Williams said teammates helped him get through some tough times after he lost the starting quarterback job to Matthew Sluka to begin the season.
The back-to-back defending WNBA champions were eliminated by the New York Liberty, their 2023 WNBA Finals foe, on Sunday at Michelob Ultra Arena.
The UNLV football team didn’t hold its position in The Associated Press and USA Today coaches polls after losing to Syracuse on Friday at Allegiant Stadium.
Coach Becky Hammon apologized to the Aces for calling them “distracted,” and it’s clear the postseason has their attention now entering Game 4 vs. the Liberty.
The Aces’ hopes of a third straight WNBA title were not swept away Friday, as they dominated the second half to beat the New York Liberty at Michelob Ultra Arena.