Having seen the top of the NFL roller coaster and plunged to its bottom, quarterback Geno Smith can be a player all other Raiders follow.
Ed Graney
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Ed Graney came to the Review-Journal in May of 2006 as its lead sports columnist. He has covered all major sporting events, including Super Bowls to NBA championships to every Final Four since 1995. Graney also covered the Olympic Games in Beijing (2008) and London (2012). A graduate of San Diego State University, he is a five-time Nevada Sportswriter of the Year and past winner of Associated Press Sports Editors Top 10 for columns. He and wife Bonnie have two children, a son (Tristan) and daughter (Bridget).
Nine of UNLV’s 12 football games this season have been picked up by the Mountain West’s primary broadcast partners of CBS Sports Network and the Fox Networks.
UNLV’s football team didn’t experience a mass exodus this offseason despite a coaching change. That’s a credit to Dan Mullen and his staff.
Raiders tight end Brock Bowers faces a tall task in trying to improve on his rookie season, when he set several NFL records.
The Golden Knights are seemingly always built for deep playoff runs, but that didn’t occur for a second straight season.
Bill Paulos, the head of UNLV’s name, image and likeness collective, talks to the Review-Journal about NIL and its importance to the university’s future.
The Edmonton Oilers proved they were the better team. They made winning plays when it mattered most. They earned another trip to the Western Conference Final.
The Edmonton Oilers played their best game of the series and the Golden Knights their worst Monday. And now, the Knights’ season is on the line.
Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy said “hopefully” the team’s captain can play next game after suffering an upper-body injury Saturday.
Reilly Smith was acquired by the Golden Knights at the trade deadline. On Saturday night, he scored one of the more important goals of his career.
Defenseman Brayden McNabb was obviously tripped in overtime of Game 2 on Thursday, a significant non-call in a game the Golden Knights lost 17 seconds later.
The Golden Knights killed a five-minute major penalty in overtime, but then watched as Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl scored to put them in a 2-0 series hole.
The Golden Knights’ first selection in the 2017 expansion draft is now starting against them for the Oilers in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Whether UNLV will soon be invited into a Power Four conference is unknown, but the Rebels have positioned themselves nicely for such a reality.
The Golden Knights will want to forget about Game 1 as soon as possible after the Edmonton Oilers erupted for three goals in the third period en route to a win.