Oakland A’s president Dave Kaval says the team will spend more on retaining top players and free agents with revenues from a new ballpark. But that’s not been the team’s DNA.
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).
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Liberty High basketball star Joshua Jefferson relishes the challenge of helping Saint Mary’s close the gap on national power Gonzaga in the West Coast Conference.
Having been canceled just two years ago due to growing concerns of the coronavirus, the NCAA Tournament will look like its familiar self.
Kevin Kruger grew tremendously as a head basketball coach off the court as his players did on it during the 2021-22 season.
The Thomas Mack Center felt just like Laramie, minus about 5,000 feet of elevation. Hosting the MW Tournament isn’t any sort of home-court advantage for UNLV. Hasn’t been for some time.
UNLV showed its superior balance, depth and coaching in a victory over Utah State, but the Lady Rebels’ resume isn’t good enough to get an at-large NCAA Tournament bid.
It was Senior Night for UNLV on Wednesday, and Bryce Hamilton was the final player to walk onto the Thomas & Mack Center court. How fitting. Saved the best for last.
Who the Golden Knights are changes by the minute depending on names being shuffled on and off injured reserve, but none of it overshadows a central theme of sports: Nobody cares.
Many believe UNLV is capable of winning the Mountain West basketball tournament in March and securing the conference’s automatic NCAA Tournament berth.
On a day in which UNLV honored the great Robert Smith, its basketball team played one of its best games of the season in whipping Colorado State at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Golden Knights center Jack Eichel was welcomed as you might expect — with a thunderous ovation from the T-Mobile Arena crowd holding posters with messages scrawled across them.
Cincinnati might have lost Super Bowl LVI, but not because it wasn’t prepared or good enough to win it. This was no Cinderella playoff run.
While the Rams might be creating a new, younger fan base across this City of Angels, the Raiders remain its most popular NFL team.
Led by LVCVA President and CEO Steve Hill, those from the 2024 welcoming committee spent time at Super Bowl LVI in Los Angeles.