Three takeaways from UNLV’s 50-37 loss at San Jose State on Saturday at CEFCU Stadium.
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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).
The Spartans, who began the season 0-7, rolled up 506 total yards against a UNLV defense that grows worse by the week.
On paper, both sides won big, far more than Vegas in losing to Vancouver 3-2 in a shootout just minutes before an ancient sundial atop T-Mobile Arena began rotating and the team broke news of the deal.
Much like a room with no designated captain, Vegas seems intent, until the market forces a change in thinking or, well, William Karlsson scores 43 goals in a season again, to keep things fairly consistent when it comes to paying guys.
Now that the fire sale has torched its latest target and the Raiders have pushed yet another of their former first-round picks overboard like the U.S. Military once did $10 million helicopters, it might be time to evaluate what things could look like in 2020.
It makes a 3-1 victory by the Golden Knights on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena all the more impressive.
Thoughts of regaining its footing and possibly again creating a legitimate path to bowl eligibility were pretty much crushed Friday night when UNLV fell to Air Force 41-35 at Sam Boyd Stadium.
Such reality wasn’t so secure in the spring, when the Zags more than investigated the idea of jumping to the Mountain West.
It hasn’t been the best of starts to a second season for Vegas, now 3-4 after beating Buffalo on Tuesday and yet missing key names all over the ice.
How the Raiders performed in a 27-3 loss to Seattle in London.
It might not be the last word a veteran NFL player wants to hear, but it’s close, and the Raiders are absolutely defined by it right now, their latest loss a 27-3 thrashing by Seattle on Sunday in London.
While there is unquestionably a growing appetite for the NFL in parts of the United Kingdom, the idea of placing one’s hard earned pounds on the outcome of a Sunday game still seems more rubbish than anything to many making bets.
Philadelphia wasn’t suffering from any sort of Vegas Flu but made the Golden Knights look ill, rolling to a 5-2 win Thursday night before a crowd of 18,555 at T-Mobile Arena.
Max Pacioretty has 30 or more goals in six of his last eight professional seasons, here now after the Golden Knights traded Tomas Tatar, prospect Nick Suzuki and a second-round pick to Montreal for him.
Losing starting quarterback Armani Rogers indefinitely this week to a toe injury is hardly a desired reality, but this is the sort of moment coach Tony Sanchez has prepared for through recruiting.