The cards will consist of four or five fights apiece and will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays at an MGM Resorts International property throughout June and July.
Sam Gordon
Former Columnist/Enterprise
The coronavirus has stopped professional and amateur sports, forcing local sports talk radio hosts to alter their approaches and come up with new ways to deliver content.
Droves of people flocked to the lobby inside the MGM Grand on Tuesday and waited patiently for undefeated heavyweight boxers Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder to arrive.
Sugar Rodgers averaged 3.4 points per game for the Aces last season. She has averaged 7.4 points and shot 34.9 percent from 3-point range in seven WNBA seasons.
Roxanne Modafferi, a plus 550 underdog, defeated Maycee Barber by unanimous decision Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in their flyweight fight on the preliminary card of UFC 246.
The G League Showcase returns for the second straight year, with games at the Mandalay Bay Events Center from Thursday through Sunday. All 28 teams are participating again.
The Aggies relied on the fundamentals of their running game and two timely stops Friday night to secure a 24-17 home victory over rival Faith Lutheran.
The 5-foot-8-inch guard is averaging 14.2 points and 4.7 assists on 47.1 percent shooting, including 48 percent on 3-pointers, in her last six games coming off the bench.
The Aces on Sunday clinched the franchise’s first playoff berth since 2014 with a 100-85 road win over the Chicago Sky at Wintrust Arena.
The 62-year-old was hired as Las Vegas’ president of basketball operations in October 2017 before its inaugural season, but also managed the daily business operations.
The Las Vegas resident will defend his super middleweight title Saturday against Mike Lee on the Manny Pacquiao-Keith Thurman undercard at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
The game offers Las Vegas coach Bill Laimbeer a chance to evaluate his team against another team. The Aces are carrying 15 players, three over the regular-season limit.
Liberty junior Julian Strawther, a consensus four-star forward ranked by ESPN as the No. 36 prospect in his class, announced his commitment to Gonzaga via Twitter on Thursday.
Dan Barnson stepped down as Arbor View High School’s football coach after 12 seasons in which his teams compiled a 104-33 record.
The NBA G League Winter Showcase, the league’s top in-season scouting event, is set to take place from Dec. 19 to 22 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center.
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