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New 'heartbeat of UNLV football': Fertittas give $10M for training complex: Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016; Tony Sanchez didn’t know anything about the Fertitta family the first time he spoke to brothers Frank and Lorenzo, who recently sold the UFC for $4 billion. It was in 2009 when ...
Vegas Play of the Day: Oakland Athletics at Kansas City Royals: Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016; It’s my turn again on a non-football night, which means I’m going to continue to mine the Royals for fictional gold.
Targeting penalty derails Rebels in attempt to upset UCLA at Rose Bowl: Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016; It happened in an instant. By the time UNLV senior safety Kenny Keys got to his feet to celebrate what he thought was a great stop on third down, three flags were descending onto the Rose Bowl field. After falling behind 28-7 in the first half, the Rebels …
Blog: Rebels fight back but come up short, losing 42-21 at UCLA: Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016; Senior safety Kenny Keys was flagged and ejected for a targeting penalty that enabled UCLA to keep a touchdown drive alive, and from my view the call was complete bull.
Martell leads Gorman to impressive 35-20 victory at St. John Bosco: Friday, Sept. 9, 2016; The players took a knee surrounding Bishop Gorman High coach Kenny Sanchez in a semicircle. He quieted the group for a postgame message, and before uttering any words Sanchez pumped his fist and yelled …
UNLV running back looking to use size to his advantage at UCLA: Friday, Sept. 9, 2016; Seven inches. That’s the average difference in height between UNLV starting running back Lexington Thomas and the Rebels’ offensive line, assuming Thomas stacks up to his listed 5-foot-9.
UNLV basketball will have at least a dozen national TV games: Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016; UNLV basketball will appear on TV at least 12 times this season, the Mountain West announced this morning. The league released its full slate of national TV and streaming appearances, and UNLV ...
Vegas Play of the Day: Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins: Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016; Let’s ride the wave: Kansas City has gone over the total in nine of the last 10, and that should continue against the Twins.
Underdog Rebels preparing for UCLA's new offense: Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016; UNLV coach Tony Sanchez said a cousin sent him a text message about the big game this week at UCLA, and Sanchez’s response was straight out of ...
Vegas Play of the Day: Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins: Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016; Kansas City’s bid for a playoff spot took a significant hit with three straight losses and four out of seven, but the Twins are the cure for what ails most teams this season.
New QB Stanton delights in Rebels' 63-13 shellacking of Jackson State: Friday, Sept. 2, 2016; The first pass of Johnny Stanton’s UNLV career was a touchdown. So was the third, and the eighth one, too. It was that kind of night for the Rebels, who scored two touchdowns in the first two minutes en route to a 63-13 bludgeoning …
Four-star forward joins UNLV's 2016 recruiting class: Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016; With a surprise addition during the first week of classes, Marvin Menzies’ first recruiting class at UNLV is complete. Four-star power …
Blog: Rebels cruise to 63-13 victory against Jackson State: Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016; The only question left is the final score. UNLV scored two touchdowns in the first two minutes, and towards the end of the third quarter they scored a pair of defensive touchdowns in even less time.
UNLV not among Big 12 expansion candidates: Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016; The Big 12 has whittled down its list of potential expansion teams and, as expected, UNLV was not among them.
Rebels aiming to open season with a win for first time since 2009: Junior quarterback Johnny Stanton will make first career Division I start against Jackson State; Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016; The last time UNLV won its opening game, Tony Sanchez was beginning his first year at Bishop Gorman High. Over the last 20 years, the Rebels are 5-15 in their first game of the season, and for the third time in program history an entire class of players has graduated without ever starting a season 1-0.
Vegas Play of the Day: New York Yankees at Kansas City Royals: Monday, Aug. 29, 2016; The Royals are red hot lately, but since starter Kansas City Dillon Gee has struggled you can get a good price on the team that’s won 12 of the last 14 and eight of nine at home.
UNLV Athletics bracing for difficult budget situation this year: The Rebels finished with a balanced budget for a second straight year, but that's unlikely to continue; Friday, Aug. 26, 2016; UNLV Athletics has reported a balanced budget for the second straight year, although athletics director Tina Kunzer-Murphy is already projecting a probable shortfall for the 2016-17 fiscal year. Three things in particular helped UNLV’s total revenues: an extra …
Expectations high for Las Vegas High football: Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016; Las Vegas High’s defense has one thing in common with the Wildcats’ opponents this year: they know how hard it is to tackle ...
Canyon Springs building foundation for successes: Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016; First-year Canyon Springs High football coach Gus McNair isn’t taking his new gig for granted. He knows ...
Rancho football anxious to continue its rebirth: Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016; After snapping a 30-game losing streak with three victories last season, the Rams have their eyes on even more ...
Eldorado making improvements, confident it will contend for playoff berth: Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016; It starts with the participation numbers, which Cutts said is up over 100. Eldorado’s coaches have been able to achieve that by ...
Vegas Play of the Day: Kansas City Royals at Miami Marlins: Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016; Before losing Wednesday’s game in Miami, the Royals had won nine straight and 14 out of 16.
Valley football gets back to basics in search of wins: Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016; The Valley High football team’s losing streak goes back to 2013, so second-year coach George Baker came up with a simple plan ...
UNLV walk-on earns full scholarship ahead of season opener: Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016; Dalton Baker had no idea it was coming. After UNLV’s mock game at Sam Boyd Stadium on Saturday night, coach Tony Sanchez told his team to watch the video board so they could see ...
Vegas Play of the Day: Cleveland at Oakland: Monday, Aug. 22, 2016; Here’s the latest installment of the Play of the Day, which uses odds from the South Point. Our three sports writers started with ...
Both quarterbacks expected to play in UNLV's season opener: Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016; Darius Mouton intercepted the pass near one sideline, worked his way up the other and toppled into the middle of the opposite end zone, covering about 99 yards north-south and at least that much east-west as he weaved his way down the field.
Rebels close out Bahamas trip with 15-point victory: Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016; Sophomore guard Jalen Poyser scored 28 points and the Rebels wrapped up their exhibition tour in the Bahamas this afternoon with a 102-87 victory against the Providence Storm.
Cunningham advances to Olympic high jump finals on Saturday: Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016; Bishop Gorman High grad Vashti Cunningham cleared 1.94 meters (about 6-feet-4 1/4) on her final jump to advance to Saturday’s women’s high jump finals at the Rio Olympic Games.
Rebels feel like they've figured out their pressure problem: Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016; Dead last. That’s where UNLV’s paltry nine sacks ranked in the country last season. Out of 128 teams, 127 managed ...
Rebels notch 21-point win in 2nd Bahamas exhibition game: Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016; UNLV went into halftime with an 11-point lead and doubled that in the first two and a half minutes of the second half, cruising to a 106-85 victory against the CTG Knights on Tuesday afternoon. The Rebels will wrap up their Bahamas exhibition tour Thursday at …
Rebels drop opening game of exhibition tour in Bahamas: UNLV makes mistakes at the end, loses 80-79 to the University of Toronto; Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016; Mistakes are expected in August basketball, and it was the Rebels’ errors that cost them a victory in their first exhibition game in the Bahamas this afternoon. UNLV’s game against the University of Toronto was ...
Vegas NHL team goes back to drawing board in search of nickname: Friday, Aug. 12, 2016; Las Vegas’ first professional sports franchise might not be as close to a name as it appeared on Thursday. After reports came ...
Vegas Play of the Day: Minnesota Vikings at Cincinnati Bengals: Friday, Aug. 12, 2016; Vikings coach Mike Zimmer seems like a dude who really cares about winning in the preseason.
Big things expected from Lotulelei and deeper linebacker corps: Friday, Aug. 12, 2016; Tau Lotulelei is preparing for the season as a leader in a position group that looks a lot different from last year. There’s experience with Lotulelei, but additions or improvements to ...
Vegas Play of the Day: Los Angeles Angels at Chicago Cubs: Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016; In the unofficial history of the Sun’s Play of the Day, there’s never been a day when all three of us were above our starting bankroll of $10,000. That doesn’t say much for us, but with a victory today that extremely low bar is exactly what we’ll clear.
Grad transfers expected to help lead UNLV in Bahamas and beyond: Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016; One of the main things UNLV coach Marvin Menzies and his staff wanted to do when they had to put together a roster at the 11th hour was bring in ...
Vegas Play of the Day: San Francisco Giants at Miami Marlins: Monday, Aug. 8, 2016; I don’t like betting against Miami starter Jose Fernandez, but getting the Giants at a decent price with Johnny Cueto on the mound is enough for me to take a shot.
Junior Boyd passing down lessons to Rebels' next up-and-coming receiver: Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016; Life as the understudy can take a little getting used to. Lucky for UNLV freshman receiver Darren Woods Jr., many around the program don’t think he’ll remain in that role for long. UNLV opened its fall camp ...
Vegas Play of the Day: Mets at Yankees: Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016; Here’s the latest installment of the Play of the Day, which uses odds from the South Point. Our three sports writers started with ...
Former Rebel Justin Hawkins gets break into college coaching: Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016; The first thing Justin Hawkins had to learn when he transitioned from basketball player to coach was that not everybody plays with the same intensity as a Division-I player ...
Rebels bonding on the court in preparation for Bahamas trip: Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016; In a couple of weeks, UNLV’s new-look basketball team will depart for the Bahamas to play three exhibition games. A lot of what the Rebels hope to accomplish will be complete before ...
Vegas Play of the Day: Baltimore Orioles at Toronto Blue Jays: Friday, July 29, 2016; As noted yesterday, Baltimore has now gone under in 16 straight games.
Vegas Play of the Day: Baltimore Orioles at Minnesota Twins: Thursday, July 28, 2016; I’m late to the party but the Orioles have hit the under in 15 straight games, and tonight I’ll see if there’s any more track out in front of this low-scoring train.
Deeper Rebels looking to build on the positives of 2015 season: Thursday, July 28, 2016; Ultimately, UNLV’s 2015 football season was about marginal improvements. The Rebels won the Fremont Cannon, cleared the low bar of two victories and ...
Mountain West commissioner weighs in on expansion talks: Wednesday, July 27, 2016; The Mountain West Conference could lose teams to expansion or add more members, but the bottom line is no one’s sure how the current shakeup will play out. That was the message from Mountain West Commissioner Craig Thompson’s address at this year’s league football media days at the Cosmopolitan.
UNLV football weight-lifting video goes viral: Tuesday, July 26, 2016; One thing’s for sure, Keith Belton knows how to throw a party. UNLV football’s director of strength and conditioning injected a lot of life into the Rebels’ workouts when ...
Boyd on preseason All-Mountain West team; Rebels picked 5th in division: Tuesday, July 26, 2016; For the second straight year, UNLV junior receiver Devonte Boyd was named to the preseason All-Mountain West team, the league announced this morning from its media days at the Cosmopolitan.
MGM vows changes after T-Mobile ticketing issue caused delays, long lines: Tuesday, July 26, 2016; Since opening in April on the Strip, T-Mobile Arena has had a relatively smooth entry into the event game in Las Vegas. The first major hiccup came Friday night, when a slew of issues combined to leave many people standing outside in 100-plus degree heat while the USA Basketball vs. Argentina exhibition game was taking place ...
Vegas Play of the Day: Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox: Monday, July 25, 2016; The Cubs just bolstered their World Series-favorite lineup with closer Aroldis Chapman. Meanwhile, the White Sox just suspended their best pitcher because he threw a temper tantrum and cut up a jersey.
Las Vegas product Pumphrey has San Diego State football thinking big: Sunday, July 24, 2016; College recruiters may not have considered Donnel Pumphrey a major prospect, but his play for the Aztecs has proven them wrong. This year, he and his team are setting the bar high.