- UNLV basketball ticketed for Maui in 2025
- Tuesday, May 14, 2024
- UNLV is heading to Hawaii — for real, this time. The men’s basketball team announced on Tuesday it would participate in the 2025 Maui Invitational, which will be contested from Nov. 24, 25 and 26, 2025, at the Lahaina Civic Center. Creighton, North Carolina State, Southern California, Texas, Baylor, Oregon and Seton Hall were also announced as participants.
- Can Raiders rookies make immediate impact in 2024?
- Saturday, May 11, 2024
- There’s a common rule of thumb that you have to wait three years to judge an NFL draft class, because it can take that long for young players to transition to the pros. Immediate impact players like C.J. Stroud, the reigning Offensive Rookie of the Year, are the rare exceptions ...
- UNLV basketball adds transfer Jailen Bedford from Oral Roberts
- Friday, May 10, 2024
- One of the top offseason priorities for UNLV head coach Kevin Kruger was to add shooting on the wing, and he got some good news on that front on Friday, when the team received a commitment from Oral Roberts transfer ...
- Nothing will come easily as the Las Vegas Aces push for a third straight WNBA title
- Thursday, May 9, 2024
- Repeating as WNBA champions was one thing. Now the Las Vegas Aces are tripling down. No WNBA team has won three straight championships since 1997-2000, when the Houston Comets won four in a row in ...
- Taking stock of UNLV basketball as portal closes
- Friday, May 3, 2024
- Two distinct sounds were heard across the college basketball landscape this week. First was the door of the transfer portal slamming shut, and second was every coach in America sighing in relief ...
- Raiders draft for upside in fourth-round corner Decamerion Richardson
- Saturday, April 27, 2024
- The third day of the draft is the time to take some big swings on high-upside players, and the Raiders did just that with their first pick in the fourth round ...
- Raiders opt for offensive line help with Round 2 draft pick
- Friday, April 26, 2024
- The Raiders made a practical selection with their second-round pick in Friday’s NFL Draft, choosing Oregon offensive lineman Jackson Powers-Johnson at No. 44 overall. Las Vegas entered the draft with needs along the offensive line, especially on the right side, and Powers-Johnson ...
- Raiders go with tight end Brock Bowers in first round of NFL Draft
- Thursday, April 25, 2024
- After months of speculation, the Las Vegas Raiders opted to keep their pick and select Georgia tight end Brock Bowers at No. 13 overall in the 2024 NFL Draft. Bowers was ...
- What to watch as Raiders go on the clock for NFL Draft first round
- Thursday, April 25, 2024
- Another NFL Draft day is upon us, and the Raiders find themselves in a familiar position heading into Thursday’s first round (5 p.m., ABC/ESPN/NFL Network), with a new head coach and general manager tandem looking to steer the franchise back toward something resembling success. Las Vegas went through a similar ...
- Raiders open to all possibilities as NFL Draft approaches
- Monday, April 22, 2024
- Raiders general manager Tom Telesco is ready for his first draft with the Silver and Black. Since being hired in January, Telesco and his staff have spent months preparing for a draft that could...
Mike Grimala
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Mike covered high school and college sports for The Boston Globe and ESPN.com before moving to Las Vegas in 2012 to cover UNLV athletics for RunRebs.com. Mike is a Massachusetts native, a graduate of Northeastern University and a fan of all Boston sports teams (though he’s not as obnoxious about it as you’d imagine).
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