Case Keefer

Assistant Sports Editor

Case Keefer has spent more than a decade covering his passions at Greenspun Media Group. He's written about and supervised coverage of everything relating to the local sports scene, with an emphasis on betting and football, for the Las Vegas Sun and Las Vegas Weekly. He's also an avid music fan, constantly listening to new records and attending concerts, and writing about them whenever he can for Las Vegas Weekly.

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Weekend wagers: Bets on the Kentucky Derby and seven other sports: Saturday, May 4, 2024; I’m going to keep it simple for the 150th version of America’s biggest horse race — one horse to win from the local fixed-odds market and one head-to-head matchup offered by sports books. ...
Golden Knights force a Game 7 with Stars via late Hanifin goal: Friday, May 3, 2024; The Golden Knights’ season isn’t over yet. Vegas staved off elimination Friday night at T-Mobile Arena, beating the Dallas Stars 2-0 to tie the teams' first-round Stanley Cup Playoff series at 3-3. ...
Golden Knights’ season on the brink after emotional unraveling in Game 5 loss: Stars’ pair of power-play goals are the difference in third straight win over Knights; Thursday, May 2, 2024; Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy described top-pair defenseman Alex Pietrangelo as a steadying influence Wednesday morning at American Airlines Center. Pietrangelo was then ...
Prideful prizefight: Álvarez vs. Munguía promises to be a memorable bout in honor of Mexico: Thursday, May 2, 2024; Saul “Canelo” Álvarez has fought on Cinco de Mayo weekend nearly every year of his boxing career as a nod to his Mexican heritage.
Live coverage: Stars squeeze out third straight close win over Golden Knights: Series heads back to Las Vegas with Dallas holding 3-2 lead; Wednesday, May 1, 2024; The Golden Knights are one loss away from their Stanley Cup defense ending early in stunning fashion. Vegas lost its third straight to Dallas in the teams’ first-round Stanley Cup Playoff series Wednesday night at American Airlines Center, falling 3-2 to slip into a 3-2 series hole. ...
‘Hero’ Wanted: Knights need rescue from offensive decline in two straight losses: Stars go on attack to win again at T-Mobile Arena, even playoff series; Tuesday, April 30, 2024; The best-of-seven series now stands at 2-2 headed back to Dallas for Game 5 at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday evening. ...
Live coverage: Stars take over midway through Game 4 to tie series with Knights: Golden Knights shut out over final 37 minutes in 4-2 loss; Monday, April 29, 2024; The Golden Knights improved significantly from Game 3 Saturday night to Game 4 Monday night against the Stars at T-Mobile Arena. It just wasn’t enough. ...
Golden Knights need to show the innate resilience they claim in Game 4: Vegas’ ability to bounce back from losses was essential in last year’s Stanley Cup coup; Monday, April 29, 2024; Now might be the first real time Vegas can prove its long-touted calm under pressure and resilient nature. The Golden Knights understand the gravity of the moment, and they’re ...
Despite Game 3 loss, Logan Thompson proved undeniable playoff ability: Jake Oettinger on Thompson: 'He was like Dominik Hasek out there'; Sunday, April 28, 2024; Vegas wasted one of the greatest individual postseason performances in franchise history by losing to Dallas and seeing its series lead decrease to 2-1. ...
Live coverage: Knights' home playoff debut spoiled as Stars win in overtime: Golden Knights switch up lineup by swapping Hertl and Howden; Saturday, April 27, 2024; Three minutes after Brayden McNabb got the Golden Knights on the scoreboard, Jack Eichel locked them up at 2-2 with Dallas. It’s hard to believe given how much Dallas has dominated play in Game 3. ...
Golden Knights have beaten the Stars at their own game so far in playoff series: Saturday, April 27, 2024; The Golden Knights return home for the first time in this year’s playoffs at 7:30 tonight with a 2-0 series lead over the Stars in no small part because they’ve so far been steadier down the lineup. ...
'Fun must be always': How Tomas Hertl is transforming the Vegas Golden Knights: Thursday, April 25, 2024; Tomáš Hertl reported to Las Vegas quickly after the San Jose Sharks traded him to the Golden Knights on March 8, but his family didn’t join him right away.
Analysis: Golden Knights have Stars shook with 2-0 series lead: Vegas’ maturity, ‘professional approach’ shine through in 3-1 Game 2 victory; Thursday, April 25, 2024; A lot went wrong for the Golden Knights Wednesday night at American Airlines Center. That’s hard to remember after Vegas pulled off a 3-1 victory over the Dallas Stars in a game where it trailed for a total of 82 seconds to go up 2-0 in the best-of-seven Stanley Cup Playoff series. ...
Live coverage: Golden Knights heading home with 2-0 series lead on Stars: Marchessault, Hanifin and Eichel score as part of 3-1 win for Vegas; Wednesday, April 24, 2024; Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy didn’t want his team to be content getting out of the first two games of the Stanley Cup Playoffs with a split on the road. They weren’t. Vegas beat Dallas 3-1. ...
Captain’s Comeback: Mark Stone never strayed far from Knights while injured: How Stone lifted Golden Knights’ teammates regardless of whether he was playing or not; Wednesday, April 24, 2024; The chemistry between Stone and his teammates appeared to contribute to the first victory in the best-of-seven series, and now the Golden Knights will try to replicate it in Game 2 at 6:30 tonight. ...
Familiar feeling: Golden Knights turn it up a gear to start playoffs with win: Vegas downs Dallas 4-3 in Game 1 by elevating for the postseason; Tuesday, April 23, 2024; Winning 16 games over the next two months to stake their claim as repeat champions is a tall order for the Golden Knights, but that magic number is now already down to 15.
Live coverage: Thompson stands tall as Golden Knights beat Stars in Game 1: Noah Hanifin has a pair of power-play assists in 4-3 victory; Monday, April 22, 2024; Logan Thompson had 27 saves as the Golden Knights beat the Stars 4-3 in Game 1 of their opening-round Stanley Cup Playoff series ...
Depth will be the deciding factor of Golden Knights’ playoff series with Stars: Dallas has been the NHL’s deepest team, but Vegas could be crack it for the second straight year; Monday, April 22, 2024; The playoff energy was palpable at the Golden Knights’ first postseason practice Saturday morning at City National Arena. Perhaps spurred by the full-contact returns ...
Analysis: 5 reasons to believe in the Golden Knights' potential to repeat: Dallas provides challenging, but beatable, first-round opponent for Vegas; Saturday, April 20, 2024; Vegas prepares to take on the Dallas Stars in its best-of-seven first-round Western Conference Playoff showdown beginning at 6:30 p.m. Monday on the road. ...
Weekend wagers: Seven bets on seven sports including NBA, NHL playoffs: Saturday, April 20, 2024; I don’t know if there’s ever been a trio of bad beats in a span of less than 24 hours that hit harder than that in the four-year history of Weekend Wagers than last week's variety pack. ...
Golden Knights drop into series with Stars by losing regular-season finale: Thursday, April 18, 2024; The best-of-seven series between the Golden Knights and Stars is expected to start on Monday in Dallas before shifting back to T-Mobile Arena for Games 3 and 4 towards next weekend. ...
5 positions Raiders could address in the upcoming NFL Draft: Thursday, April 18, 2024; Here are the five positions the Raiders are likely to target with their current collection of eight picks in this month's NFL Draft.
Raiders’ quarterback race underway, with another candidate potentially coming: Aidan O'Connell, Gardner Minshew on hand for start of voluntary team workouts; Wednesday, April 17, 2024; The identity of the Raiders’ starting quarterback next season might be more up in the air than it is for any other team in the league. O'Connell and Minshew are the two leading candidates for now. ...
Golden Knights closing in on likely first-round playoff series with Oilers: Golden Knights down Blackhawks with Ducks on deck to cap regular season; Tuesday, April 16, 2024; The Golden Knights moved one step closer to a best-of-seven series with the Oilers starting on the road this weekend or early next week with a 3-1 victory over the Blackhawks Tuesday night at T-Mobile Arena. ...
Primed for the playoffs: Golden Knights flash form in comeback win: Vegas rallies from 3-0 deficit to Colorado behind William Karlsson, Tomas Hertl; Sunday, April 14, 2024; The victory was the Golden Knights’ second straight, and perhaps more importantly, snapped a three-game losing streak against fellow Western Conference playoff teams ...
Conor McGregor to return at UFC 303 in Las Vegas: Dana White announces McGregor vs. Chandler after much delay; Saturday, April 13, 2024; The fight between McGregor and Chandler, a former Bellator champion and UFC top contender, has been in the works for more than a year since the two ...
UFC 300: Max Holloway scores knockout of a lifetime over Justin Gaethje: Alex Pereira, Zhang Weili defend their titles in headlining bouts; Saturday, April 13, 2024; The landmark UFC 300 will be remembered for Holloway’s big moment. ...
Weekend wagers: Eight bets to make including on UFC 300, Masters: Saturday, April 13, 2024; College basketball has concluded, giving way to relaunch the Weekend Wagers column where there’s much work to be done. ...
Love him or hate him, Aljamain Sterling has etched his place in UFC history: Local former champion moves up a weight class to fight Calvin Kattar at UFC 300; Saturday, April 13, 2024; The UFC has marketed tonight’s pay-per-view card as boasting an unprecedented amount of talent and achievements across its 13 total fights. But few if any of the 25 other fighters on the card have built a legacy ...
Local champion Sadibou Sy realized his fighting dreams, and wants more: Xtreme Couture product fights on ESPN2 tonight to kick off big mixed martial arts weekend; Friday, April 12, 2024; Sy looks to add to his success with a new title in the 205-pound ranks when the division’s 2024 PFL season kicks off tonight at the Theater at Virgin Hotels. ...
Why UFC 300 might be the most stacked top-to-bottom card in promotion history: Thursday, April 11, 2024; A slightly longer-than-usual wait has stretched between the UFC staging pay-per-view cards in its home venue, T-Mobile Arena, with four months having passed since UFC 296.
NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of UConn vs. Purdue: Monday, April 8, 2024; Donovan Clingan stood out as the most impactful two-way player on the floor in the night cap of Saturday’s national semifinal games in Glendale, Ariz., just as ...
NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the Final Four: Saturday, April 6, 2024; An all-time evenly-matched Sweet 16 a week ago has given way to a historically lopsided Final Four by the betting odds. Connecticut and Purdue are favored by a combined 20.5 points over Alabama and NC State ...
Thompson's time: Golden Knights goalie red hot as Vegas heads into playoffs: Thursday, April 4, 2024; The Golden Knights may need to start calling their goaltender “Air Logan.” Logan Thompson earned the nickname March 25 in St. Louis by going airborne to stop a penalty shot ...
Golden Knights' new guys make big difference in 6th win in 7 games: Anthony Mantha and Noah Hanifin both score as Golden Knights clobber Canucks; Tuesday, April 2, 2024; Cassidy hinted that he felt the two healthy newcomers, Mantha and Hanifin, were closing the learning curve and the pair went on to show it in a decisive 6-3 victory over the Canucks at T-Mobile Arena. ...
Alkaline Trio wraps up its ‘best tour’ with raucous stop at Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas: Tuesday, April 2, 2024; Alkaline Trio were wildly engaging and all-around exceptional on the final night of a five-week run that Dan Andriano called, "the best tour we've ever done."
NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Sunday's games: Sunday, March 31, 2024; Perhaps no college basketball coaches have received more recent criticism for NCAA Tournament underperformance than Purdue’s Matt Painter and Tennessee’s Rick Barnes. ...
NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Saturday's games: Saturday, March 30, 2024; Connecticut is an 8.5-point favorite against Illinois in a game the metrics unanimously agree pits the two best offensive teams in the nation. ...
NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the Sweet 16: Thursday, March 28, 2024; This year’s Sweet 16 is packed with top-tier matchups more than any other time in recent memory. ...
Why the Raiders spared no expense in signing defender Christian Wilkins: Thursday, March 28, 2024; Christian Wilkins had excelled with relative ease through every stop of his football career when he was younger, both from an individual and team perspective. The defensive tackle dominated in high school at Suffield Academy in Connecticut, racking up titles and accolades en route to becoming one of the top recruits in the country. He then contributed ...
NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Sunday's games: Sunday, March 24, 2024; Connecticut opened as high as +110 (i.e. risking $100 to win $110) to win the East, but are now as low as -170 (i.e. risking $170 to win $100). ...
NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Saturday's games: Saturday, March 23, 2024; The odds on Oakland and North Carolina State facing off in one of the most intriguing round of 32 matchups would have been astronomical as recently as 10 days ago. That’s the position the Grizzlies and Wolfpack find themselves in ...
Betting the bracket: Analyzing the odds on the Final Four: Thursday, March 21, 2024; Brackets are due before the start of the NCAA Tournament, but the betting window stays open. Sportsbooks post game lines and reopen futures odds quicker than ever given sports betting’s soaring nationwide popularity. The ...
NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the East Region: Wednesday, March 20, 2024; For the second straight year, Connecticut is squarely in the middle of the toughest set of teams. ...
NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the South Region: Wednesday, March 20, 2024; The stylistic divide couldn’t be more stark between the top two seeded teams in the South and their next two challengers. ...
Golden Knights can't hold off late Lightning strikes in home loss: Adin Hill continues struggles in third period by giving up a pair of goals; Tuesday, March 19, 2024; the Golden Knights reverted to their recent sloppy ways in a 5-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning Tuesday night at T-Mobile Arena, the second contest in a four-game home stand ...
NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the Midwest Region: Tuesday, March 19, 2024; Some of the earliest NCAA Tournament bracket projections, made at the outset of the season, had three teams that wound up in the Midwest Region as No. 1 seeds. ...
NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the West Region: Tuesday, March 19, 2024; Shootouts appropriately seem to be what will ultimately settle the wild-looking West Region this year. ...
NCAA Tournament opening odds: March Madness begins wildly: Sunday, March 17, 2024; The betting favorite prevailed in only a little more than a fourth of the conference tournaments — nine out of 34. ...
Weekend wagers: Ten bets to make including four on March Madness: Saturday, March 16, 2024; The wall-to-wall slate of games from the last three days diminishes leading up to the selection show this weekend, but there’s still a few places left to extract some value before ...