Ryan Greene
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He covered UNLV men's basketball and football for the Las Vegas Sun and its website for more than three years. The site was a finalist in both 2009 and 2010 for the EPpy Award, given by Editor & Publisher magazine to the nation's top sports site with fewer than one million unique monthly visitors. He came to Las Vegas after covering Kansas men's basketball and football for the Lawrence-Journal-World and KUSports.com for two years, with that site winning the EPpy in 2007 and coming in as a finalist in 2008. He is also a regular contributor on the ESPN 1100 AM airwaves throughout the year, appearing on both of the station's afternoon shows and its UNLV pre game shows.
Recent Articles
Can UNLV Football Be Saved?
The surprising answer is ‘Yes’—provided Rebel brass follows our survival plan
August 30th, 2012
Sports have always been defined and validated by numbers, the most important of which fall under the win-loss column. As such, Bobby Hauck’s two-year tenure as UNLV’s head football coach can only be categorized as disastrous: He’s won four games. He’s lost 21. He’s 0-for-14 on the road, losing those games by an average of 34 points.
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John Avello
Executive Director of Race and Sports, Wynn Las Vegas—26 years as a Las Vegas bookmaker
August 30th, 2012
One sportsbook moment I’ll always remember, especially being a New York Giants fan, was Buffalo kicker Scott Norwood missing wide right with the field goal at the end of Super Bowl XXV, giving the Giants the championship...
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Mike Colbert
Vice President of Race and Sports Risk Management, Cantor Gaming—10 years as a Las Vegas bookmaker
August 30th, 2012
In order to be a successful oddsmaker you first have to know your customer. And every book has its own type of customer. Also, you better be able to make a number.
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McDonald's All-American Anthony Bennett cleared by NCAA Eligibility Center
UNLV will try to find a way to get top recruit eligible for August's Canada tour.
July 26th, 2012
UNLV will enter the fall not having to sweat an NCAA decision regarding the eligibility of top 2012 recruit Anthony Bennett. Rebels coach Dave Rice confirmed on Thursday morning thatthe former Findlay Prep star and McDonald's All-American has been cleared bythe NCAA Eligibility Center.
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A Slow-Burning Fear
Thoughts on seeing The Dark Knight Rises after the tragedy
July 26th, 2012
I had to go. I’d waited patiently for two years for the release of The Dark Knight Rises—the finale of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy—and bought advance tickets to ensure that I could see it on opening day, July 20.
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Where to catch UNLV's top 2013 recruiting targets during a hectic week in Las Vegas
Dave Rice and his staff have zeroed in on a handful of prospects to fill likely two more spots in their 2013 class.
July 24th, 2012
Las Vegas has become the home of big-time summer hoops, anda busy few months culminates this week with a handful of major prep events being held in town. Thousands of amateur's will be in town to play in the adidas Super 64 (based at Rancho High), the Fab 48 (based at Bishop Gorman) and the Las Vegas Classic (based at Durango High).
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Incoming freshman Anthony Bennett admitted to UNLV, but not yet cleared by NCAA
Bennett appears unlikely to participate during Rebels' four-game August trip to Canada
July 12th, 2012
Four members of UNLV's loaded freshman class began classes on campus on Monday, when the school's third and final session of summer courses began. The most notable member of Dave Rice's 2012 recruiting haul, though, is still at home.
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Kid Muhammad Gets His Shot
The youngest sibling in a family that’s become athletic royalty, Rashad Muhammad—yes, that’s Shabazz’s brother—is ready for his close-up
July 12th, 2012
When Ron Holmes was a star basketball player at El Toro High School in Lake Forest, Calif., one of his closest friends was a 4.0 student who dreamed of getting into Stanford. That dream never came true. Meanwhile, Holmes, by his own admission only an above-average student, was offered a full ride to play for the Cardinal. He turned it down and wound up starring at USC in the early 1980s, but the lesson wasn’t lost on him: Few gifts grease the cultural wheels for young Americans like athletic ability.
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Marshall sets competitive tone for Goodman, UNLV freshmen at Desert Reign finale
With 3,000 in attendance to catch glimpse of Rebel newcomers, senior guard steals the show
July 11th, 2012
Yes, the chance to catch a glimpse of Katin Reinhardt, Savon Goodman, Daquan Cook and Demetris Morant in action, now that the four are each officially members of the UNLV basketball program, was the primary draw. But a veteran stole the show.
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UNLV BASKETBALL
UNLV's 2012-13 non-conference schedule set
Rebels will play 10 non-conference home games, be challenged on the road at Cal, UTEP and North Carolina
July 9th, 2012
The school announced its finalized non-conference slate on Sunday night, and the 15-game jaunt will feature 10 contests at the Thomas & Mack Center, a homecoming game for All-American forward Mike Moser and it's highlighted by the return trip to Chapel Hill, N.C. to face North Carolina.
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