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To Run With the Pac
UNLV should dream big and do everything it can to get into the Pac-12 Conference. Here’s why.
January 5th, 2012
In the hallowed tradition of unrealistic New Year’s resolutions, I am proposing the following gem for UNLV: Win admission into the Pac-12 Conference. In fact, take a friend, or even an enemy along with you—say, that biggest-little-city school up north that calls itself simply “Nevada,” or that freshly minted beast of the Big East, San Diego State. Call it the Pac-14. Read more »
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December 15th, 2011
Oregon or Wisconsin? LSU or Alabama? And most importantly: The boys from Boise or Southwest love for Arizona State? Read more »
The Latest Thought
Sports Fans, Be Careful What You Wish For
For Las Vegans dreaming of a big-time sports franchise, a cautionary tale from Cleveland
December 15th, 2011
Is it truly better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all? When it comes to your hometown sports team, I’m not so sure. Many Las Vegans have long held out hope for a big-league sports franchise, and as a transplant to the Valley, I probably ought to hop on that bandwagon. But my status as a lifelong fan of Cleveland’s teams gives me the duty to issue a warning: Where I come from, sports fans lead lives of quiet desperation. Read more »
Sports
Bowled Over
December 15th, 2011
In the past decade, though, the game—now dubbed the Maaco Bowl Las Vegas—has grown significantly, with six straight sellouts, including a state-record crowd of 44,615 for the 2006 matchup between BYU and Oregon. That’s in large part a tribute to the game’s more recent affiliations with the Pac-12 and a surging Mountain West Conference. A television deal with ESPN, with all the chatter that implies, hasn’t hurt, either. Read more »
The Latest (National)
Fighting for Legitimacy
Mixed martial arts remains illegal in New York, but the sport isn’t giving up the battle
November 24th, 2011
Some see issues other than health and safety behind New York’s ban on MMA, pointing to a union dispute in Las Vegas. The owners of UFC, Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta, also own Station Casinos, which operates several nonunionized casinos, which Nevada’s Culinary Union is eager to organize. The union is an affiliate of Unite Here, a national labor organization that has spearheaded opposition to MMA in New York. Read more »
UNLV Basketball
Off and Running
November 10th, 2011
The UNLV basketball team tips off its first season under coach Dave Rice against Grand Canyon University at 7 p.m. Nov. 11 at the Thomas & Mack Center. To celebrate the start of the new season, here’s a look at the top five starts in Rebel history. Read more »
Vegas Moment
Rebel Ink
October 20th, 2011
Anthony Marshall knows what it means to grow up as a UNLV basketball fan in “the 702”—the anticipation each October, the hope that this is the year the team will go one step further. Now that the junior guard, a graduate of Mojave High School, has blossomed into a star for the Runnin’ Rebels, he’s getting used to being the vessel of those hopes. Read more »
Sports
Danica’s Last (Indy) Ride
October 13th, 2011
It will be a big weekend for Valley gearheads as three events roll into Las Vegas, highlighted by the IZOD IndyCar World Championships at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway at noon Oct. 16. Not only will the series championship be decided in the final race for the sixth straight season (points leader Dario Franchitti has an 18-point edge over Will Power), the event also marks Danica Patrick’s final IndyCar race before turning her attention to NASCAR full time in 2012. Read more »
Seven Questions
Andre Agassi
The tennis legend talks about what it’s like to play on the Champions Tour, how he could beat Rafael Nadal and why he never left Las Vegas
October 6th, 2011
“Who is the greatest athlete ever to come out of our city—tennis legend Andre Agassi or baseball immortal Greg Maddux?” But while Maddux is putting in plenty of time tearing up the golf course, Agassi’s still feeding his competitive jones through the sport that made him famous. As a mainstay of the Champions Series, he’ll be battling it out all fall with former superstars ranging from his boyhood hero, Jimmy Connors, to longtime rival Pete Sampras. Read more »
Community
Uphill Climb
October 6th, 2011
Ask Jacob Snow what’s new this year about the Valley’s biggest annual cycling event, Viva Bike Vegas, which takes place Oct. 15, and he’ll tell you all about the delights of the pre-dawn ride up the Strip at the start of the route. He’ll spend less time dwelling on the big, bad hills that punctuate the 103-mile route, including a 1,030-foot climb on the first four miles of the Red Rock Loop. Read more »
