New UNLV strength and conditioning coach Sean Manuel reunited with Tony Sanchez for the fourth time.
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In this ever-advancing storyline of the Raiders relocating to Las Vegas and playing in a 65,000-seat domed stadium, the most significant form of progress occurred earlier this week in Florida.
Everyone expected a free agency flurry when the NFL’s year began on Thursday. Predicting what happened with Brock Osweiler was beyond anyone’s projections.
Vic Salerno pioneered satellite books, replaced handwritten betting tickets with a computerized betting system and developed Nevada’s first mobile betting app.
Local transportation officials on Thursday said the Raiders should help pay for a series of road and highway improvements that would accommodate football fans headed to a proposed $1.9 billion domed stadium in Las Vegas.
It appears it isn’t going to matter that the Oakland Raiders and the Las Vegas Stadium Authority won’t have a lease agreement in place when NFL owners meet in Phoenix at the end of the month to consider relocation of the team to Southern Nevada.
Tony Romo’s star-crossed career as the starting quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys will soon be over.
UNLV wide receivers Devonte Boyd and Kendal Keys have big plans after injury-riddled season.
A key NFL executive told the Review-Journal on Tuesday that Bank of America’s loan offer to the Oakland Raiders to help finance a planned $1.9-billion stadium is a critical piece of the relocation puzzle but that other important pieces must be put in place before owners vote on a proposed move to Las Vegas.
More details of a proposed lease agreement between the Las Vegas Stadium Authority and the Oakland Raiders are expected to emerge Thursday when the 11-member board meets.
Nevada sports books lost $8.25 million on football bets in January, the second-worst in-season month ever tracked by the state’s gaming control board.
Robert Jackson admits it was a tough transition for him to play cornerback at the Division I level, but he’s ready to be a starter for UNLV in 2017.
Bank of America will back the $1.9 billion Las Vegas football stadium sought by Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis, paving the way for the team’s move to Southern Nevada, he told NFL owners Monday.
NFL owners, including those representing the league’s powerful finance and stadium committees, on Monday begin three days of private conferences that will include discussion of the Oakland Raiders’ proposed move to Las Vegas.
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