Pepperdine pulled away late for an 89-72 win over San Francisco, and San Diego eliminated Brigham Young by coming out hot from the field in an 80-57 victory in a game that it led by 44 points in the second half.
Adam Hill
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After serving as sports editor of both the Silverado Star and UNLV Rebel Yell, the Detroit native remained in Las Vegas and embarked on his professional journalism career at the Review-Journal in 2002. He has covered mixed martial arts and prep sports while helping coordinate online and social media coverage for nearly every major sporting event to come through the valley.
Colbey Ross hit a 3-point shot with 31 seconds left to help Pepperdine advance to the quarterfinals with a 68-65 win over Loyola Marymount on Friday in the West Coast Conference men’s tournament.
Golden Knights fans banged on the glass and roared with approval Wednesday night when all 180 pounds of goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury set his stick down and loosened his gloves as he stared down Calgary’s David Rittich at the opposing blue line.
Conference tournament opens Thursday at Orleans Arena with the Bulldogs a heavy favorite to win seventh-consecutive title.
Max Holloway will move up to 155 pounds next month in the hopes of winning the interim lightweight belt and securing another chance to potentially cballenge Khabib Nurmagomedov.
The UFC’s first African-born champion believes his suddenly larger platform can help launch initiatives in his native Nigeria, starting with efforts to bring clean running water to his former village.
Jon Jones retained the light heavyweight title with a unanimous decision over Anthony Smith in the main event of UFC 235 at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday night.
There hasn’t been much drama this week as light heavyweight champion Jon Jones prepares to defend his belt against Anthony Smith in the main event of UFC 235 on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.
A breakdown of the fights on the main card of UFC 235 on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena, with picks from the Review-Journal’s Adam Hill and Heidi Fang.
Anthony Smith will challenge Jon Jones for his light heavyweight title in the main event of UFC 235 on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.
Ben Askren, the polarizing former Bellator MMA and ONE Championship titleholder, will make his UFC debut against former welterweight champion Robbie Lawler at UFC 235 on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.
Featherweight champ Max Holloway will move up to lightweight for an interim title rematch against Dustin Poirier.
The 26-year-old defenseman was a healthy scratch the last two games after a poor performance at Colorado.
The ability to prevent teams from scoring on the power play requires an old-school patience and selflessness and often is the difference between winning and losing in the speed-oriented modern NHL.
Semyon Varlamov stopped all 40 shots he faced as the Colorado Avalanche shut out the Golden Knights 3-0 on Monday night at Pepsi Center.
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