Centennial’s Rhamondre Stevenson, Bishop Gorman’s Brevin Jordan and Desert Pines’ Tony Fields had their names called: Stevenson by Patriots, Jordan by Texans and Fields by Browns.
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Mark Anderson has been at the Review-Journal since January 1999. He covered UNLV football for 17 seasons before moving to the men’s basketball beat in January 2016, and was president of the Football Writers Association of America in 2016. Before coming to the R-J, he covered UNR football for five seasons at the Reno Gazette-Journal and was the high school sports reporter for the Tallahassee (Fla.) Democrat from 1988-94. He is a native of Tallahassee and a graduate of the University of Florida.
The Raiders drafted three defensive players in the second and third rounds on Friday.
UNLV athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois’ new deal takes her through June 30, 2026. She has been in charge of Rebels athletics since April 2017.
The Raiders selected Alabama offensive tackle Alex Leatherwood with the No. 17 pick.
Kent State guard Mike Nuga averaged 17.8 points and 5.5 rebounds last season and earned third-team All-Mid-American Conference honors.
The Las Vegas Aces announced their preseason schedule on Tuesday.
The Vegas Kickoff Classic football game between Brigham Young and Arizona will be Sept. 4.
Jeff Bush, who coached youth soccer for about a decade, died Thursday night after nearly a month in the hospital with COVID-19. He turned 47 while in the hospital.
Dearica Hamby and the Aces opened training camp Sunday. She is the two-time WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year who partially tore the MCL in her right knee in the playoffs last season.
Mike Davis played 10 seasons for the Raiders. His interception in the 1980 playoffs against the Cleveland Browns is one of the more famous plays in team history.
Nikki Fargas resigned Saturday as the Louisiana State women’s basketball coach and could be on the verge of replacing Aces head coach Bill Laimbeer as team president.
NBA star LeBron James’ tweet criticizing Raiders owner Mark Davis’ post was trending on Twitter.
His at-bat on Saturday for the Atlanta Braves was his first major league appearance since 2008, a span of 12 years and 206 days, the ninth-longest in the game’s history.
SRS Distribution replaces Mitsubishi Motors as the title sponsor of the game, which will be played at Allegiant Stadium. There was no game last year because of COVID-19.
Generation-Z sports fans place more emphasis on social-justice issues than previous generations, forcing sports leagues and teams to take notice.
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