The NFL is requiring fans to wear face coverings at games this season. Whether fans even will be allowed to attend games hasn’t been determined.
Mark Anderson
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 Athletic reported that NFL owners will meet Friday to discuss the opening of training camps as coronavirus cases surge nationally.
The NFL and Oakley have unveiled face shields for players’ helmets to protect them during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to The Associated Press.
Former Valley High star Dan Opperman, a first-round pick of the Dodgers in 1987, overcame injury disappointments to carve out a successful legal career in New Mexico.
Both Vegas’ victories, each a 5-4 result, came in doubles. The Rollers next plays the Orlando Storm at 10 a.m. Monday.
Randall Cunningham had a standout 16-year NFL career at quarterback, and is the pastor at Remnant Ministries. He also is considered the greatest UNLV player of all time.
The Pac-12 announced Friday it would play a conference-only schedule this season, meaning UNLV will not play California and Arizona State at Allegiant Stadium.
A recently discovered set of interviews from 2011 added fuel to long-held allegations that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers knew the Oakland Raiders’ game plan in Super Bowl XXXVII.
The Vegas Rollers open their World TeamTennis season Sunday against the Chicago Smash on CBS Sports Network. All nine WTT teams will play at a neutral site.
NFL teams can have up to two fan events at their respective stadiums during training camp, depending on local and state guidelines.
The eight-page agreement, according to Pro Football Talk, includes protocols regarding air and bus travel, disinfecting hotel rooms and social distancing.
A Raiders spokesman said he wasn’t aware of any scheduled workouts with Johnson, who last played in the NFL in the 2011 season with the New England Patriots.
Jamaal Brimmer, who played at UNLV from 2001 to 2004,is probably the school’s greatest safety of all time, but even now, he prefers to credit his teammates.
Aviators president and chief operating officer Don Logan hasn’t been able to build on momentum from the first season at Las Vegas Ballpark.
Branch Rickey III runs the Triple-A Pacific Coast League. His grandfather, Branch Rickey, created the minor league system.