Former UNLV and Clark High School guard Trey Woodbury (Utah Valley), Tervell Beck (Cleveland State) and Ben Coupet Jr. (Arkansas-Little Rock) have transferred.
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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 conference, which wants to balance control of start times for its athletic events and exposure, is in talks with several providers.
Las Vegas has long been considered a candidate should the NBA add or move teams, but commissioner Adam Silver said no such discussions have taken place.
UNLV football is offering a ticket plan that includes a meal and commemorative T-shirt for home games against Boise State, San Diego State and Hawaii.
Wide receiver Randal Grimes, who transferred from Southern California to UNLV, was ruled eligible to play for the Rebels this season.
The NBA Summer League has sold out its first two days, Friday and Saturday, at the Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion.
A’ja Wilson scored a career-high 39 points to lead the Aces to a 102-97 overtime victory over Indiana. Teammate Liz Cambage scored 12 points in the extra period.
The NBA Summer League in Las Vegas turns 15, and the event has grown in stature locally and nationally. Here are 15 events that helped shape the Summer League.
The Aces average 16.8 turnovers a game, second worst in the WNBA, and opponents have scored 18.2 points per game off giveaways, the highest average in the league.
The Summer League will be July 5 to 15 at the Thomas Mack Center and Cox Pavilion. All 30 NBA teams plus the China and Croatia national squads will compete.
Isaac Lindsey, a guard from Mineral Point (Wisconsin) High School, committed to play basketball for UNLV. He is the second member of the Rebels’ 2020 class.
UNLV football season-ticket holders can pay $30 for T-shirts that represent the program’s five decades and a coin signifying the final year in Sam Boyd Stadium.
Jolene Watanabe’s name remains throughout the UNLV women’s tennis record book. She died on Saturday at 50 after a nearly two-year battle with cancer.
Florida linebacker Rayshad Jackson announced Saturday that he is transferring to UNLV. As a graduate transfer, he is eligible to play this season.
Wide receiver Ronald Gilliam, who plays at Serra High School in Gardena, California, chose the Rebels over scholarship offers from Arizona State, Florida, Kansas and Oregon.
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