MLS first-round draft selections Ahmed Longmire of Centennial and Justin Rasmussen of Bishop Gorman bolster Southern Nevada’s reputation as a budding pro soccer hotbed.
Ron Kantowski
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Ron Kantowski is a sports columnist and covers auto racing for the Review-Journal. He has won multiple writing awards and in 2016 was named Nevada Sportswriter of the Year. Prior to beginning a long career in Las Vegas sports journalism, Kantowski attended Western New Mexico University in Silver City, N.M., where he played for the baseball team. He is a native of Whiting, Ind.
In his first game since being nominated for the McDonald’s All-American Game, versatile Taviontae Jackson scored 34 points to pace Las Vegas’ rout of Green Valley.
Unlike viewers at home, the NBC broadcast crew was oblivious to the erroneous whistle preceding the Bengals’ controversial touchdown pass.
Derek Carr’s last-gasp pass is intercepted in the shadow of the end zone as Raiders’ tumultuous season ends with a playoff loss to Bengals.
Darnell Washington, who played at Desert Pines High School, was part of Georgia’s three-headed tight end monster during the Bulldogs’ run to the national championship.
The CCSD announced Tuesday that it will shut down all school-related activities for five days because of a staffing shortage caused by another COVID surge.
Football fans would be hard-pressed to name another franchise that has participated in as many iconic games than the Raiders — especially when it comes to the playoffs.
On a day they honored their late Hall of Fame coach with a pregame tribute and torch-lighting ceremony, the Raiders edged the Los Angeles Chargers in an overtime thriller.
After a short stay at TCU, Tony Sanchez, who compiled a 20-40 record at UNLV, hopes to help turn around a New Mexico State football program for which he once played.
Bill Scoble, now 82, was Rolland Todd’s assistant coach at UNLV when Nevada Southern nearly upset Elvin Hayes and Houston in the 1967-68 basketball season.
Second-smallest Las Vegas Bowl crowd in 16 years watches Wisconsin trudge past Arizona State in lackluster affair.
Longtime Las Vegas native Nick Catanella was a defensive back on Cincinnati teams in the early 1970s. He’s pulling for the Bearcats against No. 1 Alabama in the CFP semifinals.
Former UNLV coach John Robinson and Hall-of-Famer John Madden met in grammar school and stayed friends to the end.
Badgers coach Paul Chryst values the long relationship to Las Vegas started by former Wisconsin star Tom Wiesner in his adopted hometown.
The Sun Devils, still seeking national power status, meet Wisconsin of the Big Ten as Las Vegas Bowl moves into Allegiant Stadium.
