Julian Strawther started his freshman season nearly three years ago as a reserve on the best team in Gonzaga history — and is likely leaving as a featured forward on another NCAA Tournament-bound team.
Sam Gordon
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Sam Gordon was born and raised in Minneapolis and is back for his second stint with the Review-Journal. He’s covered the NFL, NBA, the Big Ten, the Mountain West and prep sports for various publications during his professional tenure. Gordon, a University of Minnesota graduate, is a basketball junkie who coached high school basketball for three seasons.
Seventh-seeded Washington State won the first conference basketball tournament title in program history with a victory over fifth-seeded UCLA on Sunday in Las Vegas.
After struggling at Oregon, former Centennial standout Taylor Bigby has found a role as a redshirt freshman guard at USC, which is in Las Vegas for the Pac-12 tournament.
The UNLV football team faced a downpour at its first spring practice Wednesday morning. The Rebels are trying to move forward after the death of Ryan Keeler.
Mixed martial artist Ali Walsh, the grandson of the iconic former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, is fighting April 7 in Las Vegas for the Professional Fighters League.
Vying for its first state title since 1996, the Durango boys basketball team has rallied around interim coach Mike Lee, who retired after 30 years as a firefighter.
After building the Centennial girls basketball program into a perennial power, Karen Weitz added duties as the boys’ coach this season. She’s already making her mark.
Even on an off night, the Centennial girls basketball team remained excellent, cruising to yet another resounding victory despite some atypical struggles.
The UNLV women’s basketball team clinched its second consecutive Mountain West championship, cruising past San Jose State on Thursday night.
The Centennial girls allowed 12 points to Faith Lutheran in the first quarter of their Class 5A Southern League semifinal. And 11 in the ensuing three quarters.
Former Rebels strength and conditioning assistant Autumn Lockwood is on the Eagles’ coaching staff, and she will be the first Black woman to coach in a Super Bowl.
There are plenty of stories The Undertaker has elected not tell about his visits to Las Vegas. And plenty he plans to share March 24 during his next visit to Sin City.
Former NFL tight end Greg Olsen will work alongside play-by-play announcer Kevin Burkhardt for Sunday’s Super Bowl on Fox, as Tom Brady delays his broadcast career.
From A to Z, here’s a guide to Sunday’s Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
The revitalized Pro Bowl Games certainly didn’t pack Allegiant Stadium, but the event managed to pry the competitiveness out of the NFL’s best players.
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