Among those speaking at events are first-year coaches Marcus Arroyo (football), Lindy La Rocque (women’s basketball) and Jenny Ruiz-Williams (women’s soccer).
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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.
The WNBA is considering playing its season at an MGM Resorts International property if it has a season this year, according to a report from The Associated Press.
The school is finalizing a comprehensive plan that it hopes to unveil in the coming weeks that would allow its athletes to return for voluntary workouts.
Shakur Stevenson and Las Vegas native Jessie Magdaleno are among the notable fighters headlining Top Rank’s first two cards amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather will cover the costs of multiple funeral services for George Floyd, who died May 25 after being arrested by Minneapolis police, according to reports.
Senior offensive tackle Caiden Miles announced his commitment to UNLV on Friday afternoon via Twitter.
The Professional Bull Riders, the first pro sports organization to contest an event amid the shutdown prompted by the coronavirus pandemic, returns to Las Vegas in June.
Aces coach Bill Laimbeer wanted to hire Tanisha Wright as an assistant coach when the franchise hired him in 2017, but she played two more WNBA seasons before retiring.
Tyler Bey, a 22-year-old Las Vegan, has germinated from an unranked high school recruit into reigning Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year and dynamic pro prospect.
The restart will take place at Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Florida as a single site for an NBA campus for games, practices and housing,
Mayor Goodman’s comments on CNN last month reportedly damaged Las Vegas’ chances of hosting the NBA upon the resumption of its season. But they did not extinguish the possibility entirely.
The veteran center re-signed with the Aces on Tuesday after a brief stint in the team’s front office.
WNBA teams have until Tuesday to reduce their rosters to 12 so players can get paid beginning June 1, according to a report from The Associated Press. The Aces currently have 11 players under contract.
The eighth annual induction was scheduled for August 7 and 8 at Red Rock Casino.
The cards will consist of four or five fights apiece and will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays at an MGM Resorts International property throughout June and July.
