Raiders head coach Jon Gruden addressed the media ahead of the team’s short practice week before they take on the Los Angeles Chargers on Thursday.
Raiders head coach Jon Gruden announced on Monday that the team has once again released linebacker Brandon Marshall in order to activate rookie cornerback Isaiah Johnson. Gruden also discussed the injuries currently plaguing the team, his “hate” for Thursday Night Football and how it affects the team. (Le’Andre Fox/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
With multiple injuries at the linebacker position, the Raiders signed Dakota Allen from the Rams practice squad (Le’Andre Fox/Las Vegas Review Journal)
Danica Patrick to Host 2018 ESPYs The NASCAR driver will be the first woman to host the annual sports
award show. Danica Patrick Danica Patrick Patrick, who has been on the NASCAR circuit since 2010, is set to retire from racing after Sunday’s Indianapolis 500. The ESPYs will take place on July 18 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
On Wednesday, reporters visited Virgin Hyperloop One’s operations near Las Vegas. The company is building a new mode of transit that could go from Las Vegas to Los Angeles in 30 minutes. The last time the company opened up to the public was May 2016. VHO has conducted about 200 runs with its hyperloop test track. In December, the company set a new speed record of 240 mph with the track.
The Hyperloop mode of transit was designed by Tesla CEO Elon Musk It has the potential to cut the travel time between Las Vegas and Los Angeles to about 30 minutes Cargo and passengers are slated to travel at over 700 mph “You take an autonomous vehicle pod, you put it inside a tube, you take the air out of a tube … then you use a linear motor … and passive maglev (magnetic levitation), and you put it in a horizontal line and it goes fast” — Nick Earle, Hyerploop One’s senior vice president of global field operations
The Review-Journal’s Todd Dewey, handicapper Kelly Stewart (@KellyInVegas) and Wynn sports book director Johnny Avello preview the Rams’ season in the 22nd of a series of 32 NFL team videos in 32 days. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)