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Las Vegas takes its annual place as the center of the college basketball world during conference tournament week from March 13 through March 16. Read more...

If there is one thing this UNLV team has proven it can do, it’s beat good teams. The inverse is also true — there were some bad losses scattered throughout the 2023-24 season — but … Read more...

San Diego State closed overtime on a 5-0 run to steal a victory over UNLV, 74-71, in the Mountain West quarterfinals. UNLV scored the first four points of OT via a Keylan Boone drive and a pair of D.J. Thomas free throws. San Diego State knotted the score on a Darrion Trammel layup and two free throws from Jaedon LeDee … Read more...

The Raiders’ roster makeover continued with the official start of the 2024-2025 NFL league year Wednesday afternoon. New general manager Tom Telesco and now permanent coach Antonio Pierce moved … Read more...

The Raiders wasted no time putting their ample cap space to use to begin the NFL’s legal tampering period. Las Vegas agreed to contract terms with prized defensive tackle … Read more...

UNLV went into Saturday’s season finale in Reno with championship hopes, but after falling at UNR, 75-65, the Scarlet and Gray will have to settle for a fourth-place finish and chance to earn their way into the NCAA Tournament by winning three games in three days … Read more...

Jonathan Marchessault scored three times, including the go-ahead goal with 2:44 left, to help lead the Vegas Golden Knights to a 5-3 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night. Read more...

Welcome back, March Madness. … Read more...

Hertl, 30, has six years remaining on a contract carrying a cap hit of $8.137 million. The Golden Knights are retaining 17% of his salary and will be responsible for $6.75 million for the duration of his contract. Read more...

The Golden Knights (33-23-7) played their first home game since going 1-3-1 on a five-game east-coast road trip that was bookended with losses in Buffalo and Columbus by a combined score of 13-5. Read more...

Hanifin will make his Vegas debut tonight when the Golden Knights host the Vancouver Canucks at T-Mobile Arena (7 p.m., Vegas 34). The 27-year-old left-shot blue liner will skate on the top pairing with Alex Pietrangelo and get reps on the second power-play unit. Read more...

Talance Sawyer arrived in Las Vegas for a recruiting trip with the UNLV football team in the mid-1990s, saw the bright lights of the Strip and knew he had found a home … Read more...

UNLV football player Jackson Woodard settled in at his apartment near campus on Swenson Avenue after the team returned to town last November following a win at Air Force. He noticed there was a persistent light shining into his unit. He opened the window to realize it was the LED display coming from the nearby Sphere, or as Woodard calls it, the “greatest video screen in the world.” Read more...

The NHL’s trade deadline might be the equivalent to Christmas morning for the Golden Knights. Read more...

Hanifin, 27, is in the final year of a six-year contract at $29.7 million (average annual value of $4.95 million). Discussions of a contract extension have been discussed, but nothing has been finalized, according to sources. Read more...