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Devon Dampier lights up Las Vegas Bowl with monstrous game in Utah win

Dampier did it all in a 44-22 Utah victory over Nebraska. ...

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College football by the odds: Bowl Pick'em against the spread Part 4

A team with a bye in the first round has never won a game in the current iteration of the College Football Playoff. ...

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College football by the odds: Bowl pick'em Part 3

There have been some strong starts in the 16-year history of this bowl pick’em column, but none quite like the 8-0 tear that kicked off ...

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Utah’s Kyle Whittingham will coach final game in Las Vegas Bowl on New Year’s Eve

Utah has made a record-high six appearances in the Las Vegas Bowl, and coach Kyle Whittingham has been on its sideline for all of them.

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College football by the odds: Bowl pick'em Part 1

The College Football Playoff debate is getting tiresome and games are luckily arriving just in time to rescue football fans from the discourse. ...

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Handicapping honors: Unveiling the 2025 College Football Betting Awards

The 2025 season marks the 11th year of our annual College Football Betting Awards, and the competition for teams to stand out in sportsbooks has ...

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College football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of conference championships

There’s far more on the line in this year’s championship week than last year’s — especially in the Big Ten. ...

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College football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of every Week 14 game

The Maize and Blue have owned what many call the best rivalry in college football lately, and the betting odds provide a picture of the ...

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Vegas pick'em: NFL Week 12 winners against the spread

For the first time this year, the Eagles are now the Super Bowl 60 favorites. With an inside track on the NFC’s No. 1 seed ...

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College football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of every Week 13 game

A handicapper’s biggest challenge at this point of the season might be deciding how to weight recent returns with the larger year-long sample. ...

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College football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of every Week 12 game

CFP rankings are now released every Tuesday night, spurring dissection and discussion far and wide. But the betting market implies it all might be unnecessary. ...

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College football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of every Week 11 game

Ohio State has now covered 12 straight games dating back to last year’s College Football Playoff run. ...

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College football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Week 10

Many have suggested that becoming the Heisman front-runner is a cursed situation this season. ...

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College football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Week 9

The most compelling conference championship race in college football isn’t materializing in the sport’s pair of billion-dollar leagues, the SEC and the Big Ten. ...

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Analysis: Now might be the last chance for UNLV to conquer its Boise State problem

The scarlet and gray are 0-8 against the Broncos in the Mountain West, the only current team in the conference that’s been unable the topple ...

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College football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Week 8

The betting equation changes with game-by-game stakes now heightened, or lowered, by virtue of having a half-season’s worth of data on virtually every team. ...

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College football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Week 7

The Hoosiers can put a stranglehold on another playoff spot just midway through the season Saturday night when they go on the road to face ...

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College football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Week 6

The Crimson Tide opened as high as a 13.5-point favorite for the highly anticipated rematch with Vanderbilt, but early action has pushed the spread down ...

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College football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Week 5

Oregon has been unstoppable in a 4-0 straight-up start to the season with a +166 point differential, sending its futures back to the top of ...

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Las Vegas Sun presents: High School Heroes 2026

It’s our privilege to once again shine light on the remarkable acts of heroism, generosity, selflessness and community commitment exhibited by our region’s youngest leaders.

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Sports are just part of Special Olympics Nevada's mission

As CEO of Special Olympics Nevada, Thornton is many things — but on this morning, walking through the basketball gym at Legacy High School for ...

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Nevada high school football postseason brackets face a chaotic new reality

No matter what record Bishop Gorman, Faith Lutheran or Somerset Losee posts in the fall, each program will play in a state championship game. All ...

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Kalshi, Polymarket place new bans on insider trading as Congress moves to curb prediction markets

Kalshi and Polymarket, the two biggest prediction market platforms, rushed to institute new industry guardrails and add new surveillance tools on Monday after ...

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NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Saturday's Elite 8

Sportsbooks had the Big Ten's over/under tournament wins proposition bet set at 13.5 going into the tournament, but the conference eclipsed that one game into ...

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New casino: Cadence Crossing opens to replace Jokers Wild on Boulder Highway

Boyd Gaming brought all 100 Jokers Wild employees to the new property, a deliberate nod to what makes a neighborhood casino feel like home ...

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66 years after Moulin Rouge Agreement, Historic Westside landmark looks to future

Standing on a small stage in front of the historic Harrison House on F Street, Katherine Duncan-Reed read aloud a proclamation that — 66 years ...

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Golden Knights fire Bruce Cassidy, replace him with John Tortorella

Bruce Cassidy is out as coach of the Vegas Golden Knights, who fired him Sunday in an abrupt late-season change and replaced him with John ...

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Zoox robotaxi rolling out new destinations and improving service

Zoox, the autonomous robotaxi company, announced today that its presence in Las Vegas is expanding and updates designed to enhance the rider experience will soon ...

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White Castle closing two Las Vegas locations

The closures include its restaurant inside Casino Royale on the Las Vegas Strip — which had been open for a decade — as well as ...

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NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the Sweet 16

Florida becomes the first No. 1 seed not to reach the Sweet 16 since Purdue infamously fell to No. 16 seed Farleigh Dickinson in 2023. ...

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Las Vegas initiative supports trafficking survivors’ path to independence

While law enforcement focuses on getting people, mostly women, out of the cycle of human trafficking, Anzorena said Hope Co. is about supporting survivors’ transition ...

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Tyrin Jones will be back for sophomore season with UNLV basketball

Retaining the Las Vegas native was widely considered the program’s top offseason priority, particularly in an era defined by constant roster turnover through the NCAA ...

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Report: Super Bowl expected to return to Las Vegas in 2029

NFL league owners are expected to vote next week on bringing the Super Bowl back to Las Vegas and Allegiant Stadium in 2029, according to ...