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HockeyAnalysis: Golden Knights too careless in series-tying Game 4 loss to Hurricanes
Tuesday, June 9, 2026 Sitting with a chance to take a commanding 3-1 Stanley Cup Final lead over the Carolina Hurricanes Tuesday night at T-Mobile Arena, the Golden Knights put on their poorest performance of the best-of-seven series. ...
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SportsAnalysis: Knights survive Hurricanes in all-time wild Game 3 of Stanley Cup Final
Saturday, June 6, 2026 Vegas top defenseman Shea Theodore blasted a puck off the boards in the game’s 85th minute that hit off multiple Carolina players including goalie Brandon Bussi and trickled into the net. ...
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SportsAnalysis: Golden Knights make too many mistakes in winnable Stanley Cup Game 2
Thursday, June 4, 2026 Vegas had played so solid and mistake-free during a seven-game winning streak dating back to the second-round, but its sharpness unraveled with a chance to take a commanding 2-0 lead in the Final. ...
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SportsGolden Knights endured long season but finished where they belong
Thursday, June 4, 2026 After what turned out to be his penultimate game as head coach of the Vegas Golden Knights in late March, Bruce Cassidy was asked if he allowed himself to look ahead to ...
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SportsAnalysis: Golden Knights make Hurricanes look human in massive Game 1 win
Tuesday, June 2, 2026 The Golden Knights cracked what had looked like a cloak of near invincibility for the Hurricanes through the Eastern Conference playoffs in the opener of the teams’ best-of-seven series. ...
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SportsBack in the battle: A long season leads the Vegas Golden Knights to their third Stanley Cup Final
Tuesday, June 2, 2026 This season's path wasn’t as smooth as in the inaugural season in 2017-2018, or in the triumphant 2022-2023 run, but in some ways that’s made this year all the more memorable.
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Breaking NewsFrom the risk room to the combat arena, fighting never stops for Nick Kalikas
Saturday, May 30, 2026 “When I was watching my son fighting, it all woke up a fire I didn’t know I had in me,” Nick Kalikas said. ...
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FootballRaiders' veteran, rookie quarterbacks building a brotherhood this offseason
Thursday, May 28, 2026 The pair of freshly arrived quarterbacks are at the center of everything for the Raiders’ upcoming seventh season since moving to Las Vegas.
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SportsAnother Carter Hart gem gets Golden Knights back into Stanley Cup Final
Tuesday, May 26, 2026 Fans groaned all year that the Golden Knights had high upside if only they could find steadier play in net. Hart has given them steadier play in net. ...
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SportsAnalysis: Record comeback puts Knights one win away from Stanley Cup Final
Sunday, May 24, 2026 To beat Colorado in Game 3, Vegas was going to have to top the longtime Stanley Cup favorite at its own game. ...
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Analysis: Raiders’ schedule sets stronger path for Mendoza to start right away
Thursday, May 14, 2026 The Raiders open with a Sunday Sept. 13 home game against the fellow rebuilding Miami Dolphins, which project to have one of the worst defenses in the NFL. ...
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SportsWild Bill rides again: Golden Knights turn to healthy Karlsson to extend Stanley Cup Playoff run
Thursday, May 14, 2026 As William Karlsson closed in on a return to the ice for the first time in six months at the onset of the Vegas Golden Knights’ Stanley Cup Playoff series against the Anaheim Ducks, coach John Tortorella pleaded patience ...
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SportsAnalysis: Pavel Dorofeyev saves Golden Knights again, comes of age in playoffs
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 Dorofeyev might have put together his most memorable game ever Tuesday night at T-Mobile Arena by scoring twice including an overtime game-winner to lead Vegas to a 3-2 win over Anaheim. ...
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SportsWith superstar A’ja Wilson, defending champion Aces go into new season both stable and reloaded
Thursday, May 7, 2026 A’ja Wilson is coming off one of the best stretches in WNBA history, having led the Las Vegas Aces to a third title in four years and winning a fourth career Most Valuable Player award last season ...
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SportsAnalysis: Golden Knights’ offense pulls another playoff vanishing act in Game 2 loss
Wednesday, May 6, 2026 The Ducks silenced the Golden Knights’ attack in Game 2 of the teams’ best-of-seven series Wednesday night at T-Mobile Arena, capturing a 3-1 victory to even the series at one game apiece. ...
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SportsAnalysis: Fernando Mendoza aces first impression on field with Raiders
Wednesday, May 6, 2026 All eyes were trained on the Heisman Trophy- and national championship-winning quarterback who went first overall in last month’s NFL Draft, and he didn’t give them any reason to stray. ...
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SportsAnalysis: Same recent stars emerge as Knights survive sloppy opener with Ducks
Monday, May 4, 2026 The Golden Knights could have played better overall, but players like Hart, Dorofeyev, Marner and Howden continued to prove reliable even on a lesser night for the team. ...
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SportsGolden Knights persevere for second straight overtime win over Mammoth
Thursday, April 30, 2026 Brett Howden slapped through a shorthanded game-winner in the 85th minute to give Vegas a commanding 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven, first-round Stanley Cup Playoff series. ...
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SportsRaiders get aggressive while adding six players on Day 3 of NFL Draft
Saturday, April 25, 2026 Spytek and his team traded up three straight times to start the Raiders’ day — including on the opening pick.
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SportsTo compete for the Cup, Golden Knights need Marner to transcend playoff criticism
Thursday, April 23, 2026 One of Mitch Marner’s best games as a Golden Knight—and his only multi-goal outing at T-Mobile Arena—came on December 23 against the San Jose Sharks.
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SportsRaiders finally have their act together, setting up Fernando Mendoza to succeed
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Prepare for some shots of the start of the 2026 NFL Draft at 5 p.m. Thursday to look straight out of a science-fiction film.
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SportsAnalysis: Logan Cooley a major headache for Knights as Mammoth even series
Tuesday, April 21, 2026 Cooley scored a game-winning goal with six minutes remaining to lead the Mammoth to a 3-2 victory over the Golden Knights. The series is now knotted up heading to Utah. ....
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SportsMore than Mendoza: A look at the positions beyond quarterback that the Raiders will target in the NFL Draft
Thursday, April 16, 2026 The Las Vegas Raiders were the most active team in the NFL during free agency in March, adding nearly $300 million to their personnel payroll with several high-profile signings, but that was all secondary to their top offseason focus.
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SportsKnights win Pacific again to set up first-round playoff series with Utah Mammoth
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 Adding a new pennant looked like a long shot for Vegas as recently as two weeks ago but it went on to earn standings points in 10 straight games to end the season. ...
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SportsAnalysis: Eichel, Stone elevating at perfect time as Golden Knights win again
Monday, April 13, 2026 Vegas has now won six of seven total games under Tortorella and sit in pole position to claim a second straight Pacific Division title — and third in four years — despite enduring a season where so much seems to have gone wrong. ...
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SportsWhy new coach is trying to change his infamous style with the Golden Knights
Thursday, April 9, 2026 For maybe the first time in the more than 25 years since he emerged as an NHL coach, John “Torts” Tortorella was easy to miss while on the bench with Team USA in February at the Olympics in Italy.
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SportsKirk Cousins, not Fernando Mendoza, is Raiders’ likeliest Week 1 starter
Wednesday, April 8, 2026 Don’t be surprised if and when Klint Kubiak ultimately deems Cousins the best option and makes the longtime Vikings and Commanders passer the 10th starting quarterback since the Raiders moved to Las Vegas to begin next season. ...
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GamingMasters by the odds: An outright bet to make and three more to consider
Wednesday, April 8, 2026 The 2026 Masters may very well end with one of the best players in the world climbing to within one major victory of completing the career grand slam for himself. ...
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GamingNCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of championship game
Monday, April 6, 2026 UConn has now won and covered eight straight Final Four games dating back to the 2009 semifinals when Michigan State somehow upset it 81-72 as 4-point underdogs. That’s the only Final Four game the program has ever lost. ...
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GamingNCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the Final Four
Saturday, April 4, 2026 The UConn Huskies have already clinched their place in the legacy of the 2026 NCAA Tournament. ...
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SportsOne last hoops hurrah: College Basketball Crown tournament returns to Las Vegas
Thursday, April 2, 2026 One of the best stories of this college basketball season originated in Las Vegas a year ago. Nebraska, which ultimately broke through with its first two NCAA Tournament wins in school history, held the nation’s longest win streak with 24 victories to start the season.
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SportsLas Vegas’ second Super Bowl will ‘raise the bar’ from wildly successful debut
Tuesday, March 31, 2026 Las Vegas was one of, if not the singular, best host of the Super Bowl in the modern era since it’s morphed into the annual, most monstrous week-long even in the country.
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GamingNCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Sunday's Elite 8
Sunday, March 29, 2026 The overall implication after the first game was clear — Michigan thought it would see Duke again in the NCAA Tournament. ...
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SportsNCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Saturday's Elite 8
Saturday, March 28, 2026 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 the Sweet 16. ...
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SportsLeaking Oil: Golden Knights have big problem with archrival after another loss
Thursday, March 26, 2026 The Golden Knights continually gave up their bodies and perhaps played harder than in any regular season game all year against the loathed Pacific Division rival Oilers — and they still couldn’t topple them. ..
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SportsNCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the Sweet 16
Thursday, March 26, 2026 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. The Gators are the first No. 1 seed to go down in the second round since ...
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SportsGolden Knights' depth looks restored with new additions as regular season winds down
Thursday, March 26, 2026 During his six-year stint coaching the Boston Bruins, current Vegas Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy loathed when certain pesky opposing defensive centers came over the boards to match up with his top-line captain, Patrice Bergeron.
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GamingNCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Sunday's games
Sunday, March 22, 2026 For only the second time in modern tournament history, and first time in 34 years, all 16 favorites won their games outright on Friday. ...
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GamingNCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Saturday's games
Saturday, March 21, 2026 The Blue Devils trailed the Saints 43-32 at halftime but were a 17.5-point favorite for the final 20 minutes. Duke ended up outscoring Siena by 17 points in the second half. ...
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SportsNCAA Tournament stock reports: Should you buy or sell on these contenders?
Thursday, March 19, 2026 Twelve years have passed since a team seeded No. 5 or higher has won the NCAA Tournament. It’s only happened three times total in 41 years since the event expanded to 64 teams—No. 8 seed Villanova in 1985, No. 6 seed Kansas in 1988 and No. 7 seed Connecticut in 2014.
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GamingNCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the East Region
Wednesday, March 18, 2026 Duke has been upset out of March Madness in each of Jon Scheyer's first three years at the head of the program. ...
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SportsNCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the South Region
Wednesday, March 18, 2026 If the South Region holds to form, No. 1 seed Florida and No. 2 seed Houston will rematch for the right to go to the Final Four next Saturday at the Toyota Center in Houston. ...
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SportsNCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the West Region
Tuesday, March 17, 2026 Despite an underwhelming shared history, the West sets up as a gauntlet this season and arguably the toughest bracket by the betting market. ...
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SportsNCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the Midwest Region
Tuesday, March 17, 2026 One local shop, Boomer’s Sportsbooks, has moved Michigan to slight favorite status at +320 (i.e. risking $100 to win $320) to win the NCAA Tournament. ...
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SportsAnalysis: Raiders’ defensive fortunes may have flipped in wild week of free agency
Saturday, March 14, 2026 The return of edge rusher Maxx Crosby after an ill-fated trade with the Ravens, the signing of three supremely-talented newcomers and the retaining of two key players from last year’s team has transformed the Raiders’ defensive possibilities. ...
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SportsGolden Knights get back on track by blasting Penguins
Thursday, March 12, 2026 Pavel Dorofeyev scored his 31st and 32nd goals of the season, and added an assist on an odd-man rush with Mitch Marner. ...
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SportsShopping spree: Raiders' rebuild in Kubiak's image has begun
Thursday, March 12, 2026 A significant portion of new Raiders coach Klint Kubiak’s two interviews with the franchise dealt with outlining what type of players he’d like to build the franchise around.
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SportsRaiders’ offseason spirals into chaos with Ravens 'backed out' of Crosby deal
Tuesday, March 10, 2026 Everything was thrown into flux for the Raiders less than 24 hours before the official start of the 2026-2027 NFL season at Noon on Wednesday. ...
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FightingUFC 326: Charles Oliveira grapples symbolic title away from Max Holloway
Saturday, March 7, 2026 Oliveira took Holloway’s back in each of the first two rounds and appeared close to pulling off several rear-naked choke stoppages, but the latter survived. ...
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SportsAnalysis: Goaltending woes lead to another Golden Knights’ loss on deadline day
Friday, March 6, 2026 Vegas Golden Knights general manager Kelly McCrimmon lashed out at national reports that he had attempted to improve his team’s goaltending ahead of the NHL trade deadline at Noon on Friday. ...
