Case Keefer
Assistant Sports Editor
Story Archive
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GamingCollege football by the odds: Bowl pick'em Part 3
Friday, Dec. 26, 2025 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 the 2025-2026 postseason. ...
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GamingVegas pick'em: NFL Week 17 winners against the spread
Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025 The Steelers need only one win or one loss from the Baltimore Ravens in the final two weeks to earn the home-playoff game that comes with the divisional crown.
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SportsUtah’s Kyle Whittingham will coach final game in Las Vegas Bowl on New Year’s Eve
Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025 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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SportsAnalysis: Golden Knights put some recent issues to rest with beatdown of Sharks
Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025 Vegas got off to its best start of the year in a 7-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks Tuesday night at T-Mobile Arena, scoring five first-period goals to humiliate their Pacific Division rival. ...
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SportsAnalysis: Resilient effort from Pete Carroll, Raiders falls just short at Texans
Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025 Las Vegas had its most spirited and overall best performance in weeks despite falling 23-21 to Houston for a ninth straight defeat. ...
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SportsLas Vegas Raiders face another stern test in playoff-hungry Texans
Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025 The Raiders had an all-time moribund performance in last week’s 31-0 loss at Philadelphia. Things could get worse this week with a second straight road game, this one against the NFL’s best defense through 15 weeks ...
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SportsVegas pick'em: NFL Week 16 winners against the spread
Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025 The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have won the NFC South in four consecutive seasons and looked like a shoo-in to make it a half-decade straight as recently as a few weeks ago. ...
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SportsUNLV could be ready to climb the Mountain West this season
Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025 The once-proud UNLV men’s basketball program has only finished in the top half of the Mountain West standings once in the past five years, and three times in the last decade.
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SportsAnalysis: If this is the end, NBA Cup in Las Vegas went out on a high note
Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025 Unfortunately, it sounds like the Knicks’ NBA Cup title might be the last one awarded locally. ...
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SportsGolden Knights’ overtime troubles – or turnaround – are much ado about nothing
Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025 Even with Jack Eichel having now helped drag the Golden Knights to wins in three of their last four overtime games, they’re just 4-9 in contests that have extended past regulation. ...
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GamingCollege football by the odds: Bowl pick'em Part 1
Friday, Dec. 12, 2025 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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GamingVegas pick'em: NFL Week 15 winners against the spread
Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025 The race for the AFC’s No. 1 overall seed that no one saw coming ramps up in intensity this week. The runaway co-favorite Denver Broncos and New England Patriots both finally have challenging games.
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SportsHandicapping honors: Unveiling the 2025 College Football Betting Awards
Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025 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 never been more fierce.
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SportsRaiders outclassed again as Broncos hand down 11th straight AFC West loss
Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025 At least playing the blame game would be pointless for the Raiders after their latest loss, a 24-17 methodical dismantling by the Denver Broncos Sunday afternoon at Allegiant Stadium. ...
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FootballPride all eliminated Raiders have left to play for hosting rival Broncos
Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025 The second meeting between the AFC West divisional rivals this year means everything to the visitors and nothing to the home team.
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SportsUFC 323: Petr Yan, Joshua Van close out ‘ESPN era’ in style with big-time upsets
Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025 Merab Dvalishvili was looking to become the first champion in UFC history to defend his title four times in a single year, but Petr Yan continually hurt him with lethal body kicks to win a unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 48-47). ...
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SportsAnalysis: UNLV will dethrone Boise State if defensive progress sticks
Friday, Dec. 5, 2025 For most of the year, defense has looked like the Scarlet and Gray’s fatal flaw, the shortcoming that would push their long-running pursuit of a title back another year. ...
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SportsLocal champion goes for a record fourth title defense in a single year at UFC 323
Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025 UFC president Dana White hasn’t always approved of the choices made by his promotion’s current bantamweight champion, Merab Dvalishvili.
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SportsVegas pick'em: NFL Week 14 winners against the spread
Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025 None of the AFC North teams have been profitable to bet on either as Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Cleveland are all 5-7 against the spread with Baltimore lagging behind at 4-8. ...
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GamingCollege football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of conference championships
Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025 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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SportsAnalysis: Raiders' offense still rough in loss to Chargers despite Chip Kelly's firing
Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025 The Raiders fell to 2-10 on the season a week after Carroll scapegoated offensive coordinator Chip Kelly by firing him 11 games into a record-breaking three-year, $18 million contract. ...
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SportsRaiders aim to recharge collapsing offense against Chargers
Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025 Someone had to take the fall after the Raiders dropped a fifth straight game last week by falling 24-10 to the Browns and, as widely speculated ahead of time, it ended up being offensive coordinator Chip Kelly.
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SportsDan Mullen’s debut season at UNLV a success, but Fremont Cannon game determines to what extent
Friday, Nov. 28, 2025 A great season would feel a bit hollow if accompanied by leaving the cannon in the Sierra Nevada and having no shot at playing in next week’s Mountain West Championship Game. ...
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SportsVegas pick'em: NFL Week 13 winners against the spread
Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025 The first meeting between the two AFC South teams stands out as the highlight of the Week 13’s Sunday slate with Indianapolis laying 4.5 points at most sports books hosting Houston. ...
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UNLVAnalysis: Players Era a major positive for UNLV despite blowout loss in second game
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025 The Rebels will face the Rutgers Scarlet Knights at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Michelob Ultra Arena in a consolation game between the two teams who finished last in the MGM group to cap their first appearance at Players Era. ...
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GamingCollege football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of every Week 14 game
Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025 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 improbability of their domination in the series. ...
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SportsWorst loss yet? Browns’ rookies run roughshod over floundering Raiders
Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025 The state of the Las Vegas Raiders has never been lower as they fell to 2-9 on the season with their second listless performance in six days at their home venue. ...
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SportsFrom Raider rumors to Browns reality, Sanders makes Vegas start
Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025 Shedeur Sanders will make his first career start in Las Vegas after all. He just won’t be in silver and black. The lightning-rod rookie quarterback was often associated ...
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SportsVegas pick'em: NFL Week 12 winners against the spread
Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025 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 after surviving the toughest portions of their schedule ...
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SportsLas Vegas Grand Prix features high stakes, rising phenom
Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025 For all of the complaints from Formula One drivers and fans about the Las Vegas Grand Prix being a glorified exhibition when it was introduced two years ago ...
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SportsCollege football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of every Week 13 game
Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025 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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SportsMistakes galore: Raiders nowhere close to competitive in loss to Cowboys
Monday, Nov. 17, 2025 Dallas destroyed Las Vegas 33-16 at Allegiant Stadium, ceasing any hopeful feelings that had come out of the Raiders hanging around in narrow losses to the Jaguars and Broncos the last two weeks. ...
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SportsDefenseless Cowboys leave door open for Raiders rebound
Monday, Nov. 17, 2025 The Raiders’ final of three scheduled stand-alone, primetime games this season takes place on “Monday Night Football” and, if nothing else, should provide fireworks.
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SportsLowly Raiders need to place an emphasis on developing young players down the stretch of another lost season
Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025 Before the NFL’s trade deadline on November 4, a reporter asked Pete Carroll if the Raiders would be willing to minimize the interests of this season in hopes of building for the future if such a ...
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SportsVegas pick'em: NFL Week 11 winners against the spread
Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025 Dallas’ defense sits second worst in the league. If there ever was a spot for the Raiders’ offense to get back on track for more than a quarter, this would be it ...
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SportsCollege football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of every Week 12 game
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025 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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SportsRaiders' feeble offense fails on the road again in 10-7 loss at Broncos
Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025 In an AFC West slog that will only perpetuate long-running accusations of TNF creating ugly games, the Broncos held on for a 10-7 win over the Raiders. ...
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GamingVegas pick'em: NFL Week 10 winners against the spread
Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025 The average game this season has produced just short of 47 points — a point more than last season and the NFL’s highest scoring environment since 2020. ...
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NewsKnight Flights launches as an innovative, first-class way to travel to select VGK road games
Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025 In less than a decade since the franchise was formed, the Vegas Golden Knights have already become known around the NHL for having one of the better traveling fanbases.
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SportsGolden Knights show versatility in grinding out an ugly win for first time this season
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025 Vegas gritted out a 1-0 victory over Detroit Red Wings to improve to a 7-2-3 record and retake the early-season lead in the Pacific Division. ...
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GamingCollege football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of every Week 11 game
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025 Ohio State has now covered 12 straight games dating back to last year’s College Football Playoff run. ...
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SportsOne play away: Raiders lose via batted-down conversion pass in overtime
Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025 Raiders quarterback Geno Smith dropped back into a clean pocket and spotted Tyler Lockett running alone in the back of the end zone. He just couldn’t get the ball there.
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SportsBarring major change, Raiders made costly mistake at quarterback with Geno Smith
Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025 The biggest culprit for the Raiders’ poor start is the play from the quarterback whom coach Pete Carroll and new general manager John Spytek decided to pin their hopes on to start their tenures. ...
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GamingVegas pick'em: NFL Week 9 winners against the spread
Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025 The Chiefs have won and covered in all three games, including a 28-7 stifling of Washington as 10.5-point favorites on Monday Night Football in Week 8, to get back to their usual spot at the top of NFL betting boards around town. ...
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GamingCollege football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Week 10
Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025 Many have suggested that becoming the Heisman front-runner is a cursed situation this season. ...
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SportsOvershadowed but never outplayed, Mitch Marner making major mark in Vegas
Friday, Oct. 24, 2025 The 28-year-old Marner hasn’t been the Golden Knights’ main attraction during the first two weeks of the regular season, but he’s more than living up to the buzz that accompanied his arrival to the franchise this summer. ...
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SportsWhy Eichel's historically large contract extension looks like a major victory for the Golden Knights
Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025 Right as panic was set to ensue, the Vegas Golden Knights came to the rescue. Hours before the start of the 2025-2026 NHL season, the club announced ...
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SportsVegas pick'em: NFL Week 8 winners against the spread
Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025 Swings are a certainty when betting on sports, especially markets as liquid as the NFL, and the only way to maintain sanity is to embrace them — and work as hard as possible to head back in the right direction. ...
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GamingCollege football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Week 9
Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025 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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SportsAnalysis: It’s early but Golden Knights’ win over Hurricanes felt meaningful
Monday, Oct. 20, 2025 Rejoicing over a win in the seventh match of the Golden Knights' 82-game regular season may sound unreasonable, but these are exactly the kind of showdowns they underperformed in a year ago ...
