Case Keefer
Assistant Sports Editor
Story Archive
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SportsGolden Knights' new guys make big difference in 6th win in 7 games
Tuesday, April 2, 2024 Cassidy hinted that he felt the two healthy newcomers, Mantha and Hanifin, were closing the learning curve and the pair went on to show it in a decisive 6-3 victory over the Canucks at T-Mobile Arena. ...
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NoiseAlkaline Trio wraps up its ‘best tour’ with raucous stop at Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas
Tuesday, April 2, 2024 Alkaline Trio were wildly engaging and all-around exceptional on the final night of a five-week run that Dan Andriano called, "the best tour we've ever done."
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SportsNCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Sunday's games
Sunday, March 31, 2024 Perhaps no college basketball coaches have received more recent criticism for NCAA Tournament underperformance than Purdue’s Matt Painter and Tennessee’s Rick Barnes. ...
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GamingNCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Saturday's games
Saturday, March 30, 2024 Connecticut is an 8.5-point favorite against Illinois in a game the metrics unanimously agree pits the two best offensive teams in the nation. ...
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SportsWhy the Raiders spared no expense in signing defender Christian Wilkins
Thursday, March 28, 2024 Christian Wilkins had excelled with relative ease through every stop of his football career when he was younger, both from an individual and team perspective. The defensive tackle dominated in high school at Suffield Academy in Connecticut, racking up titles and accolades en route to becoming one of the top recruits in the country. He then contributed ...
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GamingNCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the Sweet 16
Thursday, March 28, 2024 This year’s Sweet 16 is packed with top-tier matchups more than any other time in recent memory. ...
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GamingNCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Sunday's games
Sunday, March 24, 2024 Connecticut opened as high as +110 (i.e. risking $100 to win $110) to win the East, but are now as low as -170 (i.e. risking $170 to win $100). ...
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GamingNCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Saturday's games
Saturday, March 23, 2024 The odds on Oakland and North Carolina State facing off in one of the most intriguing round of 32 matchups would have been astronomical as recently as 10 days ago. That’s the position the Grizzlies and Wolfpack find themselves in ...
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SportsBetting the bracket: Analyzing the odds on the Final Four
Thursday, March 21, 2024 Brackets are due before the start of the NCAA Tournament, but the betting window stays open. Sportsbooks post game lines and reopen futures odds quicker than ever given sports betting’s soaring nationwide popularity. The ...
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GamingNCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the East Region
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 For the second straight year, Connecticut is squarely in the middle of the toughest set of teams. ...
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GamingNCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the South Region
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 The stylistic divide couldn’t be more stark between the top two seeded teams in the South and their next two challengers. ...
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SportsGolden Knights can't hold off late Lightning strikes in home loss
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 the Golden Knights reverted to their recent sloppy ways in a 5-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning Tuesday night at T-Mobile Arena, the second contest in a four-game home stand ...
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GamingNCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the Midwest Region
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 Some of the earliest NCAA Tournament bracket projections, made at the outset of the season, had three teams that wound up in the Midwest Region as No. 1 seeds. ...
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GamingNCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the West Region
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 Shootouts appropriately seem to be what will ultimately settle the wild-looking West Region this year. ...
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GamingNCAA Tournament opening odds: March Madness begins wildly
Sunday, March 17, 2024 The betting favorite prevailed in only a little more than a fourth of the conference tournaments — nine out of 34. ...
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SportsWeekend wagers: Ten bets to make including four on March Madness
Saturday, March 16, 2024 The wall-to-wall slate of games from the last three days diminishes leading up to the selection show this weekend, but there’s still a few places left to extract some value before ...
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SportsChristian Wilkins embodies the revitalized ‘Raider Way’
Friday, March 15, 2024 The Philadelphia Eagles became one of the best offensive teams in the league en route to a Super Bowl appearance two years ago but their success wasn’t immediate. The Eagles’ starting offense reportedly ...
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SportsAnnual barrage of college tournaments brings big-time ballin' to Las Vegas
Thursday, March 14, 2024 Las Vegas takes its annual place as the center of the college basketball world during conference tournament week from March 13 through March 16.
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SportsRaiders release four veterans including Garoppolo, Renfrow
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 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 ...
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SportsRaiders' free agency: Busy day brings Wilkins, Minshew to town; Jacobs headed to G.B.
Monday, March 11, 2024 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 ...
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SportsWeekend wagers: Eight bets to make on seven sports
Saturday, March 9, 2024 Welcome back, March Madness. ...
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SportsWeekend wagers: Seven bets to make including on Pennzoil 400
Saturday, March 2, 2024 The Pennzoil 400 isn’t one of the auto racing organization’s biggest events of the year from a prestige standpoint, but it stands alone in the No. 1 spot from a betting perspective. ...
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GamingWeekend wagers: Seven bets to make on seven sports
Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024 I’m ecstatic to relaunch Weekend Wagers for a fifth consecutive year. Weekend Wagers is mostly about sports happening currently, and I’ve got bets lined up on five events happening ...
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SportsReport: Jimmy Garoppolo suspended two games to start next season
Friday, Feb. 16, 2024 The NFL will suspend Garoppolo for two games, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, after he failed the league’s performance enhancing drug policy. ....
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SportsEven after NFL season, there are plenty of sports betting opportunities
Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024 The most popular sports betting season of the year wrapped up on Super Bowl Sunday when the Kansas City Chiefs came back to beat the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 as 2-point underdogs at Allegiant Stadium. But the ...
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SportsSuper Bowl champs: Chiefs, Mahomes engineer a 25-22 overtime victory in Las Vegas
Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024 While the rest of his teammates celebrated in the corner of the end zone, Patrick Mahomes took off on a sprint down the home sideline until he could sprint no more. Mahomes collapsed in front of the Kansas City Chiefs’ bench, put his hands over his face and got showered ...
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SportsEveryone in Las Vegas should take pride in our Super Bowl moment
Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024 The Super Bowl is the final step in Las Vegas’ coronation as “the sports capital of the world,” as Raiders owner Mark Davis called the city, and it never takes place without the contributions of so many different people. ...
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GamingVegas pick'em: Super Bowl pick and perspective against the spread
Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024 The over 47.5 points is drawing as large of a share of tickets as Chiefs +2, and yet it hasn’t budged much at all. At least one large global sportsbook ...
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SportsRaiders flashed potential against both Super Bowl teams this year
Friday, Feb. 9, 2024 Nothing should give Raiders' fans more confidence than the way their team performed against the two sides facing off for the Lombardi Trophy at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Allegiant Stadium ...
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FeaturesProp up the stars: Betting on all the biggest Super Bowl names
Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024 Here are 10 of the biggest offensive names in the game, and a bet involving each of them spanning several different markets and sports books.
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FeaturesWhat to watch as Las Vegas stages its first ever Super Bowl
Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024 Las Vegas as a host city is a big talking point this year, but the second championship matchup between the Chiefs and 49ers in the last five seasons presents several of its own wrinkles.
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FeaturesPredicting the magic moments that will go down in history at Super Bowl 58
Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024 Think defensive tackle William “The Refrigerator” Perry’s rushing touchdown for the Bears in 1985.
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SportsLuke Getsy officially named Raiders’ new offensive coordinator
Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024 Having already introduced their fourth coach and fourth general manager since moving to Las Vegas four years ago, the Raiders have now announced their fourth offensive coordinator. Former Bears offensive coordinator ...
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SportsFrom laughs to tears: Why Super Bowl Opening Night might be worth your time
Monday, Feb. 5, 2024 Las Vegas gets a chance to put its own stamp on the annual theatre of absurdity tonight at Allegiant Stadium. Doors open at 3 p.m. with the Kansas City Chiefs scheduled for ...
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SportsChiefs could complete one of the best runs in NFL history with Super Bowl win
Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024 The Chiefs barely had time to brush off the confetti as they exited the field as Super Bowl champions following a win against the Eagles a year ago in Glendale, Ariz., before ...
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SportsChiefs, 49ers headed to Las Vegas for Super Bowl 58
Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024 A Super Bowl 54 rematch is set for Super Bowl 58 in Las Vegas. For the second time in four years, the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers have won their ...
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GamingConference championship sweats: 7 wagers to add to NFL betting card
Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024 There might be only two games on Sunday for conference championship weekend but I’m still going to stick to the Sunday Sweats format ...
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SportsVegas Thrill ready for inaugural pro volleyball season
Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024 The sound of spiked volleyballs constantly reverberates through the gym with only the occasional harsh noise surfacing to momentarily drown them out. Skin sometimes squeaks on the rubber floor when players dive to keep balls alive. Applause and encouragement ...
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SportsRaiders’ priority turns to offense with coach, general manager now in place
Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024 Las Vegas must hope Telesco’s offensive evaluation skills are as sharp as advertised because that’s what it needs most this offseason. ...
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GamingVegas pick'em: NFL conference championship winners against the spread
Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024 Baltimore vs. San Francisco would be the best-case scenario for Las Vegas’ debut as Super Bowl host on Sunday Feb. 11 at Allegiant Stadium for the 58th iteration of the game. ...
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Sports
Raiders hire Tom Telesco as new general manager
Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024 The consensus going into the offseason was that the Raiders would likely retain interim general manager Champ Kelly while the fate of interim coach Antonio Pierce was ...
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GamingDivisional-round sweats: Seven wagers to add to your NFL betting card
Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024 Line movement has been sparse in NFL markets this week, except for the latest chapter in the rivalry between the Chiefs and Bills under Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen, respectively. ...
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SportsRaiders make it official: Antonio Pierce staying on as head coach
Friday, Jan. 19, 2024 The Raiders’ players are getting their way. The team is retaining interim coach Antonio Pierce and elevating him to the full-time role for next season, according to an ESPN report. ..
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SportsVegas pick'em: NFL divisional-round winners against the spread
Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024 The two most outstanding individual performances of wild-card weekend belonged to pair of postseason debutants in Green Bay’s Jordan Love and Houston’s C.J. Stroud. ...
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GamingWild-card weekend sweats: Seven wagers to add to your betting card
Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024 I’m giving myself a chance for some high payouts on wild-card weekend as only two of the bets in the traditional seven categories below aren’t plus-money sides. ...
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GamingVegas pick'em: NFL wild-card weekend winners against the spread
Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024 By the odds, the most likely Super Bowl MVP suiting up this weekend as part of the opening week of the NFL playoffs is Bills quarterback Josh Allen, who’s listed at 6-to-1. ...
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SportsRaiders have an emergent star at RB going into uncertain offseason
Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024 One of Zamir White’s favorite things about playing college football at the University of Georgia was the way the home crowd would chant his nickname, “Zeus,” every time ...
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GamingCollege football by the odds: Vegas pick and preview of UM versus UW
Monday, Jan. 8, 2024 Rome Odunze was already a hero on local football fields from his time at Bishop Gorman High where he emerged as one of the best high-school football players ...
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SportsAnalysis: Antonio Pierce has earned right to keep Raiders' coaching job
Monday, Jan. 8, 2024 Antonio Pierce has established a postgame ritual he’s followed in each of his four home victories since taking over as Raiders’ interim coach midway through the season. He wastes little time sprinting to Allegiant Stadium’s Southwest tunnel at the end of games, acknowledging the fans for a second before getting in place to “dap up” all his players as ...
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SportsLive coverage: Raiders finish season strong with 27-14 win over Broncos
Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024 Aidan O'Connell threw for 244 yards and two touchdowns, as the Raiders put a positive end to their season with a 27-14 win over the Denver Broncos at Allegiant Stadium on Sunday.
