Case Keefer
Assistant Sports Editor
Story Archive
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SportsNFL betting blitz: Division-by-division handicaps and futures picks of the AFC
Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023 The NFL season begins in less than two weeks, meaning time is running out to build a full preseason futures betting portfolio.
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SportsRaiders lose final preseason game, start 'difficult process' in roster cuts
Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023 Dallas defeated Las Vegas 31-16 at AT&T Stadium in a matchup mostly between rookies and veterans fighting for roster spots. ..
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SportsJosh Jacobs returns to Raiders on new one-year contract
Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023 Jacobs missed all of training camp, and after the final practice on Thursday, general manager Dave Ziegler said he had no update on Jacobs’ status. ...
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GamingCollege football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Week 0
Friday, Aug. 25, 2023 Can momentum carry from the end of one season into the next? That question sparks a common debate this time of year as everyone tries to prepare for the start of football season ...
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SportsRaiders have tough calls to make on defensive line with cut day looming
Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023 Cuts are coming, with NFL rosters required to be trimmed from 90 to 53 players on Tuesday, and Raiders general manager Dave Zielger and coach Josh McDaniels may find their hardest decisions at the front of the defense. ....
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NoiseFive thoughts: Beck and Phoenix with Japanese Breakfast at Michelob Ultra Arena (August 12, 2023)
Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023 Phoenix frontman Thomas Mars put on a gripping performance throughout the French band’s 75-minute set.
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SportsWeekend wagers: Seven bets to make on seven sports
Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023 College football’s Week Zero gets started in Dublin, Ireland, of all places, with Navy at Notre Dame kicking off a new season at 11:30 a.m. next Saturday. ...
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SportsCould Sincere McCormick cap comeback by making Raiders’ roster?
Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023 McCormick figures to play a large role in a second straight preseason game when the Raiders face the Los Angeles Rams at 6 p.m. tonight. ...
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SportsRally the Raiders: 5 reasons why the team might be better than you think
Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023 Summer training camp, for those who ascribe to NFL romanticism, is supposed to be when hope springs eternal and each team’s faithful thinks it has a shot at ...
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SportsSpilling his guts: Robert Spillane will stop at nothing to help fix Raiders’ defense
Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023 Most players dance around and don’t speak on the Raiders’ recent reputation for defensive incompetence, but Spillane won’t hide from it. ...
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Sports
Raiders activate Tyree Wilson ahead of joint practices with Rams
Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023 An answer to the Raiders’ biggest question on defense came Wednesday morning. Edge rusher Tyree Wilson, the team’s top pick in April’s NFL Draft, is ready to return to ...
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GamingCollege football by the odds: Picking every Mountain West win total
Monday, Aug. 14, 2023 Those rooting for upheaval in the Mountain West last year might have been letdown, but there’s nothing like a second chance. This season looks like it has an even better chance to produce a surprise in what might be ...
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SportsAidan O'Connell leads Raiders to blowout preseason win over 49ers
Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023 O’Connell led the Raiders to a 34-7 victory by throwing for 141 yards and a touchdown on 15-for-18 passing. ...
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SportsWeekend wagers: Bets on five sports including plays on an NFL award
Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023 The next two columns are crucial because no one wants to go into the official start of football season on a losing streak. ...
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FootballRaiders' Davante Adams takes big hit in practice with 49ers
Friday, Aug. 11, 2023 Speaking immediately after practice, Raiders coach Josh McDaniels said he didn’t have an official update on Adams’ status but also didn’t express any major concern. ...
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SportsRaiders keep building on commitment to local high school football scene
Friday, Aug. 11, 2023 Pick up the football from the ground, secure it, run through a gauntlet of bags and finish strong. Those are the basics of a new running backs drill Spring Valley High coach Marcus Teal, one of the longest-tenured high school football coaches in Southern Nevada, recently implemented at ...
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SportsCollege football by the odds: Handicapping every ACC win total
Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023 There’s a wide gap between the top of the conference and the rest of the teams, just as it feels like there has been for the last decade. ...
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SportsNow back at practice, Raider rookie Byron Young could continue rise
Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023 Byron Young may not command as much attention as Wilson or second-round tight end Michael Mayer, but he could wind up being every bit as essential. And, like his two bigger-name rookie classmates, Young could contribute in a big way ...
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SportsFive big questions as the Raiders enter a pivotal week of training camp
Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023 The Raiders have plenty of reasons to be happy with where they currently stand but there have also been challenges, and areas where the Raiders need to progress if they want to be competitive this season ...
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SportsWeekend wagers: A handful of bets to make on seven different sports
Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023 The United States women’s national soccer team has now seen its odds to win the World Cup double despite the field being cut in half. ...
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SportsCollege football by the odds: Handicapping every Big Ten win total
Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023 The major college football conferences are ditching the divisional format, and there’s no place where that will be a more welcomed change than in the Big Ten. ...
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SportsZamir White maximizing opportunities at Raiders’ training camp
Friday, Aug. 4, 2023 With Josh Jacobs, the NFL’s leading rusher a year ago, still away from the team as part of a contract dispute, White has taken over as the Raiders’ primary running back. ...
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Breaking News
Raiders backup maximizes his opportunities while superstar veteran running back holds out
Friday, Aug. 4, 2023 Zamir White, the Las Vegas Raiders’ second-year running back out of Georgia, was in line for a drill but also loosening up in between reps at the start of the first padded practice of training camp earlier this week in Henderson. Busting some moves wouldn’t have been anything out of the ordinary for most of the roster, but it wasn’t how White typically conducted himself last season.
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SportsBetting farewell: Breaking down college football conference future odds, before major change arrives
Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023 College football enters a new era next season with the most drastic conference realignment in decades and the increase from a four- to 12-team playoff. With Oklahoma and Texas set to jump from the Big 12 to the SEC ...
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Sports
Analysis: Raiders’ defense has been a revelation through first six practices
Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023 The Raiders’ offense hasn’t looked all that crisp through a week — though it did pass the ball better throughout a turnover-free practice on Tuesday — but a lot of their troubles have stemmed from the defense. ...
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SportsIn the right place: Renfrow can still thrive with Raiders if given the chance
Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023 The Raiders’ offense has looked shaky with new quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo returning from foot surgery and even superstar receiver Davante Adams dropping a couple passes. But Renfrow has reminded why he was nicknamed “the Slot Machine” upon the team’s move to Las Vegas ...
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SportsCollege football by the odds: Handicapping every Big 12 team's win total
Saturday, July 29, 2023 It’s an awkward farewell this year considering Texas and Oklahoma look far and away like the Big 12’s best teams on paper. ...
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SportsWeekend wagers: Bets for Spence vs. Crawford, UFC 291 and more
Saturday, July 29, 2023 Sports books would normally be dead in the final weekend of July, but that won’t be the case today. They’ll be buzzing with patrons in and out all day to place bets on the bouts ...
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SportsMaking the case for new Raider Jimmy Garoppolo
Thursday, July 27, 2023 No one would have known Jimmy Garoppolo’s snaps were limited from watching his first session in silver and black for two hours at the team’s Henderson headquarters ...
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FeaturesLas Vegas’ sports scene owes much to this trio of owners
Thursday, July 27, 2023 Numerous power brokers have contributed to turning Las Vegas into the nation’s fastest-growing major professional sports city, but these titans out above the rest in terms of visibility.
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FeaturesWhere things stand with potential NBA and MLS expansion into Las Vegas
Thursday, July 27, 2023 A local NBA team would likely play at an arena planned for a site near Blue Diamond Road and Las Vegas Boulevard.
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FeaturesHow the Oakland A’s can not only work, but thrive in Las Vegas
Thursday, July 27, 2023 The eagerness of opposing fans traveling here for a series shouldn’t be underestimated. And if the A’s win, locals will come, too.
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SportsSpence and Crawford take aim at historic greatness in monumental clash
Thursday, July 27, 2023 Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford had spent nearly five years waging a war of words against each other as fans clamored for the two to face off in a welterweight title unification bout.
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SportsRaiders open training camp optimistically but without Josh Jacobs
Tuesday, July 25, 2023 One of two high-profile contract disputes involving NFL running backs concluded Tuesday morning. There’s no end in sight to the other. Raiders coach Josh McDaniels welcomed all but one player on his roster to the team’s Henderson headquarters Tuesday morning for the start of ...
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SportsWeekend wagers: Nine bets to make including a pair of football futures
Saturday, July 22, 2023 Weekend Wagers is going exceptionally well overall this year and I’ll try my best to keep building in the right direction. ...
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SportsRaiders' Webb hopes sticky coverage helps him make the team again
Thursday, July 20, 2023 Out of the 90 players who arrived in Henderson for Raiders training camp a year ago, Sam Webb stood out as one of the most unknown.
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Sports
Raiders, Josh Jacobs fail to reach contract agreement ahead of deadline
Monday, July 17, 2023 The Raiders start training camp in full eight days from now, and it’s looking increasingly likely that they’ll be doing so without last year’s NFL rushing leader. ...
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SportsWeekend wagers: Eight bets to make this weekend
Saturday, July 15, 2023 Anyone who says they can’t find anything to bet on this weekend simply isn’t looking hard enough. ...
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SportsUpsets pour in at UFC 290 including the crowning of a new champion
Saturday, July 8, 2023 Four of the final six fights on the pay-per-view card that concluded International Fight Week resulted in major upsets. ...
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NascarWeekend wagers: 9 bets on 7 sports to make this weekend
Saturday, July 8, 2023 Weekend Wagers has sat dormant for the last two weeks, but that didn’t stop the column from picking up a near $2,000 victory. ...
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SportsWhat to watch and how to bet at UFC 290
Friday, July 7, 2023 UFC 290 is perhaps the most uncompetitive fight card in promotional history on paper. ...
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SportsUFC's Volkanovski, with raised profile after loss, looking forward to rematch
Thursday, June 29, 2023 In the middle of the biggest and toughest fight of his life, Alexander Volkanovski wouldn’t shut up.
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FeaturesGet to know the Stanley Cup, the coveted NHL trophy captured by the Vegas Golden Knights
Thursday, June 22, 2023 Each winning team can engrave up to 52 names on the Stanley Cup, including players, coaches and other personnel.
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FeaturesReliving the Golden Knights’ 22 playoff games en route to the Stanley Cup
Thursday, June 22, 2023 Remembering Vegas’ path through Winnipeg, Edmonton, Dallas and Florida.
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FeaturesCoach Bruce Cassidy delivered the Golden Knights to the promised land through an insatiable desire to win
Thursday, June 22, 2023 Bruce Cassidy underwent a crash course on the Vegas Golden Knights a year ago, when he began considering pursuing their vacant head-coaching position. The hockey lifer admits to some previous East Coast bias, considering his ...
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NewsInside the Golden Knights’ introduction to the Stanley Cup
Sunday, June 18, 2023 With pyrotechnics sparkling in the background, Mark Stone took the Stanley Cup handoff from NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, hoisted the nearly 37-pound trophy over ...
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SportsWeekend wagers: Eight bets to make on eight different sports
Saturday, June 17, 2023 Weekend Wagers will be on hiatus the next two weeks, so making the most of the eight bets below is paramount. ...
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SportsThe captain’s coup: Stone was the right guy to lead the Golden Knights to glory
Thursday, June 15, 2023 Beads of sweat dripped off the tip of his nose and tears lingered on his cheeks as Mark Stone stood near center ice Tuesday night at T-Mobile Arena minutes after lifting the Stanley Cup.
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SportsFootball Firsts: Six bets on six of the biggest markets to kick off betting season
Thursday, June 15, 2023 It’s beginning to look a lot like football season. While there’s still more than two months before the first college regular-season games kick off in late August, with the NFL following in the first week of September ...
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Sports'Cup in Six' prediction comes true for Golden Knights owner Bill Foley
Tuesday, June 13, 2023 The term “Cup In Six” is no longer a cute catchphrase to describe the outsized ambitions of the nascent local NHL franchise. It’s a premonition realized. An achievement accomplished. A championship claimed. The Vegas Golden Knights lifted the Stanley Cup Tuesday night at T-Mobile Arena after ...
