Case Keefer
Assistant Sports Editor
Story Archive
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SportsKnights’ late-game resolve has them one win away from Stanley Cup
Sunday, June 11, 2023 The win tasted all the sweeter to the Golden Knights because of the way they prevailed in direct contrast to how they fared in the same situation in Game 3. ...
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Analysis: Five ways Golden Knights can improve in today's Game 4
Saturday, June 10, 2023 The Vegas Golden Knights didn’t play poorly despite a 3-2 overtime loss to the Florida Panthers in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final, and therefore they don’t plan to change much ...
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SportsAnalysis: Golden Knights need to stay the course after Game 3 loss
Friday, June 9, 2023 Frustration can get in the way of progress, and the Golden Knights are fully focused on the latter. They need to stay the course after the latest loss, only their sixth of the postseason ...
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SportsAdin Hill has been terrific but Golden Knights are driven by defense
Thursday, June 8, 2023 The Vegas blue-liners continue to be the backbone of the team, just like they’ve been since the season began eight months ago. It all starts with “Petro” and Alec Martinez as the top pairing. Both former Stanley Cup champions ...
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HockeyPast heartbreak has fueled the Golden Knights to within two wins of the Stanley Cup
Thursday, June 8, 2023 “It’s unfinished business for a lot of guys,” coach Bruce Cassidy said. “I put myself in that category.”
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SportsThe right mix for Maxx: Defensive line at the forefront of Raiders' minicamp
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 Maxx Crosby has been an impact player in all four of his NFL seasons despite the surrounding Raiders’ defense only once looking close to anywhere complementary around him.
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SportsAnalysis: Golden Knights brought the flash, Panthers acted like trash in Game 1
Sunday, June 4, 2023 Florida played like a group of goons for most of the game, and then got worse when things didn’t go its way late and elevated into a consortium of cheap-shot artists. ...
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SportsWeekend wagers: Going for a second straight undefeated betting slate
Saturday, June 3, 2023 A nice cushion was built up last week in the column’s yearly bankroll but it can go flat really quick with a couple poor weeks. ...
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SportsGolden Knights are the ultimate team in a sport often driven by superstars
Saturday, June 3, 2023 There has been a slew of better players throughout the playoffs, but there has not been a better team than the Golden Knights. ...
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NoiseReports from Punk Rock Bowling Las Vegas 2023
Thursday, June 1, 2023 Rancid, L7, The Damned and more.
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SportsHow rookie Aidan O’Connell fits into Raiders’ messy quarterback situation
Thursday, June 1, 2023 As the team returns for its second week of voluntary offseason practices today at their Henderson headquarters, O’Connell is arguably their best current option at the NFL’s most important position. ...
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FeaturesJonathan Marchessault ranks as a full-fledged Vegas Golden Knights legend amid another dominant playoff run
Thursday, June 1, 2023 “I like playing this time of year,” Marchessault said after dispatching Dallas. “Regular season, yeah, it’s fun, but it’s like more of a routine. In the playoffs, it’s another animal. That’s what fuels me.”
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SportsThe betting market’s take on the Vegas Golden Knights and Florida Panthers leading up to their Stanley Cup showdown
Thursday, June 1, 2023 The Golden Knights were actually bigger favorites in their first Stanley Cup Final appearance five years ago, at -150 ahead of an upset series loss to the Washington Capitals.
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SportsWeekend wagers: Eight bets to make during a racing-heavy three-day stretch
Saturday, May 27, 2023 F1’s Monaco Grand Prix begins early Sunday morning before giving way to IndyCar’s Indianapolis 500 with NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte signing off in the late afternoon to early evening. ...
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SportsSun Standout Awards celebrate the best in local high school sports
Thursday, May 25, 2023 The Sun Standout Awards returned for their sixth edition on May 22 at the South Point Showroom, recognizing the best and brightest in Southern Nevada high school athletics.
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FeaturesThe Las Vegas Aces tip off their title defense after an eventful offseason
Thursday, May 25, 2023 It’s been a wild past year for the team, rife with the highest of highs, and to be fair, at least a couple of recent lows.
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SportsIt’s time to start praising the Golden Knights’ maligned front office
Thursday, May 25, 2023 Eichel is showing exactly why McPhee and McCrimmon went after him with such determination.
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NoiseEight acts to catch at Punk Rock Bowling 2023 in Las Vegas
Thursday, May 25, 2023 Fear, Ignite, The Damned, Dropkick Murphys and more.
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SportsTeam of the Year: SLAM Nevada wrestling
Thursday, May 25, 2023 There’s dominance, and then there’s what SLAM Nevada did on the wrestling mat this year.
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SportsGame of the Year: Silverado boys basketball beats Valley at the buzzer in the playoffs
Thursday, May 25, 2023 The Silverado boys basketball team built a 17-point advantage in its opening-round playoff game, only to watch Valley storm back in the final minutes to take a 70-69 lead with four seconds to play.
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SportsRising Star, Female: Brynn Kort, Coronado golf
Thursday, May 25, 2023 As a freshman a year ago, Brynn Kort lost out on the individual state title by a single stroke to perhaps the best female prep golfer in state history, then-teammate Yana Wilson.
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SportsMale Athlete of the Year: Dedan “D.J.” Thomas Jr., Liberty basketball
Thursday, May 25, 2023 After he piloted Liberty to a historic state championship last year, expectations were set sky high for Dedan Thomas Jr.’s junior season this year. He delivered.
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SportsCoach of the Year: LaShondra Rayford, Las Vegas High girls basketball
Thursday, May 25, 2023 Maintaining poise in the toughest moments is a concept almost all coaches preach, but few ever get a chance to demonstrate it as flawlessly as LaShondra Rayford did earlier this year.
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SportsFemale Athlete of the Year: Madeleine Hebert, Coronado swimming
Thursday, May 25, 2023 Madeleine Hebert was never athletic as a young child. She got involved in sports through dancing, and it was fun to start.
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SportsRising Star, Male: Christian Thatcher, Arbor View football and wrestling
Thursday, May 25, 2023 Christian Thatcher, a 6-foot-2, 192-pound sophomore linebacker, picked up scholarship offers from Oklahoma, Colorado and West Virginia all on the same day earlier this May.
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SportsMoment of the Year: Desert Oasis flag football celebrates fallen teammate after state championship victory
Thursday, May 25, 2023 The flag football state championship game had just concluded, and the Desert Oasis players had begun gathering to celebrate their win over Legacy. Amid the chaos, coach Todd Thomson began frantically searching for the game ball.
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SportsUnsung Hero Award: Rachel Levy, Desert Oasis trainer
Thursday, May 25, 2023 Rachel Levy had prepared for a severe incident of this nature countless times. So when she heard frantic screams calling her name from observers at Desert Oasis High School after a flag football player collapsed and was unconscious, reacting was like second nature.
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SportsHank Greenspun Lifetime Achievement Award: Ed Cheltenham, Spring Mountain Youth Camp
Thursday, May 25, 2023 During more than three decades at the Spring Mountain Youth Camp, Ed Cheltenham won 13 state championships in track and field and another two titles in basketball.
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SportsScholar Athletes of the Year: Bruce Woodbury and Justine Dunaway
Thursday, May 25, 2023 Bruce Woodbury plans to attend BYU in the fall, and Justine Dunaway will go to Williams College in Massachusetts.
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SportsCitizen of the Year: Leslie Maldonado Carrasco, Chaparral volleyball and softball
Thursday, May 25, 2023 Community service initiatives began drawing in Leslie Maldonado Carrasco when she was in middle school.
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Vegas succeeding where its previously failed in conference final
Tuesday, May 23, 2023 Callbacks to past Golden Knights’ playoff experiences have been constant during the team’s current postseason run. They’ve included both positive characteristics ...
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SportsAnalysis: Depth keeps Golden Knights ‘rolling’ even against similar Stars
Sunday, May 21, 2023 It’s the Golden Knights’ depth that’s brought them this far, and it likely is going to be what’s needed to push them over the top to reach the Stanley Cup Final for the second time in franchise history. ...
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SportsWeekend wagers: Eight bets to make including on the Preakness, the NFL
Saturday, May 20, 2023 Disappointment is an overall theme going into today’s second race of the Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. ...
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SportsSpring to success: Five focuses for the Raiders’ defense during the current stretch of offseason practices
Thursday, May 18, 2023 Many downplay the significance of this stretch of spring practices, considering it nothing more than a chance for players to learn terminology and work with new teammates for the first time. But, coming off a 6-11 season under new coach Josh McDaniels, the Raiders need to milk every available practice minute.
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GamingWeekend wagers: Seven bets to place on six sports including the NFL
Saturday, May 13, 2023 NFL point spreads are up, and they’re not merely for decoration. ...
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SportsRookie tight end Michael Mayer could add dimensions to Raiders’ offense
Saturday, May 13, 2023 None of the Raiders' 19 rookies in town for their own minicamp are expected to make as large of an immediate impact next season as Mayer. ...
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SportsNot this time: Golden Knights fend off major penalty to take control of series
Friday, May 12, 2023 Tonight’s Game 5 was more competitive than the Golden Knights’ last win in the series, a 5-1 beatdown in Game 3, but every bit as impressive given the circumstances. ...
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SportsGame-by-game breakdown: Raiders may have familiar fate in 2023
Friday, May 12, 2023 The Raiders have averaged seven victories per season over the last decade. Unfortunately for fans hoping for a breakthrough in the upcoming 2023-2024 season, that again appears to be the most likely result. Sports books that have already opened over/under win totals for NFL teams, including Nevada’s largest operator in ...
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SportsRaiders 2023-2024 schedule: Las Vegas regularly in national spotlight
Thursday, May 11, 2023 Las Vegas will play in six standalone games in the 2023-2024 season, the NFL announced Thursday evening as part of its schedule release for all 32 teams. ...
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SportsGolden Knights coach pushed all the right buttons this season; can he extend his team's playoff run?
Thursday, May 11, 2023 Asked about a skirmish between Vegas’ Keegan Kolesar and Edmonton’s Evander Kane—with the Golden Knights down five goals late in the second period—Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy neither blinked nor ...
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A&E15 Acts to Catch at Las Vegas heavy rock festival Sick New World
Thursday, May 11, 2023 Death Grips, Deftones, Fiddlehead, Kittie, Placebo, Scowl, The Sisters of Mercy and, yep, Korn.
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SportsRoad Warriors: Golden Knights won't be rattled in Edmonton
Monday, May 8, 2023 The Oilers’ victory on Sunday pushed NHL road teams to a 60% win rate through two games of every second round playoff series, at a 33-22 overall record. ...
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SportsOilers’ star power edge against Golden Knights is overblown with Stone around
Friday, May 5, 2023 Mark Stone crouched down and shimmied his shoulders in his final move on the ice Wednesday night at T-Mobile Arena following the Vegas Golden Knights’ 6-4 Game 1 playoff victory over the Edmonton Oilers. It was a far more graceful and joyous rink exit than he managed Tuesday morning at City National Arena when ...
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SportsMeet the Raiders' five picks from the final day of the NFL Draft
Saturday, April 29, 2023 The Raiders finished off a "foundational" draft with the most picks in one day since the franchise moved to Southern Nevada in 2020 ...
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SportsWeekend wagers: Eight bets to make including NFL, college football futures
Saturday, April 29, 2023 NFL games don’t kick off for more than four months but that doesn’t seem to matter as opinions are widespread after finding out where the biggest-name rookies are heading.
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SportsRaiders collect a trio of proven big-game players in NFL draft's second night
Friday, April 28, 2023 If there’s any common link between the three newest Raiders who arrived to the roster on Friday, it’s that they all played — and mostly excelled — in big games throughout their college career. ...
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SportsDalton Kincaid, a Las Vegas native, goes to Bills in 1st round of NFL draft
Thursday, April 27, 2023 The first of several locals expected to go in this year’s NFL Draft went off the board with the No. 25 overall pick to the Buffalo Bills. Buffalo traded up to select Faith Lutheran graduate Dalton Kincaid ...
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SportsRaiders need Tyree Wilson to become major complement to Maxx Crosby
Thursday, April 27, 2023 The Raiders were more widely predicted to take a cornerback, offensive linemen or even quarterback but opted to strengthen the edge of their defensive line instead. The franchise has been ...
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SportsRaiders have many needs to fill and past failures to atone for in draft
Thursday, April 27, 2023 Ever since the middle of last season, Raiders general manager Dave Ziegler and coach Josh McDaniels have emphasized changing the team’s culture and building something sustainable for the first time in ...
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SportsGetting defensive: Raiders expected to heavily bolster stop unit in NFL Draft
Tuesday, April 25, 2023 The prevailing sentiment is that the Raiders will infuse their long-struggling defense with a large dose of rookie reinforcements in an attempt to pull the unit out from the bottom of league statistical rankings in virtually every category. ...
