Case Keefer
Assistant Sports Editor
Story Archive
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SportsJosh Jacobs’ career season for Raiders could culminate in NFL rushing title
Friday, Nov. 25, 2022 While on pace for the second most single-season rushing yards in Raider history — behind mentor Marcus Allen’s 1985 MVP season — Jacobs is also sitting third in the NFL with 930 rushing yards through 10 games. ...
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SportsHandicapping hoops: Five men's college basketball bets to make on the road to the NCAA Tournament
Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022 It’s a historic season for men’s college basketball in Las Vegas, with the NCAA Tournament coming to town for the first time—the West Regional in March 2023. And intentionally or not, local sportsbooks seem to have stepped up their game in accordance.
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SportsRaiders Report: November 24, 2022
Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022 Davante Adams scored two touchdowns to lead Las Vegas to its first road victory of the year.
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SportsNo quit: Raiders prove they aren’t giving up on season with win at Broncos
Monday, Nov. 21, 2022 It would take a minor miracle to get to the playoffs, likely including winning all of their remaining games, but Las Vegas is committed to giving it a try. ...
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SportsDavante Adams scores game-winning touchdown as Raiders top Broncos
Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022 This season hasn’t produced many moments for Raiders’ fans to take pride in, but one of the few instances came in Week 4 when the franchise built on its recent dominance over rival Denver.
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SportsAnalysis: Raiders must repair recurring cracks to stop freefall
Friday, Nov. 18, 2022 It’s a cruel irony that a team that thrived last year because of an ability to stay together no matter what seismic circumstances threatened to halt them has cratered this season in large part because of an inability to jell. ...
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SportsRaiders Report: November 17, 2022
Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022 Denver has one of the NFL’s best defenses, but its offense has been nonexistent, with veteran quarterback Russell Wilson struggling to maintain the standard he established during a long tenure with the Seahawks.
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SportsVegas pick’em: NFL Week 11 winners against the spread
Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022 The Minnesota Vikings’ 33-30 overtime victory at the Buffalo Bills last week is a game that will be remembered for years to come in NFL circles because all of its late craziness. ...
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Four stories to follow as Raiders wind down underwhelming season
Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022 None of the once-seemingly realistic dreams that Raiders fans carried into the first season under coach Josh McDaniels remain possible at the midway point of the year. Not after Las Vegas lost three straight games ...
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SportsRaiders look beyond repair after worst-ever loss in Las Vegas
Monday, Nov. 14, 2022 Less than three months ago, Raiders coach Josh McDaniels basked in what he called “the best atmosphere” he had ever experienced in the preseason for his coaching debut at Allegiant Stadium. McDaniels took in all the raucous celebration he could as he slowly headed to the home locker room after ...
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SportsLive coverage: Raiders lose to Colts, booed off the field at Allegiant
Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022 Inter-divisional opponents Las Vegas and Indianapolis meet for the fifth consecutive season in what this year feels like the Disarray Bowl. There might be worse teams in the NFL than the Colts and Raiders on paper ...
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SportsRaiders making much-needed tweaks to league-worst pass defense
Friday, Nov. 11, 2022 The Raiders lost top cornerback Nate Hobbs to a broken hand in a loss to the Chiefs, and all the progress they had previously shown in the pass game has since been erased. ...
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SportsRaiders add Darren Waller, Hunter Renfrow to injured reserve
Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022 Waller, who signed a three-year $51 million extension at the start of the season, will miss at least four more games. ...
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SportsVegas pick’em: NFL Week 10 winners against the spread
Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022 Last week’s NFL slate provided a great example of how essential it is for bettors to shop for the best price — especially around the key number of 3. ...
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SportsSharing the blame: Raiders move forward after Jaguars' loss
Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022 Las Vegas (2-6) still has a long way to go to put up a respectable season — it would likely need to win all but one of its remaining nine games to reach the playoffs — but it’s focused on doing so going into a home game at 1:05 p.m. Sunday against the Indianapolis Colts (3-5-1). ...
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SportsRaiders Report: November 10, 2022
Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022 The Raiders have now blown leads of 17-0 or larger eight times in franchise history—and three of them have occurred this season under first-year-coach Josh McDaniels.
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SportsRaiders release former first-round pick Johnathan Abram
Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 One of the mainstays of the Raiders’ defense over the last three years is no longer with the team. ...
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Tensions high as Adams unhappy with playcalling after Raiders loss
Monday, Nov. 7, 2022 The recesses of TIAA Bank Field appeared to be the first place where the Raiders' frustrations regarding what’s so far been a flop of a season really boiled over. ...
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SportsZay Jones hoping to instill mentality of last year’s Raiders with this year’s Jaguars
Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022 Jones was never a star with the Raiders, but his place in history is secure as part of the original group that was along for the ride for the move to Las Vegas. Last year’s Raiders might not have had a single more beloved teammate. ...
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SportsAccountability, chemistry are focuses of Raiders’ extended East Coast stay
Friday, Nov. 4, 2022 The Raiders planned to remain on the East Coast for back-to-back road games long before their “embarrassing” loss at the Saints last week, but the circumstances now might make the setup even more beneficial. ...
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SportsAnalysis: Carr, not McDaniels, under most pressure to turn Raiders around
Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022 Fire the coach. Get rid of the quarterback. Those are the two most common (sometimes over)-reactions from NFL fanbases when their team is falling far short of expectations. Fans of the Raiders are certainly fitting with the stereotype after a 2-5 start to what was one of the franchise’s most promising ...
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SportsRaiders Report: November 3, 2022
Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022 Left tackle Kolton Miller, Las Vegas’ team captain, needs to play better against the Jaguars this Sunday.
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SportsSuperdown: Raiders’ progress halted in New Orleans with shutout loss
Monday, Oct. 31, 2022 Josh McDaniels slowly backpedaled and scratched his head as a Derek Carr pass wobbled towards the sideline closer to him than it was to anyone on the field. It was near the end of the third quarter and in the middle of a Raiders’ comeback attempt that never really got started. McDaniels’ presumably wasn’t consciously reacting to yet another ...
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SportsBlocking breakout: Raiders’ improved play has started with the offensive line
Friday, Oct. 28, 2022 Las Vegas’ three best overall games have been its last three — wins over Houston and Denver, and a 1-point loss at Kansas City — and it’s no coincidence those have also been the three where the line has been the most solidified. ...
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SportsRaider rookie Neil Farrell Jr. in line for a bigger role after recent trade
Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022 The 24-year-old is going to have plenty of opportunities to showcase that improvement over the rest of the season starting Sunday when the Raiders (2-4) travel to take on the New Orleans Saints (2-5) at Caesars Superdome. ...
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SportsRaiders Report: October 27, 2022
Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022 Fourth-year slot receiver Hunter Renfrow had his best game of the year against the Texans, and will likely need another big performance for Las Vegas to topple New Orleans.
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SportsProving it: Josh Jacobs runs Raiders to win, builds on his record-breaking year
Monday, Oct. 24, 2022 Most of the players on the home team were already in the locker room by the time the Raiders House Band launched into a rendition of James Brown’s “I Got You” as fans exited Allegiant Stadium Sunday evening. Josh Jacobs, on the other hand, was taking his time getting off the field as he roamed slowly with a black Gatorade towel ...
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SportsRaiders pull away from Texans in fourth quarter for victory
Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022 Jacobs had 143 yards and three touchdowns as Las Vegas outlasted Houston 38-20 at home in what was a close game until a decisive fourth quarter.
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SportsCarr wanted to go to the Houston Texans in 2014 NFL Draft
Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022 Derek will face the Texans (1-3-1) for only the fourth time — having gone 1-2 with a win in 2016 and a losses in 2014 and 2019 — when the Raiders (1-4) host them in a Week 7 game scheduled to kick off at 1:05 p.m. Sunday at Allegiant Stadium. ...
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SportsAnalysis: Could Raiders reverse their fate and go on a six-game win streak?
Friday, Oct. 21, 2022 The last thing Josh Jacobs said in the locker room at Arrowhead Stadium two weeks ago before the Raiders went on their bye was that he thought the team had opened the eyes of “a lot of America.” Despite Las Vegas losing 30-29 in Kansas City that night, the ...
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SportsRaiders Report: October 20, 2022
Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022 Josh Jacobs might need to continue is rushing assault for the Raiders to break through.
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SportsBrotherly bond: Close-knit Crosby, Jacobs look to lift Raiders after bye
Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022 Crosby leads the league with 11 tackles for loss and sits tied for second with six sacks. Jacobs sits third in the league with 490 rushing yards on 91 carries for an average of 5.4 yards per attempt that’s more than a half-yard better than his previous career high. ..
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SportsLong shots: Two teams could continue the recent trend of surprise NBA Finals participants
Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022 In each of the past four years, a team that was listed 40-to-1 or higher to win the title at some juncture of the offseason ended up reaching the NBA Finals.
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SportsRaiders place top cornerback Nate Hobbs on injured reserve
Monday, Oct. 17, 2022 The Raiders might be the rare team to come back from their bye week more injured than they went into it — at least on defense. The team lost one of their key defensive players Monday afternoon when they placed cornerback Nate Hobbs on injured reserve ...
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SportsAnalysis: Golden Knights' Thompson still one of the NHL's best stories
Friday, Oct. 14, 2022 By his own admission, Logan Thompson was shaking from the nerves in his NHL debut. It’s hard to believe that was only a little more than year and a half and 21 game appearances ago ...
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SportsRaiders Report: October 13, 2022
Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022 Las Vegas heads into its bye three games back in the standings, but the Raiders aren’t favored to fall any further behind.
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SportsWhy Vegas Golden Knights center Jack Eichel will silence his doubters this season
Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022 Blaming Eichel for the Golden Knights’ 2021-2022 failure is ludicrous, however, considering the rash of injuries that decimated the rest of the roster.
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SportsSo close: Raiders defend their aggression as gutsy calls, penalties end in loss at Chiefs
Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022 So close yet so far. That’s the story of the season for the Raiders, which fell to 1-4 heading into their bye week with all of the losses coming by less than a touchdown. ...
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SportsHunter Renfrow using Week 2 fumble to ‘fuel’ his return to the Raiders
Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022 Renfrow foresees no lingering negative effects from either his game-ending giveaway — the personal low point of what’s so far been a stellar career — or the concussion he suffered on the play. ...
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SportsRod Woodson returns to the gridiron as Las Vegas XFL football team's head coach
Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022 Legendary NFL defensive back Rod Woodson moved to Las Vegas three years ago thinking his seven-year run coaching professional football had ended. That all changed late last year when he got a call from several executives from the reformed XFL.
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SportsRaiders Report: October 6, 2022
Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022 Las Vegas’ reward for posting its first win of the season? A clash with the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium, where the Raiders have won just once in nine years.
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SportsPatience and positivity pays off for Raiders’ Amik Robertson in third season
Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022 After struggling in the first two seasons of his NFL career, Robertson is now thriving after appearing to find his place in first-year defensive coordinator Patrick Graham’s scheme. ...
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SportsCollege football by the odds: Vegas preview and picks of every Week 6 game
Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022 Betting odds priced the Big 12 as the most wide-open power conference from the beginning of the season, but it’s been even more wacky than anticipated. ...
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SportsCan’t Contain ‘the Condor’: Crosby flies in Raiders’ first win of the season
Monday, Oct. 3, 2022 Maxx Crosby glided off the field ahead of all his teammates in a fashion that did justice to his nickname, “The Condor”, after a fourth-down stop Sunday afternoon at Allegiant Stadium. The Raiders had virtually sealed their 32-23 Week 4 victory over the Broncos when a pass by quarterback Russell Wilson fell ...
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SportsLive coverage: Josh Jacobs leads Raiders to first victory of season
Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022 Josh Jacobs scored on a 7-yard touchdown run, bringing his total rushing yardage to 134 on the day, but everyone contributed on the scoring drive. ...
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SportsRaiders coordinator Patrick Graham goes way back with Russell Wilson
Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022 The Raiders (0-3) get their first look at Wilson as an AFC West rival at 1:25 tomorrow when they host the Broncos (2-1) in their second divisional game of the year. ...
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SportsHarmon making habit of boosting defense with big plays this season
Friday, Sept. 30, 2022 The 31-year-old Harmon has, in relatively unlikely fashion, made many of the Raiders’ biggest defensive plays of the year so far. It’s a trend he’ll look to continue starting at 1:25 p.m. on Sunday ...
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A&EMetal Blade Records founder Brian Slagel brings his label’s 40th anniversary celebration to Las Vegas
Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022 “I really wanted to do something in Vegas, because I live here and it’s a fun place to do a show that’s easy for people to come in,” he says of the October 5 show headlined by Killswitch Engage.
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SportsRaiders Report: September 29, 2022
Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022 Las Vegas will need to utilize Davante Adams more to snap out of its funk.
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SportsCan McDaniels, Raiders turn around nightmare start to the season?
Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022 The Raiders stand alone with the worst record in the NFL: 0-3 through three weeks. This is not what team owner Mark Davis had in mind, to say the least, when he went on an offseason spending spree coming off a playoff appearance last year.
