Case Keefer
Assistant Sports Editor
Story Archive
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SportsCollege football by the odds: Bowl pick'em Against the Spread Part 2
Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021 The first week of bowl season went off without a hitch, and here’s to wishful thinking as far as getting the next set of games played. ...
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SportsRaiders’ defense saves season with victory in rescheduled game at Browns
Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021 The Raiders were "freaking out," in Maxx Crosby’s words, last Friday when the coaches told them to hold off on loading the team buses to the airport. Their game at the Browns, scheduled for Saturday afternoon, was being pushed back two days because of the home team’s ...
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SportsAnalysis: Raiders need to rally behind displeasure with rescheduling decision
Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021 Sensing his teammates needed some encouragement after a rough stretch, veteran linebacker K.J. Wright began speaking up more during Raiders’ practices last week. ...
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SportsSunday Sweats: Five bets to add to your NFL Week 15 card
Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021 So much for the NFL’s first Saturday doubleheader of the season. ...
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FootballAfter Browns COVID outbreak, game with Raiders moved to Monday
Friday, Dec. 17, 2021 The Raiders will no longer play the Browns on Saturday afternoon. The game has been postponed to 2 p.m. on Monday after a COVID-19 outbreak among vaccinated Browns’ players that has produced positive tests every day this week.
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SportsLine play has remained the root of Raiders’ recent problems on offense
Friday, Dec. 17, 2021 A lot of fingers are pointing in a lot of directions to explain the Raiders’ frustrating 1-5 stretch, but the biggest one still needs to be reserved for the offensive line ...
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SportsRaiders Report: December 16, 2021
Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021 Wrapping Week 14 and looking ahead to Week 15. Which player needs to come up big?
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SportsMoney makers: College Football Betting Awards recognize nation's top covering teams
Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021 It’s awards season in college football with our annual (well, typically annual) gambling version ready to jump back in the fray.
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GamingVegas pick’em: NFL Week 15 winners against the spread
Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021 The lights flickering out of sports books’ corners of casinos Tuesday morning and afternoon weren’t from plugging in some late holiday decorations. ...
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A&EOfficials promise 2024 Super Bowl in Las Vegas ‘is going to be spectacular’
Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021 On Sunday, Raiders owner Mark Davis sped past a news conference at Arrowhead Stadium with his eyes pointed downward and a blank stare. His demeanor couldn’t have ...
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SportsCollege football by the odds: Bowl pick'em Against the Spread Part 1
Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021 The number of challenges that have presented themselves to bettors attempting to handicap college football’s bowl season in recent years never stop adding up. ...
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SportsRaiders must look toward future in final four games after another bad loss
Monday, Dec. 13, 2021 Rich Bisaccia didn’t “have a lot of words” to explain the Raiders’ latest disappointment, a 48-9 defeat to the Chiefs, to media Sunday afternoon at Geha Field at Arrowhead. Las Vegas’ interim coach apparently had plenty to say his players and staff, however, as his postgame address stretched several minutes longer than ...
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SportsExpected return of Trayvon Mullen could give Raiders boost against Chiefs
Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021 Interim coach Rich Bisaccia didn’t officially announce Mullen’s return from injured reserve during his final pregame news conference Friday, but said he was hopeful, and all indicators are pointing that way. ...
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SportsOf Chief Importance: Will Raiders switch up defensive looks in Kansas City?
Friday, Dec. 10, 2021 The Raiders’ defense failed to adjust to the Chiefs’ offense and paid the price. That was the widespread consensus out of Las Vegas’ 41-14 loss to Kansas City earlier this season at Allegiant Stadium. In a season where most teams have copied each other’s concepts to limit the Chiefs, critics say the Raiders stubbornly stuck to ...
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SportsThe power of perseverance: Battle-tested veterans Charles Oliveira and Dustin Poirier top the card at UFC 269
Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021 Five years ago, Charles Oliveira and Dustin Poirier were both lightweight afterthoughts at risk of getting released by the UFC with another loss or two. Oliveira spent the end of 2016 bulking up for a return to the 155-pound division after a failed stint at the 145-pound featherweight class ...
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SportsRaiders Report: December 9, 2021
Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021 Wrapping Week 13 and looking ahead to Week 14. Which player needs to come up big?
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SportsUp-and-running rookies: Raiders’ Deablo, Koonce prove ready for bigger roles
Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021 Malcolm Koonce and Divine Deablo prepare for practice next to each other every day in the Raiders’ stretching formation. It’s appropriate placement considering they were also selected back-to-back in this year’s NFL Draft in the third round with the No. 79 and No. 80 overall picks, respectively. About the only time ...
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SportsA play away: Close-game magic fizzles as Raiders fall to fourth loss in five games
Monday, Dec. 6, 2021 The ball slipped through Tre’von Moehrig’s hands and fell to the ground, and so too may have the Raiders’ postseason goals. Las Vegas’ rookie free safety had a chance ...
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SportsWisconsin, Arizona State pegged for first Las Vegas Bowl at Allegiant Stadium
Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021 The first Las Vegas Bowl contested at Allegiant Stadium will feature a college football program that loves traveling to Las Vegas: Wisconsin.
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SportsRaiders need faltering pass defense to rebound as part of push for playoffs
Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021 Raiders defensive coordinator Gus Bradley was ready to give his unit mostly positive marks while reviewing the film of last week’s 36-33 overtime victory over the Cowboys. Then he got to the fourth quarter. ...
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SportsNomadic no more? DeSean Jackson wants to make Raiders his ‘last stop’
Friday, Dec. 3, 2021 The veteran receiver, who turned 35 years old on Wednesday, hopes he can stay in silver and black beyond the rest of this regular season and any potential postseason games. ...
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SportsRaiders Report: December 2, 2021
Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021 Wrapping Week 12 and looking ahead to Week 13. Which player needs to come up big?
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SportsDerek Carr compares Marcus Mariota pairing to Saints’ one-time Brees-Hill duo
Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021 The moment after Marcus Mariota’s first touchdown this season, a four-yard run in the Raiders’ win over the Cowboys last week, stood out as much as the actual play to interim coach Rich Bisaccia. Starting quarterback Derek Carr rushed over from the other side of the field, where he was split out as a receiver, to join in ...
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Raider Repair: Las Vegas wins the 'must-win' on Thanksgiving against Dallas
Friday, Nov. 26, 2021 The only audible noise in the visitor’s news conference room at AT&T Stadium were the celebratory shouts, claps and chatter coming from the nearby locker room for ...
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SportsHunter the Gatherer: Receiver's unconventional style is paying off for Raiders
Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021 With one of the best tight ends in the league (Darren Waller), a Pro Bowl running back (Josh Jacobs) and a traditional fullback (Alec Ingold, before a recent knee injury), the Raiders’ offense has no dearth of short-yardage options. And yet, their go-to guy in such situations all season has been an undersized receiver many once regarded as too slow to make it in the NFL.
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SportsRaiders Report: November 25, 2021
Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021 Wrapping Week 11 and looking ahead to Week 12. Which player needs to come up big?
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SportsRaiders have little time to recover from latest ‘terrible’ performance
Monday, Nov. 22, 2021 Raiders interim coach Rich Bisaccia rushed to the podium on the ground floor of Allegiant Stadium for his postgame news conference Sunday afternoon and launched into an opening statement detailing his team’s “poor performance” against the Bengals. It might have been the most urgency anyone in ...
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SportsGolden Knights win to wrap long homestand that stabilized season
Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021 The Golden Knights’ bench seemed to clear as soon as the horn sounded, and their sticks lifted as high as the celebratory smoke shooting out of the fog machine. ...
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SportsNot done yet: Raiders out to show they’ve got a lot of fight left against Bengals
Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021 Las Vegas feels like it’s been written off as a postseason contender despite a hot start to the season, and it’s not just all in their heads. ...
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SportsMidseason assessment: Has the Raiders’ defense regressed?
Friday, Nov. 19, 2021 Progress must be immediate considering the Raiders are starting a stretch of facing four offenses ranking in the top 10 of yards per play in the next five weeks on Sunday with ...
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SportsHammers, bananas and fights: A.J. Cole has been the Raiders’ secret weapon
Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021 For the Raiders over the course of the season, Cole has been far more hammer-like — constantly knocking opponents down into poor field position. ...
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SportsVegas pick’em: NFL Week 11 winners against the spread
Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021 The betting market has favored the AFC champion over the NFC champion in each of the last five Super Bowls, but the streak is projected to end this year. ...
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SportsRaiders Report: November 18, 2021
Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021 Wrapping Week 10 and looking ahead to Week 12. Which player needs to come up big?
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SportsCollege football by the odds: Vegas preview and picks of every Week 12 game
Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021 The game everyone has waited for can now be bet on. ...
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SportsRaiders teetering on edge of collapse after Chiefs hand down second straight loss
Monday, Nov. 15, 2021 Fortunes flip quickly in the NFL, a fact the Raiders are all too familiar with after suffering a 41-14 beatdown at the hands of the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday Night Football for their second straight loss. ...
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SportsLive coverage: Chiefs humiliate Raiders with blowout win at Allegiant Stadium
Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021 Kansas City just scored on another long pass, a 22-yarder from Patrick Mahomes to Byron Pringle to go up 41-14 about midway through the fourth quarter. ...
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SportsFour unsung Raiders who might be key to beating the Chiefs in Week 10
Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021 Memories of the Raiders knocking off the Chiefs to snap their archrival’s 13-game win streak last season often revolve around their stars, but the upset took big-time contributions from players all the way down the roster. ...
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SportsSmash hit: Raiders may have struck free-agency gold with Yannick Ngakoue
Friday, Nov. 12, 2021 The Raiders’ recent history has been fraught with free-agency misses, so there might have been some concern when this offseason’s prized signing started relatively slow over the first month of the season. ...
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SportsRaiders Report: November 11, 2021
Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021 Wrapping Week 9 and looking ahead to Week 10. Which player needs to come up big?
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SportsDeSean Jackson: ‘I'm not asking to get the ball 100 times’ with the Raiders
Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021 DeSean Jackson arrived in Las Vegas on Monday after officially signing with the Raiders to help them address a thin receiving corps. Wednesday marked his first practice, and his presence was felt immediately ...
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SportsRaiders release troubled first-round cornerback Damon Arnette
Monday, Nov. 8, 2021 The Raiders have now cut both of their first-round choices from the 2020 NFL Draft within a week. Las Vegas was quick to release ...
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Raiders say mistakes, not emotions, led to loss in first game since tragedy
Monday, Nov. 8, 2021 A folded brim on a black hat couldn’t cast a large enough shadow over Derek Carr’s face to conceal a frown at the end of the Raider quarterback’s postgame news conference Sunday evening at MetLife Stadium. ..
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SportsRaiders interim coach Rich Bisaccia returns to his roots to take on Giants
Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021 The 61-year-old Bisaccia’s affinity for the New York Giants might have as much to do with personal connections to the coaching staff as it does sentimental reasons ...
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SportsRaiders confront feeling of 'guilt' out of Ruggs' charges in fatal crash
Friday, Nov. 5, 2021 Derek Carr touched on and eventually listed off several emotions the Raiders were experiencing Wednesday at the team’s Henderson headquarters regarding the death of Tina Tintor in a fatal crash allegedly caused by former teammate Henry Ruggs III. Offensive coordinator Greg Olson added another ...
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SportsRaiders Report: November 4, 2021
Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021 Taking stock of the team coming out of its bye week.
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SportsFour college basketball teams hold value in the futures market
Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021 The NCAA Tournament is the biggest sports betting event of the year, but bettors waiting until March to wager on teams to win the 68-team field are doing themselves a disservice.
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Raiders return to practice with impact of Ruggs situation ‘not lost on anyone’
Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021 Football felt secondary, in quarterback Derek Carr’s own words, but the Raiders had to officially start preparations for their Week 9 game at the Giants ...
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SportsDadonov has become the Golden Knights’ unlikely closer in win streak
Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021 The Russian role player went right after Ducks goalie John Gibson and shot the puck through his legs to lift the Golden Knights to a 5-4 victory, giving Vegas a three-game winning streak. ...
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SportsGolden Knights collapse then recover to beat Ducks in shootout
Friday, Oct. 29, 2021 The Golden Knights improved to 18-3 all-time against the Ducks with a 5-4 shootout victory. Vegas’ Nicholas Roy and Anaheim’s Trevor Zegras each scored as part of the initial three penalty shots to push the shootout to a fourth frame ....
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SportsRaiders Report: October 28, 2021
Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021 Wrapping Week 6 and taking stock of the team heading into its bye week.
