Case Keefer
Assistant Sports Editor
Story Archive
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SportsRaiders' mostly new offensive line heavy on potential
Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021 For the past two seasons, everyone associated with the Las Vegas Raiders jumped at any chance to declare that the team had “the best offensive line in the league.” They won’t be claiming that this year, at least not to start the season.
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GamingVegas pick'em: NFL Week 1 winners against the spread
Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021 The Tampa Bay Buccaneers helped Talking Points end last NFL season in style, not only covering in the Super Bowl but cashing a postseason, moneyline-rollover parlay every step of the way for a big return. ...
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FeaturesCarl Nassib feels love from the Raider organization after coming out as gay
Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021 In June, the 28-year-old defensive end became the first active NFL player to do so, by way of an Instagram post in which he pledged $100,000 to the Trevor Project, a suicide prevention organization.
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SportsRush defense might stand as Raiders’ biggest question mark going into season
Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021 The Ravens have fielded one of the best offenses in the league over the last two years, and they’ve done it in a way that could specifically cause problems for the Raiders — with the run. Behind the running ability of quarterback Lamar Jackson, they’ve led the league in ...
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SportsK.J. Wright signs, Denzel Perryman arrives to replenish Raiders at linebacker
Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021 Veteran linebacker K.J. Wright has signed a one-year contract with the Las Vegas Raiders, according to multiple reports. ...
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SportsThe best player-prop bets to make for the upcoming NFL season
Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021 Long gone are the days when odds to win the Super Bowl and over/under team win totals were the only preseason NFL future wagers found at most sportsbooks ...
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SportsHere's the Raiders' initial 53-man roster after a couple surprise cuts
Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021 A pair of veteran free agents signed by the Raiders in the offseason, wide receiver John Brown and safety Karl Joseph, were released by the organization Tuesday as part of the NFL’s final roster cuts. ...
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SportsDillon Stoner firms case for a roster spot in Raiders’ final preseason game
Monday, Aug. 30, 2021 The Raiders’ 34-10 loss to the San Francisco 49ers wasn’t an enjoyable experience for the fourth-year coach, but if anything could cheer him up, it was the play of undrafted rookie wide receiver Dillon Stoner. ...
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SportsAnalysis: Are the Raiders minimizing Clelin Ferrell, and should they be?
Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021 Ferrell’s traditional statistics may look underwhelming, but his underlying production metrics suggest he’s been better than advertised with ample room to improve at only 24-years-old. ...
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SportsWide receiver looms as 'most difficult decision' for Raiders’ final roster cuts
Friday, Aug. 27, 2021 Willie Snead had never made it over to Allegiant Stadium until earlier this month when the Raiders held their one public preseason practice on their homefield.
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SportsTrey Ragas or BJ Emmons? Raiders have choice to make at backup running back
Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021 A year ago, the Raiders couldn’t wait to get rid of a third-round rookie running back. This year, they’re dreading not being able to keep two undrafted rookie running backs. ...
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SportsWith injuries mounting, Raiders trade for linebacker Denzel Perryman
Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021 The Raiders have swung a trade with the Carolina Panthers for veteran linebacker Denzel Perryman. Las Vegas traded away a sixth-round pick in ...
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A&EPsycho Las Vegas overcame difficult conditions to bring crowds—and joy—back to town
Monday, Aug. 23, 2021 The festival, in its fifth year locally and second at Mandalay Bay after a one-year hiatus amid the pandemic, brought overwhelming joy to both artists and attendees.
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SportsWeekend wagers: Five best bets on five different sports
Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021 This will almost surely be the final Saturday betting column of the year that doesn't include football. ...
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SportsRaiders energized by two tense-but-successful joint practices with Rams
Friday, Aug. 20, 2021 Las Vegas called off the second of two practices in Thousand Oaks, Calif., early after a brawl reportedly broke out between the two teams. The conflict should make for an interesting ...
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A&ETen acts to catch at Psycho Las Vegas’ festival return
Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021 GZA, Deafheaven, Poison the Well, Drab Majesty and more.
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SportsPac is back: Manny Pacquiao will attempt to win a title in what could be his final fight
Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021 Combat sports have a long history of championship fighters rising back to the top late in their careers after being counted out, with Manny Pacquiao emerging as the best recent example.
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SportsRaiders execs say vaccination policy ‘the right thing to do’ at Allegiant Stadium
Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021 The decision to become first American professional sports team to announce a policy requiring fans who attend home games to be vaccinated against COVID-19 was ultimately an easy choice for the Las Vegas Raiders, according to owner Mark Davis. ...
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SportsNo ordinary preseason game as Raiders celebrate full home stadium in victory
Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021 Fans filled the $2 billion venue just southwest of the Strip to watch a game for the first time, a long-awaited milestone postponed by the pandemic forcing the Raiders to play in front of empty seats last year. ...
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SportsGame time: All eyes on Raiders’ defense in preseason opener against Seahawks
Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021 The Raiders can begin to prove their defensive progress is real at 6 p.m. tonight when they kick off the 2021-2022 season with a preseason game against the Seattle Seahawks ...
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SportsRaiders will hold ‘a lot of the players’ out of Saturday’s preseason home game
Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021 The Las Vegas Raiders will make their game debut in front of fans Saturday night at Allegiant Stadium at much less than full strength. ...
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SportsFinding futures: Odds look good on these bets for the upcoming college football season
Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021 Let’s dive into all variations of wagers currently available weeks before the start of the season and find a play or two in each of them.
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SportsPosition by position: Naming a Raiders’ training camp standout at every spot
Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021 The Las Vegas Raiders are now in the middle of their third week of training camp, but there’s been enough time to evaluate the whole roster, so let’s explore the entire offense and defense ...
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Raiders release first depth chart ahead of preseason game
Monday, Aug. 9, 2021 The starting 11 for the first preseason game in the history of the Las Vegas Raiders is set — unofficially. NFL teams are required to release depth charts heading into ...
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Raiders get familiar with fan-filled Allegiant Stadium, imagine home edge
Monday, Aug. 9, 2021 Free-agent pickups Willie Snead and Kenyan Drake carved out time before Sunday afternoon’s practice at Allegiant Stadium to walk the field of their new home stadium.
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SportsRaiders past and present linked in 2021 Hall of Fame enshrinement weekend
Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021 Charles Woodson now admits he knew little about the Raiders when the franchise chose him with the fourth overall pick of the 1998 NFL Draft off of a Heisman Trophy-winning season at Michigan ...
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SportsWith Waller out of practice, Edwards steps up as Raiders’ go-to receiver
Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021 Derek Carr compared his relationship and rhythm with one Raiders’ receiver to the bond he famously built with Davante Adams while in college ...
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SportsThree starting spots up for grabs as Raiders begin training camp
Thursday, July 29, 2021 Position battles are a big part of every NFL team’s training camp, and the Las Vegas Raiders are no exception. Despite an active offseason full of moves, the Raiders have relatively strong roster continuity and scheme familiarity going into ...
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SportsFive takeaways from Jon Gruden’s training-camp opening news conference
Wednesday, July 28, 2021 The fourth-year Raiders’ coach was in his element on Tuesday afternoon when he took the podium in the media room at the team’s Henderson headquarters for the first time. ...
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SportsHow the determined Raiders can break through in second Las Vegas season
Tuesday, July 27, 2021 Maxx Crosby lounged on patio furniture during a recent afternoon in the backyard of his Henderson home, as tranquil as the waterfall pouring in the pool behind him. The third-year defensive end showed no signs of the intensity that’s made him a fan favorite ...
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SportsNational Lacrosse League continues Las Vegas' sports fast break
Thursday, July 22, 2021 Nick Sakiewicz says bringing a National Lacrosse League team to Las Vegas has intrigued him since he became commissioner in 2016. When he attended a Vegas Golden Knights game during their inaugural season a year later, that interest turned to near certainty.
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SportsAfter 30 years with the Raiders, team president Marc Badain resigns
Monday, July 19, 2021 One of the Raiders’ most instrumental forces in getting Allegiant Stadium built has stepped down. Team president Marc Badain had spent 30 years with the franchise ...
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A&EObservations from Allegiant Stadium's first-ever public concert, featuring Illenium
Tuesday, July 6, 2021 Don’t worry about Allegiant Stadium’s acoustics. Illenium’s sound was importantly crisp and clear, though surprisingly not all that loud.
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SportsKnights watch: Expect another active offseason from Vegas
Thursday, July 1, 2021 A common criticism of the Vegas Golden Knights while they thrived during their inaugural regular season four years ago was that their style would never work in the playoffs. Those predictions proved to be wildly wrong, as the team outpaced external expectations and waltzed to the Stanley Cup Final before losing to an uber-talented ...
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SportsMad Maxx: Raiders pass rusher looks poised for a breakout year
Thursday, June 24, 2021 There’s a sense that defensive end Maxx Crosby could make the leap from tantalizing prospect and reliable contributor to dominant force and consistent difference maker this season ...
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SportsGolden Knights stay calm and collected facing elimination, but should they be?
Wednesday, June 23, 2021 The Golden Knights have already survived blowing a 3-1 series lead and then falling into a 2-0 hole against the NHL’s best team in their first two series of this postseason. It’s only fitting that they’ve now lined up another unique hurdle in front of themselves and ...
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SportsPlayoff philanthropist: Local has sent 26 kids and counting into Knights games
Tuesday, June 22, 2021 Drew Danzeisen roamed Toshiba Plaza outside of T-Mobile Arena in an authentic Golden Knights jersey despite 115 degrees temperatures for more than an hour before game time Wednesday. The 27-year-old watched as the area filled in ahead of Game 2 of ...
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SportsStar-studded owners help bring National Lacrosse League team to Las Vegas
Monday, June 21, 2021 One of the fastest growing sports cities in the world has added a new major-league professional team partly via a trio of famous athletes. Las Vegas will be home to the 15th franchise of the National Lacrosse League starting in ...
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SportsRaiders’ Carl Nassib becomes first active NFL player to come out as gay
Monday, June 21, 2021 “I’m a pretty private person so I hope you guys know I’m really not doing this for attention. I just think that representation and visibility are so important."
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Sports'Ready to go in Montreal': Golden Knights should move on from poor Game 2
Thursday, June 17, 2021 Pete DeBoer doesn’t usually incorporate many theatrics into his coaching, but the Vegas Golden Knights’ 3-2 loss to the Montreal Canadiens Wednesday night provides a perfect opportunity for him to start. Perhaps DeBoer should burn copies of the game onto ...
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Sports‘Always optimistic’ Derek Carr once again believes pieces are in place for Raiders
Wednesday, June 16, 2021 Before the Detroit Lions traded Matthew Stafford to the Los Angeles Rams this offseason, many bemoaned the fact that the veteran quarterback had never gotten the chance to play for an organization that put a sufficient team around him. ...
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SportsGolden Knights-Canadiens series as lopsided as advertised in Game 1
Tuesday, June 15, 2021 A Canadiens’ fan crashed the T-Mobile Arena video board shortly after his team scored a power-play goal Monday evening, tugging on and pointing at the classic “CH” logo at the center of his white sweater. Credit to that gentleman for maximizing what must have been ...
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SportsGolden Knights’ series comeback against Avalanche is one for the ages
Friday, June 11, 2021 What a night to cap off one of the most impressive four-game runs you’ll ever see in hockey, the most impressive four-game run in Golden Knights’ franchise history ...
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SportsOffseason scouting: Five Raider players who stood out during OTA practices
Thursday, June 10, 2021 Nearly the entire team was on the outdoor fields for at least one of the practices, but it was mostly just running through basic drills as league rules forbid contact at this point of the offseason. Still, certain players managed to stand out. Here are five who could play an important role ...
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A&ECowboy Camaraderie: Rodeo returns to Las Vegas with two organizations teaming up for a three-day weekend
Thursday, June 10, 2021 Many of Valeria Howard-Cunningham’s favorite moments over more than three decades spent around Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo, the all-Black circuit her late husband founded in 1977, have involved demonstrations introducing the sport and the organization’s history to children.
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SportsGolden Knights have Avalanche rattled like never before, but can it continue?
Monday, June 7, 2021 For the first time in what seems like the history of organized sports, the team meeting didn’t work. Disappointed with their performance and ensuing loss in Friday night's Game 3 against the Vegas Golden Knights, the Colorado Avalanche reportedly got ...
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SportsRaiders use OTAs to mesh with new defensive coordinator Gus Bradley
Saturday, June 5, 2021 An airhorn sounded to signal the end of the stretching period, Mötley Crüe’s “Kickstart My Heart” blasted out of the mobile DJ booth and the Raiders all raced off across two practice fields to join their respective position groups. ...
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SportsGolden Knights kept composure to change circumstances of Avalanche series
Saturday, June 5, 2021 Max Pacioretty nearly decked Philipp Grubauer when he celebrated his game-winning goal with a straight right Friday night at T-Mobile Arena. ...
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A&EIce Cube’s 3-on-3 basketball league, Big3, gears up for fourth season
Thursday, June 3, 2021 Play begins July 10 at Orleans Arena.
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‘A competitive advantage’: Raiders committed to offseason practices
Wednesday, June 2, 2021 In mid-April, players from the Raiders were among a group of at least 20 other NFL teams that came together and voted against participating in voluntary team activities ...
