Case Keefer
Assistant Sports Editor
Story Archive
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Sports‘Too sloppy:’ Raiders settle for tie after rough start in preseason debut
Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025 A year after wrapping up their preseason schedule with a tie against the San Francisco 49ers, Las Vegas opened this year’s slate Thursday night with a 23-23 deadlock at the Seattle Seahawks. ...
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Sports7 awards bets to start a football futures betting portfolio
Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025 Going into football season, betting on players to win awards is now every bit as popular as wagering on teams to win championships.
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SportsRaiders trade away Jakorian Bennett in exchange for defensive tackle
Monday, Aug. 4, 2025 The Raiders will send third-year cornerback Jakorian Bennett to the Eagles in exchange for fourth-year defensive tackle Thomas Booker IV according to a report from ESPN’s Adam Schefter. ...
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SportsReady to roll: Raiders may rely on rookie receivers Thornton, Bech right away
Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025 There’s much to watch today when the Raiders host what’s expected to be their best-attended training camp session, a “mock game” scheduled for 1 p.m. at Allegiant Stadium. ....
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FootballCollege football veterans face off for UNLV quarterback job
Thursday, July 31, 2025 One glance at the UNLV roster is all that college football fans should need to realize how much has changed at the program.
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SportsCollege football by the odds: Handicapping every Big 12 team's win total
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 The Big 12 again looks like the most competitive major conference, and not a single one of the league’s 16 teams are available at any higher than 80-to-1 to win the league at any shop in Las Vegas. ...
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Sports¿Dará frutos la gran apuesta de los Raiders por Geno Smith?
Saturday, July 26, 2025 Durante un tramo en medio del segundo entrenamiento de los Raiders en el campo de entrenamiento el jueves, Geno Smith encontró el ritmo que le había estado fallando desde el minicampamento en junio.
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SportsAnalysis: Will the Raiders’ big bet on Geno Smith pay off?
Saturday, July 26, 2025 Smith is going to need to be sharp consistently if the Raiders expect to fulfill new coach Pete Carroll’s stated expectation to, “win a bunch of games.” ...
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SportsRaiders release Christian Wilkins citing 'no clear path or plan' to return
Thursday, July 24, 2025 The organization, according to a report from ESPN’s Adam Schefter, voided the remaining money on Wilkins’ deal because of the way he rehabbed the Jones fracture in his left foot suffered in Week 5 of last season. ...
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SportsKeep an eye on these positional battles in Raiders training camp
Thursday, July 24, 2025 Here are four spots where there will be the most competition for playing time with the Raiders heading into the 2025-2026 season.
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SportsCollege football by the odds: Handicapping every Big Ten team’s win total
Tuesday, July 22, 2025 The conference’s Media Days arrive locally for the first time today with six teams doing the rounds daily through Thursday at Mandalay Bay. ...
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SportsUNLV’s new No. 7: Jake Pope could pick up where Jackson Woodard left off
Thursday, July 17, 2025 Linebacker Jackson Woodard, the 2024 Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year, is off to the NFL as an undrafted free agent with the Houston Texans but incoming safety Jake Pope welcomes the challenge that comes with inheriting No. 7. ...
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SportsPacMan's return: Manny Pacquiao unretires to take a shot at boxing history
Thursday, July 17, 2025 Like virtually all the fighters in his generation, WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios grew up watching and drawing inspiration from Manny Pacquiao.
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SportsChampionship rematch brewing as Boise State, UNLV top Mountain West poll
Wednesday, July 16, 2025 The UNLV football team appears poised for another shot at the Mountain West championship, setting up a potential rematch with familiar foe Boise State ...
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GamingCollege football by the odds: Handicapping every Mountain West team’s win total
Tuesday, July 15, 2025 Boise State has won the Mountain West five times in 12 years but could really set themselves apart with one more championship on the way out. ...
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SportsNBA Summer League has become so much more than a basketball tournament
Saturday, July 12, 2025 It’s easy to see why Summer League continues to be such a draw. The chance to see the future of professional basketball up close offers major appeal. ...
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SportsDynamic duo: Marner, Eichel look ingrained as Golden Knights’ go-to pair for years to come
Thursday, July 10, 2025 Two days before news of the trade sending Toronto Maple Leafs winger Mitch Marner to the Vegas Golden Knights became official and public, word began to spread around the team.
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SportsA mea culpa for Marner: Why the star now makes more sense for the Golden Knights
Saturday, July 5, 2025 Who could possibly have been against adding one of the league’s best wingers to pair with one of its best centers, Jack Eichel, in a quest to win another Stanley Cup?
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SportsStraight A's: Young stars give Las Vegas' future Major League Baseball team hope for long-term success
Thursday, July 3, 2025 Most Athletics fans remember dominant closer Rollie Fingers most for the three straight World Series titles he helped the franchise win from 1972 to 1974 near the start of his Hall of Fame career.
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SportsA long time in the making, Devin White feels revitalized as a Raider
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 The 6-foot, 237-pound White might not have gotten to start his career with the Raiders, but now he’s out to revive it in a place where he says he immediately feels like he belongs. ...
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FootballTras un largo proceso, Devin White se siente revitalizado como jugador de los Raiders
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 Tom Brady no está interfiriendo en las operaciones diarias de los Raiders al comenzar su primera temporada como propietario minoritario de la franquicia.
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Breaking NewsAlex Pietrangelo stepping away from hockey with major hip injuries
Monday, June 30, 2025 The word “retirement” was conspicuously missing from the news release as it sounds like the 35-year-old isn’t ready to give up all hope of returning to the ice just yet. ...
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SportsKnights get their guy: Mitch Marner headed to Vegas via sign-and-trade
Monday, June 30, 2025 Marner’s new contract in Vegas will reportedly pay him $12 million annually for the maximum length of eight years. ...
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SportsAnalysis: Ilia Topuria a natural fit as International Fight Week headliner
Saturday, June 28, 2025 UFC 317 has largely fallen on the shoulders of Topuria’s bid at history from a promotional standpoint. He’s looking to become the 10th fighter ever to win a belt at a second weight class. ...
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BusinessAthletics say nothing stands in way of Strip ballpark opening in time for 2028 season
Tuesday, June 24, 2025 Las Vegas has seen many major ceremonial groundbreakings, but few have been as extravagant and unique as the A’s version on Monday on the parcel where Tropicana stood for 67 years ...
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MuseumsFontainebleau’s Hall of Excellence to open as Tom Brady’s latest local sports foray
Thursday, June 19, 2025 The museum opens to the public at 10 a.m. Friday with tickets costing $35 for general admission, $30 for Nevada residents and $25 for children. ...
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SportsRaiders' center could be on a path to greatness
Thursday, June 19, 2025 Maxx Crosby was wrecking one period of the Raiders’ practice during the recently concluded mandatory minicamp, blowing past offensive linemen to supply pressure and intercepting a screen pass from quarterback Geno Smith that he returned for a touchdown.
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SportsJack Eichel extension looms as Golden Knights’ first order of business this offseason
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 A particularly painful Stanley Cup Final for the Vegas Golden Knights to watch wraps up either tonight in Sunrise, Fla., or Friday in Edmonton, Alberta. The Golden Knights beat both ...
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SportsFive Raiders who impressed during pre-training camp workouts
Saturday, June 14, 2025 These five players flashed during the 2025-2026 Raiders’ first time on the field together and built some momentum for when the team reconvenes for training camp in late July at their Henderson headquarters. ...
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SportsWhy the Golden Knights should think twice before chasing prized free agent Marner
Thursday, June 12, 2025 With the Stanley Cup Final between the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers winding down, eyes in the NHL are already beginning to drift to the next major date on the schedule—the start of free agency on July 1.
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SportsRaiders hope they found another leading linebacker gem in Elandon Roberts
Tuesday, June 10, 2025 Las Vegas has already started to feel like home for veteran linebacker Elandon Roberts, despite the fact that he only signed with the Raiders three months ago.
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SportsLocal football greats chase a championship with UFL’s Michigan Panthers
Saturday, June 7, 2025 Most of the highlights of veteran linebacker Javin White’s football career have come in Las Vegas.
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SportsEarly practices only increasing expectations for Raiders rookie running back
Thursday, June 5, 2025 The passing game is almost always the focus of NFL teams’ initial, pre-training camp practices as part of offseason activities in late May and early June.
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SportsBreaking down the NBA Finals and Stanley Cup Final by the betting odds
Tuesday, June 3, 2025 The Stanley Cup Final and NBA Finals may not attract Super Bowl or March Madness level attention in casinos but they’re far and away the biggest betting events on the summer calendar. ...
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SportsAnalysis: Caleb Plant marches forward ‘the way a warrior would’
Saturday, May 31, 2025 Plant has lived the dream as far as his boxing career over the last half-decade or so. He had a title reign that lasted more than two years to ...
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SportsProlong the reunion: Golden Knights should re-sign Original Misfit Reilly Smith
Thursday, May 29, 2025 The most memorable goal of the Golden Knights’ season turned out to be their last goal of the season. Forward Reilly Smith pulled one of the most dramatic game-winners ever with .4 seconds left on the clock ...
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SportsAnalysis: Pete Carroll’s early practices more than pass the intensity test
Tuesday, May 27, 2025 Carroll’s practices appear more action-packed than any of his four head-coaching predecessors since the Raiders moved to Las Vegas in 2020. ...
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SportsWeekend wagers: Six bets to make on six different sports
Saturday, May 24, 2025 Seventy days have passed since the last Weekend Wagers. That’s far too many, and there’s no better time to revive the column than on an under-the-radar mammoth sports betting holiday weekend ...
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SportsRaiders president on raising millions at gala, working with Pete Carroll and more
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 The Raiders made bold promises about their commitment to community service and pledged ample resources to the cause upon officially relocating to Las Vegas in 2020.
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SportsAnalysis: Gray ready to put on a show with new-look Aces
Saturday, May 17, 2025 Gray should be back at her full powers on a WNBA court for the first time in nearly two years when the Aces open the season on the road against the New York Liberty this morning. ...
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SportsGolden Knights exit playoffs after getting shut out in second straight game
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 The Golden Knights went more than six periods, 127 minutes, without scoring goal to end their season with consecutive shutouts. The only time ...
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SportsRaiders' 2025 schedule: No easy path in coach Pete Carroll's first season
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 It’s the fifth time in six years since the Raiders’ franchise moved to Las Vegas that it will start the season away from Allegiant Stadium. ...
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SportsAnalysis: Darien Porter could carve out major role for Raiders as a rookie
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 Darien Porter might be sitting right behind Ashton Jeanty as the Raiders' rookie poised to make the biggest immediate impact. ...
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SportsAnalysis: Golden Knights' hopes of a series rally rest largely with Eichel
Saturday, May 10, 2025 If the Golden Knights have any prayer at staging a comeback against Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and the Oilers, it’s got to come through their best player. ...
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SportsGolden Knights can't finish off comeback in Game 2 overtime loss to Oilers
Thursday, May 8, 2025 Edmonton prevented completing a collapse and beat Vegas 5-4, taking a 2-0 series lead in the teams’ second-round Stanley Cup Playoffs series. ...
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SportsSimmering hostility between Golden Knights, Oilers adds intrigue to playoff series
Thursday, May 8, 2025 The Golden Knights’ list of rivals has evolved over the years and probably always will, but for now, the Oilers occupy the top spot. Edmonton is one of six teams in the NHL that Vegas ...
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SportsGolden Knights crumble after fast start, can't keep up with Oilers in Game 1 loss
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 Connor McDavid and his teammates are off to a good start as they controlled play over the final two periods en route to a 4-2 victory over the Golden Knights. ...
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SportsAnalysis: Golden Knights vs. Oilers remains a test of depth vs. dominance
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 There are more edges in the Golden Knights’ favor overall, and they’ll need those to prevail past the Oilers’ overpowering top-level talent. ...
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SportsAnalysis: D-lineman Pegues adds ‘unique’ potential to Raiders’ rookie class
Saturday, May 3, 2025 The Raiders aren't putting any limits on the 23-year-old from Oxford, Miss., long term, and he might just be the most fitting mascot of the first rookie class assembled with Spytek and Carroll at the helm. ...
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SportsAdin Hill's big game delivers Golden Knights to second round of playoffs
Thursday, May 1, 2025 Vegas goalie Adin Hill denied the opposing stars all night long in his best game of the postseason so far, logging 29 saves. ...
