Case Keefer
Assistant Sports Editor
Story Archive
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BettingFive betting trends to consider heading into the NFL season
Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017 Bookmakers could never catch up to the Patriots last year, and they’re still scrambling heading into the 2017 season.
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SportsRaiders 101: Three stars to watch on Las Vegas’ future football squad
Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017 Keep your eyes on Derek Carr, Amari Cooper and Khalil Mack this season.
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SportsAnalysis: Mayweather’s win over McGregor was one of his finest fights
Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017 The joke everyone made about a problem Conor McGregor may encounter fighting Floyd Mayweather came true. The UFC lightweight champion appeared to suffer from a momentary lapse where he forgot what sport he was competing in during his boxing debut Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena. ...
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FeaturesShould you save your pay-per-view money for Golovkin-Alvarez?
Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017 Golovkin is undefeated and widely considered the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world.
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Noise10 acts to catch at Psycho Las Vegas fest
Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017 Psycho Las Vegas | August 18-20, $99/day, $249/fest. | Hard Rock Hotel | vivapsycho.com.
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A&EYou always need to tune in for the UFC’s International Fight Week
Thursday, July 6, 2017 Amanda Nunes has effectively retired the two most famous female fighters in history in her past two fights.
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NoisePunk Rock Bowling Monday recap: Cock Sparrer, Pennywise, Discharge and more
Wednesday, May 31, 2017 The festival billed it as Cock Sparrer’s “last U.S. show for a long time,” but tradition dictates the band will return in 2020.
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NoisePunk Rock Bowling Sunday recap: Bad Religion, Choking Victim and more
Tuesday, May 30, 2017 Bad Religion's Jay Bentley handed off bass duties to NOFX’s Fat Mike, wearing a low-cut dress, for “We’re Only Gonna Die."
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A&EPunk Rock Bowling Saturday recap: Iggy Pop, Off!, Drug Church and more
Monday, May 29, 2017 Punk Rock Bowling Las Vegas
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SportsWhen will your team play the Raiders in Las Vegas?
Sunday, April 2, 2017 Now that we know where the Raiders will be playing, fans of teams across the country will surely schedule vacations around their team traveling to Las Vegas ...
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GamingLocal sports books cheer on Raiders' move to Las Vegas
Tuesday, March 28, 2017 From helping pass legislation prohibiting sports betting in all but a few states to threatening casinos for using the words “Super Bowl” to promote their, um, “big game” parties, the NFL has a long-contentious history with Las Vegas. ...
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SportsVillanova looks to become the NCAA Tourney’s first repeat champ in a decade
Thursday, March 16, 2017 Could this be the year when college basketball returns to its traditional oligarchic state?
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FeaturesDavid and Goliath: Super Bowl 51 pits a perennial favorite against an all-time long shot
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017 A Falcons’ victory on Sunday would make Atlanta the longest-shot champion in at least 20 years.
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FeaturesSuper Bowl players answer the question: When you hear Las Vegas, what comes to mind?
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017 Case Keefer fights through a sea of reporters to get some Patriots' and Falcons' thoughts on Las Vegas and the NFL.
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BettingWhat matters most for bettors as the NFL playoffs wind down?
Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017 Is it shrewder to bet on teams that performed all season long or those that got hot close to the finish line?
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BettingThe NFL playoffs are down to seven solid teams—and one all-time awful one
Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 In the past three seasons, the top-seeded teams have reached the big game, a streak that will run to four if the New England Patriots and Dallas Cowboys reach Super Bowl 51.
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BettingBetting: The NFL’s top four seeds are resting and ready to make a Super Bowl push
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 The Patriots, Cowboys, Chiefs and Falcons have history on their side.
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SportsAnalysis: Ronda Rousey's fall from grace started long before UFC 207
Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016 From the first punch Amanda Nunes threw, the sound in Ronda Rousey’s corner was panic. The cries of desperation implored Rousey to do something, to do anything to ...
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BettingWhich Super Bowl matchups would generate the biggest betting buzz?
Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016 The Patriots are heavy favorites to make the Super Bowl as the regular season wraps up.
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2017 predictions: Will the Las Vegas Raiders become a reality?
Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016 Do you want to know what’s going to happen in 2017 on the Las Vegas sports scene? We've got your covered — hopefully. After all, projecting the future is never an easy task. We asked the same question last year when ...
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SportsUFC 207 in Las Vegas: What will Ronda Rousey return to?
Sunday, Dec. 25, 2016 Thirteen months might not seem like a long time, but for a sport that’s less than 25 years old, it can feel like an eternity. Here are 10 things that have happened in the UFC since Rousey last fought.
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BettingThis season, five NFL teams have been bad for the books (and good for bettors)
Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016 Among them: the Patriots, Raiders and ... Browns?!
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BettingLet the spreads point the way to college football’s must-watch matchups
Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016 Bowl season is like a sprawling shopping center. If you don’t go in with a plan, it’s easy to become paralyzed by options.
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BettingBetting College Football's final four? Ignore conventional underdog wisdom
Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016 If you like Clemson or Washington, get to the window sooner than later.
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BettingAt long last, those Cowboys and Raiders bets are paying off
Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 Before this season, the two teams had combined to go a dreadful 88-103-3 against the spread this decade.
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SportsHow Bill Foley and his staff picked Vegas Golden Knights as NHL team name
Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016 Beneath a Vegas Golden Knights hat so new that price stickers were still attached, local NHL expansion franchise owner Bill Foley gushed over his team’s finally announced name Tuesday night at Toshiba Plaza ...
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BettingThe NFL’s worst teams still offer value at the betting window
Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016 The Jets are better than their 3-7 record and should have a chance to prove it coming off a bye for the final six weeks of the season.
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SportsGolden Knights revealed as Las Vegas hockey team name
Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016 Fans no longer need to refer to Las Vegas’ impending first major professional sports team as, “the NHL expansion franchise.” They’re the Vegas Golden Knights. ...
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BettingCollege football playoff chaos? Bet on it
Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016 The regular season will no longer coast into the College Football Playoff on calm waters.
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SportsUFC 205 breakdown, betting odds and picks
Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016 It’s nothing new for the UFC to stack one of its biggest cards with multiple title fights. ...
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BettingAs history has taught us, the NFL’s division leaders often don’t hang on
Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016 Two years ago, only three of the NFL’s eight Week 9 division leaders held on to finish first.
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BettingDigging into the college football contenders’ remaining key games
Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016 College football’s early primaries have concluded and the true candidates have emerged.
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BettingCowboy conundrum: Sports books view Romo’s replacement as a better bet
Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016 After a five-game winning streak behind Dak Prescott, it seems nothing could reduce Dallas' championship chances more than Romo’s return.
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BettingLouisville’s Lamar Jackson is making a mockery of Nevada sports books’ new Heisman wagering
Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 Having such a runaway leader was not what Nevada sports books envisioned when they were first allowed to post odds on college football’s highest individual honor.
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FeaturesTen NHL players you should buy tickets to see
Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016 Vegas hockey newbies should know these names before the city gets its own team.
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BettingThe Westgate's football-betting 'Supercontest' produces surprising results
Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016 The world’s most prestigious NFL-betting contest is on an embarrassing losing streak.
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NoiseTalking glitter-puke and arena shows with Alice In Chains singer William DuVall
Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016 Alice In Chains returns to Vegas to play the Joint on October 1.
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SportsWhich college football clubs could re-enter the playoffs conversation?
Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016 The perception is that three of four playoff spots are reserved. But it almost certainly won’t play out that way.
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BettingMinnesota’s against-the-spread run has been semi-historic and largely ignored
Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016 One more successful cover and the Vikings will match the ’07 Patriots and ’11 49ers with an eight-game winning streak against the spread.
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SportsBettors who assumed Brady’s backup couldn’t cut it dropped the ball
Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016 For a change, discounting Brady's impact was actually the easiest way to win.
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FeaturesPrepare to pounce: Public (over)excitement makes the NFL’s Week 1 a smart time to bet
Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016 The Raiders have been a popular offseason bet, even though they haven’t made the playoffs since 2002.
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NoiseConcert review: Deftones get 'Gore'-y inside the Joint
Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016 Bassist Sergio Vega's influence on the band is more apparent than ever, on record and in concert.
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SportsDiaz vs. McGregor: The ultimate rematch that shouldn't have been
Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016 There was no great demand for a rematch after Diaz definitively stopped McGregor with a submission victory — by rear-naked choke in the second round — on 11 days notice in a welterweight bout at UFC 196. The …
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SportsAnderson Silva replaces Jon Jones against Daniel Cormier at UFC 200
Thursday, July 7, 2016 Daniel Cormier saw a bout with one of the two consensus best fighters in UFC history crumble only for a bout with the other to coalesce. Anderson Silva will fill in for Jon Jones, who was pulled from the planned UFC 200 main event for a failed anti-doping test ...
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ScreenWhat will the UFC look like 100 fights from now?
Thursday, July 7, 2016 Will Jon Jones headline another milestone fight?
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Emotional Jon Jones can’t explain flagged drug test before UFC 200
Thursday, July 7, 2016 Jon Jones apologized, denied and cried over a flagged anti-doping test that pulled him from the UFC 200 main event this morning at the MGM Grand. He also ultimately avoided providing any answers. Information beyond the fact that a June 16 test revealed a possible doping violation was sparse in Jones’ first public comments. “Supposedly, they found ...
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FeaturesFor UFC women’s champ Miesha Tate, team stability equals strength
Thursday, July 7, 2016 The UFC women's bantamweight champion will defend her title July 9 against Amanda Nunes in UFC 200.
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FeaturesCase Keefer’s five favorite UFC events he’s covered
Thursday, July 7, 2016 The main event of UFC 165 stands as the greatest fight Keefer has seen in person.
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A&EPossible drug violation knocks Jon Jones out of UFC 200
Wednesday, July 6, 2016 As UFC President Dana White dined Wednesday night at StripSteak inside Mandalay Bay, he said he thought about how fortunate he had been that no injuries or other factors had affected Saturday night’s monumental UFC 200 fight card. Then his phone rang ...
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NoiseThe 5 best sets at Punk Rock Bowling
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 Did a festival vet or a modern act take the top spot?
