Case Keefer
Assistant Sports Editor
Story Archive
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GamingUnderdogs no more: Chiefs favored in Super Bowl for first time in three years
Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025 Las Vegas sports books widely opened the AFC champion Chiefs as a 1.5-point favorite over the NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles. The total posted anywhere from over/under 48 to 50 points. ...
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SportsConference championship sweats: Eight bets to add to your NFL card
Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025 The Ravens let down the Sunday Sweats betting column. Riley Leonard did not. ...
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SportsRaiders land Pete Carroll as new head coach
Friday, Jan. 24, 2025 The 73-year-old former Seattle Seahawks, New England Patriots and New York Jets head joins general manager John Spytek to form a new power duo at the top of organization. ...
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GamingVegas pick'em: NFL conference championship winners against the spread
Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025 A regular season that saw the back-to-back defending Super Bowl champions benefit from a historic run of luck now ...
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SportsThrill of the kill: Hometown Las Vegas star treasures her global volleyball journey winding up back where it started
Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025 At one of her first practices as a professional volleyball player, Berkeley Oblad’s coach drew up a play on a clipboard and went into detail about what he wanted.
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SportsCollege football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Ohio State vs. Notre Dame
Monday, Jan. 20, 2025 Ohio State enters tonight’s title game as an 8.5-point favorite over Notre Dame, the second-largest favorite in playoff game championship history. ...
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SportsDivisional-round weekend sweats: Eight bets to add to your NFL card
Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025 It just might be the best football weekend of the year, or at least of the playoffs. ...
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SportsAnalysis: Ben Johnson would be a spectacular hire for the Raiders
Friday, Jan. 17, 2025 Johnson has emerged as the runaway favorite to land the Las Vegas gig with NFL Network Ian Rapoport reporting earlier this week that, “there are a lot of people who, frankly, think he is getting it.”
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SportsVegas pick'em: NFL divisional-round winners against the spread
Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025 Baltimore and Buffalo were widely ranked as the two best teams in the NFL by most all-encompassing metrics and the betting market down the stretch of the season. ...
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SportsBring them back: Five free agents Raiders should re-sign
Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025 A day before he was ultimately fired as the Raiders’ coach, Antonio Pierce described one upcoming meeting as “critical” to set the team on the right path heading into the offseason. Pierce said he, general manager Tom Telesco (who was also fired four days later) and owner Mark Davis must sit down and “really look at” all the veterans whose current contracts expired at the end of ...
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GamingWild-card weekend sweats: Eight bets to add to your NFL card
Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025 A year ago in the wild-card weekend sweats column, I wrote, “someday, the opportunity for another moneyline rollover will arise again.” ...
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SportsAnalysis: Open Raiders jobs aren’t without their positives
Friday, Jan. 10, 2025 The Raiders need to fully commit to rebuilding instead of pushing to win right away by doling out large veteran contracts but they won't be starting from scratch. ...
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SportsRaiders reverse course, fire general manager Telesco after one season
Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 The Raiders are overhauling again going into their sixth season in Las Vegas. Already searching for a fifth coach since officially leaving Oakland in 2020, the franchise is also now on the hunt for a fifth general manager ...
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SportsFade the favorite: Why the Chiefs are less likely than betting odds indicate to win another Super Bowl
Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 The Kansas City Chiefs stand on the precipice of history going into this year’s NFL playoffs with a chance to win a third consecutive Super Bowl. No franchise has ever pulled off that feat, but few have found themselves in a position as outwardly advantageous as Kansas City’s in this year’s postseason.
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GamingVegas pick'em: NFL wild card weekend winners against the spread
Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 Eight of the fourteen teams to advance to this year’s NFL playoffs were odds-on favorites to make the field coming into the season. ...
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SportsCollege football by the odds: Playoff semifinals picks and preview
Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025 Favorites improved to 8-0 straight-up, 7-1 against the spread with last round's set of games, even though it might not really feel like it because of the finale. ...
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SportsRaiders' coaching search begins as Antonio Pierce ousted after one season
Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025 The Raiders went 4-13 this season in Pierce’s only full season at the helm. He finished 9-17 overall as Raiders’ coach including the 2023 run when he took over for the fired Josh McDaniels ...
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Pierce operating as if he’ll stay with Raiders but team remains mum
Monday, Jan. 6, 2025 The fact that a formal meeting with team owner Mark Davis hasn’t happened yet means that Pierce is no lock to return for a second full season in Silver and Black. ...
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SportsForecasting 2025: What the year will bring in Las Vegas sports
Monday, Jan. 6, 2025 Every year is a big year in sports for Las Vegas, as the city continues its decade-long boom on the courts, fields, rinks and tracks.
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SportsRaiders a long way from contending after season-ending loss to Chargers
Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025 The Chargers and Raiders looked every part of their respective 11-6 and 4-13 final records in a 34-20 victory by the former that wasn’t nearly as competitive as the score indicates. ...
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SportsLive coverage: Chargers dispatch Raiders with ease in regular season finale
Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025 The Raiders finished with a 4-13 record — the franchise’s worst mark since going 3-13 in 2014 — and head into an uncertain offseason. Antonio Pierce might be one-and-done ...
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SportsSunday Sweats: Eight bets to add to your NFL Week 18 card
Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025 Maybe Sunday Sweats has been focused on the wrong sport this year. Week 17 came and went with another sputter on the NFL front. It was one of the ...
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GamingVegas pick'em: NFL Week 18 winners against the spread
Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025 The Tennessee Titans have achieved true betting infamy this NFL season. ...
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SportsForecasting sports: Here’s what 2025 could bring for the Golden Knights, Aces, Raiders, Las Vegas Grand Prix and more
Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025 For this year’s annual predictions piece, let’s go through a handful of our biggest teams and staples and guess what the next 12 months will bring.
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SportsCollege football by the odds: Bowl Pick'em against the spread Part 4
Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024 Texas has a leg up on every other team to win the national championship at +275 (i.e. risking $100 to win $275), and given the setup, that’s the right way to price the futures pool. ...
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SportsRaiders come up big for Antonio Pierce in victory at Saints
Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024 Pierce shrugged his shoulders and offered no comment on a report that his job was at serious risk in his postgame news conference. ...
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SportsClash between Raiders, Saints tarnished by injury, teams' irrelevance
Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024 No game on the Raiders’ schedule shaped up as intriguing as this one at the beginning of the season but those expectations won’t be met.
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SportsSunday Sweats: Eight bets to add to your NFL Week 17 card
Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024 Today’s edition wraps up another tremendous year for the weekend betting column, no thanks to the NFL. ...
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SportsJayden Maiava conquers Las Vegas Bowl by leading record-setting comeback for USC
Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024 Maiava helped guide USC to an improbable comeback, hitting Kyle Ford on a six-yard slant pass for a game-winning score in a 35-31 victory.
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SportsLooking back on a banner year in Las Vegas sports, and ahead at what’s to come in 2025
Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024 There were large-scale events making national headlines, local teams pouring their hearts into their games, prep athletes breaking out and so much more. ...
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GamingCollege football by the odds: Bowl Pick'em against the spread Part 3
Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024 As if there weren’t enough reasons to be excited about this year’s first-ever SEC vs. Big Ten showdown in the Las Vegas Bowl, the strong possibility of points adds another. ...
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GamingVegas pick'em: NFL Week 17 winners against the spread
Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024 Minnesota remains an unpopular choice to win the Super Bowl, or even get there, at as high as +625 to win the NFC and 12-to-1 to hoist the Lombardi Trophy. But perhaps those odds are inflated given the Vikings control their own destiny to earn a No. 1 seed. ...
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SportsRaiders’ defense bulldozes 10-game losing streak by beating up on Jaguars
Monday, Dec. 23, 2024 Defense is where the Raiders have made their biggest strides over the last month, allowing the team to stay competitive until finally breaking through in the win column against the Jaguars. ...
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GamingSunday Sweats: Eight bets to add to your NFL Week 16 card
Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024 The officials mangled more than their clock management at the end of last week’s Washington Commanders at New Orleans Saints game. ...
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GamingCollege football by the odds: Bowl Pick'em against the spread Part 2
Friday, Dec. 20, 2024 Teams laying points finished 14-6 straight-up, 12-8 against the spread in the old College Football Playoff first round — and that’s only after underdogs finally found some bite over the last two years. ...
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SportsRaiders’ shorthanded pass rush has been keeping the team in games
Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024 The Raiders may have ended Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins’ decade-plus long run as a full-time starting quarterback in the NFL. Atlanta coach Raheem Morris announced ...
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SportsLas Vegas Bowl brings one of the best non-playoff matchups of college football's postseason
Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024 USC finishing its season in the Las Vegas Bowl makes for a full-circle moment in more ways than one. The Trojans will be playing at Allegiant Stadium for the second time this year when they face the Texas A&M Aggies in the ...
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GamingVegas pick'em: NFL Week 16 winners against the spread
Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024 One of the most common narratives coming into every NFL season is the trend of the previous season’s Super Bowl loser underachieving. This year might have provided one of the greatest examples yet in the San Francisco 49ers. ...
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Sports'This is legacy:' Bucks treasure lifting second-ever NBA Cup in Las Vegas
Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024 Members of the established guard have now prevailed against upstart teams in back-to-back years once the tournament arrives in Las Vegas for the semifinals and championship game. ...
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SportsRidder’s second act takes off too late in Raiders’ loss to Falcons
Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024 “Desmond is a warrior,” running back Ameeer Abdullah said. “He’s very confident. I wish we could have done more for him...."
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SportsLive coverage: Falcons fend off late comeback attempt to beat Raiders
Monday, Dec. 16, 2024 The failed Hail Mary ended a late spirited comeback attempt from Las Vegas, which lost a 10th straight game in a 15-9 loss to Atlanta. ...
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GamingSunday Sweats: Eight bets to add to your NFL Week 15 card
Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024 Thursday Night Football left nowhere to go but up in Week 15, and Sunday Sweats is trying to follow that mantra with a second straight winning week after bouncing back from a recent skid with $705.79 in profit during Week 14. ...
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SportsAnalysis: NBA, Las Vegas remain perfect match as Cup play arrives in town
Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024 The league has gone out of its way for two decades now to assert a commitment to Las Vegas, ever since the start of the locally based NBA Summer League. It’s not ending any time soon. ...
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GamingCollege football by the odds: Bowl Pick'em against the spread Part 1
Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024 The portal was arguably the single most important factor in handicapping bowl games for the last couple years, but for the 2024-2025 season, it’s undoubtedly taken the top spot. ..
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SportsHometown hero: Gorman product Kyu Blu Kelly making the climb with Raiders
Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024 The 23-year-old was promoted from the practice squad to the active roster three weeks ago, making his silver and black debut in a loss to the Denver Broncos. ...
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GamingVegas pick'em: NFL Week 15 winners against the spread
Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024 The game tabbed to be the highest scoring of the season takes the marquee as the headliner of the NFL’s Week 15 slate. ...
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SportsHonoring six teams that stood above the fray throughout the college football regular season
Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024 An all-time high of 134 teams competed in the top-level Football Bowl Subdivision this season. Only six of them distinguished themselves enough to earn a College Football Betting award ...
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GamingAidan O’Connell reportedly dodges serious injury, could start next week
Monday, Dec. 9, 2024 The Raiders might not have to turn to a third different starting quarterback this season after all. It was widely assumed Desmond Ridder would step into the role for ...
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SportsAidan O'Connell carted off as Raiders lose ninth straight game
Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024 The Tampa Bay Buccaneers downed Las Vegas 28-13 Sunday afternoon at Raymond James Stadium, locking up the victory after the visitors’ starting quarterback, Aidan O’Connell, was carted off the field late in the third quarter. ...
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GamingSunday Sweats: Eight bets to add to your NFL Week 14 card
Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024 The column has now fallen deep into the red and it’s going to be a challenge to battle back and extend the all-time profitability streak. ...
