Case Keefer
Assistant Sports Editor
Story Archive
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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. ...
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SportsPower of perseverance, family pushed Alexandre Pantoja to UFC gold
Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024 With the motivation of a support system that believed in Alexandre Pantoja more than he may have believed in himself, the Flyweight champion has built himself into one of the ...
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SportsShavkat Rakhmonov, Ian Garry put undefeated records on the line at UFC 310 in Las Vegas
Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024 A sure way to tell a dangerous fighter is when few opponents ever want to step up to fight him. Hardly anyone ever wants to fight UFC welterweight Shavkat Rakhmonov.
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SportsAidan O’Connell has much to prove in Raiders’ final five games
Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024 It might not seem like much is on the line for the Raiders (2-10) as they wind down a long-lost season, but that couldn’t be further from the truth for their 26-year-old quarterback. ...
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GamingVegas pick'em: NFL Week 14 winners against the spread
Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024 Few except those the most attuned to the betting market could identify which matchup in the Week 14 slate features a pair of teams on the four-game covering streaks. ...
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GamingCollege football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of conference championships
Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 Last week's results contributed to delivering an upcoming conference championship weekend that no one could have ever seen coming. The matchups in five of the nine conference championships changed from what was projected in Week 13 to the time they were set in Week 14. ...
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Sports‘Had them on the ropes:’ Raiders lament mistake that led to eighth straight loss
Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024 Las Vegas played for pride in nearly knocking off the team with the NFL’s best record as the back-to-back defending Super Bowl champions improved to 11-1 with the win. ...
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SportsRaiders fumble away chance for last-second upset at Chiefs
Friday, Nov. 29, 2024 When the NFL released this season’s schedule in May, Raiders at Chiefs felt like a natural choice as a pick for Amazon’s new, now second-annual standalone Black Friday game.
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GamingVegas pick'em: NFL Week 13 winners against the spread
Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024 The NFL’s running back renaissance reaches its summit Sunday afternoon when the Philadelphia Eagles visit the Baltimore Ravens. ...
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GamingCollege football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Week 14
Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024 The final slate of the college football season, rivalry week, has a reputation for upending college football’s best-laid plans. This year’s Week 14 might have its work cut out for it in that regard. ...
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SportsRaiders again dealing with quarterback uncertainty after losing Minshew in defeat
Monday, Nov. 25, 2024 The injury situation is a handicap that’s only going to get tougher to manage with the Raiders set to return to the field in five days, as part of the NFL’s lone Black Friday game on Netflix at the Kansas City Chiefs. ...
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SportsAnalysis: Second year of Las Vegas Grand Prix shows progress in all areas
Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024 No back-to-back scenes to culminate race night on the Strip could have better illustrated how far the Las Vegas Grand Prix has come. ...
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SportsLive coverage: Raiders suffer season sweep to rival Broncos
Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024 The negative milestones keep piling up for this year’s Raiders. ...
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GamingSunday Sweats: Eight bets to add to your NFL Week 12 card
Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024 Local sports books might have slightly more open seats than usual for this Sunday’s NFL schedule. ...
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SportsRaiders weren’t going to draft Bo Nix but badly need their own version of rookie
Friday, Nov. 22, 2024 Nix wound up going to Denver in the draft at No. 12 overall, one pick ahead of where Las Vegas chose. The Raiders needed a quarterback and Nix was considered the final first-round talent, so it’s been natural for football fans to play “what if” and wonder if Las Vegas would have selected him had Denver not. ...
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FeaturesThis year’s Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix features more contenders and intrigue
Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024 Last year was all about the spectacle and the racing was secondary. This year, it might be the exact opposite.
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SportsRaiders’ offense may run through Ameer Abdullah against Broncos
Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024 Both of this year’s featured backs came out of last week’s loss at the Miami Dolphins injured and did not practice Wednesday. ...
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GamingVegas pick'em: NFL Week 12 winners against the spread
Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024 Any gambler can relate to the irrational enmity that develops around certain teams throughout the course of a season. Seattle is the side I can’t figure out for the life of me this season. ...
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GamingCollege football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Week 13
Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024 Indiana is currently a 12.5-point underdog ahead of a game that will leave the winning side one victory away from a Big Ten Conference Championship Game appearance. ...
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SportsDeteriorating defense: Raiders show little resistance in loss to Dolphins
Monday, Nov. 18, 2024 The Raiders’ defense might have had its worst outing yet against the Dolphins considering the home team scored points on six of their seven possessions. ...
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GamingSunday Sweats: Eight bets to add to your NFL Week 11 card
Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024 The Lions defeated the Texans 26-23 to kill off Sunday Sweats’ long-shot moneyline parlay last week. ....
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SportsScott Turner taps into lessons learned at UNLV to lead Raiders offense
Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024 It’s been a whirlwind stretch for Scott Turner heading into his first game in his new role at 10 a.m. Sunday when the Raiders (2-7) play at the Miami Dolphins (3-6) on CBS ...
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SportsPoker star reflects on a decade in the game and looks ahead to what’s next
Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024 Unlike many players who log millions of hands online, Spragg moved to Las Vegas and learned how to play live in some of the most famous poker rooms in the world.
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GamingVegas pick'em: NFL Week 11 winners against the spread
Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024 The pick’em column has toed into the totals market for the first time this season with a bonus over/under hidden each week. ...
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SportsRaiders sticking with Gardner Minshew at quarterback out of bye week
Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024 Raiders coach Antonio Pierce announced the decision Wednesday morning as the team began preparations for the Dolphins at their Henderson headquarters. ...
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GamingCollege football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Week 12
Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024 Notre Dame is one of the likelier squads in the nation to make the 12-team postseason bracket, tied for sixth at Caears/William Hill at odds of -350 (i.e. risking $350 to win $100). ...
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SportsSunday Sweats: Eight bets to add to your NFL Week 10 card
Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024 The major NFL betting markets moved a little bit less than usual on Monday when the Week 10 board became fully populated for the first time. ...
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SportsVegas pick'em: NFL Week 10 winners against the spread
Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024 The underdog revolution from earlier in the NFL season has fizzled out. ...
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GamingCollege football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Week 11
Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024 The Big 12 Conference keeps living up to its preseason promise as college football’s ultimate chaos creator week after week. ...
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SportsRaiders to ‘reset,’ not necessarily change roster, during trade deadline, bye week
Monday, Nov. 4, 2024 Las Vegas is now tied with six other teams for the NFL’s worst record at 2-7 —Cleveland, Carolina, Jacksonville, New Orleans, New England and the New York Giants — heading into the second half of the season. ...
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SportsRaiders fire offensive coordinator Luke Getsy after fifth consecutive loss
Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024 The Raiders have been one of the worst offenses in the NFL under Getsy’s watch with another listless performance against the Bengals. ...
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GamingSunday Sweats: Eight bets to add to your NFL Week 9 card
Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024 The NFL continues to be the focus, but I’ll cover two other leagues to cap this week’s Sunday Sweats. ...
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SportsRaiders return to Cincinnati for first time since fateful 2021 playoff loss
Friday, Nov. 1, 2024 The Raiders lost on the road in the wild-card round 26-19 to the Cincinnati Bengals, and have been chasing another berth in the playoffs ever since. ...
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GamingVegas pick'em: NFL Week 9 winners against the spread
Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024 The league’s first successful time-expiring Hail Mary in four years made for a madhouse in Las Vegas too. ...
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SportsTyree Wilson headed in right direction as Raiders enter season's second half
Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024 Tyree Wilson might be the player the Raiders are most invested in continuing to improve. ....
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GamingCollege football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Week 10
Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024 Penn State hosts Ohio State Saturday morning in Week 10’s most significant game. The Nittany Lions’ seemingly annual loss to the Buckeyes was the biggest reason why they struck out from ever participating in the four-team playoffs. ...
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SportsInconsistent coaching calls continue to cripple Raiders in fourth straight loss
Monday, Oct. 28, 2024 The Raiders’ performance against the Chiefs might have marked their best effort throughout a current four-game losing streak, but it also further illustrated that they’re not talented enough ...
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SportsDesmond Ridder looks to revive career with Raiders
Friday, Oct. 25, 2024 The NFL moves fast, especially for players at the end of rosters, and no one has lived that reality better than Desmond Ridder recently. ...
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SportsBrock star: Raiders' record-breaking rookie gives fans reason to care about sinking season
Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024 The Raiders earned a first-and-goal from the 4-yard line in the final minutes of a Week 7 game at the Los Angeles Rams, and it was no secret who they would go to for a potential game-tying touchdown.
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GamingVegas pick'em: NFL Week 8 winners against the spread
Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024 Going into last season, many suggested that the current state of the NFL had morphed the Offensive Player of the Year Award into a de facto honor for the best wide receiver. ...
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GamingCollege football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Week 9
Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024 The last time Ashton Jeanty was in Las Vegas, the 20-year-old Boise State running back wasn’t allowed inside Mountain West Conference Media Days. ...
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SportsAidan O’Connell’s thumb injury is the Raiders' latest cruel twist of fate
Monday, Oct. 21, 2024 O’Connell wouldn’t confirm multiple reports that the thumb was broken but, given the Raiders’ rotten injury luck all season, fans are probably already resigned to that fact. ...
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SportsPierce's conservative decisions cost Raiders in Los Angeles again
Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024 The Raiders fell to the Rams 20-15 Sunday afternoon after Pierce settled for a field goal on fourth-and-goal from the 9-yard line with 2:50 remaining. ...
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SportsSunday Sweats: Eight bets to add to your NFL Week 7 card
Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024 The Lookahead Line section continues to be one of only things pulling its weight around here. The column has never dipped into losing territory, but I’m still driven to get more comfortably into the profit column. ...
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SportsRaiders’ defense trending upwards after Deablo’s impactful return
Friday, Oct. 18, 2024 There’s a lot of coaching throughout the game and things that we’re talking about,” coach Antonio Pierce said. “And when (Deablo) got out there, what you saw was somebody that was fresh, explosive" ...
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GamingVegas pick'em: NFL Week 7 winners against the spread
Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024 There’s better than a 70% chance that one popular NFL preseason futures betting pool settles Sunday as part of the seventh week of the season according to current odds. ...
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Sports‘Wish him the best:’ Raiders ready to move on after Davante Adams trade
Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024 Adams’ former teammates got some closure and ended the “distraction” with Adams being introduced in New York a few hours before their own media availability, but that didn’t mean they won’t miss him. ...
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SportsHandicapping the Cup: Looking ahead to NBA's upcoming stop in Las Vegas
Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024 The second-most popular professional sport to bet on is back, as the 2024-2025 NBA season begins on Tuesday, October 22.
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SportsCollege football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Week 8
Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024 Week 7’s marquee matchup between Oregon and Ohio State was a reminder how great college football can be to most. ...
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SportsRaiders running out of options on offense after anemic showing
Monday, Oct. 14, 2024 Antonio Pierce dropped his hands to his knees and shook his head. The Raiders’ coach has rarely if ever shown any negative body language on the sidelines in the past but the end of the third quarter in the team’s Week 6 game hosting the Pittsburgh Steelers brought it out of him. An illegal-man-downfield penalty nullified ...
