Mike Grimala
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SportsKruger, UNLV diving into transfer portal for reinforcements
Tuesday, April 16, 2024 The college basketball transfer portal has been open for almost a month, and while news has been slow to trickle out of Maryland Parkway, UNLV coach Kevin Kruger and his staff have been ...
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SportsReigning champion Aces add four in WNBA Draft
Monday, April 15, 2024 The Las Vegas Aces have their eyes on a championship three-peat, and they added some reinforcements on Monday by selecting four players in the 2024 WNBA Draft ...
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SportsUNLV football ready to face the changes in annual portal frenzy
Thursday, April 11, 2024 The on-field action has wound down for UNLV football, with the team concluding spring practice Saturday at an open scrimmage at Allegiant Stadium. But while practice ...
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SportsAll about D.J.: UNLV basketball roster projection 1.0
Wednesday, April 10, 2024 The 2023-24 college basketball season concluded Monday with UConn’s victory over Purdue in the national championship game, but it already feels like the offseason has been going on forever. UNLV coaches especially ...
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SportsUNLV coordinator Brennan Marion back for encore: 'We have something good here'
Friday, April 5, 2024 Brennan Marion is in the driver’s seat. As UNLV wraps spring practice and prepares to host its scrimmage showcase Saturday at Allegiant Stadium, the team’s ...
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SportsCould local transfers bolster UNLV basketball in 2024-25?
Thursday, April 4, 2024 Everyone loves a returning hometown hero, including the UNLV basketball program. Last year, the team added Las Vegas native Jalen Hill as an offseason transfer after the former Clark High product spent four years at Oklahoma. The prior offseason, it was Isaiah Cottrell boomeranging back to Las Vegas following two years at West Virginia. Will UNLV coach Kevin Kruger stick with the second-time-around ...
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SportsCrucial offseason ahead as UNLV aims to end tournament drought
Saturday, March 30, 2024 After Wednesday’s season-ending loss at Seton Hall in the NIT quarterfinals, the consensus among UNLV players, coaches, and even fans was that 2023-24 was a successful campaign. The team developed promising underclassmen ...
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SportsNo worries for UNLV basketball as carefree NIT run continues
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 Basketball, like all sports, is supposed to be fun. And it’s even more fun when you’re winning. The UNLV basketball team is learning that lesson right now, as a pressure-free NIT run has unlocked ...
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SportsUNLV advances in NIT with home win over Boston College
Sunday, March 24, 2024 It felt like March. That’s what Kevin Kruger seemed most happy about after his UNLV team knocked off Boston College, 79-70, in the second round of the NIT on Sunday. A back-and-forth game ...
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SportsUNLV women approaching NCAA Tournament game as new normal
Friday, March 22, 2024 A four-day road trip? A showdown between two Top 25 teams? A real opportunity to notch the program’s first NCAA Tournament win in more than two decades? This is all normal, according to Lindy La Rocque. The No. 20 UNLV women’s basketball team went through its final preparations ...
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SportsUNLV women leaning on frontcourt duo to produce in NCAA Tournament
Friday, March 22, 2024 With eight minutes left in the Mountain West championship game, UNLV had a 45-37 lead over San Diego State and was looking to bury the dagger. Working from the elbow extended, junior forward Alyssa Brown made a nice feed inside to Desi-Rae Young, and the senior laid it in to push UNLV’s advantage to ...
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SportsFreshman phenom got up to speed quickly for UNLV women's basketball team
Thursday, March 21, 2024 The UNLV women’s basketball program has never advanced past the first round of the NCAA Tournament, but the team has one player with Final Four experience—freshman guard ...
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SportsUNLV advances to second round of NIT with 84-77 win over Princeton
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 The UNLV men’s basketball team picked up its first postseason win in nearly two decades, knocking off Princeton on Wednesday, 84-77, to advance to the second round of the NIT. UNLV moves on to the round of 16, where Kevin Kruger and his squad will face Boston College.
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SportsFans rally as UNLV women depart for NCAA Tournament
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 The UNLV women’s basketball team has left the building. Lindy La Rocque and her No. 20 ranked squad departed campus on Wednesday afternoon and set out for Los Angeles ...
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SportsHow an NIT run could boost the UNLV basketball program
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 The UNLV men’s basketball team practiced on Monday, and that is a big development for the program because it means the season is still alive beyond the conference tournament ...
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SportsDoes UNLV have a path to win the Mountain West tournament?
Thursday, March 14, 2024 If there is one thing this UNLV team has proven it can do, it’s beat good teams. The inverse is also true — there were some bad losses scattered throughout the 2023-24 season — but ...
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SportsGame day: San Diego State edges UNLV in overtime
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 San Diego State closed overtime on a 5-0 run to steal a victory over UNLV, 74-71, in the Mountain West quarterfinals. UNLV scored the first four points of OT via a Keylan Boone drive and a pair of D.J. Thomas free throws. San Diego State knotted the score on a Darrion Trammel layup and two free throws from Jaedon LeDee ...
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Mountain West tourney looms as UNLV drops finale at UNR
Saturday, March 9, 2024 UNLV went into Saturday’s season finale in Reno with championship hopes, but after falling at UNR, 75-65, the Scarlet and Gray will have to settle for a fourth-place finish and chance to earn their way into the NCAA Tournament by winning three games in three days ...
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Resurgent UNLV basketball clinches bye with win over San Jose State
Saturday, March 2, 2024 By finishing in the top five of the standings, UNLV will be able to skip the play-in round of the Mountain West tournament and advance straight to the quarterfinals.
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SportsUNLV football schedule finalized for highly anticipated 2024 season
Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024 The Mountain West released its 2024 football schedule on Thursday, finalizing the slate for perhaps the most anticipated season in UNLV history. Coming off a 2023 campaign that saw Barry Odom lead his Scarlet and Gray squad to a 9-3 regular-season record ...
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SportsLuis Rodriguez, UNLV thread the needle in OT win at Wyoming
Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024 On Tuesday, Rodriguez went the highlight route to put UNLV in the win column, completing a jaw-dropping behind-the-back pass that led to a game-sealing dunk in overtime ...
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SportsAll hands on deck as UNLV downs No. 22 Colorado State
Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024 Senior center Isaiah Cottrell hasn’t scored in nearly two months, but why should that matter? Faced with an injury-shortened frontcourt rotation, UNLV head coach Kevin Kruger tabbed Cottrell ...
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SportsGame day: D.J. Thomas scores 23 as UNLV knocks off No. 22 Colorado State
Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024 UNLV just knocked off another ranked opponent, downing No. 22 Colorado State, 66-60. D.J. Thomas came up clutch, as the freshman scored 18 points in the second half to lead the way. Thomas scored six in a row for UNLV to help build a 56-51 lead with less than three minutes ...
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SportsLady Rebels look stronger than ever as they prepare for another Mountain West title run
Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024 Junior point guard Kiara Jackson says the team is aiming to go further than the past two years, when it was eliminated in its opening game of the NCAA Tournament, and that they’re better equipped to make it happen.
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UNLV loses late lead, falls to UNR
Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024 With five minutes left in UNLV’s Saturday night showdown against UNR, the Scarlet and Gray were tied for first place in the Mountain West standings. By the time the final buzzer sounded ...
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SportsHow can Raiders get in on next Super Bowl in Vegas?
Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024 Las Vegas is hosting the Super Bowl for the first time this year, and it’s been a nonstop party all week. Unfortunately, the local football team wasn’t invited ...
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A&ENot going to the game? A week's worth of activities for Super Bowl week
Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024 Super Bowl week can present a dilemma for fans in the host city: You can be the biggest football diehard in the world, but unless you’re willing to drop five figures on tickets ...
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SportsUNLV freshmen D.J. Thomas, Brooklyn Hicks team to deliver win over Fresno State
Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024 UNLV may have gotten a glimpse of the future on Tuesday, as the freshman backcourt pairing of D.J. Thomas and Brooklyn Hicks teamed up to close out a 78-69 home win over Fresno State ...
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SportsUNLV freshman Brooklyn Hicks stepping into role as energy provider
Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024 Like most college basketball players, Brooklyn Hicks was the man in high school. At Timberline, the 6-foot-3 guard averaged more than 25 points per game as a ...
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Breaking NewsLas Vegas aims for Super Bowl success, now and later
Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024 Las Vegas wants to make an impression. The goal wasn’t just to host the 2024 Super Bowl. It’s about hosting the 2029 Super Bowl and the 2035 game and the 2041 game and so on.
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SportsGame day: UNLV gets hot, gets a win at San Jose State
Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024 Talk about shooting the lights out. UNLV just caught fire like we haven't seen this season, shooting 80% in the second half to come back and knock off San Jose State, 77-65 ...
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Kruger: 'No words' as UNLV bottoms out in 90-58 loss to Air Force
Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024 With 90 seconds left in the first half of Tuesday’s game against Air Force, Kevin Kruger tried to turn the tide. After Justin Webster hit a 3-pointer to trim Air Force’s lead ...
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SportsAnalysis: What we know about UNLV basketball after early MWC gauntlet
Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024 The Mountain West has five teams currently in the Top 50 of the NET rankings, and as luck would have it, UNLV opened the conference portion of its schedule by playing all five of them ...
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Game day: Colorado State rallies to sink UNLV, 78-75
Friday, Jan. 19, 2024 UNLV built a 10-point lead midway through the second half, but Colorado State rallied late to send the Scarlet and Gray home disappointed, 78-75 ...
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SportsGroup of UNLV supporters navigating new era of college football with NIL payouts
Monday, Jan. 15, 2024 Quarterback Jayden Maiava is headed to the University of Southern California after considering offers from both the Trojans and another college football powerhouse, Georgia.
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SportsUNLV bounces back with big win over New Mexico
Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024 UNLV really needed that one. Three days after dropping a difficult Mountain West opener at San Diego State, Kevin Kruger’s squad regrouped and put forth one of their best performances of the season, dropping a good ...
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SportsGame day: Boone twins power UNLV past New Mexico
Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024 Have a night, Boone twins. Kalib Boone scored 29 points, twin brother Keylan scored 17, and UNLV earned its first Mountain West victory by knocking off a good New Mexico team, 83-73 ...
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SportsGame day: San Diego State overpowers UNLV, 72-61
Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024 San Diego State is for real, that's for sure. The Aztecs proved it to UNLV on Saturday, out-muscling the visitors for a 72-61 victory in front of a crazed sellout crowd at Viejas Arena ...
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SportsLittle lefties lift UNLV backcourt in nonconference schedule
Friday, Jan. 5, 2024 UNLV went big in the offseason, centering its rebuilding effort around a trio of frontcourt veterans who all stand 6-foot-7 or taller. But the most impactful addition may be coming in a decidedly smaller package ...
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SportsUNLV basketball on to Mountain West after dispatching Bethesda
Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024 How many dunks did junior forward Rob Whaley throw down in UNLV’s 112-56 win over Bethesda on Tuesday? Accounts varied, as his coaches and teammates had trouble keeping count. Head coach Kevin Kruger said he wasn’t sure, as the staff doesn’t ...
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SportsWinning with defense is New Year's resolution for UNLV basketball
Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023 The UNLV basketball team has started working on its New Year’s resolution a little early. Though the squad sits at a disappointing 5-5 heading into ...
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SportsComing off bowl appearance, UNLV football enters pivotal offseason
Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023 The UNLV football season last far longer than anyone could have reasonably expected, but after 14 games and a bowl berth that kept the team alive through the holidays ...
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SportsWith bowl loss, revived UNLV football looks to bright future
Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023 It would be easy for the UNLV football team to be down after Tuesday’s 49-36 loss to Kansas in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl ...
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SportsTalent-laden UNLV football team ready for bowl game
Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023 Coming out of high school, Jacob De Jesus was no one’s idea of a future All-American. Listed at the time at 5-foot-7 and 155 pounds, the California native drew little attention as a Division-I football prospect. Zero recruiting stars ...
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Jayden Maiava is long-term cornerstone for UNLV football
Monday, Dec. 25, 2023 Two days after UNLV lost in the Mountain West championship game, freshman quarterback Jayden Maiava was going about his normal Monday routine, stretching, studying and checking in for a meal at the team’s on-campus facility ...
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SportsIntrigue abounds as UNLV football arrives for Guaranteed Rate Bowl
Saturday, Dec. 23, 2023 It’s beginning to look a lot like…bowl season for the UNLV football team. Barry Odom’s squad arrived Friday in Phoenix ahead of Tuesday’s Guaranteed Rate Bowl.
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SportsChristmas in the kitchen: Serving tasty holiday dishes for UNLV sports
Friday, Dec. 22, 2023 The holidays are a time to gather with family, friends and loved ones, and it’s hard to think of two pastimes more communal than sports and food ...
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SportsUNLV football back on practice field for bowl prep
Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023 The UNLV football team’s remarkable 2023 campaign has resumed following a brief intermission. The Scarlet and Gray took the field on Monday for their first practice since the Mountain West championship game ...
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SportsIce-cold UNLV beaten at the buzzer by Saint Mary's
Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023 Coming off Wednesday’s thrilling upset of No. 8 Creighton, the UNLV basketball team had a chance to build some momentum heading into the final stretch of non-conference play. Instead ...
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SportsUNLV football heading to Phoenix for Guaranteed Rate Bowl
Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023 It’s the first postseason berth for UNLV since the 2013 team went 7-5 in the regular season and earned a trip to the Heart of Dallas Bowl.
