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Ray Brewer, a proud local, has been part of Greenspun Media Group since the mid-1990s. He’s covered high school and UNLV sports, and managed the Las Vegas Sun’s award-winning website. He’s a graduate of Chaparral High School and UNLV, and a fierce defender of Las Vegas — especially in comparisons to Reno. Brewer and his wife, Karla, have two children. And they all are passionate about the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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  • Sports

    Saturday, June 1, 2013

    Dana White frequently passes at opportunities to get nostalgic. The UFC president is constantly asked to reminisce about the early days of operating the mixed martial arts organization, and how he helped transform it into a multimillion-dollar league and the world’s fastest-growing sport. White could easily talk about those difficult days when the organization was operating at a deficit of $44 million and how some viewed the sport as barbaric. Times quickly changed, however, with White leading the effort. Friday, he was inducted at the Orleans Arena into the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame, being honored for growing the UFC — and doing so with a base in Southern Nevada.

  • Summerlin

    Monday, May 13, 2013

    The sale of the Las Vegas 51s to the Howard Hughes Corp. from the Stevens Baseball Group has been finalized, Howard Hughes officials announced Monday.

  • Sports

    Thursday, April 18, 2013

    Don King’s office last week was the 36th floor penthouse at Treasure Island. He felt right at home — it’s Las Vegas, after all. This is the fighting capital of the world, thanks largely to King.

  • Sports

    Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013

    Super Bowl XLVII between the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers is Sunday, and for several of us, that means taking a crack at the several proposition wagers posted by Las Vegas-area sports books. Here are some prop bets that stood out, including my sure-thing lock.

  • Sports

    Friday, Jan. 25, 2013

    The UNLV basketball team has just one loss at the Thomas & Mack Center in coach Dave Rice’s two-year tenure. A significant reason for the success is the home court advantage created by the Rebellion student-cheering section — everything from cheering on their feet the entire game to holding up giant-sized cutouts of players and prominent Las Vegas figures to create an awesome game-day atmosphere.

  • Sports

    Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013

    There always will be a special place in my heart for the Silver Bowl. That’s what we locals call Sam Boyd Stadium, the starter home of sorts of the UNLV football program if the proposed UNLV Now project becomes a reality.

  • Breaking News

    Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012

    With three decades in the sports handicapping industry, Jimmy Vaccaro, one of Nevada’s top bookmakers, has never seen anything like this. The controversial ending to the Monday Night Football game between the Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers not only made Seattle the winners on the field, it gave them the victory at Las Vegas sports books, thanks to an apparent blown call by officials.

  • Crime

    Thursday, June 14, 2012

    So the jailed Floyd Mayweather Jr. was crying uncle, and who could blame him? To believe his court papers, his boxing career is at risk of collapsing because he’s withering away in jail, serving a 90-day sentence that began June 1 for domestic violence against his ex-girlfriend.

  • Religion

    Friday, June 1, 2012

    After missing a religion class during my elementary school days in favor of playing in a Little League game, the teacher asked me why I was absent. I told her I had a baseball game. And then it came: “What do you like more: God or baseball?” I told her, in all innocence, baseball. That resulted in a trip to Father Ben Franzinelli’s office and expectations of a stern lecture.