Case Keefer
Assistant Sports Editor
Story Archive
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Sports
From horse farm to training camp: Zamir White to carry heavy load for Raiders
Tuesday, July 23, 2024 The Raiders report to training camp ahead of the upcoming season this morning in Costa Mesa, Calif. It’s the start of a monthlong period most NFL players dread because of ...
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Sports
Weekend wagers: Six bets to make on six different sports
Saturday, July 20, 2024 Weekend Wagers was built as a way to cover and find bets on all the biggest sporting events going on at any given moment. ...
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Camp competition: Seven position battles to watch as the Raiders prepare for the season
Thursday, July 18, 2024 Continuity is one of the main reasons why the Raiders believe they can make a leap into the playoffs this season after a two-year absence. There aren’t many sweeping changes ...
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Sports
Weekend wagers: Eight bets to make on eight different sports
Saturday, July 13, 2024 Of all the 12 football teams that paraded through Circa as part of Mountain West Media Days earlier this week, UNLV stood out as one of the most confident groups. ...
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Sports
Bond between stars Ricky White, Jackson Woodard drives UNLV into big season
Friday, July 12, 2024 Ricky White and Jackson Woodard spent more than six straight hours Wednesday talking to reporters at Mountain West Media Days, but the most important conversation they had around the event might have taken place the night before. The UNLV football team’s two biggest returning stars sat down for dinner on ...
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Sports
What to watch at the NBA's 20th edition of Las Vegas Summer League
Thursday, July 11, 2024 The NBA’s Las Vegas Summer League seems to gain in popularity every year, and this year’s 20th anniversary edition at the Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion is no exception. Each of the league’s 30 franchises are again slated to bring a roster of rookies, other young prospects who need more seasoning and veteran ...
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Gaming
Weekend wagers: Eight bets to make on eight sports
Saturday, July 6, 2024 From now through the end of the season, at least one football bet will be included in every Weekend Wagers entry ....
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Sports
UFC 303: Alex Pereira knocks out Jiri Prochazka, eyes historic third title
Saturday, June 29, 2024 Pereira debuted in the octagon less than three years ago but has gone 8-1 and captured titles in both the middleweight and light heavyweight divisions. And now he has his eyes on becoming the first fighter in UFC history to win a third title. ...
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Sports
UFC iron man Arlovski back in Las Vegas for one more fight with no plans to stop
Saturday, June 29, 2024 The 45-year-old heavyweight originally from Belarus will compete in his 60th professional bout today on the preliminary card of UFC 303 against Martin Buday, a 33-year-old Slovakian, at T-Mobile Arena ...
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Gaming
Weekend wagers: A bunch of bets including three on UFC 303
Saturday, June 29, 2024 The local NHL Draft, which started Friday at Sphere, got everyone thinking about the outlook of the league next year. ...
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Sports
Las Vegas native Payton Talbott soars as fastest-rising star at UFC 303
Friday, June 28, 2024 Many have compared Talbott’s smooth-moving, electric-striking style to the one employed by the current champion at his weight class, Sean O’Malley ...
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Sports
Consolation fight: Losing McGregor-Chandler hurts, but Pereira-Procházka sets up better for UFC 303
Thursday, June 27, 2024 There’s no question fighting and a drive to be the best is the sole focus for Pereira and Procházka—the pair that now faces off in the main event of UFC 303 ...
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Sports
UFC announces title sponsor of Sphere card scheduled for September
Wednesday, June 26, 2024 The UFC is also multitasking as it juggles promoting UFC 303 Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena with looking ahead to its next major local event on Sept. 14 at Sphere. ...
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Sports
Raiders unveil new luxury tailgate spaces ahead of next season
Friday, June 21, 2024 The franchise vowed to progress its tailgating standards upon moving to Las Vegas from Oakland ahead of the 2020 season, and four posh, mobile spaces are the latest advance ...
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Sports
Raiders’ offense has a long way to go as team breaks before training camp
Saturday, June 15, 2024 Having already dominated the prior three-week stretch of organized team activities (OTAs), Las Vegas’ defense amplified again at mandatory minicamp. The offense was so inefficient that there’s some concern ...
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Sports
Raiders put a lot of trust in Pierce's protégé to be top cornerback
Thursday, June 13, 2024 Several Raiders players came out publicly in support of then-interim head Antonio Pierce in the two weeks after the end of last season while team owner Mark Davis conducted a search for the next permanent coach. Cornerback Jack Jones was not among them. That was mostly because the 26-year-old Jones had already repeatedly made his ...
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Sports
Christian Wilkins wrecks Raiders’ offense on first day of mandatory minicamp
Wednesday, June 12, 2024 Asked which of his new teammates had stood out the most at the conclusion of three weeks of organized team activities last week, Raiders quarterback Gardner Minshew answered immediately. “I’d say Christian Wilkins,” Minshew responded. “That dude is running so fast every single play. Wherever the ball is ...
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Sports
O’Connell leads but Minshew remains favorite to win Raiders QB job
Tuesday, June 11, 2024 Antonio Pierce opened a month-long stretch of pre-training camp practices in May by declaring Aidan O’Connell had, “earned the right to go out there and take the first snap,” in the Raiders’ quarterback ...
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Sports
Weekend wagers: Bets on eight sports including NBA Finals, Stanley Cup Final
Saturday, June 8, 2024 Weekend Wagers will cash a Stanley Cup Final futures ticket for the second straight year. ...
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Sports
Spillane set to build on breakout season in second year with Raiders
Friday, June 7, 2024 In his first career NFL start four years ago, then-Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Robert Spillane halted freight-train then-Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry with a goal line hit that went viral in NFL circles. Despite having since established himself as a proven veteran and captain of the Las Vegas Raiders’ defense, Spillane still ...
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Sports
Poker party: The 2024 WSOP, by the numbers
Thursday, June 6, 2024 Thousands upon thousands of cardplayers flock to Las Vegas every summer for the chance to win millions of dollars in the world’s most prestigious set of ...
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Sports
Marvin Lewis leapt back into the NFL for chance to coach with Antonio Pierce
Sunday, June 2, 2024 Marvin Lewis is the second-in-command in Pierce’s new coaching staff, serving as his longtime pupil’s assistant head coach to break a six-year absence from the NFL going into next season. ...
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Gaming
Weekend wagers: Eight bets to make on seven sports
Saturday, June 1, 2024 Sports betting’s legalized, nationwide expansion and subsequent popularity boom over the last six years has resulted in the emergence of some niche markets becoming more widespread. ...
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Sports
Raiders to rely on young tight ends, expected to run a lot of '12 personnel'
Thursday, May 30, 2024 They might play the same position, but the 6-foot-4, 265-pound Michael Mayer and the 6-foot-3, 240-pound Brock Bowers have skill sets that should complement each other. Bowers is dynamic in the open field ...
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Sports
Weekend Wagers: Eight bets on eight sports including on the three big races
Saturday, May 25, 2024 Racing fans can cozy up in a sports book chair for 13 or more straight hours Sunday without ever growing bored. ...
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Features
Citizen of the Year: Elaine Caballero, Chaparral
Thursday, May 23, 2024 “I took it upon myself to get involved because I wanted to help our community be a better place”
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Features
Female Athlete of the Year: Iyonna Codd, Centennial track
Thursday, May 23, 2024 Codd's won virtually every race she’s entered to emerge as one of the top track athletes in the country and rewrite both her school and state record books in the process.
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Features
Sun Standout Awards are bigger and better than ever in seventh year recognizing high school athletics
Thursday, May 23, 2024 A record 15 winners collected honors at the 2024 Sun Standout Awards May 20 at the South Point Showroom.
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Features
Coach of the Year: Nicole Murphy, Durango volleyball
Thursday, May 23, 2024 After going 2-5 at its fall classic in late September, the Trailblazers rattled off 13 straight wins.
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Features
Game of the Year: The Meadows vs. Boulder City volleyball
Thursday, May 23, 2024 When The Meadows girls’ volleyball team met Boulder City in the Class 3A state final, it felt like the showdown had been years in the making.
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Features
Rising Star Female: Ayanna Watson, Bishop Gorman
Thursday, May 23, 2024 Ayanna Watson has cemented herself as the best volleyball player in the state in only her second high school season.
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Features
Rising Star Male: Jett Washington, Bishop Gorman basketball, football
Thursday, May 23, 2024 It was a productive year for the trophy case at Bishop Gorman, and Jett Washington played a big part in adding to the Gaels’ shiny display.
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Features
Team of the Year: SLAM Nevada wrestling
Thursday, May 23, 2024 It was another banner year for the wrestling crew at SLAM Academy, as the team claimed its third straight state championship in dominant fashion.
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Features
Female Scholar Athlete of the Year: Lynzee Zrebiec, Southeast Tech flag football and soccer
Thursday, May 23, 2024 Lynzee Zrebiec starred on the flag football team with 17 touchdown catches as a senior, on the soccer team with 22 points this season and in the classroom with a 4.8 weighted grade point average.
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Features
Male Scholar Athlete of the Year: Nathan Sherrard, Mojave basketball and volleyball
Thursday, May 23, 2024 Nathan Sherrard won two basketball state champions, made the All-State academic team on multiple occasions and was named school valedictorian during his time high school.
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Features
Unsung Hero Award: Edgar Thomas, Clark County School District
Thursday, May 23, 2024 Edgar Thomas might be used to receiving odd looks when he responds to people asking him if he has any children. “You will always hear me say that I have 300,000 kids,” he says.
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Features
Moment of the Year: Jaylein Hudson, Amplus Academy
Thursday, May 23, 2024 Student manager Jaylein Hudson channeled his favorite basketball player, Stephen Curry, as he let the ball fly.
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Features
Breakthrough Performance: Alissa Perkins, Desert Oasis softball, volleyball and basketball
Thursday, May 23, 2024 The 14-year-old has more than figured out how to contribute in sports despite having undergone amputation surgery at 9 months old after being born missing her left tibia.
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Features
Male Athlete of the Year: Max Carlsen, Palo Verde swimming
Thursday, May 23, 2024 As one of the nation’s top distance swimmers, Max Carlsen knows a thing or two about determination and consistency.
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Features
Sun Standout Award of Excellence: Bishop Gorman football
Thursday, May 23, 2024 Out of 16,000 high school programs in America, the Gaels were voted as national champions by USA Today and MaxPreps.
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Features
Hank Greenspun Lifetime Achievement Award: Marc Ratner
Thursday, May 23, 2024 Ratner is retiring this month as the commissioner of the Southern Nevada Officials Association, stepping away from a post he’s proudly served in since the early 1990s.
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Nascar
Weekend Wagers: 11 bets to place on 11 different sports including Preakness
Saturday, May 18, 2024 It’s a busy sports weekend, and I’m wanting to take full advantage. So, as an encore to one of the better stretches in the history of the column, let’s bet more than ever before with 11 bets on 11 sports ...
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Sports
Picking a key player for every Raiders’ game in the upcoming season
Friday, May 17, 2024 There’s plenty of excitement surrounding the Raiders heading into the start of full offseason team activities on Monday May 20, and ...
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Sports
Raiders' 2024-2025 schedule falls light on prime-time games, heavy on travel
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 For the second straight year, Las Vegas won’t play its home opener at Allegiant Stadium until Week 3. The Raiders begin the season on Sunday Sept. 8 at the Los Angeles Chargers before traveling cross-country for a game at the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday Sept. 15. ...
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Sports
Weekend wagers: Bets on the Kentucky Derby and seven other sports
Saturday, May 4, 2024 I’m going to keep it simple for the 150th version of America’s biggest horse race — one horse to win from the local fixed-odds market and one head-to-head matchup offered by sports books. ...
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Sports
Golden Knights force a Game 7 with Stars via late Hanifin goal
Friday, May 3, 2024 The Golden Knights’ season isn’t over yet. Vegas staved off elimination Friday night at T-Mobile Arena, beating the Dallas Stars 2-0 to tie the teams' first-round Stanley Cup Playoff series at 3-3. ...
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Golden Knights’ season on the brink after emotional unraveling in Game 5 loss
Thursday, May 2, 2024 Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy described top-pair defenseman Alex Pietrangelo as a steadying influence Wednesday morning at American Airlines Center. Pietrangelo was then ...
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Prideful prizefight: Álvarez vs. Munguía promises to be a memorable bout in honor of Mexico
Thursday, May 2, 2024 Saul “Canelo” Álvarez has fought on Cinco de Mayo weekend nearly every year of his boxing career as a nod to his Mexican heritage.
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Sports
Live coverage: Stars squeeze out third straight close win over Golden Knights
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 The Golden Knights are one loss away from their Stanley Cup defense ending early in stunning fashion. Vegas lost its third straight to Dallas in the teams’ first-round Stanley Cup Playoff series Wednesday night at American Airlines Center, falling 3-2 to slip into a 3-2 series hole. ...
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‘Hero’ Wanted: Knights need rescue from offensive decline in two straight losses
Tuesday, April 30, 2024 The best-of-seven series now stands at 2-2 headed back to Dallas for Game 5 at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday evening. ...