Taylor Bern
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Sports
New 'heartbeat of UNLV football': Fertittas give $10M for training complex
Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016 Tony Sanchez didn’t know anything about the Fertitta family the first time he spoke to brothers Frank and Lorenzo, who recently sold the UFC for $4 billion. It was in 2009 when ...
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Cunningham advances to Olympic high jump finals on Saturday
Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016 Bishop Gorman High grad Vashti Cunningham cleared 1.94 meters (about 6-feet-4 1/4) on her final jump to advance to Saturday’s women’s high jump finals at the Rio Olympic Games.
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Vegas NHL team goes back to drawing board in search of nickname
Friday, Aug. 12, 2016 Las Vegas’ first professional sports franchise might not be as close to a name as it appeared on Thursday. After reports came ...
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UNLV
Arkansas-Little Rock’s Chris Beard accepts UNLV basketball job
Sunday, March 27, 2016 In one season, Arkansas-Little Rock’s Chris Beard took the Sun Belt Conference by storm. The Rebels are betting that, in time, he can do the same thing in ...
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UNLV makes change at basketball coach amid Rice’s struggles
Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016 Dave Rice's photo is on the ticket for Tuesday’s home game against New Mexico, but that’s the only appearance he will make. Rice is out as UNLV's head basketball coach 16 games into his fifth season, with the official word from the university being that the former Rebel bench player resigned. Third-year assistant coach Todd Simon will take over as the interim coach, and terms of Rice’s buyout ...
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Runnin' Rebels to watch this season
Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015 This year’s UNLV basketball team differs from recent rosters due to its balance of youth and experience.
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Bern’s-Eye View: New arena will help keep Las Vegas a basketball epicenter
Thursday, May 28, 2015 The final steel beam is in place for the building that will one day host a weekend of the NCAA basketball tournament. Probably. The topping off ceremony the Las Vegas Arena project is a milestone moment, one of many to be checked off since officials broke ground on ...
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Has UNLV basketball found its next hometown hero in Stephen Zimmerman?
Monday, May 4, 2015 Stephen Zimmerman was wooed by college basketball’s elite programs, among them Kentucky, Kansas, UCLA and Arizona. But the Bishop Gorman High School 7-foot center turned them ...
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Rashad Vaughn, hoop dreamer
Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015 He still has lots of room to grow, and if he does so quickly, he might not be around for long.
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Holiday hardwood: Three hoops tournaments worth considering
Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014 There's no shortage of hoops action this week.