UNLV entered the game knowing the offense would be limited due to the absence of starting quarterback Blake Decker.
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UNLV was one play away from securing a potential comeback victory against San Jose State on Saturday night.
Fading the Atlanta Falcons, who have won and covered all four games, has been a bad idea. Matt Ryan is triggering one of the NFL’s top offenses, and wide receiver Julio Jones is proving nearly unstoppable.
Here’s a look at what happened during Week 7 of the high school football season. One thing: The Henderson Bowl is a really good rivalry.
UNLV had just returned home from beating UNR 27-22, ending an eight-game losing streak to the Wolf Pack. The Fremont Cannon was paraded through campus and painted red before a jubilant crowd that was used to see the trophy blue.
A football player at the University of California, Los Angeles has been arrested on suspicion of raping a female student after an off-campus party last year, police said on Friday, and he was quickly suspended from the team.
Desert Pines’ football team scored on its first play from scrimmage Thursday night. And the Jaguars never let up.
No team wants to be blown out right before the start of league play.
The day could’ve been all back slaps and smiles, but it also was one of opportunity. And first-year UNLV football coach Tony Sanchez wasn’t about to pass up an opportunity on Monday, especially when everyone was in a good mood after watching the Fremont Cannon get painted red at the Student Union.
Backup quarterback Matt Hasselbeck climbed out of his sick bed and then led the Indianapolis Colts to a 27-20 road victory over the Houston Texans on Thursday.
Matt Youmans, Kelly Stewart and Golden Nugget sports book director Tony Miller preview the college football and NFL weekend.
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck will be sidelined again for today’s “Thursday Night Football” game at the Houston Texans, but Gold Sheet handicapper Bruce Marshall is still siding with the Colts, who opened as 1½-point favorites but are now 4½-point underdogs at most Las Vegas sports books.
Matt Hasselbeck will start at quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts on Thursday at Houston, ESPN reported.
If you are one of those people who take perverse pleasure in watching people more famous than you fail, then you must have enjoyed watching kickers miss extra points and field goals in the NFL last weekend.
South Carolina’s home game against LSU on Saturday will be moved to Baton Rouge, La., because of intense flooding that ravaged the state last weekend.