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Football schedule is dose of reality for Rebels

The last time UNLV’s football team received as much offseason coverage as it has since December was, well, never. The Rebels were splashed across the pages of newspapers and magazines that in recent years hadn’t offered the slightest glance towards the program. All of it was terrific for the brand. And, as of Friday morning, none of it meant a thing.

Outlaws look to keep their season alive

If a team could use a little divine intervention right now, it’s the Las Vegas Outlaws. The Arena Football League expansion team has had more than its share of struggles in its inaugural season, yet here they are in the final week of the season with a chance to make the playoffs.

Tenpenny brings hope for backfield

At this point last year, running back Altee Tenpenny was preparing to help Alabama try to win a national championship.

Sanchez, staff’s determination sold Myles on UNLV

The easy story is the one that says family was the reason Jay’Onn Myles chose UNLV over Baylor. But it wouldn’t be correct. Myles saw an even deeper reason to go with the Rebels, a can’t-miss determination from first-year coach Tony Sanchez and his staff to change a battered and beleaguered football program.

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49ers release linebacker following DUI, hit-and-run arrest

The San Francisco 49ers released outside linebacker Aldon Smith on Friday after he was arrested by Santa Clara, Calif., police on Thursday night on suspicion of hit-and-run, DUI and vandalism.

Tough to find three wins for UNLV in Sanchez’s first year

Being bad and boring is an unenviable combination for any team, the same way that being dumb, drunk and broke is no way to go through life. The UNLV football team is almost always terrible and rarely entertaining, so that’s why Tony Sanchez was the right hire.

Sanchez set to open first training camp with UNLV

UNLV football fans are constantly reminded these are different times under first-year coach Tony Sanchez, from his aggressive approach to recruiting to his willingness to promote the program at every opportunity. And now one more thing.

Brady jabs Manning, complains about $8,500 pool cover in private emails

Tom Brady threw jabs at Peyton Manning and Mark Brunell amid a prodigious pile of the Patriot quarterback’s private emails that were made public Tuesday as part of the NFL Players Association’s lawsuit against the NFL over Brady’s four-game suspension.

Tony Sanchez’s first commitment academically ineligible to play at UNLV

Former Canyon Springs High School defensive lineman Melvin Johnson was UNLV first-year coach Tony’s Sanchez’s first commitment. But Johnson failed to qualify academically, and he said Wednesday he will attend Victor Valley College in Victorville, Calif.

 
Ray Rice says he’s a ‘rehabilitated man’

Former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice believes he has changed his ways since the domestic violence incident that cost him his NFL career.

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