When you’ve been down for as long as UNLV has in football, you’re going to have to take an occasional risk on the recruiting trail — you might have to accept an Alabama reject or two, or maybe go for a quick fix via the junior colleges. Longtime observers of the local football scene are aware of this.
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The Baltimore Ravens continue to deny tipping off the Indianapolis Colts about deflated footballs before the AFC Championship against the New England Patriots.
The National Football League players union on Tuesday made public a full transcript of star New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady’s June 23 appeal of his four-game “Deflategate” suspension before league Commissioner Roger Goodell.
With the return of Jim Harbaugh to Michigan, few fan bases are more pumped for football season than backers of Big Blue.
Houston Texans running back Arian Foster suffered a serious groin injury in Monday’s training camp practice and might require surgery.
Tony Romo was apparently joking when he blamed an enlarged sty under his left eye on “wearing too much makeup” but the Dallas Cowboys quarterback — who returned to practice Saturday — did undergo quite the transformation for his new DirecTV commercial.
Former college football broadcaster Craig James filed suit on Monday in Dallas saying he was fired from his job by Fox Sports Southwest due to his stated opposition to same-sex marriage.
Aaron Rodgers is already in midseason form. The Green Bay Packers quarterback launched a pass Sunday into a net from 45 yards out.
Dez Bryant wasted little time getting into the swing of training camp. On Sunday, the Dallas Cowboys wide receiver got into a scuffle with his teammate at practice.
The number of playoff spots doubled to four a year ago, but the feeling inside The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas was the field needed to double again for a Mountain West team to have a realistic shot at making it.
Football season is almost here, and in honor of the most wonderful time of the year, the Review-Journal again will compile a directory of Southern Nevada bars that cater to fans of specific NFL teams.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame has decided to allow Junior Seau’s daughter to speak at the induction ceremony next Saturday in Canton, Ohio.
Other than going 2-10 or 2-11 most seasons, and having spectators depart Sam Boyd Stadium in mass-exodus-style after the third quarter, the UNLV football program mostly is bereft of tradition.
When it comes to eating raw eggs, “Rocky” has got nothing on Drew Ott.
The National Football League and its players union asked a U.S. judge on Friday to decide whether to uphold New England Patriots star quarterback Tom Brady’s four-game suspension in the “Deflategate” case by Sept. 4, before the season begins.