The family of Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson has withdrawn as investors in a proposed $1.9 billion, 65,000-seat domed football stadium intended to bring the NFL’s Oakland Raiders to Southern Nevada.
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The San Francisco 49ers announced the hiring of former nine-time Pro Bowl safety John Lynch as the 11th general manager in franchise history on Monday.
Westgate sports book director Jay Kornegay was working at the Imperial Palace in 1995, when Steelers rookie Kordell Stewart earned the nickname of “Slash” for his ability to play running back, receiver and quarterback.
This will be the first sports gambling information network, which will broadcast live from a new state-of-the-art studio in the South Point sports book.
Former Dallas Cowboys defensive end Greg Hardy has submitted an application to play in an independent football league in April, a person with knowledge of the situation tells The Associated Press.
The public is on the favorite and over in Super Bowl LI and the professionals are on the underdog and under. It’s the same pattern with prop bets, where the sharps are betting ‘no’ and the squares are betting ‘yes.’
Cue the buffalo wings, pigs in a blanket and nachos, Super Bowl LI is just around the corner.
In the recent past, the Pro Bowl hadn’t produced a competitive environment. But perhaps the return of the traditional matchup combined with playing in front a larger crowd than when the game was played in Hawaii, amped up the intensity just a bit.
New England and Atlanta have begun final preparations for Super Bowl LI, and Houston will for the third time act as host to the National Football League’s crowning moment of a current season.
While it would be considered only a minor upset if the surging Falcons beat New England, some bettors made wagers on them at 100-1 odds after they lost their season opener to Tampa Bay.
With the straightest of poker faces, Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis said Sunday that his planned trip this week to Houston had zero to do with attempting to persuade fellow NFL owners to vote for franchise relocation to Las Vegas.
Tony Sanchez agreed to a three-year extension to be the coach of the UNLV football team through the 2021 season, the university announced Friday.
Desert Pines offensive lineman Poutasi Poutasi made an oral commitment to California late Saturday during his official visit to the school.
“He misses it and I won the bet. I thought I was really smart after that. The next three or four years, I bet that prop and I think I lost it every time.”
Brian Blessing, host of Sportsbook Radio and Vegas Hockey Hotline on KSHP-AM (1400), witnessed one of the worst Super Bowl square bad beats ever.
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