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ELY — UNLV continues its football camp in this small town of the Steptoe Valley, shuttling from hotels to afternoon drills to the next command of new coach Bobby Hauck, all the while its conference is intimately involved with the saga that is conference expansion.
The more Craig Thompson speaks, the more he sounds like the steward from “Titanic,” the one who told the wealthy passenger to return to her state room, that the shudder she felt was probably nothing more than a thrown propeller.
You can relax, Stephen Strasburg. Bryce Harper wants to be your pal after all.
Long before Las Vegas became his home, Jim Fassel always had an eye on what was happening here. He coached the New York Giants for seven years, and before each game he checked to see what oddsmakers thought of his team.
While lounging in the bowels of Petco Park on a leather easy chair — the home of the San Diego Padres is so well-appointed that even its bowels feature fine accoutrements — I noticed an old pal exchange a pleasant greeting with a baseball legend near the elevator to the press box.
Imagine that. Perhaps a conscience exists within Reggie Bush after all.
First things first: Tiger Woods ever again agreeing to play in the annual PGA Tour stop here is still more of a long shot than Justin Timberlake arriving on time for a news conference at his own golf tournament or the UNLV football team going 13-0 this season.