Betting is open at the Westgate sportsbook for a potential second-round NHL playoff series between the Golden Knights and Colorado Avalanche.
Adam Hill
Golden Knights backup reporter
Email: ahill@reviewjournal.com
Phone: (702) 224-5509
After serving as sports editor of both the Silverado Star and UNLV Rebel Yell, the Detroit native remained in Las Vegas and embarked on his professional journalism career at the Review-Journal in 2002. He has covered mixed martial arts and prep sports while helping coordinate online and social media coverage for nearly every major sporting event to come through the valley.
The Minnesota Wild have a three-game losing streak for the first time this season and trail the Golden Knights 3-1 in their NHL playoff series.
The Raiders wide receiver raced against three fellow NFL players for a Bounty commercial with proceeds benefitting local charities.
Cody Garbrandt, who returns against Rob Font at UFC Fight Night 188 on Saturday at the Apex, developed blood clots and vertigo, forcing him out of a scheduled title fight in November.
Minnesota struggled to explain exactly what happened after a dominant start to Game 3 had it on the verge of taking control of the first-round series against the Golden Knights.
Minnesota got the burst they wanted in the first period, but couldn’t find the net in the opening 20 minutes.
Minnesota Wild goaltender Cam Talbot finished with 42 saves, including 19 in the first period to prevent the Golden Knights from capitalizing on a dominant stretch.
The Golden Knights finished tied for 22nd in the NHL with a 17.8 percent conversion rate on the power play this season. Only Nashville was worse among playoff teams.
After a difficult first round, the 31-year-old Brazilian stormed out of the corner and knocked out Michael Chandler to claim the vacant title in front of a full house at Toyota Center in Houston.
Longtime UFC lightweight contender Tony Ferguson accused Michael Chandler, who will fight Charles Oliveira for the belt in UFC 262 on Saturday, of jumping the line of contenders.
The Raiders will open against the Baltimore Ravens at Allegiant Stadium on Monday Night Football. They also will visit Dallas to play the Cowboys on Thanksgiving Day.
Raiders defensive end Clelin Ferrell wore No. 96 during his first two seasons in the NFL, but he has switched to the number he wore in college.
The high-profile veterans suffered defeats in the headlining bouts of the main card at the Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday.
The breakout women’s flyweight star saw her momentum snapped at her rising star dimmed with her first UFC loss in January and returns at UFC on ESPN 24 at the Apex on Saturday.
The light heavyweight contender dropped former title challenger Dominick Reyes late the second round of a thriller with a vicious back elbow.