Vasiliy Lomachenko recorded 10th round technical knockout over Jorge Linares.
Gilbert Manzano
Former reporter: Raiders, NFL, video
Gilbert Manzano worked for the Las Vegas Review-Journal from November 2015 to November 2018. He covered UNLV football and boxing. Before joining the RJ staff, he was a breaking news editor for NFL.com and a preps sports reporter for The Acorn Newspapers in Southern California. Manzano graduated from Cal State Northridge, and calls Pasadena, California, home.
Forrest Griffin didn’t feel right calling himself a Las Vegan until he saw his name on a booth that listed all his accomplishments.
Las Vegas resident Jorge Linares faces Vasiliy Lomachenko on Saturday when the two technicians meet on an ESPN-televised main event from Madison Square Garden in New York.
Former UNLV swim coach Jim Reitz will be inducted into the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame on Friday, along with Forrest Griffin, Al Bernstein, Armon Gilliam, Rossi Ralenkotter and the Las Vegas Thunder hockey team.
Josh Johnson’s reunion with Jon Gruden didn’t last long. The Raiders announced Thursday that they have released Johnson, a veteran quarterback the team signed to a one-year deal in March.
Ishe Smith has another home bout Friday against Tony Harrison at Sam’s Town, but the former junior middleweight champion isn’t happy with the location after his last fight in Las Vegas.
Al Bernstein will be inducted into the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame on Friday, along with Forrest Griffin, Jim Reitz, Armon Gilliam, Rossi Ralenkotter and the Las Vegas Thunder hockey team.
Three tryout free agents won jobs with the Raiders following the team’s rookie minicamp last week.
Gennady Golovkin unleashed a vicious onslaught in the second round to knock out Vanes Martirosyan before an announced crowd of 7,837 Saturday night at the StubHub Center.
Keyshawn Whitehorse is the front-runner for the Professional Bull Riders Rookie of the Year award. He’s 14th in the world standings.
Gennady Golovkin, the WBA/WBC/IBF champion, will attempt to tie Bernard Hopkins’ record of 20 consecutive successful middleweight title defenses when he fights Vanes Martirosyan on Saturday.
The PBR is back in Las Vegas for its major event, Last Cowboy Standing, at which the top 40 bull riders in the world battle to collect standings points and a first-place prize of $100,000.
Raiders offensive lineman Vadal Alexander will miss the first four games of the 2018 regular season for violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancing substances, the league announced Tuesday.
The Raiders waited until Day 3 to fill defensive needs after a shaky start to the NFL draft.
Insults are encouraged in boxing to promote a fight, but there’s a line, and Isaac Dogboe and his father, Paul, crossed it.