Connor Fields, a Green Valley High School and UNLV graduate, was involved in a scary BMX crash in last year’s Olympics in Japan and is recovering from a brain injury.
Mark Anderson
Reporter: UNLV football and basketball
Email: manderson@reviewjournal.com
Phone: (702) 387-2914
Mark Anderson has been at the Review-Journal since January 1999. He covered UNLV football for 17 seasons before moving to the men’s basketball beat in January 2016, and was president of the Football Writers Association of America in 2016. Anderson returned to the football beat in 2017 and still covers men’s basketball. Before coming to the R-J, he covered UNR football for five seasons at the Reno Gazette-Journal and was the high school sports reporter for the Tallahassee (Fla.) Democrat from 1988-94. He is a native of Tallahassee and a graduate of the University of Florida.
Joey Gallo, who went to Bishop Gorman High School and plays for the New York Yankees, playfully listed some unusual skills on his new profile on the job-search site.
Las Vegas resident Ellie Stevens won the Rock ‘n’ Roll half-marathon with a late rally. Canadian Justin Kent blew away the field on the men’s side.
Thousands on the Strip watched and cheered as half-marathon and 10-kilometer runners took part in Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas.
Gone is the marathon from Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas, but organizers believe the half-marathon that now is the marquee event will create a party atmosphere.
Rick Visser has devoted his life to helping others, and he not only runs in distance races, he volunteers at them. He is back in Las Vegas for the fifth time.
The Rock ‘n’ Roll half marathon and 10-kilometer races are Sunday on the Strip.
The National Finals Rodeo is scheduled for Dec. 1 to 10 at the Thomas & Mack Center.
In a speech posted online, Alabama coach Nick Saban argued the importance of leadership in general and related it to Henry Ruggs’ fatal car crash.
The Rams showed that aggressiveness on the field and in the front office wins in the NFL, and they were rewarded for it.
Most of the coverage of Las Vegas becoming the first city to host the NHL All-Star Game and Pro Bowl on the same weekend was on the action (or lack of) rather than the city.
A guide to the Pro Bowl at Allegiant Stadium and the ancillary events.
A guide to NHL All-Star Weekend at T-Mobile Arena and the Strip and the ancillary events.
Even though he’s an alternate, former UNLV running back Shaquille Murray-Lawrence hopes to compete in the Winter Olympics in the four-man bobsled events.
The national media took a much more favorable view of the Raiders hiring Josh McDaniels than the fans.