Long before Madden football video games there was the Tecmo Bowl, and former Raiders’ running back Bo Jackson was its undeniable hero.
Ron Kantowski
Sports columnist
Email: rkantowski@reviewjournal.com
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Ron Kantowski is a sports columnist and covers auto racing for the Review-Journal. He has won multiple writing awards and in 2016 was named Nevada Sportswriter of the Year. Prior to beginning a long career in Las Vegas sports journalism, Kantowski attended Western New Mexico University in Silver City, N.M., where he played for the baseball team. He is a native of Whiting, Ind.
Las Vegan Brendan Gaughan, competing in his final season in the NASCAR Cup Series, learned that he tested positive Friday and said he has experienced minor symptoms.
Hall of Fame musician Charlie Daniels, who was 83 when he died this past week, was so enamored of the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas that he wrote a song about it.
Backup lineman, special teams player Steve Sylvester is least known among the six Raiders who played on all three Super Bowl winning teams.
Rollers coach Tim Blenkiron says playing entire season at neutral site during virus pandemic will reduce production, travel logistics.
A letter from George Taylor, CEO of the PRCA, indicates that the sport’s Super Bowl in December in Las Vegas might be in jeopardy if coronavirus spikes persist.
Former UNLV strength coach, world-class weightlifter Mark Philippi is trying to remain optimistic despite losing his XFL job and training clients amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
When the Raiders’ George Atkinson concussed the Steelers’ Lynn Swann with a vicious blow, it was Atkinson who wound up suing.
Las Vegas champion to reach career milestone at Brickyard 400, tops active NASCAR drivers in Cup Series starts.
Terry Cottle recently stepped aside from his position at College of Southern Nevada following three decades as an coach and administrator on the local college scene.
When he accepted a People’s Choice Award in 2017, Tom Hanks twice during a 33-second acceptance speech did his Ken “The Snake” Stabler impression.
Three test positive, four others sent home from Professional Bull Riders Monster Energy Team Challenge after being exposed to infected competitors.
Oliver Askew, Pato O’Ward assist IndyCar team owner Sam Schmidt of Henderson as Driven NeuroRecovery Center reopens in downtown Las Vegas.
Bubba Wallace, NASCAR’s only African American driver, once felt welcome at every track on the circuit. That changed in the most despicable way Sunday in Alabama when a noose was discovered in his garage.
In podcast, Robert Sarver broached the subject of bringing an NBA team here with then-commissioner David Stern in 2004, but was steered toward buying Phoenix franchise.