He retires an unimpeachable advocate for the league and its players. The architect of the championship caliber team coached now by Becky Hammon.
Sam Gordon
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Sam Gordon was born and raised in Minneapolis and is back for his second stint with the Review-Journal. He’s covered the NFL, NBA, the Big Ten, the Mountain West and prep sports for various publications during his professional tenure. Gordon, a University of Minnesota graduate, is a basketball junkie who coached high school basketball for three seasons.
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Canelo Alvarez finally met his match in Dmitry Bivol, a 31-year-old Russian light heavyweight who proved at T-Mobile Arena that pound-for-pound greatness has its limits.
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Turns out Iowa State’s 48-3 victory over UNLV in September at Allegiant Stadium wouldn’t be Brock Purdy’s final football memory in Las Vegas after all.
The NFL draft and upcoming Super Bowl signal a strengthening relationship between Las Vegas and the NFL.
Lindy La Rocque and UNLV agrees to a contract that will keep her as the women’s basketball coach through the 2026-27 season, sources told the Review-Journal.
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