The Chiefs lead the AFC West and are vying for the No. 1 seed in the AFC while the Raiders are simply searching for another victory amid four losses in their last five games.
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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.
The 135-pound division is the deepest and most captivating in boxing because of its star power — both youthful and veteran — and depth.
Rookie Brian Johnson capped his first game with the Washington Football Team by making the game-winning field goal with 37 seconds left against the Raiders on Sunday.
UNLV competed with San Francisco for a half Saturday night before unraveling in the second en route to a road loss to the Dons at War Memorial Gym.
Yannick Ngakoue was with three other teams in 2020, making for a stressful season without a long-term contract. But he’s happy to be playing for the Raiders and leads the team in sacks.
UNLV basketball coach Kevin Kruger wants his players to limit long jumpers early in possessions and contested, off-the-dribble two-pointers early in the shot clock.
WBC lightweight champion Devin Haney of Las Vegas will fight former two-weight world champion JoJo Diaz Jr. on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden.
UNLV (4-4) missed 24 of its first 33 shots Wednesday against Southern Methodist University (6-3) and fell 83-64 at Moody Coliseum in Dallas.
Washington has won three consecutive games to improve to 5-6 and has control of the No. 7 seed in the NFC for the time being.
UNLV (4-3) is still trying to unlock its offense amid the lulls and scoring droughts that have plagued them against quality competition.
For the second consecutive season, UNLV produced the Mountain West’s Freshman of the Year. Wide receiver Kyle Williams was the 2020 winner.
George Kambosos Jr. hardly slept last weekend. Maybe two or three hours amid the hysteria he caused by stunning Teofimo Lopez on Saturday and becoming the unified lightweight champion with a majority decision victory.
The Rebels concluded Arroyo’s first traditional season as head coach with a 2-10 record after a disappointing 48-14 road loss Friday to Air Force.
Junior linebacker Jacoby Windmon announced Sunday via Twitter that he’s entering the transfer portal, about 48 hours after concluding a stellar season in a loss to Air Force.
Fulton (20-0, eight knockouts) outpointed Figueroa (22-1-1, 17 KOs) on Saturday night at the Dolby Theater inside Park MGM to unify the junior featherweight division and pair Figueroa’s WBC crown with his WBO title.