Wes Reed, a former UNLV basketball player who went on to become a coach, mentor and fixture in the high school community, died Sunday from complications of COVID.
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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.
Yordenis Ugás worked a powerful right hand around a stiff jab to overwhelm Manny Pacquiao, who hinted throughout the promotion that the Saturday bout may be the last of his legendary career.
The 42-year-old Manny Pacquiao will fight at least once more on Saturday. This time at T-Mobile Arena against WBA welterweight champion Yordenis Ugas.
Canelo Alvarez, the unified super middleweight champion, will fight IBF super middleweight champion Caleb Plant on Nov. 6 for the undisputed 168-pound championship.
Manny Pacquiao didn’t make any predictions Wednesday about how his bout against Yordanis Ugas would end, but his trainer, Freddie Roach, predicted a knockout for Pacquiao.
Aces guard and top reserve Kelsey Plum continued the best season of her career Tuesday, scoring 24 points on 8-of-13 shooting, including 3 of 4 from 3-point range.
Raiders Pro Bowl tight end Darren Waller returned to practice Tuesday for the first time since Aug. 2. He was a full participant, taking part in individual and team drills.
Wrapping up Monday’s action in the NBA Summer League at the Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion and a look-ahead to Tuesday’s games.
Liz Cambage hadn’t played for the Aces since July 7 but is energized after five weeks of rest. She had 17 points and seven rebounds in Sunday’s win over the Washington Mystics.
Atlanta native Keely Jackson is completing her third year as an intern at the Vegas Summer League. But her duties this year included doing a painting of Giannis Antetokounmpo.
The Aces erased a 14-point deficit in the fourth quarter Sunday, marking the biggest fourth-quarter comeback in franchise history.
Jalen Johnson, the No. 20 overall pick in the 2021 NBA draft, continued to impress for the Hawks. He had 25 points, seven rebounds and three steals as one of the best players in the league thus far.
The Olympics are history now, and the Aces will try to parlay the gold-medal afterglow into a strong finish over the final 11 games of the WNBA season.
Former UNLV wing Jordan Cornish returned to the Thomas & Mack Center this week for the first time since leaving the program in 2016. He’s now an NBA agent with Beyond Athlete Management.
Muhammad Ali’s grandson Nico Ali Walsh will make his professional boxing debut Saturday — some 60 years after his grandfather began the greatest career in heavyweight history.