No. 2-ranked Stanford, the defending national champion, outscored Utah by 23 points in the second half en route to winning the tournament title at Michelob Ultra Arena.
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.
No. 1-ranked Gonzaga has the experience and talent to win the national championship. The Bulldogs begin their postseason Monday in the WCC semifinals at Orleans Arena.
It’s no accident that college basketball maintains its foothold here that preceded — and paved the way for — the arrival of its professional sporting counterparts.
An ownership group that includes Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James is eyeing an NBA expansion bid in Las Vegas, according to “The Bill Simmons Podcast.”
Hector Luis Garcia swarmed and pummeled Chris Colbert to win a unanimous decision on a Showtime boxing card Saturday night at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
Pound-for-pound king Canelo Alvarez will return to the ring May 7 to fight WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol, with T-Mobile Arena the front-runner to land the bout.
Junior lightweight Chris Colbert, who got the blessing of Deion Sanders to also use the nickname “Primetime,” will fight undefeated Hector Garcia on Saturday.
UNLV has hired Raiders assistant wide receivers coach Nick Holz as offensive coordinator. He spent the past 10 years with the NFL team.
UNLV, LSU and Washington State have extended scholarship offers to Liberty sophomore point guard Dedan Thomas Jr., and he said Arizona, UCLA and Stanford also are interested.
John Madden’s life was celebrated Monday night. At the stadium in which he coached. In the city he loved. By the people he loved. And by the people who loved him.
The Bengals didn’t commit any turnovers, but their subpar offensive line was terrible again, allowing six second-half sacks in a Super Bowl loss to the Rams on Sunday.
Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford was flawless on the final drive, and that’s all that really mattered on Super Bowl Sunday.
Rams offensive lineman Austin Corbett, 26, is the lone Nevadan in Super Bowl LVI and a proud representative of Sparks, Reed High School, UNR — and the Walker River Paiute Tribe.
With a victory Sunday, Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow could seize the unofficial title of “best quarterback in the NFL” while Rams stars could solidify their legacies as all-time greats.
The NFL’s investment in Las Vegas is perhaps the saving grace of a Pro Bowl that resembled a peewee football practice more than an All-Star game.
