Tom Flores and Charles Woodson on Sunday morning expressed gratitude for their enshrinement in the Pro Football Hall of Fame during a 30-minute virtual press conference.
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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.
Tom Flores, the Raiders’ groundbreaking former coach, and dominating defensive back Charles Woodson have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Leon Spinks, who defeated heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali in 1978 in Las Vegas in one of the biggest upsets in boxing history, died Friday after a five-year bout with cancer.
Kansas City returner and receiver Mecole Hardman muffed a punt in the AFC title game that led to a Buffalo Bills touchdown, but came back to help the Chiefs to a win.
Ryan Succop, Mr. Irrelevant in the 2009 NFL draft, has enjoyed a resurgent season with Tampa Bay, all while stabilizing their special teams with his reliable right leg.
Wirfs, the No. 13 pick in last April’s NFL draft, hails from a small town in Iowa and has relished blocking for Tom Brady on Tampa Bay’s Super Bowl run.
Tom Flores is a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He quarterbacked the Raiders and went on to coach the team to two Super Bowl victories.
The film, “Al Davis vs. the NFL” gives football fans an intimate look at the feud between the Raiders’ former owner and former NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle.
Former Raiders tackle Lincoln Kennedy recounts his story of Super Bowl XXVII.
The documentary resurrects the two luminaries and allows them to tell the story of their legendary feud as if they were still alive today.
IBF super middleweight champion Caleb Plant of Las Vegas successfully defended his title with a 120-108 unanimous decision over Caleb Truax on Saturday in Los Angeles.
Caleb Plant will make the third defense of his IBF super middleweight championship Saturday against Caleb Truax. He hopes to fight unified champion Canelo Alvarez next.
Antonio Zepeda, a defensive lineman who played at UNLV from 2013 to 2017, is making his pro boxing debut Friday in Tijuana, Mexico.
Super bantamweight champion Angelo Leo is one of three Las Vegans fighting Saturday on Showtime’s first card of 2021, at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.
UNLV is retiring the Hey Reb! mascot, but retaining its Rebels nickname, university president E. Keith Whitfield announced Tuesday afternoon.