Win and the Raiders are off to London to play Khalil Mack and the Bears with a 2-2 record. But lose and they are 1-3 and looking at a 1-6 start to the season.
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The undefeated striking star is confident ahead of the middleweight title unification bout Oct. 5 in the main event in Melbourne, Australia.
Defensive back Lamarcus Joyner could see his role exanded on defense as soon as this week.
UNLV beat Wyoming 69-66 in three overtimes in 2016 at Sam Boyd Stadium. They meet again Saturday in Laramie, Wyoming, in what is expected to be a much lower-scoring game.
Handicapper Christopher Smith likes the underdog Red Raiders, whose defense has improved considerably under first-year coach Matt Wells, against Oklahoma on Saturday.
UNLV junior Jack Trent shot a 6-under-par 138 and was alone in third place in a 92-player field after two rounds of the three-round William H. Tucker Intercollegiate men’s golf tournament.
The Panthers are on a 3-8 spread skid since late 2018, while the Texans are 9-3-1 against the spread in their last 13 regular-season games.
Marc-Andre Fleury is expected to start in net Friday when the Golden Knights host the Los Angeles Kings in a preseason game at T-Mobile Arena.
VSiN host Mitch Moss leads the contest with an 11-7-2 against the spread record, Dana Lane is 11-9 and Kelly Stewart and Bernie Fratto are each 10-9-1.
A position-by-position look at UNLV’s game at Wyoming at 5 p.m. Saturday.
Undefeated middleweight Punahele Soriano will make his UFC debut at UFC 245 on Dec. 14 in Las Vegas, the Review-Journal has learned.
The four-time All-Pro wide receiver wrote on Twitter on Thursday: “I’m still the best why stop now.” He followed with the suggestion that the game needs him.
K.C. McMahon had 17 kills and Jackie McBride 13 kills and nine blocks to rally Wyoming past UNLV 3-2 in both teams’ Mountain West volleyball opener Thursday in Laramie, Wyoming.
The rugged winger, who suffered an undisclosed injury during offseason training, was a full participant at Thursday’s practice.
The Cornhuskers are 7-1 against the spread in their last eight Big Ten games, and coach Scott Frost is on a 7-2 cover run as an underdog.