Las Vegas businessmen had to wrestle the Super Bowl of rodeo away from Oklahoma City to turn it into the massive special event it is today.
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Maverick McNealy closed out the 2024 season with a win at the RSM Classic, giving him that elusive first victory after five full seasons on the PGA Tour.
Barry Odom’s base salary is $1.75 million a year at UNLV. That won’t be nearly enough for the Rebels to keep Power Four teams from trying to poach their football coach.
The Raiders rewarded a running back by signing him to the active roster Tuesday, while a wide receiver went on the injured reserve list.
The Rebels advanced in the College Football Playoff rankings leading up to the Mountain West championship game against Boise State on Friday.
Three UNLV football players earned awards, and several other Rebels made the first team on the All-Mountain West team announced Tuesday.
Open daily 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. from Thursday through Dec.14, Cowboy Christmas will include two stages, a boot shine, an NFR historical display, a rodeo-themed saloon and other activities.
Tie-down roper Joe Beaver and the team roping duo of Speed Williams and Rich Skelton will be honored as NFR Icons at the National Finals Rodeo.
UNLV football coach Barry Odom, who undoubtedly will attract interest from Power Four schools after the season, can make up to $445,000 in performance bonuses.
The granddaddy is Cowboy Christmas, of course, but that’s just one of seven gift shows taking place within Las Vegas’ tourism corridor during NFR.
The standard Old West cowboy pour, the cliché goes, featured whiskey neat tossed back in a saloon. Put that assumption out to pasture.
Here’s a look at the rodeo competitors coming to Las Vegas for the National Finals Rodeo, with a breakdown of how the races shape up in each discipline.
From ranching to dancing, cowboy boots embody more than a century of global fascination with the reality and myths of the West.
UNLV is better in all phases of the game since losing to Boise State on Oct. 25. It’s how you want things to be in November and December when championships are decided.
The Raiders will miss the NFL playoffs for the 20th time in the past 22 seasons. They last appeared in the postseason in 2021 and before that in 2016.