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Sports columnist, Las Vegas Review-Journal; Host: ESPN Radio The Press Box, Monday-Friday, 7-10 AM; Husband, father, all things Seinfeld.

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3 years
Just spoke with Raiders owner Mark Davis: "That's my tweet. That was me. I don't want anyone in the organization taking heat. I take full responsibility for that." Story coming soon on the reason for the tweet and Davis' thoughts on today's verdict at
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6 years
Raiders owner Mark Davis preparing to help serve food to some 700-plus workers (1,400 by year’s end) building his team’s NFL stadium. #rjnow
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This is Paul Minor. He is 19 and as passionate a Raiders fan as you will find. And with the team now playing in his town of Las Vegas, he is motivated to lose weight, to be healthy, to watch the silver and black for years to come ... to live. @Raiders
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2 years
Raiders owner Mark Davis: “I was thinking about trading Carr … David Carr, not Derek. I like Derek.” 😳👀
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4 years
So, this was a little better than final scores today ...
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4 years
This beautiful and brave little girl with cerebral palsy is walking up the stairs by herself for the very first time. That smile.🌎❤️😊
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3 years
Talked to Raiders owner Mark Davis. On Carl Nassib: "These are personal decisions. It's 2021 and he's a Raider. If he's happy, I'm happy. It takes courage. I thought we got to the point where this wasn't (a story). It doesn't change my opinion of him as a man or as a Raider."
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3 years
Mark Davis on the 34-24 win: "“It was one of the best games I have seen us play in a long time. I thought it was fantastic. All three phases of the game. My emotions are that I’m excited that we looked good and are moving towards the future.”
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4 years
First day of media availability. Facility is as nice as advertised ... @Raiders
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4 years
Raiders news: Jon Gruden and Mark Davis being interviewed on MGM video screen ringside at Widler-Fury II. Gruden just said Mandatory Minicamp will be June 14-16 In Vegas. Gruden: "If we can invite everyone in, we will." #RJnow
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5 years
Chris Beard: "Couple years ago, people would hammer us in recruiting.‘Don’t play for Beard, they play positionless basketball.' Golden State wins a few (titles) and positionless basketball becomes a hot thing. We’re cool again. We don’t have 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s. We have players.”
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4 years
Jonathan Marchessault on the firing of Gerard Gallant: "It’s an awful situation, just terrible. He is the reason I am an NHL player, the reason I am here. He gave me a shot in Florida. He gave me a shot with Vegas. Every guy in this room fought for (Gallant), for sure."
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3 years
Las Vegas ... it’s not just The Strip. @RedRockCynLV #climb
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Raiders owner Mark Davis to Review-Journal following his team's win: “Listen, the Raiders stand for diversity, inclusion and social justice. We always have and we always will. The emails that came out are not what we stand for and so Jon Gruden is no longer head coach ...(cont)
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Clemson coach Dabo Swinney in Nashville on Raiders pick Clelin Ferrell: “They got an unbelievable, committed grinder, one of the most low-maintenance, humble superstar type players you would ever want to coach. Clelin will be there tomorrow, ready to work. I promise you.” #RJnow
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4 years
Narrative before Season 1 of Otzelberger never altered: Regardless of record, key for Rebels was always to be much better in March than November. Winning at NM. Blowing out CSU. And now, taking out No. 4 and unbeaten on road. It's how a culture is created and a program is built.
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7 years
I think they're Conor fans .. #rjnow
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4 years
Mark Stone on new VGK coach Peter DeBoer: “10 months ago, we probably wouldn’t have said a nice thing about him. We don’t say anything nice about the Sharks. But his teams always play hard and have been successful. Hopefully, he can bring that energy into our room.”
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6 years
James Neal: "I didn’t come here to be traded. I came here to win,.We weren’t satisfied at the beginning, we weren’t satisfied at Christmas, we weren’t satisfied at just being one of the best teams. We want to be the best one. When you believe, amazing things can happen.” #RJnow
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3 years
Forget nationally. If most understood how little San Jose State has to work with comparative to some programs in their league, what it has done is one of the better college football stories in decades upon decades. It can be done. No excuses. What an amazing job by Brent Brennan.
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3 years
More Mark Davis: "There’s not much more I can say. All the talking heads are making up all sorts of stuff. That’s all it is. We don’t stand for it.”
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4 years
In the most non-political of stances and looking way beyond any party lines, my daughter today lives with the realty hers is a far better world full of opportunity because of RBG.
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2 years
When you know the Raiders are in the playoffs for the first time in a minute: Owner Mark Davis trading sideline dance moves with DeSean Jackson to the beat of Yung Joc...
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2 years
God put few people on this earth as nice and as genuine as @VGKFrank ... Saddened beyond words by his passing. RIP, Frank. Thanks for every once of advice re: this crazy radio world.
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3 years
Covered an entire Raiders season with no one in this place. Now we see what it’s really like. Welcome back. #GARTHinVEGAS
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4 years
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4 years
Christina Mauser, an assistant girls basketball coach at Harbor Day School in Del Mar, Ca. passed away on the helicopter that took the life of Kobe & Gianna Bryant. She leaves behind her husband Matt Hauser & their children! He's on Facebook devastated! Keep her family in prayer!
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5 years
Honored by this and excited to be joined by @KevinFOX5Vegas , who is not only incredibly talented, but the kid can find terrific out-of-the-way Marriotts and great rates on the road like nobody's business.
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3 years
Look. I get it's a business and $$$ always plays a factor on both sides, but if I have a guy (Alec Martinez) who played the entire playoffs with a broken foot while leading the NHL in blocked shots, I'm at least trying to figure a way to make the numbers work.
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6 years
Fleury on the Jets crowd chanting his name: “I think they like me.” #rjnow
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6 years
What is sure to get lost in Serena Drama will be the fact Osaka completely outplayed her. That, and a first-time GS champion didn't receive the kind of moment she both earned and deserved.
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3 years
Source: Former UNLV head football coach Tony Sanchez has been hired as Offensive Analyst on Gary Patterson's staff at TCU. A solid move for Sanchez -- who has begun work in Fort Worth -- to land in the Big 12 working under one of the nation's most respected head coaches.
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6 years
Memo to @NCAA : You saw what just happened, yes? It's OK to finally abandon your hypocritical stance on no championship play in Las Vegas. Really, it is. You will be fine. The world won't end. You're decades late to the party on this. Your seat awaits.
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4 years
Press Box view ... @Raiders @VegasNation
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3 years
This is 100 percent Fleury ...
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3 years
Fleury re-did his misplay from Game 3 in practice this morning, then celebrated. 😅
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4 years
Shameless plug for colleague: Nobody was more responsible in reporting UNLV FB search than @markanderson65 Was all over it from the outset with legit info and never swayed off course with varying storylines because others reported them.
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5 years
Rick Pitino to me 5 minutes ago. Column to follow at #rjnow
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2 years
Me: Do you feel any different being married to a Fantasy Football League champion? Wife: Does that mean we earned back the money you lost in the other ones? 😳 😳😳
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5 years
Black Hole might never leave. #RJnow
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Ottawa media member: “What is a Brandwagon?” Brannstrom: “When I scored in Chicago, they would have a train go around the top of (the arena). It was good. I’m happy (VGK) fans care about me a little still. I had a great time with them here and in Chicago.” #rjnow
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4 years
Roger Goodell: “(Allegiant Stadium) is extraordinary. I think it will be a great new home for the Raiders.” #SBLIV #rjnow
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5 years
Have to tweet this before game ends, because final score doesn't matter at this point: Do most folks understand how hard a job USF truly is? Huge props to HC Kyle Smith for what he has done with that program. @USFDonsMBB
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5 years
Very nice flex from new UNLV basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger cranking the siren before Game 4 of VGK-San Jose. Kid went crazy on that thing. Fired up. @UNLVathletics
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5 years
Can't remember many UNLV players recently where a few years after seeing for 1st time, so impressed with how much better he became as @Kris_Clyburn21 . He believed in Rebels when there was little reason to. Developed under Menzies into a fine CBB player and ambassador for school.
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7 years
Word is, Showtime trying to "reboot the system." We're about 10 minutes from rabbit ears and AAA batteries ...
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8 years
SB1 has passed the Assembly with exact needed votes of 28.13 opposed. Amended version to Senate. Raiders to LV just got very real. #RJnow
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4 years
Flashing the No. 3 for 3 wins vs. UNR in his five years as UNLV FB coach. Only one of 3 coaches in school history to beat UNR more than twice. @UNLVSanchez
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7 years
Was Steve Fisher's beat writer 4 his first 7 years at SDSU. His building of program from then to now 1 of best stories in college history.
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4 years
Already a leader on and off the field, @CrosbyMaxx holds radiothon to help sick children ... Want more of our comprehensive Las Vegas Raiders coverage? Click here
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4 years
Our plan was to be in Waco beaming as you walked across that stage. Life happened. But no ceremony could ever outdo how much we love you @_Diesel98 and how incredibly proud we are of you. Sic’ em, kid. Your world awaits.
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3 years
The hours will pass and how/when exactly MAF learned of the trade will become much clearer. But to only take the word right now of an agent who was responsible for the infamous sword tweet would be, well, a bit hasty and shortsighted for now.
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9 months
The Henderson Little League All-Stars become just the second team in Nevada history to make the Little League World Series. They take out Snow Canyon of Utah 10-0 in a Mountain Region final. Didn't last 4 innings.
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4 years
Raiders owner Mark Davis: "Patrick Mahomes is unlike anyone else — he’s the monster now — and we need to improve all our phases of defense to deal with him.”
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6 years
Forget politics and company-wide meetings on taming opinions -- that ESPN continues to give LaVar Ball such a prominent voice and cover his every word so extensively is farrrrrr more embarrassing.
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4 years
More Mark Stone on Peter DeBoer: “I think he’s excited to be part of this organization or he wouldn’t have taken a job this quickly. We have to be ready to go for him from the start. We have to be positive or we are not going to succeed.”
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7 years
MW Football Media Day. Appears UNLV has taken a "If you don't see it, it never happened," stance with new (and suddenly vanished) logo.
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4 years
UNLV beats UNR 33-30 in OT and, like 1995, fight breaks out between teams and fans in south end zone. Idiotic stuff from both sides, especially fans throwing objects at players. The Tony Sanchez Era at UNLV is over. Rebels won Fremont Cannon in 3 of his 5 years. #RJnow
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4 years
Jimmer won Naismith, AP, Wooden, Oscar Robertson, NABC and Sporting News National Player of Year. Swept all 6. Not a true list if he’s not on it ...
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Choose four.
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Ridiculous that Houston Nutt and Brian Jones rip UNR kids on post game for celebration flags. I get taunting, going out of way to show others up and get in face of opponent. But the over-officiating of this stuff to take every ounce of fun out of the game is beyond pathetic.
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4 years
Rich was one who never used Gorman as an excuse. Did everything he could to match them over the years. Took it as a personal challenge. How to match them? Scheduled that way. Coached that way. Good for him today. Deserves to lift that plaque.
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Congratulations to coach Rich @muraco_lhs , who is as deserving as any other coach after a long grind with his program. He is a true ambassador for Southern Nevada high school football - not just @Libertyotball - who truly cares about the growth of local prep football.
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Tough one to write. Timmy was a complex guy who struggled with a lot of things. But never met a coach at any level who loved his players more and they him. It was unconditional on both sides, no matter how dark Skip's life became. RIP, Coach.
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5 years
Nobody knows if the Karlsson deal is a steal. Not even the folks who are signing him to it, and they know more than anyone, certainly more than any media. But we know this: Guys want to be in Las Vegas for a really long time.
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. @edgraney : @WKarlsson71 extension the latest sign of @GoldenKnights culture→ #VegasBorn
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4 years
All I will say about who might by UNLV's next FB coach: Don't believe rumors, sources, lists, twitter names being thrown against the goal post. If the basketball search and its conclusion told us anything about the person running this, nobody knows anything.
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I’m not holding my breath on this one, but UNLV should just pay @JessMagdefrau whatever she wants and have her design the darn logo. She is one of their own, knows the school, is a graphic design grad who designed a better Aviators logo than the team in like 2 seconds.
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4 years
That’s a really, really good win for UNLV hoops. Say what you want about New Mexico’s weird season, but when you and the No. 4 team in the country are the only teams to win in a place, that’s impressive.
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Laughable folks think it a negative UNLV hoops loses out on another 5 star. Where exactly have those kind of kids taken Rebels lately? Sign kids you will have 3 or 4 years. Develop them. Build a program. Take a bounce back or 2. Know who u are in 2018. It works a lot of places.
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#girldad and #boydad and eternally thankful for every second.
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Our videographer @_CassieSoto was hit in the head by a full soda bottle by idiot fans in the stands in the post-game fracas. One day, there might be something done about mixing booze and the Zonies at UNR’s Mackay Stadium. #growup
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5 years
A great friend, along with others so deserving, enters the distinguished place of the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame tonight. Congrats, kid. @stevecarp56
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7 years
UNLV should admit mistake, start over with new logo via @reviewjournal
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It took UNR 55 years to earn its biggest win ever vs. UNLV. It took 17 days to top it. Final: UNR 94, UNLV 58. #RJnow
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3 years
Stone. Game 6 Thursday in Vegas.
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7 years
Beyond happy to officially join @mipritchard and @claytheproducer on @ESPNLasVegas Monday-thru-Friday 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Show name TBA. Blessed.
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3 years
1 thing that stands out from covering Lon Kruger: Can't count the number of times UNLV got a basket out a timeout. It was comical how often they scored off what he drew up. Bill Self before facing Rebs in NCAAs: "Well, you have one of the greatest of all time on the other bench."
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5 years
It doesn't happen often in our business with instantaneous clicks and the fountain of info that is exchanged, but when it does, it's glorious -- Kawhi Leonard proved it can still happen, even in 2019: Nobody knew anything. Not one source. Nothing. Leicester City level upset.
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He’s back ... officially. @nateschmidt29
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Covered those first Steve Fisher teams at SDSU. Saw where it began up close. There is a reason his name is now on the court. Amazing story.
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5 years
UNLV 34, UNR 29. Cannon. Red. #RJnow
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On the weekend he was supposed to walk in graduation, former UNLV football player Ty'Jason Roberts talks extensively for the first time about the hit that nearly left him paralyzed ...
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4 years
Can’t put into words what it meant to host a show with @claytheproducer Great partner, better person. Great memories. Looking forward to The Press Box with Graney and Bischoff. (And Jered). Lots of talk about age. No worries - will come up w daily workout regime for the guys 😃
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VGK D-Man Luca Sbisa on team's place in all-time sports stories: “You have to think we’re up there with the craziest ones. People tell us they think a movie will be made. Look at the sports books. They made us 500-1 odds. I’m sure they’re all clinching their butts a little bit."
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3 years
Sitting here covering UNLV-UNC in Asheville and thinking of @_MarkSeidel How much he loved his Tar Heels. How much he would’ve loved going back-and-forth with people in Las Vegas about this game in his beloved state. Miss you, brother. Rest easy always.
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Nothing screams 25 years of marital bliss like a not-so-subtle reminder about your good fortune from the significant other ... Eh, she’s a great kid.
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Erik Karlsson can now finally afford a two-bedroom apartment in the Bay Area ...
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4 years
Wait, some dude who’s making $2.5 million coaching on the best team in the country with the best athletes-players would come the MW to potentially make a ton less to try and do what nobody has in 30 years? Just to be a HC? Is the Rio buffet that good? 😐
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4 years
Hard time of year for a lot of folks. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-8255. A simple copy and paste might save someone's life. Would 3 (or 30) Twitter friends please copy this text and post under their own name? Happy Holidays to EVERYONE
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5 years
Will always rank opportunity to chronicle MRLL run to LLWS among best in my career. Here is our series on it, 5 years later. Huge thanks to ASE Al Leiker for idea and the incredibly talented @HeidiFang for working it with me. Link to all stories below main
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3 years
Tell you what -- it's a good thing the Dave Rogowski kid isn’t day-to-day and a game-time decision for the Golden Knights ...
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6 years
UNLV freshman Brandon McCoy -- 26 and 17 -- MVP of MGM event. #RJnow
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6 years
VGK players -- to a huge ovation -- salute a fan base that became so much more following 1 October. A town and a team united in one. Likely never anything like this specific story again in Vegas. Amazing run to a SC Final, where a better opponent simply stood in the way. #RJnow
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8 years
Nationally touted PF Troy Baxter Jr., (4 stars) has committed to UNLV hoops and is immediately eligible as a freshman. Story coming.
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7 years
Final: VGK 2, Dallas 1. Major League Pro Sports arrive to Las Vegas a winner. #rjnow
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