Mike Grimala
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Communication is key as UNLV basketball works through summer
Wednesday, July 3, 2024 As the UNLV basketball team approaches the midway point of the summer practice window, head coach Kevin Kruger isn’t so worried about how his players are scoring and rebounding. He’s more interested in what they are saying ...
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UNLV basketball recruit James Evans looking like the ideal wing
Saturday, June 29, 2024 Recruiting the high school ranks has become a tricky proposition in the NIL era. Coaches can fill roster holes with veteran transfers from the portal and reap immediate rewards, so there is less patience for spending years recruiting and developing prep prospects ...
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Can big man Jeremiah Cherry be UNLV's latest juco gem?
Wednesday, June 19, 2024 Most of Cherry’s offensive touches came through very traditional post-ups. Few opponents were able to stop him from getting position, and Cherry works hard to establish ...
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UNLV basketball back on court as summer practice set to begin
Monday, June 10, 2024 When the UNLV basketball team opens summer practice today, it will be the first time the 2024-25 squad assembles on the court in any official capacity. But for the key players, it’s been there, done that. That’s just how coach Kevin Kruger wants it. Unlike most of the Mountain West, UNLV ...
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Meet the newcomers: UNLV basketball roster projection 2.0
Tuesday, June 4, 2024 The transfer portal has closed and incoming recruits have signed their letters of intent, which means the UNLV basketball roster is set for the 2024-25 season. The final tally has six returners forming the core of next year’s team, with seven newcomers filling in the gaps. The incoming group is made up two high-school ...
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Unsung Hero Award: Edgar Thomas, Clark County School District
Thursday, May 23, 2024 Edgar Thomas might be used to receiving odd looks when he responds to people asking him if he has any children. “You will always hear me say that I have 300,000 kids,” he says.
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Coach of the Year: Nicole Murphy, Durango volleyball
Thursday, May 23, 2024 After going 2-5 at its fall classic in late September, the Trailblazers rattled off 13 straight wins.
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Game of the Year: The Meadows vs. Boulder City volleyball
Thursday, May 23, 2024 When The Meadows girls’ volleyball team met Boulder City in the Class 3A state final, it felt like the showdown had been years in the making.
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Citizen of the Year: Elaine Caballero, Chaparral
Thursday, May 23, 2024 “I took it upon myself to get involved because I wanted to help our community be a better place”
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Sun Standout Award of Excellence: Bishop Gorman football
Thursday, May 23, 2024 Out of 16,000 high school programs in America, the Gaels were voted as national champions by USA Today and MaxPreps.
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Female Scholar Athlete of the Year: Lynzee Zrebiec, Southeast Tech flag football and soccer
Thursday, May 23, 2024 Lynzee Zrebiec starred on the flag football team with 17 touchdown catches as a senior, on the soccer team with 22 points this season and in the classroom with a 4.8 weighted grade point average.
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Moment of the Year: Jaylein Hudson, Amplus Academy
Thursday, May 23, 2024 Student manager Jaylein Hudson channeled his favorite basketball player, Stephen Curry, as he let the ball fly.
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Rising Star Male: Jett Washington, Bishop Gorman basketball, football
Thursday, May 23, 2024 It was a productive year for the trophy case at Bishop Gorman, and Jett Washington played a big part in adding to the Gaels’ shiny display.
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Breakthrough Performance: Alissa Perkins, Desert Oasis softball, volleyball and basketball
Thursday, May 23, 2024 The 14-year-old has more than figured out how to contribute in sports despite having undergone amputation surgery at 9 months old after being born missing her left tibia.
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Female Athlete of the Year: Iyonna Codd, Centennial track
Thursday, May 23, 2024 Codd's won virtually every race she’s entered to emerge as one of the top track athletes in the country and rewrite both her school and state record books in the process.
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Male Scholar Athlete of the Year: Nathan Sherrard, Mojave basketball and volleyball
Thursday, May 23, 2024 Nathan Sherrard won two basketball state champions, made the All-State academic team on multiple occasions and was named school valedictorian during his time high school.
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Rising Star Female: Ayanna Watson, Bishop Gorman
Thursday, May 23, 2024 Ayanna Watson has cemented herself as the best volleyball player in the state in only her second high school season.
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Sun Standout Awards are bigger and better than ever in seventh year recognizing high school athletics
Thursday, May 23, 2024 A record 15 winners collected honors at the 2024 Sun Standout Awards May 20 at the South Point Showroom.
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Team of the Year: SLAM Nevada wrestling
Thursday, May 23, 2024 It was another banner year for the wrestling crew at SLAM Academy, as the team claimed its third straight state championship in dominant fashion.
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Male Athlete of the Year: Max Carlsen, Palo Verde swimming
Thursday, May 23, 2024 As one of the nation’s top distance swimmers, Max Carlsen knows a thing or two about determination and consistency.
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Hank Greenspun Lifetime Achievement Award: Marc Ratner
Thursday, May 23, 2024 Ratner is retiring this month as the commissioner of the Southern Nevada Officials Association, stepping away from a post he’s proudly served in since the early 1990s.
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As offseason program begins, Raiders pinning hopes on defensive line
Wednesday, May 22, 2024 As the Las Vegas Raiders went through their second day of organized team activities on Tuesday, the team’s blueprint for the 2024 season couldn’t have been ...
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Nothing will come easily as the Las Vegas Aces push for a third straight WNBA title
Thursday, May 9, 2024 Repeating as WNBA champions was one thing. Now the Las Vegas Aces are tripling down. No WNBA team has won three straight championships since 1997-2000, when the Houston Comets won four in a row in ...
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Raiders draft for upside in fourth-round corner Decamerion Richardson
Saturday, April 27, 2024 The third day of the draft is the time to take some big swings on high-upside players, and the Raiders did just that with their first pick in the fourth round ...
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Raiders opt for offensive line help with Round 2 draft pick
Friday, April 26, 2024 The Raiders made a practical selection with their second-round pick in Friday’s NFL Draft, choosing Oregon offensive lineman Jackson Powers-Johnson at No. 44 overall. Las Vegas entered the draft with needs along the offensive line, especially on the right side, and Powers-Johnson ...
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Raiders go with tight end Brock Bowers in first round of NFL Draft
Thursday, April 25, 2024 After months of speculation, the Las Vegas Raiders opted to keep their pick and select Georgia tight end Brock Bowers at No. 13 overall in the 2024 NFL Draft. Bowers was ...
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What to watch as Raiders go on the clock for NFL Draft first round
Thursday, April 25, 2024 Another NFL Draft day is upon us, and the Raiders find themselves in a familiar position heading into Thursday’s first round (5 p.m., ABC/ESPN/NFL Network), with a new head coach and general manager tandem looking to steer the franchise back toward something resembling success. Las Vegas went through a similar ...
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Raiders open to all possibilities as NFL Draft approaches
Monday, April 22, 2024 Raiders general manager Tom Telesco is ready for his first draft with the Silver and Black. Since being hired in January, Telesco and his staff have spent months preparing for a draft that could...
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Kruger, UNLV diving into transfer portal for reinforcements
Tuesday, April 16, 2024 The college basketball transfer portal has been open for almost a month, and while news has been slow to trickle out of Maryland Parkway, UNLV coach Kevin Kruger and his staff have been ...
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Reigning champion Aces add four in WNBA Draft
Monday, April 15, 2024 The Las Vegas Aces have their eyes on a championship three-peat, and they added some reinforcements on Monday by selecting four players in the 2024 WNBA Draft ...
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UNLV football ready to face the changes in annual portal frenzy
Thursday, April 11, 2024 The on-field action has wound down for UNLV football, with the team concluding spring practice Saturday at an open scrimmage at Allegiant Stadium. But while practice ...
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All about D.J.: UNLV basketball roster projection 1.0
Wednesday, April 10, 2024 The 2023-24 college basketball season concluded Monday with UConn’s victory over Purdue in the national championship game, but it already feels like the offseason has been going on forever. UNLV coaches especially ...
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UNLV coordinator Brennan Marion back for encore: 'We have something good here'
Friday, April 5, 2024 Brennan Marion is in the driver’s seat. As UNLV wraps spring practice and prepares to host its scrimmage showcase Saturday at Allegiant Stadium, the team’s ...
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Could local transfers bolster UNLV basketball in 2024-25?
Thursday, April 4, 2024 Everyone loves a returning hometown hero, including the UNLV basketball program. Last year, the team added Las Vegas native Jalen Hill as an offseason transfer after the former Clark High product spent four years at Oklahoma. The prior offseason, it was Isaiah Cottrell boomeranging back to Las Vegas following two years at West Virginia. Will UNLV coach Kevin Kruger stick with the second-time-around ...
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Crucial offseason ahead as UNLV aims to end tournament drought
Saturday, March 30, 2024 After Wednesday’s season-ending loss at Seton Hall in the NIT quarterfinals, the consensus among UNLV players, coaches, and even fans was that 2023-24 was a successful campaign. The team developed promising underclassmen ...
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No worries for UNLV basketball as carefree NIT run continues
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 Basketball, like all sports, is supposed to be fun. And it’s even more fun when you’re winning. The UNLV basketball team is learning that lesson right now, as a pressure-free NIT run has unlocked ...
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UNLV advances in NIT with home win over Boston College
Sunday, March 24, 2024 It felt like March. That’s what Kevin Kruger seemed most happy about after his UNLV team knocked off Boston College, 79-70, in the second round of the NIT on Sunday. A back-and-forth game ...
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UNLV women approaching NCAA Tournament game as new normal
Friday, March 22, 2024 A four-day road trip? A showdown between two Top 25 teams? A real opportunity to notch the program’s first NCAA Tournament win in more than two decades? This is all normal, according to Lindy La Rocque. The No. 20 UNLV women’s basketball team went through its final preparations ...
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UNLV women leaning on frontcourt duo to produce in NCAA Tournament
Friday, March 22, 2024 With eight minutes left in the Mountain West championship game, UNLV had a 45-37 lead over San Diego State and was looking to bury the dagger. Working from the elbow extended, junior forward Alyssa Brown made a nice feed inside to Desi-Rae Young, and the senior laid it in to push UNLV’s advantage to ...
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Freshman phenom got up to speed quickly for UNLV women's basketball team
Thursday, March 21, 2024 The UNLV women’s basketball program has never advanced past the first round of the NCAA Tournament, but the team has one player with Final Four experience—freshman guard ...
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UNLV advances to second round of NIT with 84-77 win over Princeton
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 The UNLV men’s basketball team picked up its first postseason win in nearly two decades, knocking off Princeton on Wednesday, 84-77, to advance to the second round of the NIT. UNLV moves on to the round of 16, where Kevin Kruger and his squad will face Boston College.
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Fans rally as UNLV women depart for NCAA Tournament
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 The UNLV women’s basketball team has left the building. Lindy La Rocque and her No. 20 ranked squad departed campus on Wednesday afternoon and set out for Los Angeles ...
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How an NIT run could boost the UNLV basketball program
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 The UNLV men’s basketball team practiced on Monday, and that is a big development for the program because it means the season is still alive beyond the conference tournament ...
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Does UNLV have a path to win the Mountain West tournament?
Thursday, March 14, 2024 If there is one thing this UNLV team has proven it can do, it’s beat good teams. The inverse is also true — there were some bad losses scattered throughout the 2023-24 season — but ...
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Game day: San Diego State edges UNLV in overtime
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 San Diego State closed overtime on a 5-0 run to steal a victory over UNLV, 74-71, in the Mountain West quarterfinals. UNLV scored the first four points of OT via a Keylan Boone drive and a pair of D.J. Thomas free throws. San Diego State knotted the score on a Darrion Trammel layup and two free throws from Jaedon LeDee ...
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Mountain West tourney looms as UNLV drops finale at UNR
Saturday, March 9, 2024 UNLV went into Saturday’s season finale in Reno with championship hopes, but after falling at UNR, 75-65, the Scarlet and Gray will have to settle for a fourth-place finish and chance to earn their way into the NCAA Tournament by winning three games in three days ...
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Resurgent UNLV basketball clinches bye with win over San Jose State
Saturday, March 2, 2024 By finishing in the top five of the standings, UNLV will be able to skip the play-in round of the Mountain West tournament and advance straight to the quarterfinals.
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UNLV football schedule finalized for highly anticipated 2024 season
Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024 The Mountain West released its 2024 football schedule on Thursday, finalizing the slate for perhaps the most anticipated season in UNLV history. Coming off a 2023 campaign that saw Barry Odom lead his Scarlet and Gray squad to a 9-3 regular-season record ...
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Luis Rodriguez, UNLV thread the needle in OT win at Wyoming
Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024 On Tuesday, Rodriguez went the highlight route to put UNLV in the win column, completing a jaw-dropping behind-the-back pass that led to a game-sealing dunk in overtime ...
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All hands on deck as UNLV downs No. 22 Colorado State
Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024 Senior center Isaiah Cottrell hasn’t scored in nearly two months, but why should that matter? Faced with an injury-shortened frontcourt rotation, UNLV head coach Kevin Kruger tabbed Cottrell ...