- UNLV football set to commence quarterback competition
- Monday, July 22, 2024
- The UNLV football team heads into the 2024 season with a loaded depth chart on offense. The offensive line is stocked with veteran All-Mountain West blockers, there are ...
- Jailen Bedford brings shooting touch to UNLV backcourt
- Sunday, July 21, 2024
- If UNLV is going to make a run at the NCAA Tournament this season, D.J. Thomas is going to need a running mate. Thomas is a star and will serve as the Scarlet and Gray’s No. 1 offensive option in 2024-25. The ball is going to be in his hands a lot, and Kevin Kruger will trust the sophomore to ...
- UNLV basketball putting on full-court press for local prospect Xavion Staton
- Sunday, July 14, 2024
- Xavion Staton makes for an easy target around Las Vegas. Whenever the 7-footer leaves the house, he attracts plenty of attention. And it seems everyone in town has an opinion to share: Come to UNLV. “I get it a lot,” Staton says with a laugh. “Whether it’s teachers or fans or just people ...
- Incoming transfer Jace Whiting is designated shooter for UNLV basketball
- Wednesday, July 10, 2024
- Every college basketball team in the nation believes it needs more shooting. That’s just the way the game is evolving, with more emphasis than ever on creating — and making — 3-pointers. When it comes to outside shooters, you can never have too many ...
- Leading UNLV football to title is goal for draft prospect Tiger Shanks
- Monday, July 8, 2024
- Less than three years ago, UNLV offensive lineman Tiger Shanks was on an island. The then-redshirt freshman found himself starting at right tackle for a Week 3 matchup against Iowa State, and though the game was at Allegiant Stadium, the vast majority of the 35,000 in attendance were ...
- Is DePaul transfer Jaden Henley ready to reach his ceiling at UNLV?
- Thursday, July 4, 2024
- When the 2023-24 season ended, it wasn’t difficult to look at the UNLV roster and project where Kevin Kruger and his staff would focus their recruiting efforts ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- UNLV football cranks up summer recruiting with wave of signings
- Wednesday, June 26, 2024
- From his introductory press conference in December 2022 to his most recent meeting with the media after the spring game in April, head coach Barry Odom has made it clear he wants to build the UNLV football program with ...
- 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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Mike covered high school and college sports for The Boston Globe and ESPN.com before moving to Las Vegas in 2012 to cover UNLV athletics for RunRebs.com. Mike is a Massachusetts native, a graduate of Northeastern University and a fan of all Boston sports teams (though he’s not as obnoxious about it as you’d imagine).
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