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    Sporting Events Suspended Because Of Coronavirus Concerns

    Mar 13, 2020

    Sports events around Nevada are canceling over concerns about the spread of the coronavirus. 

    The Vegas Golden Knight’s season is on hold because the NHL suspended the season.

    The league said in a statement that they will resume play as soon as it is appropriate and prudent. 

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    Coronavirus Threat To Keep Fans From UNLV, UNR Spring Sports

    Mar 12, 2020
    The athletic departments at UNLV and the University of Nevada, Reno have announced that fans won't be allowed to attend spring sporting events at the two schools for the rest of the season over concerns about the coronavirus.
     
    UNR's spring football game is cancelled and all
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    Students at Pole Pressure in Washington, D.C. combine strength, flexibility and creativity to learn routines in class.
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    Pole Dancing Made It To The Super Bowl. Now It Wants Another Stage: The Olympics

    Mar 12, 2020
    The International Pole Sports Federation is working to get pole dancing permanently recognized as a sport. Advocates say it combines strength, flexibility, creativity and a whole lot of training.
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    Olympic swimmer Ariana Kukors Smith sued USA Swimming alleging the sport's national governing body knew her former coach sexually abused her as a minor and covered it up. On Wednesday, USA Swimming and Smith's attorney announced they had reached a settle
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    USA Swimming To Settle Sex Abuse Lawsuit Filed By Former Olympian

    Mar 11, 2020
    Ariana Kukors Smith says she was abused by national and Olympic team coach Sean Hutchinson when she was a minor. The organization faces ongoing legal challenges over its handling of abuse cases.
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    Davon Artis holds a pair of Kobe 6 Grinch shoes, released in 2010. The shoes more than doubled in value within hours of Bryant's death.
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    Kobe Bryant Merchandise Increases In Value But Not Everyone Is Cashing In

    Feb 05, 2020
    Shops that sell Kobe Bryant merchandise have seen a spike in sales in the wake of his death. Now they're making a choice: profit from tragedy or keep Bryant's merchandise accessible to the public.
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    Friday Photo: Chilling Geese, Basketball Blurs, and Sunny Reflections

    Jan 31, 2020

    More slices of life in the Las Vegas Valley from our shutterbugging staff

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    Super Bowl Bets Set Lines On Coin Toss To Gatorade Color

    Jan 30, 2020

    From the coin toss to the Gatorade shower, there are so many prop bets to be made for Super Bowl 54.

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    The End of a (Short, Sweet) Hockey Era

    Jan 16, 2020

    What the firing of Gallant means for the Golden Knights (and for fans)

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    Let's Play Ball! Share Your Sports-Inspired Poems

    Nov 13, 2019
    NPR's Rachel Martin and poet-in-residence Kwame Alexander want to read your poems about sports. You can use sport as a metaphor for our lives — or simply write about the game or team you love.
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    Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge celebrates after busting the elusive two-hour barrier for the marathon Saturday in Vienna.
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    Eliud Kipchoge Dashes Past 2-Hour Marathon Barrier In Assisted Event

    Oct 12, 2019
    Accompanied by pacesetters and an electric car, the Kenyan runner set a record Saturday that was long considered not humanly possible. He clocked in at 1:59:40 on crossing the finish line in Austria.
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    Man Kaur of India celebrates after competing in the 100-meter sprint in the 100+ age category at the World Masters Games in Auckland, New Zealand, in April 2017.
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    Whatever Happened To ... The 101-Year-Old Champion Runner From India?

    Aug 28, 2019
    Man Kaur has earned dozens of gold medals in the 100-plus category (although often she is the only competitor in that bracket). How's she doing at 103?
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    Football Is Back! Mitch Moss On The Raiders, The Super Bowl, UNLV And More

    Aug 09, 2019

    The first NFL preseason game came and went. But no one really cares about preseason. It’s practice and judgment time for rookies. 

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    Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan, center, wears a T-shirt honoring Megan Rapinoe, right, of the U.S. women's World Cup champion soccer team and the Seattle Storm's Sue Bird, left, before a WNBA game on July 12.
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    After World Cup Win, Other U.S. Women's Sports Leagues Ask, 'What About Us?'

    Aug 08, 2019
    Will the latest U.S. victory in the Women's World Cup lead to a surge of popularity in other women's pro sports leagues? Executives and players hope so.
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    Ice shooting players Ser-od Dechingalav, 30 (right), and Enkhbaatar Batdelger, 30, won the partner contest.
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    For Mongolia's Ice Shooters, Warmer Winters Mean A Shorter Sports Season

    Apr 21, 2019
    This season's final competition, originally scheduled for mid-March, had to be bumped up by two weeks. "The river was already melting," the town's mayor explained.
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    Win Some, Lose Some

    Feb 06, 2019

    Las Vegas through the eyes of the media in three recent, high-profile stories

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    Sports Roundup: Are The Knights Back? Is UNR Really That Good?

    Nov 29, 2018

    It was maybe the stunner of the year: UNLV football beat UNR football.

    And this came after it looked like UNLV was going to get blown out in the first half.

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    Alliance To Hold 1st Title Game In Las Vegas

    Oct 24, 2018
    LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Alliance of American Football will stage its championship game in Las Vegas.
     
    The new eight-team league, which begins play on Feb.
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    Arkansas State Seeking First 3-1 Start In Decade, Hosts UNLV

    Sep 18, 2018

    JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas State football coach Blake Anderson says if the Red Wolves are to win a third non-conference game for the first time in a decade, they will have to stop the UNLV rushing game.

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    Delaware Gov. John Carney holds a $10 bill he used to place the first bet at Dover Downs Casino on June 5, in Dover, Del. Delaware is the first state to launch legal sports betting since a Supreme Court decision allowed states to legalize such gambling.
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    Delaware Legalizes Sports Gambling, And Governor Makes First Bet

    Jun 06, 2018
    After a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the federal government cannot stop states from legalizing sports betting, Delaware didn't waste any time taking advantage of the opportunity.
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    Houston Astros starting pitcher Justin Verlander was traded from the Detroit Tigers in a move that that experts estimate netted the Astros about $10 million, though no money changed hands between the two teams.
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    Tax Change Delivers A Blow To Professional Sports

    Mar 21, 2018
    The change of a single word in the 2017 tax overhaul means professional sports franchises could take a big tax hit each time they trade a player.
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    Fenchoke Sherpa (right), an instructor with the Nepal Ski and Snowboard Foundation, gives tips to Doma Hyolmo, 15, on her first attempt at skiing.
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    A Nation With Some Of The World's Highest Mountains Is Finally Starting To Ski

    Mar 03, 2018
    Despite Nepal's wealth of mountains, downhill skiing is not a popular sport. It's expensive and there's a lack of infrastructure for it. But enthusiasts are encouraging young people to try the sport.
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    Mitch Moss: Is UNR The Team To Beat In The Mountain West?

    Feb 16, 2018

    Nevada is nationally ranked, and has only lost once at home this season. But that loss came to UNLV -- a team on the upswing. 

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    Fulfilling The Promise Of Title IX In Southern Nevada

    Feb 09, 2018

    More than 40 years ago, Title IX became the law in the United States. It meant that any school receiving federal funding could not discriminate.

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    Members of the Houston Texans kneel during the national anthem before the game at CenturyLink Field on Oct. 29, 2017 in Seattle.
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    ESPN's Jemele Hill On Race, Football And That Tweet About Trump

    Jan 04, 2018
    The SportsCenter anchor discusses becoming a lightning rod in the culture wars and the flimsy partition between politics and sports.
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    Juiston, UNLV Cruise Past Mississippi Valley State, 95-63

    Dec 21, 2017

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Shakur Juiston had his sixth double-double of the season and was one of seven UNLV players to score in double figures as the R

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