The summer of 1976 bridged a middling collegiate basketball program’s rise from regional underdog to elite national status, fusing a desert culture and its identity in the process. Just as Jerry Tarkanian had augured.

Weeks before an influential state infrastructure panel is supposed to finish vetting plans for a 65,000-seat domed football stadium, stakeholders are still grappling with a fundamental aspect of the project.

Ever wonder what the office of the head coach of the University of Nevada Las Vegas looks like? It is on the ground level of the Thomas & Mack Center, and it is pretty sweet. It's encased in glass on the west and south sides, providing a view of everybody heading up to the arena or entering the administrative offices.

Inside a cramped room that used to house random pads, weights and any other equipment lying around in the way, the Rebels are fueling up. The menu calls for eggs, and plenty of them.

Arbor View’s Nick Quintana was the highest-rated prospect from Southern Nevada entering the 2016 Major League Baseball Draft, and the consensus was he’d be taken by the fifth round.

The Dodgers selected UNLV right-handed pitcher Dean Kremer with their 14th-round pick in the 2016 MLB Draft, but Kremer had already made draft history one year early.

After putting on a show for the two scouts that turned out for UNLV’s Pro Day in March, former Rebels safety Peni Vea humbly hoped his performance was good enough to attract the attention of an NFL team.

After an 11-year tenure at UW-Milwaukee abruptly ended in March, Rob Jeter took a little time to figure his next step. Turned out a few weeks of full-time duty checking off the honey-do list at home was all he needed to get the coaching juices flowing again, so when he started figuring out job opportunities the process went rather quickly.

On Tuesday night during a meet and greet at Born and Raised in Las Vegas, UNLV basketball coach Marvin Menzies told a bar full of supporters to expect some news soon about the remaining roster spots. They didn’t have to wait long.

Seibel served as Director of Communications and Olympic Media Strategy for the British Olympic Association from 2009-2014 and before that was the Chief Communications Officer for the United States Olympic Committee. The Rio 2016 Olympics will be his 10th Olympic Games assignment.

On May 14th, Nike will be re-releasing the Runnin' Rebel version of their Dunks shoe from the 1980s.

Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis will be in Las Vegas on Thursday to meet with officials and discuss the possible move of his franchise to the city, and it sounds as if he is all in. But there is still one big catch: financing for a new stadium.