Blog: Sports: UNLV

Rougeau to chat Friday with UNLV hoops fans

Wondering how UNLV’s new basketball team has been looking during pick-up games over the past month? Curious how the June trip to Australia helped the team bond? Interested in how senior forward Rene Rougeau became such a good bowler? Ask him Friday, when he hosts a chat at 1 p.m. in his ...

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Stanback officially joins UNLV basketball team

Chace Stanback has officially enrolled at UNLV and become a member of the Rebels basketball team. Stanback, a 6-foot-8, 210-pound swingman, transferred from UCLA and will have three seasons of eligibility at UNLV starting in 2009-10. He must sit out the upcoming season according to NCAA transfer rules. “We are very happy ...

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Rebels unveil depth chart heading into Week One

Some moderate surprises were unveiled Sunday as coach Mike Sanford released the UNLV’s two-deep depth chart for next Saturday’s opener at Sam Boyd Stadium against Utah State. On the offensive side of the ball, the strong camp showing put up by true freshman wideout Phillip Payne earned him a spot as ...

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UNLV women’s soccer earns a tie and a victory to open the 2008 season

The UNLV women’s soccer team ended a two-game weekend swing in California Sunday with a 2-0 win over UC-Irvine. That came on the heels of Friday night’s 1-1 double-overtime tie at Loyola Marymount. Friday, UNLV’s Ashleigh Shoughro scored from 20 yards out in the 17th minute off an assist from Amanda ...

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Rebels get the gameday experience … sort of … Saturday night at Sam Boyd

On one hand, you could look at it as one big tease. After three weeks of training camp, UNLV’s players are busting out that phrase you hear just about any college football player use at this point in August: ‘We’re ready to start hitting someone other than each other.’ Well, that didn’t ...

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MWC commish says hoops tourney site to be studied

Mountain West Conference commissioner Craig Thompson weighs UNLV’s home-court advantage in the annual league basketball tournament with all that Las Vegas offers those visitors. In a story published Saturday in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle, Thompson addressed the issue. The tournament will be staged at the Thomas & Mack Center at the end of ...

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Hales UNLV’s second defensive starter knocked out with elbow injury

For the second time in fall practices, the UNLV defense was forced to watch a defensive starter leave the fields at Rebel Park with a dislocated elbow. And for the second time, the loss leaves quite a sting. In the early phases of Wednesday evening’s practice - the team’s first day back ...

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UNLV releases 2008-09 women’s basketball schedule

The UNLV women’s basketball program, set to begin play under first-year coach Kathy Olivier, unveiled its schedule for the 2008-09 season. The Lady Rebels could play as many as 11 games this season against programs that earned postseason berths a year ago. At the same time, 18 of UNLV’s 29 games ...

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UNLV releases hoops conference schedule and times

UNLV released its 2008-09 Mountain West Conference basketball schedule Monday, along with some times and television appearances. Fourteen of the Rebels’ 16 league games will be aired on the Mtn., the conference’s television package. For information regarding season and single-game packages, as well as a $90 endzone balcony season tickets that is ...

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Phoenix Suns believe Amundson is a perfect fit

The Phoenix Suns had their eyes on former UNLV forward Louis Amundson for a while before signing him as a free agent Thursday. New coach Terry Porter liked what he saw in the 6-foot-9 banger during the playoffs, when Porter was an assistant in Detroit and Amundson played for Philadelphia against ...

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