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Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin misses a shot as Golden Knights defenseman Brayden McNabb defends, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018, in Washington.

Which team should Golden Knights fans root for in Game 7 of Eastern Conference Final?

May 22, 2018

By Jesse Granger

Wednesday night in Tampa Bay, the Lightning and Capitals will battle in a winner-take-all Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Final. The question now is, who should the Golden Knights want to play? Here are three reasons for each option, and you can decide ...
MIT-bound Haylee Niemann caps high school career with Sun Standout award

May 22, 2018

By Case Keefer

Haylee Niemann was the valedictorian of this year’s graduating class at Arbor View High, but none of her smarts were necessary to compute ...
Stanley Cup Final schedule released: Golden Knights to open series May 28

May 21, 2018

By Jesse Granger

The NHL announced the schedule for the Stanley Cup Final Monday night. The Golden Knights know when they'll be playing, they just don't know where or whom it will be against ...
Olympian sues USA Swimming to allege sexual abuse cover-up

May 21, 2018

By Phuong Le, Associated Press

Olympic swimmer Ariana Kukors Smith sued USA Swimming on Monday, alleging the sport's national governing body knew her former coach sexually abused her as a minor, failed to protect her and covered it up. Kukors Smith alleges Sean Hutchison, who began coaching her at ...
Vegas Play of the Day: Cavaliers vs. Celtics

May 21, 2018

By Mike Grimala

Here’s the latest installment of the Play of the Day, which uses odds from the South Point. Our four sports writers started with ...
Goodell details NFL's stance on sports gambling after ruling

May 21, 2018

Associated Press

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says Congress should enact uniform standards for any states that plan to legislate sports betting. Goodell detailed the league's position in a statement Monday that ...
Las Vegas basketball prodigies Strawther, Hardy embrace budding rivalry

May 21, 2018

By Mike Grimala

The two are finalists for the Rising Star (top underclassman) award at the Sun Standout Awards, the Sun's annual high school sports awards show on ...
Reaves an unlikely, but appropriate, hero for Golden Knights

May 21, 2018

By Jesse Granger

When Golden Knights forward Ryan Reaves stepped to the podium to speak with media after his game-winning goal to send Vegas to the Stanley Cup finals, he took the half-eaten piece of pizza from his mouth and joked, “I can’t believe you guys even had a name card for me.” Reaves isn’t the player anyone expected to be the hero of the ...
Golden Knights aren't concerned with hockey tradition — just winning

May 20, 2018

By Jesse Granger

Without a moment’s hesitation, Deryk Engelland skated up to it, posed for a picture and lifted the trophy off the table. He carried it in celebration through the tunnel ...
Video: 'Special group of guys' lead Golden Knights to Stanley Cup finals

May 20, 2018

By Jesse Granger

Vegas awaits the winner of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Lightning and Capitals. “All of the work we’ve done, if we come up short it will mean ...
Aces fall at Connecticut in WNBA opener, 101-65

May 20, 2018

By Mike Grimala

The Las Vegas Aces aren’t technically an expansion team, but after finishing in last place in the WNBA’s Western Conference in each of the last three years (under the guise of the San Antonio Stars), it is a franchise building from the ground up. And that’s what the Aces ...
Golden Knights beat Jets 2-1 to move on to Stanley Cup Final

May 20, 2018

By Jesse Granger

The Golden Knights are headed to the Stanley Cup Final. A phrase that was inconceivable as recent as seven months ago seemed all but certain Sunday afternoon in Winnipeg ...
Lights fall behind early in defeat to first-place Salt Lake

May 20, 2018

By Ray Brewer

The first-place Monarchs prevailed 2-0 thanks to a pair of breakaway goals in the first half to drop the Lights’ record ...
Poll: Half of Americans approve of legal sports betting

May 20, 2018

By Wayne Parry, Associated Press

A new poll finds that half of Americans approve of legal sports betting. The Fairleigh Dickinson University poll conducted shortly before the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for states to legalize sports betting found that 50 percent of Americans favor it, with ...
Clinching in Winnipeg will be a challenge for Golden Knights

May 20, 2018

By Jesse Granger

The Golden Knights need one more win to reach the Stanley Cup Final, but it won't be easy. With a 3-2 win Friday night at T-Mobile Arena Vegas took a commanding 3-1 series ...
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