After favorites went 11-2 against the spread in NFL Week 8, underdogs went 8-4 against the spread on Sunday with five outright wins.
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Raiders tight end Brock Bowers returned after missing three games with a knee injury and caught three touchdowns in an overtime loss to the Jaguars.
UNLV’s football team fell to New Mexico in Mountain West play Saturday because coach Dan Mullen’s squad again couldn’t stop its opponent.
UNLV basketball coach Josh Pastner hasn’t wasted an opportunity to try to rebuild the relationship between the Rebels and the community.
The Breeders’ Cup culminates Saturday with nine races seemingly designed to confound even the best handicappers, including the $7 million Classic.
The Raiders made offensive coordinator Chip Kelly the NFL’s highest-paid assistant coach this offseason, but they haven’t gotten the results they paid for.
Retired Las Vegas Review-Journal horse racing writer Mike Brunker analyzes Friday’s five races in the Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Del Mar, California.
NFL Week 8 was dominated by favorites and overs, normally a recipe for success for the betting public. But upsets by the Dolphins and Jets helped sportsbooks.
The Mountain West’s latest court filing offers evidence it is probably in the right in its dispute with the Pac-12, regardless of how a judge eventually rules.
From what we’ve witnessed — a 2-5 record and epic disaster that was 31-0 at Kansas City on Sunday — you wonder if seven wins is remotely possible for the Raiders this season.
The Chiefs crushed the Raiders 31-0 as NFL Week 7 favorites went 6-0 ATS in the morning games, and the Broncos scored 33 fourth-quarter points in an historic comeback win over the Giants.
The Raiders’ roster-building approach doesn’t appear to be working, as the gap between them and the Chiefs seems to only have grown.
As with the last two Mountain West championship football games, Boise State on Saturday flexed its muscles in beating UNLV.
The Aces have entered the debate as the best dynasty in WNBA history with their third title in four years, but the other franchises don’t hold up under scrutiny.
The Raiders closed as 3½-point favorites after sharp money on the Titans caused the line to drop from 6½. The betting public was all in on the home team.
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