'Las Vegas Sun Sports' Tag

• UFC sues Web sites promoting broadcasts of fights

  March 15, 2010

  [Story ID: 1653]
  The Las Vegas-based Ultimate Fighting Championship is suing two Internet Web sites the UFC says are promoting unauthorized broadcasts of UFC fights. Las Vegas-based Zuffa LLC, owner of the UFC, filed suit in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas on Friday.

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• Breaking down the rest of UNLVs pod in Oklahoma City

  March 15, 2010

  [Story ID: 1654]
  Players and coaches at UNLV will tell you that, until Thursday at 4:10 p.m. Las Vegas time, all of their focus is directed solely toward Northern Iowa. While Lon Kruger, his staff and players don’t want to look past Thursday, it’s natural for everyone else to.

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• Wranglers revving up as regular season winds down

  March 15, 2010

  [Story ID: 1655]
  It took nearly five months, but the Las Vegas Wranglers are playing their best hockey of the season at the most opportune of times.

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• Las Vegas sports books: Kansas the favorite to win title

  March 15, 2010

  [Story ID: 1620]
  Selection Sunday didn’t accomplish much in shaking up the top of the list of the odds to win the national championship. As they have virtually all season, Las Vegas sports books posted Kansas as the favorite to win the 2010 NCAA Championship. The Las Vegas Hilton SuperBook listed Kansas’

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• Dancin Again: UNLV headed to Oklahoma City as 8-seed, will face Northern Iowa

  March 14, 2010

  [Story ID: 1621]
  Despite a bit of nervous energy following Saturday’s 55-45 loss to San Diego State in the Mountain West Conference tourney title game, UNLV’s confidence in getting an at-large NCAA tournament bid wasn’t rattled. The Rebels (25-8) on Sunday afternoon learned that they will be dancing in the field of 65 for the third [...]

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• Dancin Again: UNLV headed to OKC as 8-seed, will face Northern Iowa Thursday

  March 14, 2010

  [Story ID: 1652]
  Sophomore guard Oscar Bellfield wasn’t ashamed to admit that he had butterflies in his stomach Sunday afternoon as CBS’s trademark NCAA theme music blaring in the Cox Pavilion kicked off the annual tournament selection show. Those butterflies flew away quickly, as it took only a few minutes for the Rebels (25-8) to be [...]

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• Wranglers jump to early lead, down Bakersfield, 6-2

  March 14, 2010

  [Story ID: 1622]
  The Las Vegas Wranglers weren’

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• What now for Manny Pacquiao?

  March 14, 2010

  [Story ID: 1623]
  Well – now what? Where does Manny Pacquiao go after cruising so easily to a unanimous decision win over welterweight contender Joshua Clottey on Saturday at Dallas Cowboys Stadium?

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• Chicago baseball fans get taste of home in Las Vegas

  March 14, 2010

  [Story ID: 1624]
  The Windy City has moved west ‘

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• Despite SDSUs 55-45 triumph, UNLV still confident heading into Selection Sunday

  March 14, 2010

  [Story ID: 1587]
  A year ago, getting to the title game of the Mountain West Conference tournament alone wasn’t enough to keep San Diego State’s NCAA tournament bubble from bursting a day later. Now, after the Aztecs lowered their stress level by securing the league’s automatic bid on Saturday with a 55-45 victory over UNLV, the [...]

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