The Nevada men’s basketball team will play a 27-game schedule this season as the team’s seven-game non-conference slate and new 20-game Mountain West schedule has been announced. Nevada will open the season next week at the Golden Window Classic hosted by Nebraska in Lincoln. The Wolf Pack will take on Western Kentucky in the first game on Nov. 25 and a to-be-determined opponent on Thursday. The Wolf Pack will come home for a pair of games the following week, Nov. 30 against Pacific and Dec. 2 against San Francisco, before traveling to play USF again, Dec. 6 in San Francisco.
Nevada senior Lawson Hall has been selected as one of 20 semifinalists for the fourth annual Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year award. Compiled by a subset of the Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year Selection Committee, the semifinalists have all demonstrated a record of leadership by exhibiting exceptional courage, integrity and sportsmanship both on and off the field. Hall was the lone selection from around the Mountain West.
One of the best offense’s in the nation used its defense to stay undefeated on the year and improve to 5-0 for the first time since 2010 and the eighth time in program history (other teams to start 5-0 include teams from 2010, 1991, 1990, 1988, 1986, 1978 and 1948). Nevada held San Diego State scoreless in the second half and fended off a last-ditch effort by the Aztecs to win 26-21 at Mackay Stadium in Reno on Saturday afternoon.
A slow first half saw Nevada football trailing heading into the locker room at halftime Saturday afternoon against New Mexico. It was the first time the Wolf Pack trailed at the halftime intermission this season, but the Lobos – who had lost their last 11 straight — couldn’t bring the same defensive presence in the second half.
Beyond Rev’s out of the Salt Lake City won the 2020 Sandy McLinden Memorial Tournament recently held at Spare Time Bowl. The Winnemucca Inn provided $2,800 in prize money and Winners Inn contributed $1,000. Nearly 110 bowlers competed, with 95 of them from out of town.
Head basketball coach Steve Alford announced the signing of three recruits to the Nevada Wolf Pack program. The class consists of two high school prospects in 6-4 guard Jalen Weaver and 6-8 forward Nick Davidson, and the mid-year addition of 6-6 guard Addison Patterson, a transfer from Oregon.
The Nevada men’s basketball team was picked for sixth place in a preseason poll of media members covering Mountain West basketball, the conference announced. The Wolf Pack, which is coming off a 19-12 season in coach Steve Alford’s first year last year, returns just one starter in junior forward Robby Robinson but has three four-year transfers and a host of talented freshman filling out the roster this season. The Wolf Pack was 12-6 in conference play last year, which was tied for second in the 11-team league. San Diego State was picked to win the league. Boise State and Utah State also received first-place votes and were predicted second and third, respectively.
They are happy on North Virginia Street that a college football season kicked off a few weeks ago. The once on, then off and back on in the spring and back on in the fall football season, sees the University of Nevada at 3-0 for the first time since 2010 after dismantling Utah State 34-9 this past Thursday in Reno. It’s the first time the Wolf Pack has been 3-0 in conference play since 2009, when they were a member of the WAC. Nevada got off to a slow start on a short week, trailing 9-0 in the first quarter, before cruising the rest of the way. Just two days after the loss, Utah State fired coach Gary Anderson.
Due to cold weather, the Winnemucca Ladies Golf Club Presidents Cup tournament on Tuesday, Oct. 27, was held in the clubhouse with a putting challenge.
Winter is coming, but that doesn’t mean we still can’t get outside and enjoy the great outdoors. For a unique, wild western winter adventure, load up the snowmobiles and head to Northern Nevada for a loop like no other. Often blanketed by snow in the winter, the wide open spaces make for excellent snowmobiling conditions. Here’s how to plan your perfect four-day snowmobiling tour.
Reno 1868 FC announced last Fridayy it would cease operations following the 2020 season. “To our fans, our players, our community partners, and everyone who has been involved with Reno 1868 FC, we hope you and your families are safe and healthy amidst these challenging times,” said 1868 FC President Eric Edelstein. “Like you, this isn’t the way we saw 2020 going. With that said, we have made the gut-wrenching decision to cease our participation in the USL Championship.
NASCAR’s most popular driver is now a Cup champion, too. Chase Elliott took the torch from teammate Jimmie Johnson by winning his first Cup title Sunday, driving from the back of the field to victory lane at Phoenix Raceway.
For all that Notre Dame has accomplished in 11 seasons under Brian Kelly, the Fighting Irish at their best always seem to be just a little less than the best of the best in college football. Wherever the line was drawn between the elite and the merely excellent programs, Notre Dame was on the wrong side. How else to explain 0-5 against top-five teams and big-stage beatdowns by Alabama in the BCS championship and Clemson in the College Football Playoff?
November and December are a visual feast for football fans. A true pigskin follower can view over 300 contests in a four-day weekend…even more if he’s got cable. After games, that same middle-aged fanatic can race into the yard to play football with guys half his age, trip over his dog, fall into a tree, then lie prone in a comatose state up to four minutes because he’s afraid he’s dislocated something. How did this marriage of late fall and football begin? And will they stay together? Will they have children? Football started in ancient civilizations, although no parchment videos still exist. It came to America in the 17th century, about the same time as the Pilgrims.
Four times in the 84-year history of The Associated Press college football poll, there has been a tie for No. 1, and not since Aug. 26, 2002. If a single voter who placed Clemson No. 1 and Alabama No. 2 on Sunday had instead flipped the Tigers and Crimson Tide, the Top 25 would have had tie No. 5. Alas, a chance for an odd piece of poll history was missed. Clemson stayed No. 1 and Alabama stayed No. 2, but they were separated by a mere two points.