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Ray Brewer

Managing Editor

Ray Brewer, a proud local, has been part of Greenspun Media Group since the mid-1990s. He’s covered high school and UNLV sports, and managed the Las Vegas Sun’s award-winning website. He’s a graduate of Chaparral High School and UNLV, and a fierce defender of Las Vegas — especially in comparisons to Reno. Brewer and his wife, Karla, have two children. And they all are passionate about the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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President Keith Whitfield announces he's leaving UNLV
Monday, March 3, 2025
Whitfield said there are family issues he needs to tend to that “require more of my time and energy and prevent me from being your president” ...
Intermountain Health, UNLV work to finalize lease for land to build children’s hospital
Monday, March 3, 2025
Intermountain Health and UNLV are approaching the end of a 180-day negotiating window to ...
MGM Resorts leader Bill Hornbuckle to chair U.S. Travel Association board
Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025
MGM Resorts International CEO and President Bill Hornbuckle was appointed to serve a two-year term as the national chair of the U.S. Travel Association’s board of directors, the group announced today. Hornbuckle will lead ...
Coach’s vision sets Mojave on path to title showdown with Gorman
Friday, Feb. 21, 2025
KeJuan Clark grabbed a pen and piece of paper and started writing. Clark, then the new Mojave High School basketball coach, jotted a list of goals his program would achieve and how to accomplish them ...
Underdog Silverado soars into semifinals of boys’ state basketball playoffs
Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025
Some will say the Silverado High School basketball team doesn’t belong in today’s large-school state semifinals. But the Skyhawks will enter the semifinals with a 12-14 record and are ranked 23rd in the state, according to ...
A's Player of the Month: Del Sol Academy's Hannah Baum
Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025
Del Sol Academy bowler Hannah Baum started doing the math as her opponent in the state championship match was preparing to roll in the final frame at the Orleans.

Six UNLV sports teams set GPA records
Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025
Six teams at UNLV established program grade-point-average records in the fall semester, the university said today. The women’s golf team, with a 3.63 grade point average, led the way. Records were ...
President of Las Vegas Motor Speedway set to retire
Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025
Chris Powell, the president and general manager of Las Vegas Motor Speedway, is retiring in March after nearly three decades overseeing the growth of the speedway into one of the nation’s ...
UNLV football finishes ranked No. 23 in historic season
Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025
The UNLV football team finished ranked nationally for the first time in program history coming in at No. 23 in the final Associated Press poll released today.

Old-school charm remains even as Bonanza High undergoes major makeover
Monday, Jan. 20, 2025
Lisa Hungerford, the assistant principal at Bonanza High School, was giving a campus tour this school year to a group of graduates returning for a class reunion. Like most former Bonanza Bengals ...

Blog Entries

High School Football Picks: Week Nine
Monday, Oct. 17, 2011
Las Vegas Sun reporters Ray Brewer and Case Keefer make their picks for every prep football game in Las Vegas.
High School Football Picks: Week Seven
Monday, Oct. 3, 2011
Las Vegas Sun reporters Ray Brewer and Case Keefer make their picks for every prep football game in Las Vegas.
No tickets remain for Gorman, Servite football game
Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011
If you don’t have tickets for Friday’s Bishop Gorman High football game against visiting Servite High of Anaheim, Calif., you’ll have to watch the game on ESPNU.
High School Football Picks: Week Five
Monday, Sept. 19, 2011
Las Vegas Sun reporters Ray Brewer and Case Keefer make their picks for every prep football game in Las Vegas.
High School Football Picks: Week Three
Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011
Las Vegas Sun reporters Ray Brewer and Case Keefer make their picks for every prep football game in Las Vegas.
Gorman baseball profiled on ESPN.com
Friday, May 22, 2009
http://sports.espn.go.com/highschool/rise/baseball/news/story?id=4187461