
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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- A’s Player of the Month: The Meadows School's Simon Tesfaye
- Friday, May 9, 2025
- Simon Tesfaye arrived at The Meadow School four years ago with a singular vision: pursuing educational excellence. Despite baseball skills ...
- Median Las Vegas home price dips in April but still near record high
- Tuesday, May 6, 2025
- The median sales price of existing single-family homes sold in Southern Nevada during April was $480,000, a 1% decrease from ...
- California schools leaving NIAA over gender policy clash
- Friday, May 2, 2025
- Athletic programs at Truckee and North Tahoe high schools on the Northern Nevada-California border will withdraw from the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association following the organization's adoption ...
- El jugador destacado del fútbol americano de Chaparral recibe un impulso universitario
- Saturday, April 26, 2025
- David Johnson fue uno de los mejores jugadores del equipo de fútbol americano deChaparral High School el otoño pasado gracias a su versatilidad.
- Nadador adolescente haciendo olas en el camino a los Juegos Olímpicos de L.A.
- Saturday, April 26, 2025
- Antes de que amanezca en el valle de Las Vegas, Gabriel Manteufel surca las tranquilas aguas de la piscina Pavilion Center Pool en Summerlin.
- Chaparral football standout earns boost for college
- Saturday, April 26, 2025
- David Johnson was one of the top players last fall on the Chaparral High School football team because of his versatility. At 6-foot-4, 240 pounds, Johnson was ...
- Las Vegas teen swim phenom making waves on path to LA Olympics
- Saturday, April 26, 2025
- At just 17, Manteufel’s grueling triple-session training days all serve a singular vision: standing on the podium at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics ...
- UNLV basketball has 'big haul' in transfer portal
- Thursday, April 24, 2025
- First-year coach Josh Pastner landed guard Myles Che from UC Irvine and forward Kimani Hamilton from High Point.
- Family ties: Ladji Dembele, brother of former Rebel, joins UNLV basketball
- Tuesday, April 22, 2025
- Ladji Dembele, the younger brother of former Rebel Cheickna Dembele (2016-20), signed to join first-year coach Josh Pastner’s program, the university announced Tuesday.
- Former Rebel returns home: Justin Hawkins joins Pastner's UNLV staff
- Thursday, April 17, 2025
- Former UNLV basketball player Justin Hawkins is returning to his alma mater as part of head coach Josh Pastner’s first coaching staff.
- UNLV basketball adds guard from Texas-Rio Grande Valley
- Tuesday, April 15, 2025
- Howard Fleming Jr., a 6-foot-5 guard from Texas-Rio Grande Valley, is transferring to the UNLV basketball program, he announced on social media.
- Elaine Wynn, visionary businesswoman and champion of education, dies
- Tuesday, April 15, 2025
- Elaine Wynn, a transformative force in Las Vegas and a passionate advocate for education reform, has died, her foundation announced this morning.
- Students are buying into UNLV football, and Mullen’s banking on it
- Saturday, April 12, 2025
- Coach Dan Mullen addressed his UNLV football team after a spring practice recently, emphasizing how the players would serve as the foundation for the program’s future success.
- A’s Player of the Month: Green Valley High’s Liliana Esparza
- Friday, April 11, 2025
- When Liliana Esparza took the field for her senior season at Green Valley High, she already had a résumé that most players could only dream of.
- Report: Median sales price of homes $485K in Las Vegas
- Tuesday, April 8, 2025
- George Kypreos, the president of Las Vegas Realtors, said in a statement that “it’s interesting to see that the median price of existing homes hasn’t changed since the start of 2025.”
- UNLV sets apparel sale, invites ticket holders to spring football practice
- Friday, April 4, 2025
- Are you a UNLV fan in need of some fresh swag? It’s time to restock.
- A's Player of the Month: Mater East Academy's Lonnie Bass
- Thursday, March 13, 2025
- In the most important game of the season for the Mater East Academy basketball team, Lonnie Bass rose to the occasion.
- 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 ...
- A's Player of the Month: Liberty's Kilolo Westerlund
- Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025
- Kilolo Westerlund takes a short pass for the Liberty High flag football team against visiting SECTA, makes a quick cutback move and sprints downfield toward the end zone.
- Raiders need a football version of Fleury to build a winning franchise
- Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025
- The Raiders need their version of Marc-André Fleury, one of the best goalies in NHL history who gave Las Vegans many nights of meaningful hockey and reasons to …
- Late rally helps Coronado basketball down Bishop Gorman in battle of state's top teams
- Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025
- A regular season high school basketball game Saturday between defending state champion Bishop Gorman and state runner-up Coronado was considered a battle of the state’s top programs.
- Las Vegas resorts helping displaced Californians with discounted room rates, donations
- Friday, Jan. 10, 2025
- Las Vegas resort companies are coming to the aid of Californians impacted by the ongoing wildfires in the Los Angeles area ...
- UNLV Student Spotlight of the Month: Basic Academy's Silvian David
- Friday, Jan. 10, 2025
- Silvian David walks around the courtyard at Basic Academy and is greeted by many classmates. Most students ...
- Vegas housing sales: More properties sold in 2024 than previous year
- Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025
- Data from Las Vegas Realtors found that 31,305 homes, condos and townhomes were sold in 2024, marking an increase from 29,069 properties sold in 2023.
- Bishop Gorman High celebrates opening of new $16 million student union
- Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025
- The Gaughan Family Student Union is the modern-day Food Factory — just with an ultramodern broadcast media center hosting the school’s BGTV, an innovation lab for the STEM program and an oratory lab with a …
- Authorities trace steps of soldier in Cybertruck blast at Trump’s Las Vegas hotel
- Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025
- An active-duty U.S. soldier who was in a Tesla Cybertruck that exploded Wednesday outside President-elect Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel had rented the vehicle five days earlier in Denver, authorities said. Matthew Livelsberger, 37, then traveled to Las Vegas in the ...
- Las Vegas tourism chief talks monorail’s future, another Super Bowl and convention attendance
- Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025
- The Las Vegas Monorail has been transporting passengers in the Resort Corridor for the past two decades ...
- Looking back on a banner year in Las Vegas sports, and ahead at what’s to come in 2025
- Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024
- There were large-scale events making national headlines, local teams pouring their hearts into their games, prep athletes breaking out and so much more. ...
- Sunday’s ticket prices unusually low for Raiders
- Friday, Dec. 20, 2024
- If you want to check out the Las Vegas Raiders, Sunday’s game against the Jacksonville Jaguars could be the most affordable opportunity to do so. Tickets on the secondary market ...
- Forget the future; UNLV football has a bowl game to win this week
- Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024
- Instead of focusing on the UNLV football team’s Wednesday game against Cal in the LA Bowl, the primary concern is trying to determine how the roster will look and feel next season. Same with the coaching staff ...
- Odom authored blueprint; his successor must sustain momentum for UNLV
- Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024
- Yes, Barry Odom is no longer the coach of your football team. And, yes, the architect of a program that went from perennial two-win seasons to being ranked in the top 25 and on verge of ...
- A's Player of the Month: Coronado's Gavin Flickinger
- Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024
- Coronado High junior forward Gavin Flickinger noticed opposing teams starting to game plan to stop him.
- New champs: Slam Nevada, Mojave win state football titles
- Slam rallies from 10 points down in second half to dethrone Truckee
- Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024
- Damien Nevil had four touchdowns and quarterback Alaijah Young was masterful in managing the game, helping the Bulls to a 34-30 win. They snapped Truckee’s 34-game ...
- A pair of Hawaii coaching transplants leads Mojave to state championship game
- Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024
- After some initial struggles, the men have done wonders with the Rattlers’ program. Mojave had just one victory in 2019, didn’t compete in 2020 because COVID eliminated the season ...
- Bishop Gorman’s football legacy built on pride, perseverance
- Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024
- The Gaels have won 14 of the past 16 state championships, going from competing for a Nevada crown to becoming a national brand. They have been voted national champions four times since 2014 and are ranked in ...
- Home means Allegiant Stadium for Nevada prep football title teams
- Monday, Nov. 25, 2024
- Come Tuesday afternoon, Slam will be playing in a $2 billion stadium near the Las Vegas Strip. The Bulls at 12:20 p.m. will take on Truckee, Calif. ...
- Canyon Springs, Mojave to play for Class 4A football title
- Friday, Nov. 15, 2024
- Mojave’s defense stopped Losee on the 5-yard line in the final seconds to secure the win and advance to face Canyon Springs Nov. 26 for the Class 4A state title at Allegiant Stadium ...
- 'Job's not finished': Arbor View advances to state football title game
- Friday, Nov. 15, 2024
- Seconds after the Arbor View High football team put the finishing touches on a 37-21 victory against Coronado in the Class 5A, Division-I state semifinals, the public address announcer ...
- Democrats Titus, Lee, Horsford retain their U.S. House seats
- Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024
- Three U.S. House seats in Nevada will remain under Democratic control after the incumbents won reelection Thursday. The Associated Press declared Democratic Reps. Dina Titus ...
- Nearly 14,000 mail ballots in Nevada have signature issues
- Officials urge residents to use online tool to check if ballot was accepted
- Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024
- Nearly 14,000 Nevada voters must verify their identity with election officials to cure the signature on their mail-in ballots or their votes won’t count ...
- Harris or Trump? Uncertainty looms over who will win Nevada’s 6 electoral votes
- Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024
- Polling suggests the race between the Democratic nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris, and the Republican nominee, former President Donald Trump, is nearly even — in Nevada ...