
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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Story Archive
- Cimarron's Tribble Jr. passes for 3 TDs in win against Coronado
- Friday, Aug. 25, 2017
- George Tribble Jr. passed for three touchdowns tonight for the Cimarron-Memorial High football team in a 30-23 win against visiting Coronado ...
- Shadow Ridge rushes to win against Desert Oasis
- Friday, Aug. 25, 2017
- Elisha Young scored on a 60-yard run on the first play of the game tonight for the Shadow Ridge High football team in a 47-6 victory against host Desert Oasis ...
- Spring Valley takes down Eldorado in opener
- Friday, Aug. 25, 2017
- Marquelle Diggs caught touchdown passes of 39 and 31 yards today for the Spring Valley High football team in a 34-14 opening-night victory against visiting Eldorado ...
- Late TD gives Green Valley win in California
- Friday, Aug. 25, 2017
- Kalyja Waialae’s 70-yard touchdown reception with one minute to play today gave the Green Valley High football team a 42-35 victory on the road ...
- Friday Night Roundup: Gorman off to hot start as prep football season begins
- Friday, Aug. 25, 2017
- As we wait for kickoff, here are some answers to questions we’ve been asked in the weeks leading up to tonight.
Check back for game updates. We’ll post scores as they become final ... - All-city football: Two quarterbacks bring attention to area, highlight Sun's preseason team
- Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017
- The quarterbacks highlight the Sun’s preseason all-city team, which has players from 13 area schools, including All-Americans committed to the likes of USC and Miami. Here's who made our exclusive list ...
- Vote: Who wins the prize fight in Las Vegas — Mayweather or McGregor?
- Monday, Aug. 21, 2017
- Tell us who you think is going to win Saturday night in Las Vegas ...
- We could all learn something from UNLV assistant Cedric Cormier
- Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017
- He’s from Texas, where high school sports are king. In Texas, you support your neighbor ...
- After Gorman, football's Sunset Southwest up for grabs
- Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017
- Every team will be in contention for a playoff spot — and second place finish — in the Sunset Southwest League. Take Bishop Gorman, the three-time defending national champions, out of the ...
- Preseason top-10: Las Vegas teams again chasing Bishop Gorman football
- Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017
- Gorman, the three-time defending mythical national champions, enters the season on 54-game winning streak, and as the top team in the Sun’s preseason rankings. In its rise from local power to national brand, Gorman has not lost to a Nevada opponent since 2008. This season, despite graduating many key ...
- UNLV is the Gonzaga basketball of college golf, and it's thriving because of Dwaine Knight's hustle
- Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017
- There’s no better feeling than the hunt of winning a golf championship, UNLV's Dwaine Knight will tell you. No bigger challenge, either. In the next five years, Knight doesn’t hesitate saying his program can ...
- Vegas Play of the Day: Steelers at Giants
- Friday, Aug. 11, 2017
- Here’s the latest installment of the Play of the Day, which uses odds from the South Point. Our three sports writers started with ...
- Vegas Play of the Day: Rangers at Mets
- Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017
- Here’s the latest installment of the Play of the Day, which uses odds from the South Point. Our three sports writers started with ...
- 6 prep football players you'll be hearing more about this season
- Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017
- Germaine Carmena admits his freshman year at Canyon Springs was a waste. He was the biggest football player on the field at 6-foot-1, 250-pounds for the Pioneers’ ninth-grade team and didn’t bother lifting weights. He was already dominant, he reasoned, so why ...
- Vegas Play of the Day: Kansas City at Baltimore
- Monday, July 31, 2017
- Here’s the latest installment of the Play of the Day, which uses odds from the South Point. Our three sports writers started with ...
- Here’s a way-too-optimistic look at how the UNLV football season will shake out
- Saturday, July 29, 2017
- You read it here first: UNLV football will win eight games and qualify for a bowl. But one of those wins won’t come against against rival UNR. That’s surely shocking for some to read, considering ...
- Las Vegas guard will start high school next month already with scholarship offers
- Friday, July 28, 2017
- Despite being a few weeks away from starting high school at Bishop Gorman, Collins already has scholarship offers from Southern Miss and TCU. He joins other notables ...
- Chumlee of 'Pawn Stars' selling Las Vegas party crib, minus stripper pole
- Wednesday, July 26, 2017
- Pawn Stars celebrity Chumlee’s Las Vegas house that recently hit the market has gone through extensive upgrades, real estate agent Kyle Gluhm said. “He’s spent a ton of money in the house upgrading it,” Gluhm said. It has “exotic Brazilian counter tops and flooring, Venetian plaster, crown ...
- Survey: How many games will UNLV football win this season?
- Tuesday, July 25, 2017
- The Westgate Las Vegas Superbook gives the Rebels a fighting chance at a six-win season to become bowl eligible since 2013, listing its win-total at five victories in the ...
- Magazine's comparison to Cam Newton sets bar high for UNLV's Armani Rogers
- Saturday, July 22, 2017
- Nobody is saying Rogers is Cam Newton, the Heisman Trophy winner who led Auburn to the national championship and is considered one of the NFL’s best quarterbacks. They are saying Rogers has many traits in common with Newton, everything from ...
- At age 32, Sean Kazmar fighting for another chance in the big leagues
- The CSN and Las Vegas High product played in 19 games with San Diego Padres in 2008
- Saturday, July 15, 2017
- Sean Kazmar had dreamed of this game since he was a child, imagining everything from taking infield practice to getting a hit and the roar of the crowd. But dreaming this night was different — the following day, the fantasy would become a reality ...
- McGregor on Mayweather: 'He’s in a tracksuit. He can’t even afford a suit anymore'
- Tuesday, July 11, 2017
- Well, that was entertaining. Today's press conference at Staples Center in Los Angeles to promote the Aug. 26 fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor featured plenty of highlight-reel comments from each. If only their fight next month turns out ...
- Vegas Play of the Day: Mavs vs. Heat in NBA Summer League
- Tuesday, July 11, 2017
- Here’s the latest installment of the Play of the Day, which uses odds from the South Point. Our three sports writers started with ...
- WSOP boss Stewart: ‘Main Event has proved to be Teflon’
- Sunday, July 9, 2017
- Ty Stewart easily rattles of the names of past World Series of Poker champions and a few notable occurrences in the event’s 48-year history in Las Vegas when talking to a group of supporters Saturday at the Rio Convention Center. The event’s executive director ...
- Faith Lutheran wide out, Liberty defensive back latest to pick San Diego State
- Wednesday, July 5, 2017
- Defending Mountain West champion San Diego State will be adding more Las Vegans to its roster ...
- Bonanza football putting in sweat equity to build winner
- Tuesday, July 4, 2017
- Bonanza High's Dion Lee didn’t care what you thought about him or his program. His mentality has always been giving his players a good high school experience. If that means a few long days in the heat selling sparklers and ground spinners, so be it ...
- Vegas Play of the Day: Pirates at Phillies
- Monday, July 3, 2017
- Here’s the latest installment of the Play of the Day, which uses odds from the South Point. Our three sports writers started with ...
- Where to watch fireworks in Las Vegas on the Fourth of July
- Saturday, July 1, 2017
- There will be no shortage of fireworks shows throughout Southern Nevada during the next four days to celebrate the Fourth of July. Here’s where you can watch ...
- UNLV's new multimedia partner will give athletic department revenue spike
- Thursday, June 29, 2017
- The deal is worth $25 million more in total value, and includes $16 million more guaranteed revenue over the term than our previous multimedia rights deal ...
- Because the fans love UNLV, they agree: Time to hit reset button with logo design
- Thursday, June 29, 2017
- It’s not just the $50,000 spent for the logo redesign. It’s the thousands of dollars that still are in the process of being spent to blast the logo around town — ad campaigns on billboards, buses and in grocery stores. ...
- Vegas Play of the Day: Reds at Cardinals
- Monday, June 26, 2017
- Here’s the latest installment of the Play of the Day, which uses odds from the South Point. Our three sports writers started with ...
- Mark your calendars: Here's the Vegas Golden Knights schedule for 2017-18
- Thursday, June 22, 2017
- The Vegas Golden Knights will have a pair of seven-game homestands in their inaugural NHL season, the league announced today. The league’s 31st team opens Oct. 6 at Dallas and the home opener is Oct. 10 against ...
- Vegas Play of the Day: Gonzaga players picked in NBA Draft
- Thursday, June 22, 2017
- Here’s the latest installment of the Play of the Day, which uses odds from the South Point. Our three sports writers started with ...
- Vegas Golden Knights fans make presence felt at NHL Awards
- Evening at T-Mobile Arena helped celebrate the NHL's 31st franchise, the Vegas Golden Knights
- Wednesday, June 21, 2017
- Los Angeles Kings fans were asked to stand and cheer. Instead, an emphatic chorus of boos exploded inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Next, the public address announcer asked ...
- Report: Derek Carr, Raiders close to extension that would carry him to Las Vegas
- Wednesday, June 21, 2017
- We all anticipated that Derek Carr would be under center when the Las Vegas Raiders began play here in 2020. It looks like ...
- Vegas Play of the Day: Nationals at Marlins
- Tuesday, June 20, 2017
- Here’s the latest installment of the Play of the Day, which uses odds from the South Point. Our three sports writers started with ...
- UNLV basketball's Laird considered up-and-comer in coaching ranks
- Tuesday, June 6, 2017
- Preston Laird had a few seasons remaining in his college basketball career when he started plotting his next move in the game. Josh Pastner, his head coach at Memphis, was only 31 years old when he got the job, being elevated after John Calipari ...
- Vegas Play of the Day: Astros at Rangers
- Friday, June 2, 2017
- Here’s the latest installment of the Play of the Day, which uses odds from the South Point. Our three sports writers started with ...
- Vegas Play of the Day: Twins at Angels
- Thursday, June 1, 2017
- Here’s the latest installment of the Play of the Day, which uses odds from the South Point. Our three sports writers started with ...
- Sign of the times: Newcomer orientation for Spring Valley football mirrors national signing day
- Thursday, June 1, 2017
- Spring Valley High football coach Marcus Teal was searching for a concept to get incoming eighth graders excited about joining his program. It appears he’s found something that ...
- These high school athletes' dedication to service shows Las Vegas in good hands
- Wednesday, May 24, 2017
- Ramiro Alvarado would sit in the car waiting to exit the freeway off-ramp and be taken back by a familiar scene: A panhandler — exhausted from the heat and lack of food and water — approaches the vehicle looking for assistance. Alvarado would move along but see ...
- Vegas Play of the Day: Yankees at Rays
- Saturday, May 20, 2017
- Here’s the latest installment of the Play of the Day, which uses odds from the South Point. Our three sports writers started with ...
- Vegas Play of Day: Phillies at Pirates
- Friday, May 19, 2017
- Here’s the latest installment of the Play of the Day, which uses odds from the South Point. Our three sports writers started with ...
- Q + A: National team great Marcelo Balboa talks about soccer in Las Vegas
- Sunday, May 14, 2017
- Balboa talked with the Sun about the state of soccer in Las Vegas. Here are some highlights ...
- Sierra Vista long snapper considered one of the nation's best
- Saturday, May 13, 2017
- If you are considered the ninth best prospect nationally at your high school football position, there’s a good chance you have a scholarship offer ...
- Coronado punter shows why he's rated as one of the best
- Sunday, May 7, 2017
- Gavin Wale, a rising junior punter at Coronado, is rated as the nation’s second-best punter for his graduation class. It was easy to see why ...
- Ex-girlfriend of Gorman coach recants claim of domestic abuse
- Friday, May 5, 2017
- Sanchez has been suspended by Gorman pending the outcome of the domestic battery trial on May 30 trial. Goodman is urging the District Attorney’s Office to ...
- Vegas Play of the Day: Brewers at Cardinals
- Thursday, May 4, 2017
- Here’s the latest installment of the Play of the Day, which uses odds from the South Point. Our three sports writers started with ...
- Chad Beeten back as Clark's basketball coach
- Tuesday, May 2, 2017
- Chad Beeten is back at the helm of the Chargers’ program, returning to the Las Vegas power he built after one season coaching in Southern California ...
- UNLV's Jamaal Brimmer still remembered for that game at Wisconsin
- Brimmer, who will be inducted Thursday into the UNLV Athletics Hall of Fame, finds coaching high school football to be therapeutic
- Tuesday, May 2, 2017
- The Canyon Springs High football players couldn’t get enough of this story. Coaches were reminiscing about how Jamaal Brimmer, the Pioneers defensive coordinator, had the game of a lifetime in 2003 for UNLV when it upset 14th-ranked Wisconsin on the road. Brimmer had ...