Ray Brewer

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Liberty High football a family affair

Friday, Aug. 19, 2011

Liberty High football coach Rich Muraco walked into an almost empty locker room to find a young player from the school’s feeder program gazing in awe at the equipment and uniforms hanging in the varsity team lockers. Muraco, seeing the look on the youngster’s face, gave him a Liberty Patriots T-shirt. It was appropriate: The elementary-aged player participates in the Island Warriors youth program that calls Liberty home.

Gorman QB Anu Solomon highlights Sun's preseason team, on track to become state's all-time leading passer

Junior signal caller needs 17 touchdown passes and 1,559 yards to break 4A marks

Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011

A Las Vegas-area product hasn’t started at quarterback in a Division I college football game since the mid-1990s when Jon Denton was under center for UNLV. But, after passing for 4,445 yards and 60 touchdowns in his first two seasons to lead Bishop Gorman High to a pair of state titles, Gaels junior quarterback Anu Solomon could break that trend.

Workouts with famous uncle helped Liberty's Kimo Seau develop on gridiron

Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011

When the Liberty High School football team takes the field Thursday for the first day of official practices, coaches will surely challenge their players with a variety of grueling conditioning drills. That is commonplace for several area programs during the first week of practice, with the training so unbearable for some they become ill or quit the team. But no matter how demanding Liberty coach Rich Muraco’s workouts are, defensive end Kimo Seau will have the confidence that he has thrived in more physically straining conditions.

Gorman football again the team to beat, but Arbor View and others closing the gap

Preseason top 10 rankings: Gorman football again the team to beat, but Arbor View and others closing the gap

Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011

A 49-14 loss to eventual state champion Bishop Gorman High School last November in the Sunset Regional semifinals ended the best season in the Arbor View High football team’s brief history. But it might have helped pave the way for the program to reach its goal of being just like Gorman, a perennial power.

With NFL lockout over, sports book officials can now prepare for season

Win total numbers could be posted as early as Tuesday

Monday, July 25, 2011

The NFL lockout ended Monday with the owners and players agreeing on a new labor deal, giving Las Vegas sports book directors the green light to move forward in posting odds on season win totals and preseason games, and finalizing terms for handicapping contests.

The next Russell Westbrook could be playing this week in Las Vegas

Monday, July 25, 2011

Long before Russell Westbrook emerged as one of the NBA’s top young players, he was an unheralded high school senior-to-be trying to make a name for himself in the adidas Super 64 AAU basketball tournament in Las Vegas. It’s safe to say a star was born that late-July in Southern Nevada. “Russell Westbrook played for a team we had never heard off,” said Ron Montoya, the tournament’s director. “Nobody had heard of the team and nobody had heard of him. UCLA happened to be in the stands that day, loved what they saw and offered him a scholarship. That is what this tournament can do for you.”

Andre Agassi making children champions

Tennis icon maintaining an active role in helping inspire academy students

Friday, July 8, 2011

Andre Agassi was preparing to face longtime tennis rival and friend Pete Sampras in February during an exhibition match at Madison Square Garden in New York. But before he took to the court, the Las Vegas native had a phone call to make.

NFL, NBA lockouts have gamblers, sports books on edge

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Ted Sevransky had to hedge his bets. Even if those wagers haven’t been placed. Sevransky, a well-known Las Vegas handicapper who specializes in wagering on the NFL, made plays at offshore sports books on when the NFL’s 100-plus day lockout would end.

P.E. teacher on chopping block catches lucky break

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Lou Markouzis looked around the room during a meeting of physical education personnel at Liberty High School, did some quick math and realized his job was in jeopardy.

Coach’s alma mater stands between Bishop Gorman, state record

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Bishop Gorman High baseball coach Nick Day doesn’t need to be briefed on the record his team is trying to equal in this week’s state tournament. After all, it’s a record he proudly helped set as a player in the mid-1990s.

Manny Pacquiao fight week means big business for struggling Las Vegas

Friday, May 6, 2011

Manny Pacquiao was in no rush. After all, Las Vegas is more than accustomed and willing to wait for boxing’s biggest star. Already 45 minutes late for his arrival at the MGM Grand, Pacquiao patiently waited in his bus.

Palo Verde contains Centennial's Dixon, grabs crucial league victory

Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011

The Palo Verde High basketball team’s game plan was simple Friday night in its game against host Centennial. If the Panthers could keep Centennial’s Aaseem Dixon, a senior guard who averages 18 points per game, from making an impact offensively, they would be victorious.

Sports books record $6.8 million profit on Super Bowl wagers

Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010

Nevada sports books recorded a profit on Super Bowl wagers in 2010 for the ninth time in 10 years, according to Nevada Gaming Control Board figures released today.

The next Mayweather Jr. prepared for boxing debut

Teenage prodigy considered one of the sport's future stars

Friday, Jan. 15, 2010

Jose Benavidez Sr. never would have predicted that his child would become a professional athlete. Benavidez enrolled his son, Jose Benavidez Jr., in just about every sport offered in their Phoenix neighborhood when the younger Benavidez was a toddler. But the result was always the same.

Gorman baseball profiled on ESPN.com

Friday, May 22, 2009

http://sports.espn.go.com/highschool/rise/baseball/news/story?id=4187461