Legal sports wagering is spreading; online and mobile betting is increasing, and the NFL's RedZone channel is almost addictive. But there's nothing quite like wagering and watching games in Las Vegas. Its sports books lead the way in technology, comfort, and camaraderie. With multiple games broadcast on multiple screens, with bets riding on nearly every play, there can be anticipatory hushes, lusty cheers and despairing boos simultaneously.

UNLV is instituting the Tickets for Teachers program in which men’s basketball tickets are distributed to elementary and middle schools in the Clark County School District.

8 News Now continued its visits with former UNLV Rebel football standout Ickey Woods.

During Vegas Summer League — the games and practices — Devin James is almost always busy.

The National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame announced its 2019 class on Tuesday, and Larry Johnson was among the nine players and coaches selected for induction.

Former coaches Lute Olson and Rick Majerus and former UNLV star Larry Johnson highlight the nine-member class selected Tuesday for induction into the College Basketball Hall of Fame.

Exactly 29 years after the UNLV basketball team defeated Duke to win the 1990 NCAA championship, a member of that legendary Runnin’ Rebels team got another reason to celebrate.

Larry Johnson, a dominant force for the UNLV Runnin' Rebels in the early 1990s, has been selected to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.

Larry Johnson, who starred on two Final Four teams at UNLV, will be inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.

Coming from Las Vegas back home to Marshall University makes Marshall Athletic Director Mike Hamrick particularly keen to the effects of sports betting on college athletics, and that's why he will be included in a segment about the new phenomenon on CBS' "60 Minutes" news magazine on Sunday night.

To understand UNLV athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois’ thought process as she searches for a men’s basketball coach, it’s helpful to look at her hiring patterns.

A movie script by an Academy Award-winning writer about former UNLV basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian ran a little long.