Ron Kantowski

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Why the eyeball test can be so overrated: Monday, Dec. 1, 2008; It’s usually not hard to identify the teams that play in state championship games. They’re the ones with the good-looking players.
The Elevator: Up and down the Vegas sports scene: Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008; Who’s headed toward the penthouse on the local sports scene — and who’s getting the shaft.
An item for every taste, all for good cause: Friday, Nov. 28, 2008; If you see a big guy in a red suit coming down your chimney unannounced on Christmas Eve you could ...
A baseball eulogy for a hoops legend: Pete Newell strode dugouts, too, and local man recalls coach’s fire; Friday, Nov. 28, 2008; It’s a good thing giant shadows cast by coaching icons can’t shoot or play defense or the UNLV basketball team might have found a heap of trouble this week.
Stay on, Coach, and earn it first: Why UNLV should ignore Mike Sanford’s overtures to extend his contract; Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008; Did you catch Mike Sanford on the Channel 8 news Monday night, talking about a contract extension in a tone that bordered on defiance? Sanford supposedly will meet with Athletic Director Mike Hamrick after Thanksgiving to discuss a contract extension. An extension is the wrong topic for Sanford and Hamrick’s conversation.
Rodeo bucks a stereotype: Cowboys and girls aren’t all white, and sometimes they compete to music that isn’t country; Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008; I am not a sociologist, have never played one on TV and did not stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, but I believe that each person is shaped by his environment.
The Elevator: Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008; Who’s headed toward the penthouse on the local sports scene — and who’s getting the shaft.
Believe it or not, BCS is about the money: In the twisted world of college football’s BCS, it actually behooves BYU to lose a game to its chief rival; Friday, Nov. 21, 2008; If the BYU football team knows what’s good for it, it will take a dive against Utah on Saturday.
J-Mac night at the UNLV-Northern Arizona game: Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008; I’ve got a bone to pick with J-Mac. You remember him, that autistic kid who scored 20 points in four minutes after coming off the bench as a student manager in a high school basketball game in upstate New York a couple of years ago.
No. 3: NFR is Thomas & Mack's cash cow: Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008; To say that the National Finals Rodeo has become the Thomas & Mack Center's cash cow is putting it literally, not mildly. There's nothing mild about the NFR.