Raiders owner Mark Davis watches team president Sandra Douglass Morgan shakes hands with Raiders player Josh Jacobs. Photo: J. Tyge O'Donnell
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Faces Tell Las Vegas Sports Story In 2023: LVSportsBiz.com Photographers’ Best Photos Featured In Year-end Feature

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By LVSportsBiz.com Staff

The year in pictures.

LVSportsBiz.com photographers J. Tyge O’Donnell, Hugh Byrne, Jeff Goulding captured these baker’s dozen photos.

We report on the deals of Las Vegas sports. But behind the deals are sports events that bring out the emotions and amazing facial expressions of the participants. Our photographers were there to chronicle the events behind the deals.

Let’s start!

First off, new coaches unite: UNLV’s first-year Barry Odom and Raiders’ interim coach Antonio Pierce before a UNLV game at Allegiant Stadium.

Antonio Pierce (right), Barry Odom (left). Photo by Hugh Byrne

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2. Tom Wilson will always evoke emotions for VGK fans.

VGK vs Washington Photo by J. Tyge O’Donnell

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3. The senior game for UNLV.

UNLV’s All-American kicker. Photo: Hugh Byrne

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4. Las Vegas sports growth has a man with the numbers and the enthusiasm. Jeremy Aguero.

Jeremy Aguero  Photo by Hugh Byrne

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5. LeBron James wants to own an NBA team in Las Vegas.

LeBron. Photo by J. Tyge O’Donnell

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6. The Raiders will likely not make the playoffs. But a business magazine valued the team at $6.2 billion.

Raider intensity. Photo by Hugh Byrne

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7. Vegas Golden Knights owner Bill Foley said Cup in 6 and that’s exactly what happened.

The Cup. Photo by J. Tyge O’Donnell

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8. The fans keep coming to Raiders games.

Photo by J. Tyge O’Donnell

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9.  The Golden Knights are still the king of Las Vegas sports.

William Carrier of VGK. Photo by J. Tyge O’Donnell

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10. National Finals Rodeo averaged about 17,500 fans a night in December.

NFR contestant. Photo by Jeff Goulding

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11. LVSportsBiz.com covered Super Bowl 57 in Phoenix andchatted with the “Sodfather,” George Toma, at the stadium in Glendale, Arizona.

The Sodfather at Super Bowl 57. Photo by Jeff Goulding

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12. Aces star A’ja Wilson led the Aces to a second straight WNBA championship.

Photo by J. Tyge O’Donnell

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13. UNLV made a bowl game for the first time in a decade in 2023, but a loss at the end of the season still hurts.

UNLV had a nice season but a loss still hurts. Photo by Hugh Byrne

 

Alan Snel

Alan Snel brings decades of sports-business reporting experience to LVSportsBiz.com. Snel covered the business side of sports for the South Florida (Fort Lauderdale) Sun-Sentinel, the Tampa Tribune and Las Vegas Review-Journal. As a city hall beat reporter, Snel also covered stadium deals in Denver and Seattle. In 2000, Snel launched a sport-business website for FoxSports.com called FoxSportsBiz.com. After reporting sports-business for the RJ, Snel wrote hard-hitting stories on the Raiders stadium for the Desert Companion magazine in Las Vegas and The Nevada Independent. Snel is also one of the top bicycle advocates in the country.

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