Author: Alan Snel

Raiders Team 

NFL Players Union Monitoring Team Markets For COVID-19 Cases, Trends; Las Vegas Ranks High In NFL For Coronavirus Cases

July 27, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com As the Las Vegas Raiders come down the home stretch of completing its $1.976 billion

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Raiders Team 

Lotus Broadcasting and Raiders Cut Deal To Have KOMP 92.3FM Serve As Raiders Flagship Radio Station In Las Vegas

July 27, 2020July 27, 2020 Alan Snel Clay Baker, Ed Graney, Jon Gruden, JT the Brick, Mike Pritchard, Scott Gulbransen, Tyler Bischoff, Vincent Bonsignore

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Lotus Broadcasting, a major radio broadcaster in Las Vegas, and the NFL Las Vegas Raiders

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Gambling 

On Sports Betting: Dogs Reward Savvy Bettors as MLB Season Gets Underway

July 27, 2020July 27, 2020 Alan Snel Allie Quigley, Crash Davis, Ebby Calvin "Nuke" Laroosh, Max Scherzer, Robert Whittaker

By Daniel Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com We were ready for the first pitch. It was 4:08 p.m. on a weekday, and

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VGK fan Jeff Stanulis wants sports to not include politics and brought this sign to a Golden Knights sendoff event Sunday. He said if NHL players take a knee he will not watch playoff games.

Aces Golden Knights Sports and Social Issues 

Pro Basketball and NHL Show Different Approaches To Racial Justice Issues At Events

July 26, 2020July 27, 2020 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Angel McCoughtry, Bill Laimbeer, Breonna Taylor

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It was 11:30 a.m. Sunday and two sports scenes with Las Vegas all over them

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Major League Baseball with Black Lives Matter messaging during Opening Days. Photos from MLB Twitter.

Sports and Social Issues 

MLB Embraces Black Lives Matter Message, With Tampa Bay Rays Saying Opening Day Is ‘Great Day To Arrest The Killers Of Breonna Taylor’

July 25, 2020July 25, 2020 Alan Snel Darcy Raymond, Matt Silverman, Stu Sternberg

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s a new era in professional sports and racial justice issues. The MLB Tampa Bay

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Frank Harnish at his condo.

Golden Knights 

27-Year Radio Worker Lost His Golden Knights Pre/Post Game Show Job And Big Piece Of His Identity From Lotus Broadcasting Layoff During Pandemic: ‘What The Hell Will I Do?’

July 23, 2020July 23, 2020 Alan Snel Frank Harnish

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com When you listened to Frank Harnish before or after Vegas Golden Knights game broadcasts on

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Funnyman Bill Murray taking a few cuts during a home run derby in Baltimore in 1993.

Column 

In A Crazy, Strange Sports World During COVID-19, Baseball Starts Season July 23

July 23, 2020 Alan Snel Bill Murray

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com You know the universe is out of kilter — or a virus pandemic has an

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Training camp in the age of COVID-19

Golden Knights 

Training Camp In July: VGK Prep For Stanley Cup Playoffs In August

July 21, 2020July 22, 2020 Alan Snel

Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell   Text by Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com 1. Best goalie tandem in the league 2.  Don’t

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SoFi Stadium

NFL Raiders Stadium 

NFL’s Two Newest Stadiums In LV and LA Are An Odd Couple

July 21, 2020July 21, 2020 Alan Snel Eric Garcetti, Mark Davis, Stan Kroenke

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com You could not conceive two more architecturally diverse football stadiums than the two new NFL

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Esports 

Allied Esports Plans To Use Giant Entertainment Truck In Partnership For Music and Esports Battle Show

July 21, 2020July 21, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The company with strong connections to the esports scene in Las Vegas is back at

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