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Four Dallas and Vegas players took a knee before Monday's postseason game in Edmonton. Photo from Dallas Stars Twitter.

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Las Vegas Air Force Veteran and Father of Multi-Racial Children Says Kneeling Players Not Disrespectful To Military

August 4, 2020August 5, 2020 Alan Snel Jason Dickinson, Jason Griego, Robin Lehner, Ryan Reaves, Tyler Seguin

(Publisher’s Note: Ryan Reaves and Robin Lehner of the Vegas Golden Knights and Tyler Seguin and Jason Dickinson of the

Jon Gruden gets new Ford. Photo from Southern Nevada Ford Dealers tweet.

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CES Will Not Be Coming To Las Vegas In January 2021 — And Six Other News Items From This Morning

July 28, 2020July 28, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Jim Murren, Jon Gruden, Patrick Mahomes

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com This one hurts for Las Vegas. The monster-sized CES trade show — the biggest convention

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

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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

Winemaker Margaux Alvarez defended her Mt Olympus title on the Tital Games TV show Monday night.

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Las Vegas Winemaker/CrossFit Athlete Alvarez Excels On Titan Games TV Show Monday Night

June 29, 2020June 29, 2020 Alan Snel Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Margaux Alvarez, Wayne Skivington

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Las Vegas was well represented on NBC’s The Titan Games Monday night as Cirque du

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College Players Use Power Social Media To Exercise Their Leverage On Racial Equality Issues

June 29, 2020 Alan Snel Chubba Hubbard, George Floyd, Kylin Hill, Marvin Wilson

By Toby Srebnik for LVSportsBiz.com It was just 25 days ago on June 4 when I posted about FSU’s Marvin

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Buy An Ad or Donate As LVSportsBiz.com Marks Third Year This Month

June 22, 2020 Alan Snel

When LVSportsBiz.com celebrated its first and second anniversary in June 2018 and June 2019, each time we drank Tenaya Creek

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Sports Reporters Can No Longer ‘Stick To Sports’ When NFL, ESPN, UFC Refer To Horrifying George Floyd Death That Has Rocked This Country and Spotlighted Racism

June 1, 2020June 2, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Donald Trump, George Floyd, Jesse Granger, Pete Alonso

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The party is over for the “Stick to Sports” folks, who want sports reporters to

Winemaker/crossfit athlete Margaux Alvarez will be on NBC's The Titan Games

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Las Vegas CrossFit Competitor/Trainer With Passion For Winemaking Goes Prime Time On Titan Games TV Show Hosted By The Rock

May 20, 2020May 20, 2020 Alan Snel Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Margaux Alvarez

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com NBC-TV is bringing back Dwayne Johnson’s The Titan Games for season two this month, and

Receiver Henry Ruggs III celebrated in 2020 when the Las Vegas Raiders made him a first round draft pick.

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More Than 50 Years Ago When A Player Challenged The NFL Draft

April 28, 2020April 28, 2020 Alan Snel Curt Flood, James "Yazoo" Smith

By Dan Lust for LVSportsBiz.com I have a legal question for you: How are players forced to go to the

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Another Step To Allow College Players To Be Compensated As Paid Sponsors

April 24, 2020April 24, 2020 Alan Snel

By Dan Lust for LVSportsBiz.com NCAA student-athlete compensation moves one step closer to reality. Colleges are now finalizing their

July 5, 2021

Alan Snel, veteran journalist and LVSportsBiz.com publisher. ASnel@LVSportsBiz.com.

LVSPORTSBIZ.COM, launched June 2017: We are a digital magazine providing market-leading news, intelligence, enterprise and breaking news on Las Vegas’ sports/stadium industry. Our stories are quoted nationally and we set the sportsbiz news agenda in Las Vegas. Publisher Alan Snel has reported on the business of sports and stadiums in Denver, South Florida, New York, Seattle and Tampa besides Las Vegas and is considered a national authority on the topic.

LVSportsBiz.com coverage of Athletics stadium project on Strip in Las Vegas.

A’s owner John Fisher in Las Vegas

New A’s team president Marc Badain

LVCVA spends $8.25 million on A’s sponsorship

Big League Sports With Small Town Politics

Man of Many Hats

Athletics’ long, strange journey for new ballpark

How Deal Was Made For A’s Ballpark On Strip

May 24, 2021

LVSportsBiz.com Publisher Alan Snel is a nationally-known bicycle rights leader and bicycle travel writer.

Alan focuses on reducing road violence and has asked government to enforce road safety laws, design better roads for bicyclists and walkers not just motorists, educate drivers, install more penalties for reckless motorists and lower speed limits.

Here are Alan’s travel story samples, literary adventures based on Alan’s expansive and curious approach to reporting sports-business news and a bicycle life:

Let’s Pedal Zion National Park

Bicycling Bristlecone Trail At 9,000 Feet

Biking magical Seattle and the Northwest

Bicycling the Tour de Stadiums of Las Vegas

Las Vegas bicyclist struck by bullet during memorial ride

Incomparable Grand Canyon by bike

LVSportsBiz.com Publisher Alan Snel has also written two books: Long Road Back To Las Vegas and Bicycle Man. Purchase Long Road Back To Las Vegas on Amazon and contact Alan to buy Bicycle Man at asnel@LVSportsBiz.com.