Mountain West Conference Archives

Where Have We Seen This Before?: Boise State, UNLV In Mountain West Football Championship Game Friday

November 30, 2025November 30, 2025 Alan Snel

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UNLV Survives Season-Opener Scare As Dan Mullen Era Debuts With 38-31 Win Over Idaho State Saturday In Week 0

August 23, 2025August 23, 2025 Alan Snel Barry Odom, Dan Mullen, Erick Harper, Jai'Den Thomas, Jordan Cooke, Marc Badain

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Old Trapper getting the sweet sponsorship love from Mountain West Conference during MWC football Media Days at Circa this week. Photo credit: LVSportsBiz.com

College Basketball College football Mountain West Conference Thomas & Mack Center UNLV

Changing Times Coming For Mountain West Conference In 2026 But Marketing Focus Centers On 2025 Football, Basketball Seasons

July 16, 2025 Alan Snel Javan Hedlund

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Big Dance Denied (Again): UNLV’s Basketball Season Ends With 70-58 Loss To Utah State In MWC Quarterfinals Thursday

March 14, 2025 Alan Snel Dedan Thomas Jr., Jaden Henley, Jailen Bedford, Jalen Hill, Julian Rishwain, Kevin Kruger

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Basketball Mountain West Conference Sports Marketing Thomas & Mack Center UNLV

Gutsy UNLV Bounces Back In Second Half Against Air Force To Advance In Mountain West Hoops Tourney; Runnin’ Rebels Play Utah State Thursday

March 12, 2025March 13, 2025 Alan Snel Bear Cherry, Dedan Thomas Jr., Jaden Henley, Jailen Bedford, Jalen Hill, Julian Rishwain, Kevin Kruger

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If UNLV Misses NCAA Tournament Again, Can Coach Kevin Kruger Keep His Job For Next Season?; UNLV 68 Nevada 55 Friday

February 28, 2025February 28, 2025 Alan Snel Dan Mullen, Dave Rice, Desiree Reed-Francois, Erick Harper, Jaden Henley, Jailen Bedford, Jalen Hill, Julian Rishwain, Kevin Kruger, Kobe Sanders, Lon Kruger, Rick Pitino

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UNLV basketball coach Kevin Kruger. Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell

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Las Vegas Has New Beefed Up Role In Mountain West Conference With UNLV Staying In Conference

October 17, 2024October 17, 2024 Alan Snel Javan Hedlund

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Who’s The Sluka Now? UNLV’s New Starting Quarterback, Hajj-Malik Williams, Impresses As Rebels Roll, 59-14, Over Fresno State Saturday

September 28, 2024September 28, 2024 Alan Snel Barry Odom, Erick Harper, Hajj-Malik Williams, Ricky White III

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UNLV AD Erick Harper: UNLV mulling all options. Photo credit: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

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UNLV Remains In Mountain West Conference (For Now) After Four MWC Schools Transfer To A Newly-Beefed Up Pac-6 Conference

September 12, 2024September 12, 2024 Alan Snel Erick Harper, Gloria Nevarez, Keith Whitfield

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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.