Blogs: The Greene Room - Las Vegas Sun

Fisher now sells much more at SDSU than Fab Five history

By Ryan Greene · October 17, 2008 · 1:04 AM

In just over four years, Lon Kruger’s gotten the UNLV men’s basketball program back to a point where relying on a National Championship nearly two decades ago isn’t the program’s main selling point. It’s not what the Rebel staff has to use to get into the front doors of recruits’ households. Shoot, the vast majority of kids UNLV goes after now don’t even remember the days of Larry Johnson, Stacey Augmon and Greg Anthony (pre-ESPN glory). UNLV isn’t the only ...

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Mayne excited to do what he does best at Thomas & Mack next Friday

By Ryan Greene · October 10, 2008 · 12:41 PM

While it’s not the most ideal way to emcee an event such as next Friday’s FirstLook 2008, which marks the official start to the UNLV men’s basketball season, it’s nothing ...

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McCallum excited for Navy-UNLV series … despite the wait

By Ryan Greene · October 3, 2008 · 1:02 PM

Finally, Napoleon McCallum will get to see his alma mater play football in Las Vegas. The only downside is that he’ll have to wait a little while. But at least ...

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What’s in the name? And does it REALLY matter?

By Ryan Greene · September 26, 2008 · 12:12 PM

First off, let me point out that the original intent of this blog was to post something each Monday. Plans changed, as they often do in my world, so it’ll ...

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A (broken) wing and a prayer - college football’s first weekend

By Ryan Greene · September 2, 2008 · 9:03 PM

Breaking your arm sucks. Breaking it doing something stupid (like rollerblading, trying to prove you can still be 17 — and instead, forcefully slamming into a wall) sucks even more. ...

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