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Nevada can’t take down NMSU

Basketball, Featured on March 5th, 2011 No Comments

One week after playing dismal in crucial back to back home games, losing to Idaho and Boise State, Nevada showed some real grit on the road to close out the regular season WAC schedule by taking down Louisiana Tech on Thursday night, 73-70. However, the Wolf Pack could not build on that winning effort, dropping [...]

UNLV 10, Nevada 6

Baseball, Featured on March 5th, 2011 No Comments

The UNLV Rebels took it to the Pack once again in this weekend’s three game rivalry series, taking the second game of the three game rivalry series 10-6 at Peccole Park in Reno on Saturday afternoon.  It was the 8th straight loss by Nevada to open the 2011 season, and like any long losing streak, [...]

Pack baseball drops to 0-7

Baseball, Featured on March 4th, 2011 1 Comment

Reno, NV – The Nevada Wolf Pack (0-7) baseball team returned home to Peccole Park for the season opener against the UNLV Rebels (9-2) looking for their first victory of the season, but came away empty-handed after getting shutout 9-0. It was another disappointing diamond effort for a struggling Nevada squad.

Burton shoots Nevada past Tech, 73-70

Basketball, Featured on March 3rd, 2011 No Comments

With the madness of March now here and no more home games on the docket, the time to grow up is now for Nevada.  After winning 6 of 7 games from mid-January to mid-February, the past two weeks have not been kind to the Wolf Pack. As they took to the road against Louisiana Tech [...]

Looking to rebound against Tech

Basketball, Featured on March 2nd, 2011 No Comments

Nevada has taken their lumps in 2010-11, and their 11-17 overall record is certainly an indicator of that.  The young Wolves, who surged during mid-January during a 7-game span that saw them go 6-1, have fallen on hard times starting in mid-February, losing 3 of their past 4 games.  With March Madness just around the [...]

Listen to The Howl: Told You So

Featured, Football on March 2nd, 2011 3 Comments

Over a year ago those of us who follow Nevada football closely have been saying the Wolf Pack players with pro prospects would turn a lot of heads at the NFL Combine. Not to say we told you so, but – well, we did! This past weekend in Indianapolis, the NFL got a first hand [...]

Defenders looking up at Moch

Featured, Football on February 28th, 2011 No Comments

Former Nevada defensive end Dontay Moch, on the heels of a brilliant Wolf Pack career that included the 2009 WAC Defensive Player of Year honor, showed the country his incredible skill set this morning at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis. Moch was the top performer among defensive linemen in the forty (4.44), broad jump (10′8″) [...]

Nevada NFL Offensive Combine Review

Featured, Football on February 28th, 2011 3 Comments

Nevada had a trio of former offensive stars on display the past two days at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis, with Colin Kaepernick, Vai Taua and Virgil Green all participating in the miscellaneous practice and speed drills in front of millions of viewers.  It was no surprise to the Silver and Blue faithful to see [...]

Boise State-Nevada Game Photos

Basketball, Featured on February 27th, 2011 No Comments

It was a tough hoops weekend for the Wolf Pack, dropping their final two home games of the year to Idaho and Boise State with a lot on the line in the upcoming WAC Tournament in Las Vegas.  It is the wrong time of the year to be out of sorts on the hardwood, but [...]

Home not so sweet

Basketball, Featured on February 27th, 2011 No Comments

Right when it counted, Nevada, holding on to the slim hopes of reeling in the second seed in the upcoming Western Athletic Conference Tournament put up a dud. The Wolf Pack (11-17, 7-7) lost their regular season home finale, 72-66, to visiting Boise State on Saturday night at the Lawlor Center. Nevada, which looked like [...]