A lot can change in four months. When Reno 1868 FC first played San Antonio FC on the road (in mid April), it left with a 4-0 defeat. When the two squads met again on Saturday at Greater Nevada Field, it was Reno emerging with a shutout victory, 2-0, in front of 5,847. “This was a huge win for us against one of the top teams in the USL,” Reno coach Ian Russell said. “It … [Read more...]
Reno Aces Report (7/31 – 8/6)
Aces drop home series but don’t drop in standings, sit one back of Grizzlies The bad news: Reno dropped another home series on Sunday (to Nashville) and is now 6-10 at Greater Nevada Field since the all-star break. The good news: Omaha and Iowa collectively poured cool water on a red-hot Fresno team last week, taking five of eight from the Grizzlies on their eight-game … [Read more...]
PGA returns to Reno this weekend
Barracuda Championship hits Montreux for 19th annual running It’s fair to say this weekend is the summer of 2017’s grand finale. The final act. Night in the Country (a popular country music festival in Yerington) wrapped up Saturday night. Country fan or not, there’s no denying the weekend is one of the marquee summer events in the region. Nevada started fall … [Read more...]
Reno Aces Report (7/24 – 7/30)
Aces tumble to second place for first time since May It seemed inevitable. It was going to happen. And on Thursday, it did. After sitting in first place in the Pacific Northern Division for a stretch of 55 games, the Aces finally slid to second place with a 4-0 loss at Oklahoma City. It was the first time since May 25 they didn’t have at least a share of the division … [Read more...]
John Ramey named new voice of Nevada Wolf Pack
Nevada’s new play-by-play man comes to Reno after calling games for UCLA, UC Riverside Nevada fans learned in late May they would be listening to a new voice during Wolf Pack radio broadcasts when it was announced Ryan Radtke was taking a national job with Westwood One. Radtke was at Nevada since the start of the 2008 football season. Nevada fans were introduced to the … [Read more...]
Dupree takes NBA job
Turnover on staff one of constants in Musselman’s brief tenure at Nevada Eric Musselman is going to have an entirely new staff of assistants for the third-straight year. Nevada men’s basketball coach worked alongside three new faces when he came to Reno before the 2015-16 season. He had to replace them all in 2016-17. And once again, he will have a trio of Nevadan … [Read more...]
Reno Aces Report (7/17 – 7/23)
Sizzling Grizzlies catch Aces Reno did something over the weekend few teams have managed to accomplish: Go to Colorado Springs and not lose a series. The Sky Sox own the Pacific Coast League’s best home record at 33-15, but the Aces earned at least a series split on Sunday with a narrow 7-6 win. Solo shots from Zach Borenstein and Willians Astudillo in the eighth and … [Read more...]
Reno 1868 FC: Controlling night results in ‘frustrating’ 1-1 home draw with last-place Portland
Reno fails to build cushion in compact Western Conference Saturday night’s match between Reno 1868 FC and Portland Timbers 2 was not one the local sided absolutely needed to win. It was, however, a match Reno should have taken three points from. Playing at home (where Reno is inbeaten in its last nine), against the last-place team in the Western Conference (Portland is … [Read more...]