UNR Mackay Mining Team wins world championship


UNR Mackay Mining Team wins world championship

End of an era: Nevada set to jump to MWC after historic run in WAC


All of 54 days separate Nevada’s storied history in the Western Athletic Conference from its bright future in the Mountain West Conference. For the past 12 years playing in the WAC, the Wolf Pack has dazzled fans with championship performances, intense rivalries, Cinderella runs in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, nail-biting victories and everything in between.

Darby sees rise and fall


Dominating, successful, exciting: These are the words attributed to the legendary “Fab Five.” No, not the “Fab Five” of University of Michigan men’s basketball lore, the Fab Five of Spanish Springs High School Softball, circa 2008. A team on which Mallary Darby, the team’s most explosive player, played the role of Chris Webber. Winning back-to-back state titles (at Spanish Springs) would make some athletes complacent. But not Darby her passion for the game has only grown stronger since joining the Wolf Pack in 2009.

Reporter role made me a man


When I was a sophomore in 2008, I remember being at Wolf Pack Park waiting to do pre-practice interviews with some Nevada football players. As the players slowly made their way onto the field from the locker room, I waited anxiously for former wide receiver Marko Mitchell to come out so I could speak with him for a story I was working on.