Las Vegas 2021 sports at a glance

Las Vegas sports highlights from 2021

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Golden Knights

Fan favorites Marc Andre-Fleury and Ryan Reaves were traded to the Chicago Blackhawks and New York Rangers, respectively; another nonaccomplishment successful a semifinal round (Montreal); acquired prima halfway Jack Eichel successful trade; fans returned to T-Mobile Arena.

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NFL

Already acceptable to big the Pro Bowl and league draft successful 2022, Las Vegas successful December was awarded the 2024 Super Bowl by league owners.

Aces

Finished with the WNBA’s No. 2 playoff seed and fell to Phoenix successful a melodramatic Game 5 semifinal; Kelsey Plum bounced backmost from a torn Achilles tendon to triumph Sixth Player of the Year. She and Jackie Young led USA Basketball’s 3-on-3 squad to the inaugural Olympic gold, portion A’ja Wilson led Team USA successful scoring en way to 5-on-5 gold with Aces teammate Chelsea Gray.

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UNLV

Football manager Marcus Arroyo won his archetypal 2 games with the programme and mislaid six others by 1 score; men’s hoops hired yet different caller manager in Kevin Kruger, portion women’s manager Lindy La Rocque thrived successful her archetypal afloat twelvemonth connected the job.

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National Finals Rodeo

Returned to Las Vegas stronger than ever, with astir 170,000 attending implicit 10 performances.

NASCAR

Las Vegas brothers Kyle and Kurt Busch each made the playoffs. Kurt, relegated to the scrap heap 3 years ago, won different contention (Atlanta) arsenic a springboard to joining Michael Jordan’s squad astatine property 43.

Preps

Returned with a shortened outpouring season; Bishop Gorman returned to the apical of the upland successful football successful the fall, portion Silverado, Moapa Valley and Pahranagat Valley besides won state.

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Golf

The LPGA committed to Las Vegas for astatine slightest 3 years with a caller event, the Bank of Hope Match Play astatine Shadow Creek. Ally Ewing won the inaugural event. Because of COVID, Las Vegas erstwhile again received a 2nd PGA Tour lawsuit aft the Shriners Children’s Open, the CJ Cup. Rory McIlroy won for his 20th circuit title; Sungjae Im won the Shriners.

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UFC

It was the archetypal large athletics to instrumentality to contention aft a COVID-related intermission successful 2020. The momentum created by that palmy commencement propelled the institution to its champion fiscal year. UFC president Dana White said the institution has thrived crossed each metrics. “It was the champion twelvemonth we ever had.”

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Boxing

Major prize warring returned. Eight-division champion Manny Pacquiao concluded his legendary career with a determination nonaccomplishment to Yordenis Ugas; WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury ended an iconic trilogy with Deontay Wilder with a 10th-round stoppage successful the Fight of the Year; and Canelo Alvarez unified the 168-pound division with an 11th-round stoppage of Caleb Plant.

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Soccer

The U.S. men’s nationalist squad won the Concacaf Gold Cup with a 1-0 triumph against Mexico earlier a sold-out assemblage of 61,514 fans astatine Allegiant Stadium.

Review-Journal staff