As of the end of the 2025 Season, 101 players who attended high schools in Nevada have played or are currently playing in the NFL.
That number may increase this fall when recently drafted players play their first regular-season games as pros.
Nevada ranks No. 40 in the nation among high schools that produce NFL players, and is the eighth-best in the West.
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A total of 33 schools have produced at least one player.
Nevada’s Bishop Gorman High School has produced 16 NFL players to lead the State, followed by Reno High School with seven, and Valley High School with six.
Several players from the high schools listed here went on to play college football at schools and conferences in the West, including the Pac-12, Mountain West, Big West, Big Sky, and schools now affiliated with the Big Ten, Big 12, and ACC.
The James Harden era of the Cleveland Cavaliers began with a close win over one of the worst teams in the NBA on Saturday.
The Cavaliers came back to beat the Sacramento Kings, in Harden’s first debut with the team after a trade deadline move from the Los Angeles Clippers. Harden finished the game with 23 points on 7-of-13 shooting, with 15 of those points coming in the fourth quarter.
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Harden made his mark when Cleveland was down 121-116 with fewer than four minutes to go. He made 3-pointers on back-to-back possessions to put his team ahead, and also made four free throws in the final 30 seconds to put the game away.
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It had been previously shaping up to be a rough debut for the 11-time All-Star. The Cavaliers’ defense in particular looked like it needed work with Harden getting his first minutes in the system, but big nights from Donovan Mitchell (35 points) and Jarrett Allen (29 points) helped offset those struggles.
In Cleveland, Harden joined a franchise currently in playoff position, but a step behind their 64-win season last year. He brings a lengthy history as one of the NBA’s top offensive engines and forms a dynamic backcourt with Mitchell, though with some overlapping skillsets (an issue with Garland as well).
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The real question is if Harden can overcome a track record of underperformance come playoff time. That answer is months away, so all he can do for now is focus on getting up to speed with his sixth NBA team.
To Spieth, Scheffler’s superpower lies “less in the golf swing and more so the personality.” Scottie Scheffler, Spieth said, is one guy inside the ropes. There, he knows exactly what he needs to do, what he wants to do and how to get to that point. But when Scottie Scheffler isn’t working, he’s not working. He’s just a dad and a husband. He can detach the second the clubs go in the bag and has no interest in using time and energy in monetizing his name and talents off the course.
“He has that unique ability to, from best I can tell, to separate,” Spieth said. “It’s more so the difference in personality from any other superstar that you’ve seen in the modern era and maybe in any sport. I don’t think anybody is like him.”
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That came just days after Schefler’s existential press conference to open the week at Royal Portrush, where he talked about the fleeting happiness that comes from winning and explained that while he loves being great at golf, it “does not fill the deepest desires of his heart.”
The ability to not be consumed by golf is freeing for Scheffler. It allows him to plug in and plug out, which helps keep him level as he continues to dominate the golf world.
For most of the past four years, Scheffler has made everything look easy. He’s won at Augusta twice. He became the only player to repeat at the Players. He won the PGA Championship and the Open. He has won here, there and everywhere while leaving the rest of the world’s best searching for ways to close what at the moment feels like a chasm that can’t be traversed.
While all those little things help make Scottie Scheffler Scottie Scheffler and separate him from most, there’s something else that allows him to levitate above everything. Something that’s rarely discussed because it’s seldom seen.
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But it was there on Thursday night in Phoenix, when Scheffler walked off the course after a bizarre opening-round 73 that had him in danger of missing the cut at TPC Scottsdale. It’s a position we rarely see Scheffler in. It won’t take you long to count the number of tournaments he has been a true non-factor in over the last few years. Scheffler hasn’t finished outside the top 10 in a tournament since last year’s Players, when he was still shaking off the rust from an offseason ravioli injury. The last time he missed a cut? The 2022 FedEx St. Jude Championship. In the age of no-cut, limited-field events, that stat doesn’t mean what it used to. But it’s still noteworthy that we rarely see Scottie Scheffler miling around in the middle of the pack, and he doesn’t exit the premises early.
Scheffler doesn’t believe in trying to “find” something mid-tournament. To him, the work is done in the prep and you arrive with what you’ll need for the week. But sitting at T-86 after an opening-round stumble that included a flubbed chip, Scheffler went to work. Not to fix something for a future tournament or prep for later, but because Scottie Scheffler, like all elite athletes, only has one speed. If there’s something to fix, it gets fixed. There are no “down weeks” or “off days.” To waste an opportunity to get better is to sacrifice something you can’t get back. And because there is still time to win. They don’t hand out the trophies on Thursday.
“Yesterday was a dig-it-out-of-the-dirt type of day in the afternoon,” Scheffler said on Friday. “I try to avoid those as much as possible at tournaments, but after the way I felt over the ball yesterday, it was definitely needed. I almost was so discouraged I almost didn’t even want to go practice. I went out there, and it was well worth it.
“You look at days like today. I had an awful day on the golf course yesterday all around pretty much. So to come out to today, stay really patient, especially after not getting off to a great start, to stay patient, grind it out, put myself back into a position where — I’ve put myself in contention from this exact position in this golf tournament, and it’s one of those places you can get hot. That’s what I’ll be looking to do over the weekend.”
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Scheffler fixed something in his grip, which led to a better ball-striking day in the second round and a six-under 65 that put him inside the top 30. He backed that up with a 67 on Saturday and will have at least an outside shot at winning his third WM Phoenix Open on Sunday.
Scottie Scheffler was frustrated on Thursday in Phoenix. It was an uncharacteristic display from golf’s dominant force. He left the course dejected that his pre-tournament work, which he prides himself on, didn’t yield the desired results.
So Scottie Scheffler went searching because part of true greatness is never giving in — never allowing yourself to be complacent with something that doesn’t meet your standards. Never being out of the fight, even when everyone would understand if, just this one time, you were.
“Definitely take a lot of pride in days like today,” Scheffler said after making his Friday charge. “It’s nice to get myself back in the tournament. Sometimes it feels like there is nothing worse than missing cuts.
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“When you look at the results I’ve had over the last few years, I think probably my greatest skill is being able to stay near the lead,” Scheffler added Saturday. “I think one of the things I’m most proud of is the consistent results I’ve had over the years.”
Scottie Scheffler left the course on Thursday in a tie for 86th. On Sunday, he’ll have a chance to win. When you refuse to let go of the rope, you always give yourself a chance.
Canelo Alvarez was beaten for just the third time in 68 fights last year, surrendering his undisputed super-middleweight title to Terence Crawford. It is a defeat that he will not get the chance to avenge.
A few months on from that career-defining victory, Crawford announced his retirement from the sport of boxing, exiting with his undefeated record in tact and as a five-weight world champion.
Speaking on the Mr Verzace podcast, Canelo said that he has now accepted ‘Bud’s decision to retire, but will always feel that a rematch was deserved.
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“Of course. I always give him his credit, but we need to run it back. After the fight I said we need to run back this fight because I don’t feel the way I really want. I need to make this fight happen again, and it’s gonna be different. I think for him to deserve all the credit, he needs to give me the rematch. But he decided to retire and we need to accept that and move forward … I think the rematch would be perfect for boxing, but it is what it is.”
With ‘Bud’ showing no signs of making a u-turn on his decision to hang up the gloves, Canelo was asked about another potential avenue of avenging a defeat – Dmitry Bivol.
“Why not? We’ll see in the future. If it makes sense, why not? Like I say, I always like a challenge.”
Nick Ball puts his WBA Featherweight World title on the line against Brandon Figueroa tonight in Liverpool, looking to make the fourth successful defence of the belt in front of a hometown crowd.
Ball is one of six British male world champions, but he stood alone at one stage with the UK on his back. Though he is now joined by Dalton Smith, Lewis Crocker, Josh Kelly, Jazza Dickens and Fabio Wardley, the relentless puncher from Liverpool still welcomes the pressure at the top.
He has, as the event is billed, a tall task in Figueroa, who towers over the champion by seven inches and looks to spoil tonight’s party in The Pool. Boxing News brings you the undercard results, summaries and a live scorecard for the headline bout.
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Undercard results
Brad Strand vs Ruben Lezama Gonzalez — Super bantamweight
Result: Strand RTD R3. Methodical from Brad Strand from the first bell. He stops his man in the third, taking the wind out of him with a body shot and follow up with a barrage of punches that forced Gonzalez’ corner to throw in the towel.
Hassan Ishaq vs Leonardo Baez — Featherweight
Result: – Ishaq TKO R3. Straightforward for Ishaq, who scores his third stoppage win in three fights. He looked sharp and powerful in there, though Baez really wasn’t up to much.
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Andrew Cain vs Alejandro Gonzalez — Bantamweight
Result: Cain TKO R9. A well-matched affair. Gonzalez scored two body shot knockdowns in the eighth. Cain did well to come back out in the ninth, never mind score a knockdown of his own in the first minute. He refused to relent and put the Mexican down for a second time. Gonzalez, with a burst eye, walked towards the corner during the count and saw it waved off by by referee Mark Gates. An impressive win for Cain, who deserves the world title shot that should come off the back of it.
Jack Turner vs Juan Carlos Martinez Urbina — Super flyweight
Result: Turner RTD R3. Jack Turner scores his 13th stoppage in 14 fights. It was all ‘El Terrier’, who scored a knockdown in the first and beat the fight out of Urbina – who had a point off in the third for consistent holding – leading his corner to stop the fight after the third. On to bigger things for KO artist Turner, who is a ruthless addition to the lower weight classes.
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Nick Ball vs Brandon Figueroa scorecard and result
This is a Boxing News live scorecard and not the official score from the judges.
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Result: Figueroa TKO R12. A thrilling fight from start to finish, and a tough one to score. Ball’s trademark style was as eye-catching as always, but Figueroa peppered away at the body and worked at a steadier pace. The scorecards may have been all over the place had it come to it, but the challenger landed a thunderous left hook during an exchange in the final round and put the champion down. Ball rose to his feet and fought on, but another few well-placed shots and he was knocked over again and through the ropes. A good stoppage from referee Steve Gray. Heartbreak for Ball, elation for three-time world champion Figueroa and a real win for boxing fans.
Feb 7, 2026; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Atlanta Hawks forward Jalen Johnson (1) shoots over Charlotte Hornets guard Sion James (4) in the second quarter at State Farm Arena. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-Imagn Images
Moussa Diabate scored six straight fourth-quarter points, including a pair of thunderous dunks, to spark the visiting Charlotte Hornets to their ninth straight victory, a 126-119 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday.
WIth Charlotte trailing 110-109 with 6:31 remaining, Diabate made two free throws and threw down back-to-back slams to give the visitors a five-point lead. Atlanta could never catch up but had a chance to tie the game with 15 seconds left when Nickeil Alexander-Walker missed a 3-pointer.
The Hornets were led by Miles Bridges with 26 points and Kon Knueppel with 23 points, including six 3-pointers, and eight rebounds. LaMelo Ball added 19 points and nine assists. Diabate finished with 11 points and 15 rebounds.
Atlanta’s Jalen Johnson finished with 31 points, nine rebounds and eight assists. Zaccharie Risacher scored 18 and Onyeka Okongwu, who returned from missing four games with a facial fracture, had 16 points and six rebounds.
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The Hornets matched their longest winning streak since the 1998-99 season.
Atlanta led by nine with 2:42 left in the first quarter, but the Hornets cut it to 35-32 by the end of the quarter. Charlotte tied the game on a three-point play by Ball at 11:21, setting off a back-and-forth period that ended with the game tied 60-60 at halftime. There were 13 lead changes and four ties in the first half.
The Hornets, behind nine points from Ball, scored the final 11 points of the third quarter and took a 98-90 lead into the final period. A 3-pointer by Ball gave Charlotte a 101-92 lead, but Atlanta went on a 16-4 run to take a 108-105 lead on a 3-pointer by Risacher with 7:55 left.
The Hornets lead the season series 2-1 and ended a three-game losing streak in Atlanta. The teams meet for the final time on Wednesday in Charlotte.
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Atlanta’s newly acquired Buddy Hield and Gabe Vincent were available but did not play. The team said Jonathan Kuminga, the other player who came over in the trade, will be out until the All-Star break with a left knee bone bruise.
Jamie George felt England delivered an explosive start to the Guinness Six Nations after sweeping aside Wales 48-7 in a victory that sets-up their pivotal trip to Murrayfield.
Henry Arundell, making his first start since the 2023 World Cup, ran in a first-half hat-trick at Allianz Stadium while Ben Earl, Tom Roebuck and Tommy Freeman also crossed, with a penalty try completing the rout.
Next up are a Scotland side reeling from their 18-15 defeat by Italy as England search for their first win in Edinburgh since 2020.
“Regardless of who we were playing next, it’s a brilliant platform for us to kick on from,” said George, who led the team after regular captain Maro Itoje was picked on the bench.
“We wanted to start with a bang and we did that, especially the way we started the game. The intensity that we played with – that looks like the sort of team that we want to be.
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“It’s going to be about seeing how far we can push it because we know what a big test it will be up at Murrayfield next week.
“There’s just this appetite and desire for this team to be as good as we possibly can be and to get better. We felt that in how competitive training has been.
“For us then to go out and execute the way that we did is so pleasing because we looked like a team that were cohesive.
“Given that it’s the first game of the tournament, that’s pretty impressive.”
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England’s third biggest win against Wales was sealed despite a lack of fluency in the second half having entered the interval 29-0 ahead on the back of a clinical 40 minutes brilliantly orchestrated by George Ford.
Head coach Steve Borthwick said: “Defensively we were excellent. We know Wales have got so many dangerous players and pace out wide and we shut them down really well.
“Our kicking game was good and the set-piece did a good job, but there’s plenty of room for improvement.
“What is really pleasing is we created loads of opportunities and we can get better at converting those.
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“Especially in that second half, we didn’t convert the opportunities in the manner I would like us to. There is plenty for us to go and work on.”
Wales captain Dewi Lake gave an honest assessment of his team’s 12 consecutive loss in the Six Nations with the first half especially harrowing for Welsh fans.
“We let ourselves down and let people down. We spoke all week about what we were going to produce and we didn’t do it,” Lake said.
“There’s no other way to say it. We’re massively disappointed with what we put on the field.”
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Wales host France next Sunday and Lake added: “We know we’re going to be better next weekend.
“We’ve spoken a lot about wanting to excite a nation. We didn’t do it against England. We’ve got another four games in this tournament and we’ll make sure we do it next week.”
Pep Guardiola has revealed he felt an immediate connection with his Manchester City assistant Pep Lijnders – but did plenty of research with former Liverpool players before hiring Jurgen Klopp’s long-time assistant manager.
Lijnders returns to Anfield on Sunday but by Guardiola’s side as part of City’s coaching team after taking a job at the Etihad Stadium last summer.
And Guardiola said he was an admirer of the work Lijnders and Klopp did together at Liverpool as he said he did his due diligence before hiring the Dutchman.
He said: “I had a lot of info from other people about him who had been trained or managed by him at Liverpool. I needed to refresh myself first with new people who have incredible knowledge about the game and the Premier League and I love a lot many things that he did with Jurgen at Liverpool. We talked one day, I think we felt connected immediately. I am incredibly lucky that since the first day I started as a manager [with] all my backroom staff and close people and Pep is one of them.”
Guardiola gave an insight into what Lijnders, a former RB Salzburg manager, has added, saying: “Methodology of training sessions and vision of part of the game and the freedom to say what we should do, continually talking about what could be better in that way with the player and other ones and one system or the other.
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“That is the funny part of our game, imagining what we can do, what is going to happen, and confronting with opinions for people that you truly believe are incredibly well prepared for their business.”
Lijnders worked with many of the current Liverpool players, though Guardiola feels he can offer less insight into the head coach after Klopp stood down in 2024.
“It would have been easier if Jurgen was the manager there, because he has not been with Arne [Slot],” Guardiola said. “They play a little bit different but at the end the quality remains.”
You’ve heard the term “load up on your backswing.” Good advice, but often misunderstood by a majority of players.
In my research using Swing Catalyst and various force plates, I’ve found that the “load” part of your backswing (getting your weight to your trail side so you can shift it forward on the downswing to create force and speed) happens earlier than you think. Max load occurs as soon as you start the club back — that’s the big shift. But as you reach the top, or specifically when the clubhead gets above your hands, the trick is to feel lighter and not buried so much into your trail side.
It’s this feeling of lightness that better allows you to transition from backswing to downswing and prep your body to get your weight to your front side for a powerful strike. Think of it like this:
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1. Set up in your regular address position.
2. As you swing back, load into your trail leg. The earlier the better.
3. As you reach the top with the club high above your hands, feel that load disappear a little. It’s this feeling of lightness that’ll help you create a smoother transition from backswing to downswing.
4. When you’re light at the top you can more easily get your weight to your front side and launch upward for a powerful strike. Load is important, but better to do it earlier than later.
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Joe Plecker is a GOLF Top 100 Teacher and is the director of instruction at The Landings Club in Savannah, Ga.
The 2026 WM Phoenix Open concludes on Sunday with the final round at TPC Scottsdale. You can find full WM Phoenix Open tee times for Sunday’s final round at the bottom of this post.
Featured final-round tee time
The Super Bowl may be the main course on Sunday, but the action at TPC Scottsdale should serve as a great appetizer. Ahead of the big game, some of the PGA Tour’s best will be duking it out in the desert in front of the rowdiest fans in golf as they seek to earn the title at the WM Phoenix Open.
Sitting atop the leaderboard is former Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama, who sits at 13 under. He fired a third-round 68 to take a one-shot lead into the final round. Playing alongside Matsuyama in the final grouping will be Nicolai Hojgaard who is seeking his first PGA Tour victory, and Maverick McNealy. The trio will go off in the final grouping at 12:57 p.m. ET.
Also tied with Hojgaard and McNealy at 12 under are Si Woo Kim and Ryo Hisatsune, who will play in the penultimate group. Lagging another shot behind are Michael Thorbjornsen, Jake Knapp, Matt Fitzpatrick and Jake Knapp, while the Englishman John Parry rounds out the top 10 sitting 10 under through three rounds.
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You can watch Sunday’s final round of the 2026 WM Phoenix Open from 12-3 p.m. ET on Golf Channel, followed by the CBS broadcast from 3-6 p.m. ET. PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ will provide exclusive early streaming coverage in addition to featured group and featured hole coverage on Sunday.
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2026 WM Phoenix Open tee times for Sunday: Final round (ET)
Tee No. 1
10:45 a.m. – Daniel Berger, Harris English, A.J. Ewart 10:56 a.m. – Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Michael Kim, Sam Stevens 11:07 a.m. – Sudarshan Yellamaraju, Jacob Bridgeman, Jordan Smith 11:18 a.m. – Ryan Fox, Rickie Fowler, Max McGreevy 11:29 a.m. Mac Meissner, Keith Mitchell, Cameron Young 11:40 a.m. Ben Griffin, Brian Campbell, Sepp Straka 11:51 a.m. – Sahith Theegala, Michael Brennan, Mackenzie Hughes 12:02 p.m. – Scottie Scheffler, Kevin Roy, Stephan Jaegar 12:13 p.m. – Min Woo Lee, Chris Gotterup, Pierceson Coody 12:24 p.m. – John Parry, Viktor Hovland, Rasmus Hojgaard 12:35 p.m. – Jake Knapp, Matt Fitzpatrick, Akshay Bhatia 12:46 p.m. – Si Woo Kim, Ryo Hisatsune, Michael Thorbjornsen 12:57 p.m. – Hideki Matsuyama, Nicolai Hojgaard, Maverick McNealy
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Tee No. 10
10:45 a.m. – Christo Lamprecht, Patrick Rogers, S.H. Kim 10:56 a.m. – Zach Bachou, Wyndham Clark, Alex Smalley 11:07 a.m. – Tom Kim, Zecheng Dou, Nick Taylor 11:18 a.m. – Chad Ramey, Rico Hoey, Davis Thompson 11:29 a.m. – Kurt Kitayama, Joe Highsmith, Chandler Phillips 11:40 a.m. – John VanDerLaan, Johnny Keefer, Bud Cauley 11:51 a.m. – Sami Valimaki, Cam Davis, Keita Nakajima 12:02 p.m. – J.T. Poston, Kensei Hirata, Takumi Kanaya 12:13 p.m. – Max Homa, Kristoffer Reitan, Collin Morikawa 12:24 p.m. – Hank Lebioda, S.T. Lee, Adrien Saddier 12:35 p.m. – Gary Woodland, Xander Schauffele 12:46 p.m. – Patton Kizzire, Neal Shipley
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