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THE VEGAS WATCHLISTThe moments. In motion.
All 88 videos & collections
Full fight19:13Top Rank Boxing · Boxing
Hagler–Hearns at Caesars Palace
April 15, 1985
Top Rank’s complete YouTube replay of the middleweight championship fight at Caesars Palace.
Watch on YouTubeOfficial publisher channel · YouTube · availability varies by regionExplore the Vegas story
Archive footage2:56Discovery · Daredevils
Evel Knievel at Caesars Palace
December 31, 1967
Discovery revisits the original fountain jump, with footage of the attempt and crash that became part of Vegas history.
Watch on YouTubeOfficial publisher channel · YouTube · availability varies by regionExplore the Vegas story
Archive film21:05Fabulous Fifties · Motorsport
Can-Am at Stardust Raceway
November 13, 1966
Period racing footage from the Stardust Grand Prix. See the vanished Las Vegas road course in action, through a motorsport archive upload.
Watch on YouTubeIndependent archive upload · YouTube · availability varies by regionExplore the Vegas story
Full fight17:46TNT Fight Sports · Boxing
Tyson becomes heavyweight champion
November 22, 1986
Mike Tyson faces Trevor Berbick at the Las Vegas Hilton. TNT’s replay revisits the breakthrough of the twenty-year-old challenger.
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Full gameNCAA March Madness · Basketball
UNLV’s championship night
April 2, 1990
The complete UNLV–Duke national championship game. A Vegas team on the national stage in Denver.
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Full final round1:58:59PGA Tour · Golf
Tiger Woods’ first PGA Tour win
October 6, 1996
The PGA Tour’s full final-round broadcast of the Las Vegas Invitational. Woods’ first Tour victory came at TPC Summerlin.
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THE DUNES · 1990LAS VEGAS GOLF · THEN & NOW
Fairways beneath
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Slide from old courses to the landscape that replaced them. Explore 78 dated golf events and 11 videos, from the Desert Inn to UNLV’s national champions.
Explore Vegas golfHistorical aerial: Clark County GISMOTHE LONG VIEWThe stories behind sports city
All stories & magazine archiveJai alai on the Strip: the court, the players and the community
Inside the original MGM Grand’s fronton—and the Basque community that outlasted a short-lived professional sport.
Read the storyDon King and the making of a fight town
Champions, television, resort partners and the dealmakers who turned a Las Vegas fight into a worldwide event.
Read the storyBefore the Strip circuit: Stardust, Caesars and the world of racing
Sports cars in the desert, two F1 title deciders and the American open-wheel races that followed.
Read the storyTHE PEOPLE BEHIND THE CITYHometown talent. Big-time builders.
Explore 45 sportspeopleTennis
Andre Agassi
Eight major singles titles, an Olympic gold medal and a lasting hometown institution.
THE VEGAS CONNECTION
Read the profileLas Vegas hometown; education and youth-sport work in the Valley.
Boxing
Bob Arum
The promoter behind decades of major fights and a Las Vegas-based boxing business.
THE VEGAS CONNECTION
Read the profileMoved Top Rank’s headquarters to Las Vegas in 1986.
Gymnastics
Tasha Schwikert
Elite gymnastics is part of the Valley’s sporting history, too.
THE VEGAS CONNECTION
Read the profileLas Vegas-born Olympian and world-team champion.
01On the calendar
Full calendarOct4
Football
Raiders vs Kansas City Chiefs
Allegiant Stadium · 1:25 PM PT
Oct4
Motorsport
South Point 400
Las Vegas Motor Speedway · 2:30 PM PT
Oct4
Hockey
Silver Knights · Kids Day
Lee’s Family Forum · 5:00 PM PT
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02A city of home teams
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Michelob ULTRA Arena
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UNLVNCAA
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Thomas & Mack Center
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03The next chapter
Follow the developmentsBaseball’s next address
Athletics · planned 2028 opening
The NBA question
Expansion process · no awarded franchise in this edition
The end of the Cashman era
Lights farewell · October 17, 2026
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04There was sport before the Strip race
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