Las Vegas, a city built around extravagance and opulence, with the blinking bright lights of giant electric billboards, garish neon signs and enormous flashing video screens, feels about as far away from the traditional northern England rugby league heartlands as its possible to get.

The Las Vegas Raiders have a slew of free agents set to hit the market in a couple of weeks, and while the franchise has already extended Isiah Pola-Mao for the

Within hours of the final Steeden being kicked on Allegiant Stadium on Saturday night, the NRL was taking a victory lap after a successful second foray into Las Vegas.

Texas baseball will be out to score a victory over an old Big 12 foe Saturday when it takes on Texas Tech in the Longhorns ' second game at the Las Vegas Classic. Texas (7-1) collected its seventh consecutive win Friday night when it hung on to beat Washington 10-9 despite a poor display from its bullpen.

Texas baseball closes out the Las Vegas Classic against Illinois on Sunday. Follow along with our live score updates.

The No. 15 Texas Longhorns (8-1) hit the road and headed to Las Vegas riding an impressive six-game winning streak. After their first two games in the Las Vegas Classic they have pushed that streak to eight games thanks to wins over Washington and Texas Tech.