 Members of the University of Nevada women's basketball team spent a few hours this week making calls to fans regarding their upcoming season. The team passed on season ticket information and thanked fans for their support. A new option for fans this season is the "Family Pack". The plan costs $99 and includes two adult season tickets along with two youth season tickets. For more info on season tickets check out http://www.nevadawolfpack.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/100212aaa.html
Nevada alum Colin Kaepernick scored his first career NFL touchdown on Sunday when the second-year pro ran one in from seven yards out on San Francisco's win over the New York Jets.
Kaepernick had a good game for the 49ers overall but he might be receiving more attention for the touchdown he didn't score than the one he did. The USA Today explains here.
When Nevada hits the field at Texas State's Bobcat Stadium on Saturday, the Wolf Pack's coaching staff will be wearing patches on their sleeves to promote awareness of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
Coach To Cure MD is a partnership between the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), a professional organization for over 10,000 college football coaches and staff, and Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD), the largest national charity devoted exclusively to Duchenne muscular dystrophy. In 2008 the AFCA adopted PPMD's Coach To Cure MD program as one of their charity efforts. One reason the AFCA was drawn to Coach To Cure MD was because of the unique parallels between Duchenne, a disorder which robs young men of precious muscle strength and college football, a game where young men are at the peak of their muscle strength. How can you help? Here is a simple way: Text CURE to 90999 to donate $5.
University of Nevada head coach Gary Powers and the Wolf Pack has begun fall practice in preparation for the 2013 season. Powers who enters his 31st season guided the Pack to a share of the 2012 Western Athletic Conference title and will lead the team into the Mountain West in 2013.
Practice takes place each weekday morning at Peccole Park starting at 9 a.m. and is open to the public. The team holds a scrimmage on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. The five-game Silver & Blue series is set to begin on Oct. 31 with the additional four games being played in early November, 1-2 and 5-6.
The first edition of the GolftStat Rankings for the 2012-13 season were released on Wednesday and came with good news for the Nevada men's and women's golf teams.
Jacob Wilner's men's team were ranked 46th in the first rankings of the year while Chad Spencer's women's team came in at No. 58. Both numbers represent the best rankings for each program under the current head coach with both Wilner and Spencer in their third year at Nevada. The Wolf Pack women's team is coming off a stretch of three tournaments in as many weeks with Nikki Prichard recording top-10 finishes in two of the events. The Nevada men's team is heading to its second tournament of the year this weekend as the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate will begin on Monday in Louisiana. Wolf Pack running back Stefphon Jefferson has been getting a lot of national attention lately, including being named the Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week after tying the NCAA record with seven touchdowns scored in last week's win at Hawai'i. Bruce Feldman, the senior college football columnist at CBSSports.com, mentioned Jefferson today as one of his top 10 pleasant surprises so far this season. Feldman's column features a great photo of Jefferson and also a link to a nice feature story on Jefferson (written by the Reno Gazette-Journal's Chris Murray and reprinted in his hometown paper, the Visalia Times-Delta). Both articles are worth checking out to learn a little more about the nation's leading rusher.  Head coach Abby Steketee offers her thoughts on a wild weekend at the Tough Mudder at the Northstar Ski Resort. On Saturday, all of Nevada's swimming and diving student-athletes worked the event, generating funds for the program and helping out members of the community in the process. "We worked in various capacities from registration to checking bags and cheering on the participants at obstacles. The event had nearly 15,000 participants (many dressed in costume) and the day was long and dusty. However, everyone had a great time helping the racers and learning about on of the craziest endurance events in the country," she said. A force in the community, Nevada swimming and diving continues to have a strong presence at events such as the Tough Mudder.
We wanted to update Wolf Pack football fans on television broadcasts for the next two road games.
This week's game at Hawaii (7:30 p.m. Pacific) will be carried on the NBC Sports Network, which was formerly known as Versus. Below are links to cable and satellite providers in Northern Nevada for you to check to see if your carrier has NBC Sports Network. Most do, but sometimes it is on a "sports tier" package. AT&T Uverse DirectTV Dish Network Charter Communications Also, next week's game at Texas State is being broadcast on the Longhorn Network, which is owned and operated by ESPN. To our knowledge, none of the carriers in Northern Nevada have LHN but for Pack fans in other parts of the country, it may be available. Click here for more info. The kickoff time for the game was announced this morning. It will begin at 11 a.m. (Pacific).
Nevada's men's basketball games at Washington on Dec. 8 and Oregon on Dec. 31 will air on the Pac 12 Network. The UW game is a set for a 5 p.m tip-off while the New Year's Eve game with the Ducks begins at 4 p.m.
Swimming and Diving head coach Abby Steketee shares her thoughts on a group of
student-athletes that volunteered at the Great Reno Balloon Races. On Friday, about a dozen swimmers ran the Tissue Paper
Balloon Launch, an event at the GRBR.
Literally hundreds of third through sixth graders came to launch
balloons - some of which were four feet tall.
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