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Ray Brewer

Managing Editor

Ray Brewer, a proud local, has been part of Greenspun Media Group since the mid-1990s. He’s covered high school and UNLV sports, and managed the Las Vegas Sun’s award-winning website. He’s a graduate of Chaparral High School and UNLV, and a fierce defender of Las Vegas — especially in comparisons to Reno. Brewer and his wife, Karla, have two children. And they all are passionate about the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Recent Stories (view all stories)

  • Sports

    Sunday, June 18, 2023

    Some three hours after the Golden Knights won the Stanley Cup on Tuesday night, a man and his two young sons walked through Toshiba Plaza.

  • Sports

    Tuesday, June 13, 2023

    This all happened so quickly. One moment, Las Vegas is hoping to become home to a major professional sports franchise. The next, it’s home to the finest franchise in the NHL — and with some of the greatest fans in the league.

  • Breaking News

    Friday, June 9, 2023

    Raiders linebacker Divine Deablo was injured in early November and lost for the season. Breaking his arm to end what turned out to be a breakthrough second professional campaign was devastating, he says. But, he stresses, it was also an opportunity.

  • Sports

    Sunday, June 4, 2023

    Ron Portaro walks through Toshiba Plaza on his way to T-Mobile Arena Saturday for the start of the Stanley Cup Final and is consistently stopped by other Golden Knights supporters raving about his jersey.

  • Sports

    Thursday, May 25, 2023

    Community service initiatives began drawing in Leslie Maldonado Carrasco when she was in middle school.

  • Sports

    Thursday, May 25, 2023

    After he piloted Liberty to a historic state championship last year, expectations were set sky high for Dedan Thomas Jr.’s junior season this year. He delivered.

  • Sports

    Thursday, May 25, 2023

    Rachel Levy had prepared for a severe incident of this nature countless times. So when she heard frantic screams calling her name from observers at Desert Oasis High School after a flag football player collapsed and was unconscious, reacting was like second nature.

  • Sports

    Thursday, May 25, 2023

    Christian Thatcher, a 6-foot-2, 192-pound sophomore linebacker, picked up scholarship offers from Oklahoma, Colorado and West Virginia all on the same day earlier this May.

  • Sports

    Thursday, May 25, 2023

    As a freshman a year ago, Brynn Kort lost out on the individual state title by a single stroke to perhaps the best female prep golfer in state history, then-teammate Yana Wilson.

  • Sports

    Thursday, May 25, 2023

    Maintaining poise in the toughest moments is a concept almost all coaches preach, but few ever get a chance to demonstrate it as flawlessly as LaShondra Rayford did earlier this year.