Reno Gazette-Journal columnist Chris Murray has been known to be a bit wordy, so we're giving him 1,000 words (no more than that) to share his thoughts from the week that was in the world of sports.
* FOR THE WOLF PACK, this is the calm before the storm. Nevada football players report to fall camp Aug. 5, which is the unofficial open to the Wolf Pack athletic season. As a whole, Nevada has mostly floundered on the field since moving to the Mountain West in 2012. It’s lost all four Governor’s Series to rival UNLV.