Las Vegas is everything right — and wrong — with sports right now

The Las Vegas Golden Knights are a dream. The Las Vegas Raiders will be a nightmare.

Erik Haula and Derek Carr.
(Image credit: Illustrated | AP Photo/Ben Margot, AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, trekandshoot/iStock, Tatomm/iStock)

The Vegas Golden Knights are the people's team.

Comprised of underappreciated workhorses plucked during an expansion draft less than a year ago, the Knights not only stormed into the NHL and won their division in their inaugural season, but they've advanced to within one round of the Stanley Cup final. (Their conference finals series with the Winnipeg Jets is tied 1-1.) They played their first home game in the wake of one of Las Vegas' darkest days, and they've beaten the odds every day since.

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Pat Garofalo

Pat Garofalo is a writer and editor based in Washington, D.C. He was formerly an editor at U.S. News & World Report and ThinkProgress. His book, The Billionaire Boondoggle: How Our Politicians Let Corporations and Bigwigs Steal Our Money and Jobs, will be published in March 2019.