Las Vegas, Fresno AAA baseball teams to honor Jerry Tarkanian with jerseys

The Triple-A Las Vegas 51s and Fresno Grizzlies will honor late UNLV basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian with special jerseys.

The Triple-A Las Vegas 51s and Fresno Grizzlies will honor late UNLV basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian and wear special jerseys during Sunday's game.

Las Vegas and Fresno will wear UNLV Runnin' Rebels and Fresno State Bulldogs-themed jerseys with "Tark" shoulder patches for the matchup.

Tarkanian spent the majority of his legendary career with UNLV and coached his final seven years with Fresno State, where he played for a year in the 1950s.

The former coach died in February at  84. He amassed 784 wins over five decades as a head coach and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013. 

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- Jeremy Woo