Vince Sapienza
Sports Anchor & Reporter
Las Vegas
Vince Sapienza joined the FOX5 family in July of 2016, telling stories and covering every major sporting event in this city including Super Bowl LVIII, F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, the Golden Knights Stanley Cup season, the Raiders relocation and construction of Allegiant Stadium, along with the Las Vegas Aces back-to-back championship seasons.
Vince hosts a sports show every weekend, FOX5 Sports+, as well as Hockey in the Desert Weekly, a show dedicated to all things hockey in southern Nevada, that airs on FOX5 and the Silver State Sports & Entertainment Network.
Vince is a six-time Emmy Award winner, as well as an Edward R. Murrow regional Award winner.
A graduate of Chapman University in Orange, California, Vince stated his broadcasting career in 2011, working in San Angelo, TX and Tri-Cities, WA where he was named "People's Choice for Best Sportscaster" in back-to-back years while also earning recognition for his work by the Society of Professional Journalists.
Vince and his wife, Briana, have two children, Jaxson and Rylee who also find their way on camera during the holidays.
The Vegas Golden Knights ended their preseason schedule with a sour taste.
Reports from multiple insiders around the league suggest that star wide receiver Davante Adams informed the team he prefers to be traded.
Robin Lehner will not be reporting to training camp for his fifth and final year with the Vegas Golden Knights.
The Henderson Force is the valley’s newest hockey team!
When he’s not playing on Sundays, Crosby can be seen at the UFC Apex or T-Mobile Arena, taking in the biggest fights
Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce announced that Gardner Minshew beat out Aidan O’Connell and will start for the Raiders.
Kim Frank, the president of the Golden Knights Foundation, was honored as the Humanitarian of the Year at the annual Vegas Inc. Angel Awards.
Following up their historic, record-breaking season in 2023-24, the UNLV Hockey program is once again setting their sights on a National Championship.
Fresh off their best finish in program history, the Skatin’ Rebels are seeing one of their top defenseman earn a contract to play pro hockey overseas.
Austin Moline was taken in the seventh round, 205th overall by the Philadelphia Flyers.
Dana White has always had a knack for turning niche sports into the mainstream, must-see TV. White did it with the UFC and combat sports and now he’s looking to replicate that playbook in a new venture.
We are in the heart of the college hockey offseason, but that hasn’t stopped the Skatin’ Rebels from hitting the ice and giving back to the next generation of hockey players in Southern Nevada.
The Henderson Silver Knights and the Las Vegas Desert Dogs have teamed up this summer to create Camp 99; the most unique summer camp experience that combines hockey and lacrosse.
Chris and Nick Cotsilis made a long journey dating back decades ago to now making ice in Las Vegas for the Vegas Golden Knights.
Ahead of the biggest fight card in its history with UFC 300, the Las Vegas based promotion once again made sure to give back to its community.
The UNLV Runnin' Rebels posted on their social media Sunday evening that a former legend, Jarvis Basnight, has died.
The Las Vegas Storm saw the 14-and-under AA boys team become the first team to punch their ticket to the national tournament during the VGK era.
The Golden Knights will partner with Bauer Hockey this summer for the second annual Empowered Program.
Four years ago, Gage Quinney made history becoming the first player born in Nevada to play in the National Hockey League. Thanks to the boom of youth hockey in Southern Nevada, we know he won’t be the last and this year there are a pair of Jr. Golden Knights players that look to be skating on the same trajectory as their NHL idols.
The Vegas Jr. Golden Knights girls 14U AA team punched their ticket to the USA National Tournament, becoming the first female hockey program to represent the state of Nevada.
The Faith Lutheran High School hockey program continues to make history, punching their ticket to their third straight USA Hockey National Tournament.
FOX5 spoke to a Las Vegas hockey cameraman who shares his inspiring story of starting a podcast while fighting colon cancer.
The Silver Knights have added a new goaltender to their stable for one weekend, signing five-year-old Jet Trahan to a one-game contract.
As good as 2023 was for Las Vegas, 2024 has not. Outdoors, indoors, it doesn’t matter - it’s been a miserable start to the New Year for the Golden Knights.
FOX5′s Vince Sapienza shows us how the guys in gold went full Vegas
FOX5′s Vince Sapienza’s in Seattle with coverage of the Winter Classic
The Las Vegas Golden Knights earned their 21st win of the season Sunday night at the Fortress, but despite the 6-3 win over the Washington Senators, the VGK lost goalie Adin Hill to injury, for the second time in three weeks.
The biggest sporting event in the history of Southern Nevada is a little more than two months away from kicking off in Las Vegas.
The Vegas Golden Knights will head to the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the fifth time in the team’s first six seasons.
Before a UFC athlete can step in the cage on Saturday night, they need to first step on the scales Friday morning.
The Golden Knights returned to the ice at City National Arena a little more than 12 hours after their second straight loss, falling to rival San Jose 5-2 on Tuesday night.
In 2017, shortly after the Golden Knights had hired Gerard Gallant as the first head coach in franchise history, team owner Bill Foley went on national television, and without hesitation proclaimed his expectations for the Golden Knights: “Playoffs in three, Cup in six.”
The season of ‘Something to Prove,’ is officially underway for the Golden Knights, as the team hit the ice at City National Arena for their first day of training camp.
The Golden Knights have enjoyed a lot of golf this summer, due to a long offseason, but the guys in gold hit the links one more time before they hit the ice in the name of charity.
The Golden Knights announced that Robin Lehner would miss the entire 2022-23 season this past August, and once they did it created a big question mark in the crease for Vegas. New head coach Bruce Cassidy told FOX5 that it will be Logan Thompson who will get the first look as the number one netminder in training camp.
Turnovers and a slow start proved to be the difference in week one for the Raiders, who now start the regular season 0-1 for the first time since 2018.
When Bruce Cassidy was introduced as Golden Knights head coach back in June, Robin Lehner was the number one netminder for the VGK, but since then, Lehner has been placed on season-ending injured reserve due to double hip surgery.
Mack Hollins is the definition of a training camp standout. At 6′4′' 221 pounds, Hollins is the tallest and biggest wide receiver on the Raiders roster, but what has separated him from the rest of the Silver and Black pack this summer, has been his work ethic and the introduction of the legendary ‘Mack Mile.’
The Golden Knights continued to solidify their roster for the upcoming season, signing forwards Jake Leschyshyn and Paul Cotter to three-year contract, each worth the NHL league minimum of $750,000.
The Raiders' House Band is setting the state at Allegiant Stadium.
The Las Vegas Raiders made history Thursday afternoon, hiring Sandra Douglass Morgan as team president; the first Black woman to assume that role in NFL history.
There is no question UFC 276 is one of the most star-studded fight cards on the UFC calendar, but International Fight week isn’t just about the fighters, but the fans. In a sport that generates so much energy from the crowd, the UFC is giving back with UFC X, a two-day immersive and interactive fan experience.
The atmosphere and pregame production inside T-Mobile Arena prior to a Golden Knights game has become a thing of legend around the NHL. Contributing to that medieval mystique is the national anthem, sung by Carnell Johnson, better known as Golden Pipes. The Las Vegas native has turned a standard segment at a sporting event into one of the most important and iconic moments inside the Fortress.
The Golden Knights season may be over, but that doesn’t mean there work in the community stops. On Wednesday, the organization held their first Alumni charity golf tournament at Bear’s Best Las Vegas.
When the puck drops in the fall on season six of the Golden Knights, they will do so with their third head coach in franchise history. After missing out on the postseason for the first time, Golden Knights General Manager Kelly McCrimmon is back in the coaching market for the second time in less than three years.
Golden Knights head coach Pete Deboer was fired, the team announced Monday.
The Golden Knights are Stanley Cup playoff spectators, instead of participants for the first time in franchise history and are now in the process of self-reflection, as they begin what will be their longest offseason in existence. General Manager Kelly McCrimmon said in September of 2021 before training camp, that this was the best roster the VGK franchise had ever assembled.
The Golden Knights didn’t get much help from the rest of the league Tuesday night, with wins by Los Angeles and Nashville along with Vancouver earning a point in a shootout loss to Ottawa. This has been the story for the VGK for a few weeks now, who have won seven of their last eleven, but are farther away from a playoff spot than two weeks ago.
The Golden Knights loss to New Jersey Monday night is being looked at as one of the worst results of the season, after being unable to earn any points on home ice against the 27th ranked Devils. The 3-2 loss was Vegas’ second straight and third defeat in their last four games. Monday night proved to be a huge gut punch to a franchise on the verge of missing the postseason for the first time.
