Bridget is 7 and loves Olympic softball pitcher Jennie Finch. The young windmill hurler, a friend’s daughter, dreams of someday wearing Finch’s uniform No. 27.
The team roster lists him as 6 feet 1 inch, but DeAndre Kambala admits he’s only 5-11.
Similar to the Iraq war itself, but without as much vitriol, a nationwide debate stirred when the Detroit Lions drafted Caleb Campbell in the seventh round out of Army.
Paul Tracy would just as soon forget the last time he drove in the Indy Racing League.
Two Pick 6 players betting Del Mar hit the mother lode Saturday, cashing the two winning tickets worth $356,909 apiece.
Carmelo Anthony always seems to be grinning. Whether he’s running sprints, shooting free throws or icing his knees, his expression rarely changes.
David Michaels and Kris Bennett don’t have time to waste in this week’s AAU basketball tournaments.
Here’s a thought: What if USA Basketball doesn’t win gold in China?
With gasoline over $4 a gallon and ticket prices as high as $700, it’s little wonder the so-called “Fight of the Year” between Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito isn’t a sellout.
A plan to use land in northwest Las Vegas for a municipal service yard and other public services moved ahead Thursday, despite strong opposition from residents concerned they don’t know enough about what’s going to be placed on the parcel.
The Clark County School District gave itself an “A” for its 2007-08 performance under federal standards, even though the number of schools needing improvement increased over the previous year and the number of schools showing improvement declined.
Genetic testing has traced seven hepatitis C infections to two patients who underwent procedures at the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada last year, Southern Nevada Health District officials announced Thursday.
When the state Supreme Court makes its much-awaited ruling on term limits, it will dispel a cloud of uncertainty hanging over the primary election.
CARSON CITY — The Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the death sentence given to a Las Vegas man convicted of a 1985 Las Vegas murder.
A District Court clerk improperly diverted interest money from a trust account to the county’s general fund, and the county must repay the man whose property was seized under eminent domain, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
RENO — The U.S. Forest Service is proposing to eradicate trout from seven Sierra Nevada lakes in the Desolation Wilderness to help save the mountain yellow-legged frog.
A Nevada Army National Guard Black Hawk helicopter landed safely Thursday in a remote area of Northern Nevada after its rotor blade clipped a tree during a high-altitude training mission near Hobart Reservoir, a Guard spokesman said.
Members of Team USA are keeping an age-old tradition of celebrity aliases alive.
On Thursday’s letters to the editor page, the Review-Journal improperly identified Mary Ella Holloway as president of the Clark County Education Association. Holloway is in fact a former president of the organization.
CARSON CITY — The Nevada Supreme Court held Thursday that worker compensation benefits can go to families of people who kill themselves if an industrial accident broke down their “rational mental process” and left them suicidal.
GRAPEVINE, Texas — The Baylor University Board of Regents fired President John Lilley on Thursday, saying he was unable to unite the school’s students, faculty and administrators.
One of the great comedy bits of the past 10 years is Jim Gaffigan’s “Hot Pockets” routine. It usually starts like this:
RENO — State officials on Thursday closed the Marlette Peak Campground along the Tahoe Rim Trail after a camper reported being “stepped on” by a black bear while he slept in his tent.