Payne proves pivotal again

Logic would dictate that a football team can’t just run the same play every time it needs a touchdown.

ON TV/RADIO

BASEBALL

Rebels grab a Payne reliever

This was the type of game previous UNLV football teams would have lost.

Last-minute TD lifts No. 20 Utah past Air Force

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — Darrell Mack scored three second-half touchdowns, including a 9-yard run up the middle with 58 seconds remaining, to help No. 20 Utah rally for a 30-23 win over Air Force on Saturday.

BETWEEN THE LINES

Three reasons to like THE PANTHERS (+31/2) OVER THE VIKINGS

Bengals’ window closes

A window of opportunity stays open for only so long in the NFL. In no time at all, it has slammed shut on the Cincinnati Bengals, smashing the fingers of quarterback Carson Palmer and silencing the mouth of wide receiver Chad Ocho Cinco.

Agassi Prep runs past West Wendover

Just before the season began, Agassi Prep football coach Colt Goodman reluctantly shifted from a spread option offense to a pro set.

Cougars’ defense stifling

PROVO, Utah — So much for that inexperienced defense holding back Brigham Young. The Cougars are looking as strong on that side of the ball as they usually do on offense.

Blue-collar Bills turn heads

Little about the Buffalo Bills is glamorous. Their two offensive leaders — quarterback Trent Edwards and running back Marshawn Lynch — have not reached star status in the NFL.

Desperate Vikings make ‘lateral’ move at QB

It took only two weeks for the Minnesota Vikings, who are 0-2 and banging their heads against the wall, to turn to Gus Frerotte to be their starting quarterback.

Junior middleweight survives wrath of Ike

Vanes Martirosyan has a new-found respect for Mother Nature after he decided to remain in Houston last week and ride out Hurricane Ike.

Barack Obama appeals to Cashman crowd with Will Rogers folksiness

The storm clouds boiled over the Spring Mountain range and down into the valley on Wednesday, spraying wind-blown showers and drenching the streets as the crowd of more than 11,000 Barack Obama supporters filed into Cashman Field.

Bad Janet, Good Janet same singer

Some things are ridiculous in a bad way: last call, Michael Bay flicks, pierced foreheads, the 40-hour work week.

Rogers dogged in pursuit

Jim Rogers is the kind of man who declares. He does not make it a habit to request, drop hints or make diplomatic statements when he could simply lay out the facts as he sees them.

Ailing writer says O.J. trial to be last

Barring a medical miracle, Dominick Dunne figures his days of covering celebrity trials will end in Las Vegas with O.J. Simpson.

Offshore drilling bill approved by House

WASHINGTON — Oil drilling would be permitted 50 miles from the U.S. coast if shoreline states agree to open their waters, under a bill that was passed 236-189 last week in the House.

Ruthless mailers target two GOP state senators

The Democratic Party has undertaken an all-out assault on two incumbent Republican state senators, deluging voters in their districts with nasty mailers that distort their records.

THIS WEEK

MONDAY

Reporter’s Notebook

A STORY LAST WEEK about funding for English-as-a-second-language programs at Nevada schools drew a sizeable response from readers. But one e-mail in particular raised questions about a related topic: the apparent decline of English as a first language.

Drivers, not bus shelters, kill

As vehicles sped by, Mike Gilmore admitted that he worried one would come up on the sidewalk and crash into the bus shelter where he was waiting.

State DMV chief announces retirement

CARSON CITY — Ginny Lewis, head of the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles since 2001 and a 29-year veteran of the agency, plans to retire effective Dec. 12, Gov. Jim Gibbons said Friday.

LOCKING HORNS

With its green grass and close proximity to the River Mountains, Hemenway Park in Boulder City is a popular spot for desert bighorn sheep and the tourists who want to see them.

In Nevada, lots of firearm arrests lead to few trials

Officers stationed in Nevada by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives refer suspects for criminal prosecution at one of the highest rates among the 90 federal districts of the United States.

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