UNR hopes not to be spread thin

Note: The Review-Journal and Reno Gazette-Journal exchanged previews of tonight’s game to print in each other’s Saturday Sports section. The following is from the Gazette-Journal:

Eagles’ defense ridiculously good

Rumors and speculation surrounded Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb during the offseason. It was thought he might return to his hometown to play for the Chicago Bears.

IN BRIEF

PRO BASKETBALL

HORSE RACING

OAK TREE AT SANTA ANITA

Hall’s 85-yard TD quickly breaks Liberty’s spirit

After struggling for victories for its first few years of existence, Liberty’s football team was riding high after the biggest win in program history last week at Silverado.

Next on UNLV to-do list: UNR

Four games into the season, UNLV’s football team has taken some giant steps.

QB, cowboy still carry Rebel pride

The telephone rang a few Saturday evenings ago, and Glenn Carano answered. A cowboy was calling, his old wide receiver Mike Haverty.

ON TV/RADIO

BASEBALL

Spartans upend Aggies

Arbor View coach Dan Barnson told his players they needed to score on special teams Friday night to beat Cimarron-Memorial.

Avs, Kings change tack

The pressure to win in the NHL was evident during the offseason as nine of the 30 teams changed head coaches.

Tonopah runs off after sluggish start

An 0-2 start isn’t exactly how Tonopah coach Curt McElroy envisioned his team defending its Class 1A state football championship from a year ago.

IN BRIEF

POSSIBLE MURDER-SUICIDE

Valley residents cheer their favorite candidate

When Barack Obama declared that looking into someone’s eyes and seeing his soul is no way to conduct foreign relations, the North Las Vegas home of Sheryl Parks went up in cheers.

Witness says he brandished handgun

Moments before O.J. Simpson and five other men stormed a Palace Station hotel room, Simpson gave one final order, gunman Michael McClinton testified Friday.

LV officials examine labor costs

City officials want to slash labor costs by $65 million over the next five years in order to stave off financial woes, and seek the cooperation of unions that represent city employees.

Indicted official has embezzling conviction

A top College of Southern Nevada official indicted Thursday on felony theft charges had previously been convicted of embezzling from a California Indian tribe, federal court records show.

Grandmother chokes up

Jane “Cordova” Doe’s grandmother broke down on the witness stand Friday afternoon after testifying that she was told her granddaughter was dead when she was dropped off at a Las Vegas hospital.

Berkley seeking federal protection for land in county

WASHINGTON — Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., introduced a bill in Congress on Friday to designate almost a half-million acres of federal land in Clark County as wilderness or for other protections.

Robbers hit Hilton’s Superbook

A pair of gun-toting bandits robbed the Las Vegas Hilton’s Race and Sports Superbook early Friday.

Government waste

The taxpayer has few allies as persistent and prolific in sniffing out pork as Citizens Against Government Waste. For more than 20 years, the nonprofit has exposed the most eggregious, unjustified and opaque spending in Washington and the unprincipled lawmakers behind it all.

Sales-tax revenue drops in July

CARSON CITY — Nevada received more bleak economic news Friday when the Department of Taxation reported a 5.2 percent drop in the sales of taxable products by businesses in the state.

IN BRIEF

LOS ANGELES

Closed car lots causing scramble

The demise of Bill Heard Chevrolet and Vista Chevrolet, his other local dealership, is creating grief for some Southern Nevadans and opportunities for others.

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