Little or no buzz accompanied coach Lon Kruger’s first basketball practice at UNLV in October 2004. He was excited, but few others shared that enthusiasm.
FORT WORTH, Texas — Brigham Young will need a small miracle to reach the Bowl Championship Series. And maybe even just to win the Mountain West Conference.
UNR rolled up an astounding 444 yards rushing against UNLV, and Colorado State followed that a week later with 216 on the ground.
Rodrick Tuisavalalo was 4 years old the last time Rancho beat rival Las Vegas High on the football field.
With a chance to land near the top of the leaderboard, former UNLV star Chad Campbell failed to take full advantage of ideal conditions Thursday at TPC Summerlin.
It was forever ago when Zach Johnson sat in that Augusta National media room, and it wasn’t. It was forever ago when the guy who wasn’t the best golfer on his high school or college team and needed the financial support of 10 local businessmen back home in Iowa to chase his professional dream conquered one of the sport’s most storied courses and its greatest player, and it wasn’t. It was forever ago. It was April 2007.
For Zach Johnson, nothing is better than being boring on the golf course.
The tussle between Kevin Harvick and Carl Edwards eight days ago was more sumo than fisticuffs. More shuffle than scuffle.
Margot Potter shot a 2-over-par 38 on her final nine holes and finished with an 86 Thursday as Boulder City’s girls won the Class 3A Southern League tournament at Boulder City Municipal Golf Course.
Three “Living Legend” jockeys — Angel Cordero Jr., Pat Day and Laffit Pincay Jr. — made a special appearance Thursday at Wynn Las Vegas. The three Hall of Famers won a combined 25,390 races.
Following in the footsteps of Darren McFadden has not been a big problem for Arkansas running back Michael Smith.
More than just pride and spots in the standings are on the line this week.
In their first five seasons in Las Vegas, the Wranglers have accomplished everything short of winning the ECHL championship.
• A story in Wednesday’s Business section contained incorrect information about pay scales at the AT&T call center in Las Vegas. The starting pay range will vary from the low- to high- $20,000 per year range plus benefits.
A freshman boy was stabbed three times by another student Thursday in the lunchroom of Chaparral High School, according to Lt. Ken Young of the Clark County School District school police.
Some spectacled strippers are looking to score votes, just for looking like Sarah Palin.
Two pairs of rival candidates had three things in common as they squared off Thursday in front of video cameras at the Vegas PBS studio:
The disappearance of 6-year-old Cole Puffinburger this week was related to illegal drug activities involving the boy’s family, Las Vegas police said Thursday.
Ten years ago Steve Ririe sat by remnants of a Cold War-era aircraft wreck near the top of Mount Charleston, and wondered how the plane crashed and how family members of the 14 who died in it have endured.
WASHINGTON — The FBI is investigating whether the community activist group ACORN helped foster voter registration fraud around the nation before the presidential election.
Two Republican state senators fighting for their political lives decried the campaign tactics of their Democratic opponents in a pair of brief televised debates Thursday.
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Shortly after her 18-year-old daughter was found raped and killed in 2005, Debra Quarles’ ex-boyfriend, Norman Flowers, started coming around her apartment.
A lawsuit filed by 16 owners of units at the upscale, troubled Meridian condo project may be expanded to a class action, according to attorney Michael Mushkin. Approximately 40 more owners have signed retainers, he said.
BRENTWOOD, N.H. — A Rockingham County jury Thursday convicted Las Vegas millionaire John Brooks of capital murder in the murder-for-hire death of handyman Jack Reid three years ago.
President Clinton and Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin are headed to Southern Nevada to campaign for their respective parties as the election draws near.