Facing an expansion team in their home opener, the Wranglers were the ones that looked like a first-year franchise Thursday night at the Orleans Arena.
The off-road stadium built a year ago in Primm should be packed with fans this weekend to watch the Championship Off Road Racing series.
Martin Houle isn’t worried. He’s a hockey goalie, which means he’s big on communication with defensemen like Paula Abdul is big on appearing … confused.
George Yocum remembers the time he played TPC Sawgrass and walked away with his golf game and his ego intact.
A month ago, Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema had no worries. Everything was going exactly as he planned.
Quick, raise your hand if you thought that heading into Week 9 Bonanza would have clinched a playoff spot and Legacy would be within an eyelash of securing one.
CARSON CITY — Bonanza and Coronado’s boys tennis teams have played against each other once this season.
Las Vegas’ volleyball team went from a lock to win the Northeast League to struggling to make the playoffs in a span of minutes.
The words “football championship” and “Bonanza High School” never really have gone together.
At odds with Las Vegas sports books for years, NBA commissioner David Stern finally is showing a new line of thinking, and an assist goes to George Maloof.
Recruiting is the lifeblood for any college sport, and UNLV’s defense is anemic because of shortcomings in football coach Mike Sanford’s early classes.
In recent years, the Breeders’ Cup has had a hard time justifying the ”World Championships” part of its title. Foreign runners were lacking in quantity and surely in quality. Not so this year.
AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — Safety Aaron Kirchoff returned a fumble 96 yards for a game-changing touchdown, and Air Force overcame three early turnovers to beat New Mexico 23-10 Thursday.
It will be two months until Derrick Jasper is ready to participate in basketball practices and another year until he can play in a game for UNLV. About all he can do now is sit and wait.
Scott Gafforini’s Super Late Model stock car will have graphics tonight supporting the new $1 million cash display at Binion’s, where you can have your photo taken with the money.
CARSON CITY — Gov. Jim Gibbons has been ordered to give a newspaper copies of some of his e-mails or explain by Nov. 14 why he isn’t legally required to do so.
Authorities have called Norman Flowers a serial killer who raped and strangled three women, but his mother said sentencing him to death would be one of the worst tragedies of her life.
A 57-year-old man died after a fight that began Wednesday at a Salvation Army, Las Vegas police said Thursday.
An East Coast gaming giant made an overture to buy Bellagio from MGM Mirage early in the Wall Street meltdown but was rebuffed, it was learned.
Several Spanish-language media outlets in Nevada are endorsing Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Dedra Edmond knew for a long time that Las Vegas was going to demolish a house and some buildings on Jackson Avenue that had belonged to her family for years.
• The Asylum haunted house is now located at Boca Park in Summerlin. The location was incorrect in a Thursday Neon story.
The debate on the causes of ignorance of history flared Thursday when the Nevada Council to Establish Academic Standards adopted new guidelines for history education.
In their final debate, congressional candidates Jon Porter and Dina Titus traded barbs Thursday night, with Titus accusing Porter of not taking responsibility for his record in Congress and Porter portraying Titus as evasive on issues Nevadans care about.
Outdoor is in and indoor is out for the Smith Center for the Performing Arts, which announced changes to its construction plan Thursday.
Last year, before Sarah Palin became John McCain’s running mate, she asked Craig Ferguson if she could be a guest on his “Late Late Show.”