ON TV/RADIO

BASEBALL

HORSE RACING

OAK TREE AT SANTA ANITA

Rebels’ fake punt doesn’t fool Cougars

PROVO, Utah — UNLV’s decision to fake a punt Saturday was so obvious that Brigham Young returner Spencer Hafoka was nearly 50 yards away and started sprinting toward the line of scrimmage.

UNLV’s upset bid fruitless

PROVO, Utah — Maybe UNLV should adopt an Arena Football League approach and just let the opposition score, giving the Rebels more time to answer with the game-winner.

Cross-country road trips a recipe for disaster

So you want to be a world traveler? It’s not advised for football teams. The trip from the West Coast to the East Coast — and vice versa — usually is a bad one for college and NFL teams.

QB could give Dolphins edge

The late addition of veteran quarterback Chad Pennington helped an offseason makeover of the Miami Dolphins. The Dolphins no longer are the NFL’s doormat.

Three is magic number

Slowed by a toe injury, running back LaDainian Tomlinson is not the same breakaway threat this season, and the San Diego Chargers are staggering to the midpoint of the season.

IN BRIEF

TENNIS

BETWEEN THE LINES

THREE REASONS TO LIKE THE PANTHERS (-4) OVER THE CARDINALS

Lions fans know how loss looks

An NFL game in Detroit is being blacked out on Motown’s local TV today for the first time since 2001.

REPORTERS’ NOTEBOOK

WHEN POLITICAL CANDIDATES AREN’T SLINGING MUD at each other, they like to get on their high horses and accuse their opponents of slinging mud.

Wynn sells rare Dutch painting

Resort developer Steve Wynn has sold the Johannes Vermeer painting he purchased four years ago for $30 million, sources have confirmed.

Medical malpractice reforms still divide

As 59-year-old Richard Krikalo lumbers through the office of a junkyard he helps manage, he bumps into a desk and clips a wastebasket with his right leg.

TOP NEWS

Nevada is a battleground state, and the war for votes is escalating.

IN BRIEF

VALLEY INCIDENT

Thousands hear refrain

With the finish line of a long and hard-fought presidential campaign looming into view, Democratic nominee Barack Obama told a Las Vegas crowd of 18,000 on Saturday not to stop fighting.

Expert gets students in game

RENO — The class is Economics 411. The subject is gambling. The instructor is gambling expert Bill Eadington, director of the Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming at the University of Nevada, Reno.

State employee benefits may get cut

RENO — A panel formed by Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons to reduce government waste is considering major reductions in state employee health and retirement benefits.

160,000 VOTE EARLY SO FAR IN COUNTY

As early voting reached the halfway point, Nevada voters continued to turn out in droves, with 160,000 going to the polls in Clark County in the first seven days of the 14-day pre-election period.

Stephens Media president honored as alma mater’s Alumnus of the Year

Stephens Media President Sherman Frederick, a former Review-Journal reporter, editor and publisher, was honored by his college alma mater Saturday with the Dwight Patterson Alumnus of the Year award from Northern Arizona University.

Charges of abuse denied

The father of a young Las Vegas girl said he disappeared because he wanted to protect her emotional health and not because he is guilty of molesting her.

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