Max Hall threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Dennis Pitta with 1:46 to play today to lift the 18th-ranked Brigham Young Cougars to a 42-35 Mountain West Conference victory over the UNLV Rebels in Provo, Utah. 
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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.