IT DIDN’T TAKE LONG FOR NEWS OF O.J. SIMPSON’S CONVICTION in Las Vegas to hit the late-night comedy shows.
Back in 2001, the Nevada Legislature authorized Nevada casinos to create exclusive private gaming rooms, or “salons,” to cater to the privacy desires of high-rollers, known in the trade as “whales.”
The theme for the San Diego Chargers is this: Don’t get mad, get even. They will have a triple dose of that revenge mentality going when they host New England tonight.
Chad Dawson responded to Antonio Tarver’s trash talk with his fists Saturday night, silencing his 39-year-old opponent to win the IBF and IBO light heavyweight titles.
For a quarter century, the PGA Tour has had a presence in Las Vegas. But this year’s event, the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, has a different feel to it.
For most of his brief career, Michael Turner was running in the shadow of the NFL’s top running back, LaDainian Tomlinson.
An NBA restoration project, the Sacramento Kings hired Reggie Theus a year ago to be their contractor … er, coach.
There’s no telling if he knows what the betting line is each week, but Carolina Panthers coach John Fox seems to enjoy being an underdog.
Fed up with fighters, trainers and promoters wasting the Nevada Athletic Commission’s time by appearing at monthly meetings without their paperwork in order, commissioner Pat Lundvall put a stop to the procrastination last week.
Bill Simmons of ESPN the Magazine proposes a rule banning baseball managers from wearing uniforms and points, as an example, to Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel:
RENO — Chase Holbrook passed for 409 yards and three touchdowns to help New Mexico State win a shootout over UNR 48-45 on Saturday.
You can’t accuse Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley of dreaming small. Then again, the problems facing Nevadans aren’t small, either.
Andre Agassi summed up the evening early on Saturday. His 13th Grand Slam for Children, he said, was “in a different home, different year and different times.”