I would think if you traced the family tree of Palo Verde High football coach Darwin Rost, you would stumble upon some uncanny connection to that Annapolis shoemaker in 1893, the one who created the first helmet from leather.
RUSTON, La. — Vai Taua ran for a 22-yard touchdown with 3:15 left to cap UNR’s 35-31 comeback victory over Louisiana Tech on Saturday.
PORTLAND, Ore — Armon Johnson of UNR missed a layup at the buzzer, and Portland hung on to beat the Wolf Pack 63-61 on Saturday night.
A 20-2 run in the second half carried UNLV’s women’s basketball team to a 76-65 victory over Cal State-Fullerton in the consolation game of the Lady Rebel Round-Up on Saturday at Cox Pavilion.
Kentucky appeared to be headed for certain defeat Saturday in the finals of the Las Vegas Invitational.
After a forgettable schedule of three games on Thanksgiving, the NFL is serving something much better today.
BIG BEAR CITY, Calif. — Even as he endured one of the many rigors of training camp — pounding the speed bag — a smiling, relaxed-looking Oscar De La Hoya appeared to be enjoying himself.
Las Vegas High coach Chris Faircloth said he thought Palo Verde’s Torin Harris was the fastest player his team had ever prepared for.
Deep into a lost season, there would seem little left to gain for the Kansas City Chiefs and troubled running back Larry Johnson. It would seem that way because it’s true.
Agony was etched in senior Rene Rougeau’s expressions after another defeat, UNLV’s second in two days on its home court.
As he watched his team in practice this week, DeShawn Battle figured Agassi Prep could have a potent inside-outside combination.
They came outfitted in teddy bears and tiny purses, armed with handmade signs penned in bright block letters and enough shiny, pin-on buttons to make the metal detectors chirp like cranky sparrows.
Ian Green runs a company called Greenheart that builds eco-friendly projects around the world, including the zip-line attraction that just opened in Bootleg Canyon outside Boulder City.
If Congress won’t ban experimental aircraft flights out of North Las Vegas Airport, people who fear those planes will fall from the sky into their homes might only have one option left: Living with it.
HAWTHORNE ARMY DEPOT — The roadside explosion wasn’t real. Neither was the shrapnel that “shredded” the driver’s chest and leg, nor the blood that flowed from his “wounds.”
It’s 6 p.m. A dozen officers and a sergeant meet in a basement at Las Vegas City Hall.
The book is made of paper torn from cement sacks. Its binding is a twist of common fencing wire.
Luxury hotel developer Steve Wynn is known to move heaven and earth to make things happen. But he couldn’t convert the Vatican.
Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki launched a pre-emptive strike Monday by announcing he’ll probably be indicted on criminal charges.
RENO — Reno police said they’re making a renewed push to find more women who might be linked to a man arrested in the slaying of a 19-year-old college student and the abduction and rape of another college student.
An audit of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority found that over a seven-year period payments to the politically well-connected R&R Partners advertising agency departed from terms of its contract and resulted in overcharges to the authority.