Times are tough for so many of our neighbors that it’s petty to worry or whine about the financial state of motor sports except for those who have lost jobs in racing.
It wasn’t long ago in horse racing that the surname Asmussen referred to Cash, a champion jockey in America and Europe. His younger brother, Steve, tried riding but quickly grew too big. So in 1986, Steve Asmussen turned to training horses.
With three straight appearances in the Class 1A state title game, the Trinity boys basketball program seems to have established itself as a perennial power.
A lot of people around college basketball thought Billy Gillispie was insane.
While preparing to play Palo Verde this week, Las Vegas High football coach Chris Faircloth quickly figured out the Panthers aren’t the same pure double-wing team the Wildcats faced in 2005.
As much as Mike Montgomery likes golf, he discovered he had too much time to play. He missed working long hours.
The turkey has been carved. It’s time for some Thanksgiving leftovers.
This is the tragic irony of a tough economy: Less equals more.
Joblessness is up, budgets are down, and the housing market has yet to hit bottom. But look on the bright side: We’re using less water.
On a wet and cloudy Thanksgiving, the dining hall at the Catholic Charities campus in downtown Las Vegas was comfortable and dry, with cheerful volunteers streaming steadily out of the kitchen with plates of food heaped with turkey and fixings.
Terry Fator performs at the Hilton on Sunday, but since he won “America’s Got Talent,” The Mirage signed him to a $100 million contract, starting in 2009. And yet, people who don’t live in Vegas can’t believe he and his wife are setting up shop here.
RENO — Charles B. Gillespie’s California Gold Rush artwork is no longer a family secret.
Raechelle Bellamy was 18, four months pregnant and without health insurance.
RENO — Early in their investigation into the kidnapping and slaying of a young college woman, Reno police were convinced the suspect they described as a serial rapist was a chameleon who blended in with a community grieving the loss of Brianna Denison.
The two family dogs involved in a fatal attack on a 2-year-old boy on Wednesday were “good dogs,” a neighbor who wanted to remain anonymous out of respect for the family said Thursday.
Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella. Her reviews are done anonymously at Review-Journal expense.
Cheddar-bacon fries at a restaurant whose slogan is “designed with health in mind?” Who knew?
Every day through Thursday at the Hard Rock Hotel, nine people will win either a Blu-ray disc player, $250 in free play or $100 in free play. Players receive one entry for every 100 Rockstar points ($100 coin-in on slots, $200-$600 coin-in on video poker). Entries also can be earned at the tables and sports book. Winners must be present at the drawing.
It has to be one of the biggest rags-to-riches story you’ll ever see. When Terry Fator was a kid in Texas, he did janitorial work and painted houses for his family’s business. Even then, he practiced ventriloquism on the side. But who knew he’d someday get a $100 million contract doing his favorite thing?
Las Vegas teen Meaghan Jette Martin played a mean girl in her TV debut opposite the Jonas Brothers in The Disney Channel hit “Camp Rock.”
