NFR 10TH GO-ROUND SUMMARY

Five years ago, Stran Smith wasn’t too worried about calf roping. He was more concerned about simply staying alive.

IN BRIEF

HOCKEY

ON TV/RADIO

BASKETBALL

Depth carries Skyhawks past Rams

Most girls basketball teams would be in serious trouble if their top two players combined for only three points in the first half.

Working the aisles pays off in Green Bay

It sounds like a punch line too good to be true, but a beer vendor has been voted into the Green Bay Packers Fan Hall of Fame.

Bader scores ‘Ultimate’ win

With the exception of Saturday’s season finale, “The Ultimate Fighter” reality show finished taping about six months ago.

Down-to-earth Brazile an otherworldly cowboy

First things first. The cell phone voice mail. It is one of those standard messages by a woman who sounds like a librarian reciting rules about talking in your quiet voice. I was expecting some background tunes of “Abilene.” Maybe some “Happy Trails.”

Coaching mismatch misleads

One year after he guided the New England Patriots through an unbeaten regular season, coach Bill Belichick has not been able to avoid blemishes on his team’s record. But he might be doing a better job.

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT HOLLYWOOD PARK

NFR SCOREBOARD

NFR

Gauging motivation key in late-season matchups

The clock is ticking toward the end of the NFL season, and the dreaded challenge of handicapping Week 17, when some teams rest star players in preparation for the playoffs and other teams mostly are fired up to clean out their lockers.

Ex-Reno anchorwoman dies

RENO — Roz Parry-Vizina, Reno’s first television anchorwoman, died Tuesday at her Reno home at the age of 61.

Helpless as companion dies

Joe John Sorce never thought it would end this way. In a hospital room with his longtime companion, Mary Clark, as she took her last breaths. He, holding her hand, unable to do anything about it.

Protections may keep sage grouse off list

RENO — Documentation of an “impressive” number of steps being taken to save the sage grouse from extinction may be enough to keep the bird off the U.S. list of protected species, despite significant loss of its habitat to wildfires across much of the West in recent years, an Interior Department official said.

reporters’ notebook

THE O.J. SIMPSON CASE IS NOW THE GOLD STANDARD by which all other criminal cases in Clark County will be judged.

Applicants for court sought

Clark County is accepting applications for two vacancies in Las Vegas Justice Court.

Paul Anka singing his way helped me find my way

Many years ago, I was lost in Madrid seeking directions to a ratty rooming house when I met an Algerian fellow who took pity on my hapless Spanish. He tried his best to help.

THIS WEEK

MONDAY

Tougher decisions looming

Most legislative sessions don’t start with a dress rehearsal. But last week’s special session gave a sneak peek at what may lie ahead when the Nevada Legislature’s regular session begins in February.

Crash kills R-J carrier, hurts two

A contract newspaper carrier for the Review-Journal was killed while driving to his route with his wife early Saturday morning.

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