HOW THEY SCORED

HOW THEY SCORED

Randle guides Cal past UNR

BERKELEY, Calif. — Jerome Randle scored 23 points and Patrick Christopher 16 as California overcame a sloppy first half to defeat UNR 75-66 on Saturday.

Defense gives Steelers edge

Despite the obvious limitations of veteran quarterback Kerry Collins, the Tennessee Titans seemed destined to be the AFC’s top seed in the playoffs after piling up a 10-0 record.

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT HOLLYWOOD PARK

Wink sinks slump as Rebels roll

Way off on his first four shots, UNLV senior Wink Adams began to wonder if Saturday was going to be similar to so many other of his bad shooting days.

Cougars fall after basket is nullified

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Referees overturned a basket by Brigham Young’s Charles Abouo at the buzzer, preserving No. 20 Arizona State’s 76-75 victory over the previously unbeaten Cougars on Saturday.

ON TV/RADIO

BASKETBALL

Gaels boys win home tournament

The Bishop Gorman boys basketball team missed out on the chance to win its own tournament last season. Consider the second time the charm for the Gaels.

Arizona ends drought at Las Vegas Bowl

As Arizona went into the victory formation with 1:17 left, fans in the west-side stands chanted “U of A,” and they later stormed the Sam Boyd Stadium field as the clock ticked all the way down.

QB Tuitama achieves final goal in bowl

Brigham Young long has been known as Quarterback U, having produced a seemingly endless string of successful signal callers.

Dubious milestone in Shaq’s reach

As Shaquille O’Neal closes in on a rarefied career milestone — 5,000 missed free throws — John Hollinger of ESPN.com tried to put that feat in its proper historical context.

Crawford scores 50 to lift Golden State

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Maybe a defensive coordinator will work in basketball. But it sure helps when you’ve got a guy hitting almost every shot at the other end.

Lady Rebels fall to Oklahoma State

The UNLV women’s basketball team led No. 22 Oklahoma State by 10 points in the first half and trailed by one point at halftime.

UNLV regains its ‘edge’ with defensive intensity

You will hear more about the 3-pointers today, about Wink Adams busting his slump against Arizona’s basketball team, about the lead growing to as many as 22 points in the second half, about the Rebels earning what NCAA Tournament selection committee members would consider a quality win come March.

Home-field advantage on line in each conference

In a realistic sense, the Super Bowl participants — or at least one of them — will be determined today in a pair of games. Home-field advantage throughout the playoffs is on the line at the Meadowlands and in Nashville, Tenn.

Faux Britney gets ‘slap in the face’

A Britney Spears impersonator found out Friday that the competition between local gay nightclubs is getting toxic.

IN BRIEF

POKER ROOM

Experts brace for suicide spike

His tour in Afghanistan cut short by bullet wounds, Derek Bilodeau became a danger to himself and others when he came back to Las Vegas in fall 2007, his family said.

Small plane crash kills two

SAN DIEGO — A small plane crash Saturday killed two people in a rural, hilly part of northern San Diego County, authorities said.

Woman jailed in use of fake identification

CARSON CITY — The Department of Motor Vehicles’ new facial recognition system has led to the arrest of a second person on suspicion of using a false identity.

Brower sees few changes for his job

As the nation’s leadership transitions to a new administration, some people may fret about what the future holds.

GOP tour gets pitch for Yucca

The group of Republicans gathered atop the velvety ridges of Yucca Mountain. It was a clear day, with perhaps 120 miles of visibility in every direction, from Telescope Peak to Skull Mountain, Jackass Flats to the Paiute Mesa.

Discharged guardsman escapes suicidal path

Joseph Perez, who suffered head, neck and leg injuries during a 2003 uprising at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, felt overwhelmed after his discharge from the Nevada National Guard’s 72nd Military Police Company.

Death penalty case on hold

Federal authorities plan to seek the death penalty against the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that infiltrated the Nevada prison system, but all parties involved in the case have agreed to hold off until the nation’s new administration is in place.

Kids have their day in court

Two boys, ages 12 and 13, sit side by side at a conference table as professor Rebecca Nathanson begins their first session of Kids’ Court School.

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