Pittsburgh glad it gave opportunity to Tomlin

PITTSBURGH — A few minutes after the Pittsburgh Steelers won the AFC Championship Game on Sunday, coach Mike Tomlin pondered the question he knows will be asked a lot going into the Super Bowl.

Cards downplay Boldin’s sideline spat with coach

TEMPE, Ariz. — The Arizona Cardinals called receiver Anquan Boldin’s sideline shouting match with the offensive coordinator a “normal thing,” and coach Ken Whisenhunt insisted the outburst would in no way disrupt the team.

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Bynum, Rancho fend off Agassi rally

Rancho junior swingman Byron Bynum didn’t see anything too special about his performance Monday night.

Arlovski not afraid to face Emelianenko

Fedor Emelianenko has built a reputation of near invincibility with 25 straight victories since a fluke loss nine years ago, the only blemish on his mixed martial arts record.

Coaching carousel is game of chance

TEMPE, Ariz. — Ken Whisenhunt seemed to be a logical successor to Bill Cowher in Pittsburgh when the head coaching job came open two years ago. If not him, then certainly Russ Grimm.

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Thousands honor King at LV parade

From his prime parade-watching spot on Fourth Street on Monday morning, Ellis Walker, 66, reflected on the significance of the last Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration before the country’s first black president is sworn in.

Inauguration Day evokes memories

I am white. As such, when I was 5, I integrated an all-black elementary school in New Orleans. My mom — who had graduated from Little Rock High during its famous integration — was the first white teacher at that school, and I was the first white student. That was a blink ago, during Richard Nixon‘s 1970s.

Father accused of chaining daughter

A Las Vegas father remains jailed after his arrest on charges that he physically abused his teenage daughter because he thought she was overweight.

Reid part of planning for Obama swearing-in

When Barack Obama takes the oath of office today, Sen. Harry Reid will play a sizable role in the proceedings, and not merely because he is Senate majority leader.

Reaction cool to budget plan

CARSON CITY — If it comes down to having his salary cut by 6 percent or seeing some of his co-workers laid off, then 12-year state employee Phil Watson said Monday the choice would be easy: He’d take the pay cut.

WHAT WILL OBAMA SAY?

Hundreds of Southern Nevadans have ventured to Washington to witness today’s historic swearing-in of President-elect Barack Obama. Like many Americans, the visitors are carrying with them the hope that Obama’s inauguration will signal a fresh start for the country in the midst of a recession and after years of war. The Las Vegas Review-Journal asked a number of pilgrims to the nation’s capital what they would like Obama to tell the nation in his inaugural address.

Spidey saves the inauguration

Looking for Barack Obama keepsakes so you can celebrate today’s (historic, we hear) inauguration as any good American will, with kitsch?

LV man confined in Iraq

A Las Vegas man who works for a contractor in Iraq faces a rare civilian court-martial and is confined at an overseas air base in violation of his constitutional rights, one of his attorneys said Monday.

Drowning of boy is second in week

A 2-year-old boy drowned Monday in a residential backyard pool, the second toddler in a week to die that way, North Las Vegas police said.

The event of the season

Las Vegas has nothing on Washington, D.C.

Second transmission line proposed for western side of Nevada

For years, utility industry executives and regulators have longed to have one transmission line that directly connected Nevada Power Co. of Las Vegas with Sierra Pacific Power Co. of Reno.

Valley office vacancies hit highest level

Las Vegas is overbuilt, with 48.6 million square feet of office space, pushing vacancy rates to 17.3 percent in the fourth quarter, Voit Commercial Brokerage reported.

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