Matt Cassel could not beat out Matt Leinart in a quarterback competition in the spring of 2003, but he never complained about having to sit behind Carson Palmer and Leinart as they won Heisman trophies at Southern California.
The UNLV women’s basketball team struggled with shooting and turnovers, leading to a 67-50 loss to Utah on Saturday in a Mountain West Conference game in Salt Lake City.
Using their three-game series with Victoria as a barometer, the Wranglers still have far to go to regain their championship form of last season.
Unbeaten cruiserweight BJ Flores fought what amounted to a workout Friday at the Plaza, and he got paid like it.
Handling success, particularly on the road, is a critical element in the development of a young team.
The competitive games were late at night, sometimes not until 1 or 2 a.m., when the older guys showed. The older, bigger, stronger, more athletic guys.
Ryan “Rhino” Page was last year’s top rookie in the Professional Bowlers Association, and the 24-year-old still is enjoying the euphoria of competing against the world’s best.
Something had to change, and UNLV sophomore Tre’Von Willis was quick to make it happen.
A mid-December snowstorm forced fans to wait more than a month for a matchup of the area’s top boys basketball teams.
Peter McCarthy sported a near-bald head, a scraggly goatee, a sleeveless tank top and cargo shorts.
RENO — Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman’s call for open debate on a proposal to legalize prostitution in Nevada’s largest cities isn’t shared by his counterparts in Northern Nevada.
WE ALL KNOW CAPT. CHESLEY “SULLY” SULLENBERGER as the pilot who safely landed a crippled US Airways jetliner in the Hudson River, saving all 155 people on board.
You could forgive The Wanteds for not living up to their name all that much. It’s not their fault.
The new Miss America grew up around dairy cows and county fairs.
The Clark County School District has got e-mail controversies in its in-basket.
WASHINGTON — The Senate last week passed a wage discrimination bill that would make it easier for workers to sue their bosses after learning they were paid less than colleagues.
RENO — Experts offered a grim water outlook for Nevada and California on Friday, saying farmers can again expect to receive less water than normal this year because of a drought.
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Federal agents have raided a medical marijuana dispensary at South Lake Tahoe.
Conservatives on Friday lashed out at higher education system Chancellor Jim Rogers over comments he made during his State of the System address.
Wearing a white lacy gown that made her look more like a bride than a beauty pageant contestant, Miss Indiana Katie Stam, 22, was crowned Miss America in a two-hour finale at the Planet Hollywood Theatre for the Performing Arts Saturday night.