Johnson, UNR get past Hawaii

HONOLULU — Armon Johnson made a spinning 7-foot jumper with seven seconds left to lift UNR to a 47-46 win over Hawaii on Saturday.

IN BRIEF

TENNIS

Kyle Busch’s surge derailed by wreck

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Kyle Busch was “100 percent” certain he had a car good enough to win the Daytona 500.

Michigan bowler caps wire-to-wire win

Top youth bowlers and their parents dream of a Sunday like the one John Nolen and his family shared.

Grizzlies top tired Wranglers

A day after their season-high eight-game win streak ended, the Wranglers saw their nine-game point streak come to an emphatic end as well on Sunday afternoon at the Orleans Arena.

ON TV/RADIO

BASKETBALL

Kenseth ends drought in rain

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The rain finally fell on Daytona, and then it took another 20 minutes for the real downpour.

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT SANTA ANITA PARK

Group seeks new WAVES

Sandi Niccum is blind, but she’s leading the charge for a group of local women veterans with a vision to boost its membership and continue providing volunteers for veterans hospitals, homes and services at the Boulder City cemetery.

Mining industry opposes tax hike

CARSON CITY — Nevada Mining Association President Tim Crowley finds it funny that some state legislators are looking to raise mining taxes to help bail the state out of its worst recession in generations.

In Brief

DRIVING TO CHURCH

More lion hunting planned to save deer

RENO — Mountain lion advocates are up in arms over new plans announced by Nevada wildlife officials to kill more lions to help reverse a decline in mule deer numbers.

Santa Claus

Like children rushing from bed at the crack of dawn on Christmas morning in a frenzy of anticipation about what awaits them under the tree, Nevada politicians could barely contain their glee over the state’s haul in the federal “stimulus” package.

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