ON TV/RADIO

BASKETBALL

Petty gets raw deal from new boss

Kyle Petty sits on a TV stage the day before Sprint Cup races as a celebrity participant in a new NASCAR game show on the Speed channel.

Gaughan finishes first in loyalty

To know Brendan Gaughan, you have to know about those six guys who were out of work in 2007. Some with wives and children and mortgages.

St. Pierre’s camp denies cheating to defeat Penn

BJ Penn’s claim that Georges St. Pierre’s corner cheated during their Jan. 31 UFC fight are unfounded and “desperate,” St. Pierre’s camp said in a letter received by the Nevada Athletic Commission.

Injuries don’t thwart Gorman girls

Bishop Gorman’s only real moments of concern Thursday came nearly three minutes into the third quarter.

Gaels get defensive, oust Hug

Bishop Gorman boys basketball coach Grant Rice wouldn’t use Thursday’s game against Hug as an offensive template.

Classy Baffert merits unanimous induction

One name jumped off the page when I got my ballot for this year’s horse racing Hall of Fame inductions at Saratoga: Bob Baffert.

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT SANTA ANITA PARK

IN BRIEF

TENNIS

Frozen assets burn ballplayers

Many professional athletes long have claimed they loved their respective sports so much that they would’ve played for nothing.

Mustangs get past Gorman

As his players stormed the field to celebrate amongst a mosh pit of fans, Shadow Ridge girls soccer coach Harvey Robicheau watched speechlessly from the sideline.

PETA presses Siegfried & Roy

If you’ve got the big Saturday night ticket, you will see Siegfried & Roy perform for the first time since Roy was mauled by a tiger onstage at The Mirage in 2003.

Charity work precedes race for NASCAR drivers

NASCAR champion Tony Stewart was among a handful of drivers who devoted part of Thursday to meeting fans, helping others and promoting this weekend’s racing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Many of the day’s public appearances were charitable events.

Earnhardt prank was quite slick

If Dale Earnhardt didn’t win the race, it was rare that anyone beat him out of town.

Plan sounds death knell for Yucca Mountain project

Nevada’s congressional delegation praised President Barack Obama for making it clear in his budget outline Thursday that the Energy Department’s 20-year, $9 billion effort to study Yucca Mountain and seek a license for a nuclear waste repository there is on its last legs.

Bond issue pushed to cover budget shortfall

CARSON CITY — A Las Vegas assemblyman suggested Thursday that the Legislature float a bond to cover a budget shortfall of nearly $2 billion.

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