New Bishop Gorman football coach Tony Sanchez admits he has thought about the fate of his predecessor, Bob Altshuler.
Jamie Smith is the basketball player that has undoubtedly kept college coaches up late visualizing all the rebounds and instinctive plays and clutch shots they might have owned had they just looked harder at those darn highlight tapes.
Findlay Prep’s boys basketball team rose to No. 1 in USA Today’s national Super 25 poll Tuesday for the first time in the program’s three-year history.
Add NASCAR driver Martin Truex Jr. to the list of athletes who have relied on adrenaline to play over pain.
The Western Athletic Conference basketball tournament departed Las Vegas in 1999 when UNLV left the league to help form the Mountain West Conference.
The fledgling United Football League takes a significant step in its quest for credibility with a skeptical public today when it announces who will coach its four franchises.
It took four years for Utah center Luke Nevill to quiet the criticism that he was a 7-foot-2-inch, 265-pound underachiever. He stood head and shoulders above the crowd but seldom was a standout as he made progress seemingly at the pace of his lumbering stride.
Steve and Elaine Wynn, who had teamed up to build some of the Strip’s most luxurious and profitable casino properties, are facing divorce for a second time.
CARSON CITY — Nevada’s state government will spend $500,000 hiring a law firm to investigate and determine whether to file a lawsuit against a securities investment firm that recommended that the treasurer invest $50 million with the now bankrupt Lehman Brothers banking firm.
The Cosmopolitan high-rise under construction on the Strip has recently been faulted by county building inspectors for pervasive work flaws that would compromise the structure’s fire safety if left uncorrected.
CARSON CITY — An Assembly committee was asked Tuesday to endorse a broadly written bill that would make anyone who induces a minor to become a prostitute subject to felony charges and possible lifetime supervision as a sex offender.
Forget apology-seeking letters. Maybe Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman should send President Barack Obama a bill.
CARSON CITY — Nevada lawmakers reviewing the state’s nearly $1.5 billion share of federal stimulus money were told Tuesday that the agency overseeing the state’s social service programs could start running out of money by the end of this month.
Louie Eppolito wanted to be a movie star and screenwriter. Stephen Caracappa wanted an off-the-record life.
CARSON CITY — The Nevada Department of Transportation has been ordered to reinstate a pilot who was terminated last April for violating a safety regulation.
A man arrested earlier this week by Henderson police in connection with the death a 6-week-old boy pleaded guilty in 2007 to a domestic battery charge.
A man, woman and their unborn child survived a stabbing attack by six men earlier this month while they walked near Harmon Avenue and Carmine Street, Las Vegas police said.
CARSON CITY — A room tax increase that could bring in $233 million over the next two years was approved by the state Senate on Tuesday, but it will go forward without Gov. Jim Gibbons’ signature.
The city of Las Vegas has been "irresponsible" in its redevelopment efforts, and the City Council acted unconstitutionally when it barred two proposed ballot measures from the June 2 city elections, according to a complaint filed Tuesday with the Nevada Supreme Court.
Clark County School District juniors and seniors who have passed their high school proficiency exams have cause to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on Tuesday.
The Air Force is calculating the economic benefit of the Nellis and Creech bases to the Southern Nevada economy at more than $5 billion.