Goals elude Rebels’ grasp

Warning signs surrounded UNLV coach Lon Kruger in November. He sounded the alarm several times in the following months, receiving only sporadic responses from his players.

Kiffin keeps foot firmly in mouth

In preparation for spring football, first-year Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin continues to keep his name in the news with a seeming inability to avoid controversy.

Freshman gives Cowboys edge

When Morgan Hoffmann left Southern Highlands Golf Club on Friday after shooting par, the Oklahoma State freshman felt comfortable with the course. He thought he would play better in Saturday’s second round of the Southern Highlands Collegiate Championship.

ON TV/RADIO

BASEBALL

NCAA’s soft bubble might not save Aztecs

Craig Thompson and his Mountain West Conference brethren stand on the other side of the fence today, from seeking an objective process in football to hoping a subjective one in basketball falls in their direction.

IN BRIEF

HOCKEY

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT SANTA ANITA PARK

Nevill, Utes stand tallest in the MWC

Over a two-month schedule, Utah center Luke Nevill stood out as the best player in the Mountain West Conference. During an intense three days in Las Vegas, he proved it again.

Utah State wins WAC over UNR

RENO — Gary Wilkinson scored 21 points and Jared Quayle and Tai Wesley both had double-doubles to help Utah State defeat UNR 72-62 to capture the Western Athletic Conference Tournament final Saturday night.

Warburton’s hot hand ignites Utes

On Friday, guard Morgan Warburton’s basket with 2.7 seconds left sent Utah into the Mountain West Conference women’s tournament final.

Hager pitches Lions to victory

Jake Hager always is confident in his fastball and curveball, but a changeup that he said “comes and goes” has given him something to work on this season.

NEON This Week

Rapper T.I. stops by on way to jail

Museum closing shakes art scene, prompts caution

Tough times are putting a serious strain on this city’s cultural community.
Las Vegas Art Museum’s shutdown last month rattled an arts scene that might have underestimated the impact of an imploding economy.

Family, TV show go to extremes for new home

Once upon a Friday morning, there waited a blue sedan in the driveway of a tan house in a tan neighborhood in the northwest corner of Las Vegas.

Budget cuts would cause pain, panel told

Lawmakers asked for it, and they got an earful Saturday of testimony from members of the public who begged them not to cut education and health care as they struggle to balance the budget.

Former commissioner believes she went to prison for a reason

Former Clark County Commissioner Mary Kincaid-Chauncey spent more than two years in a California prison and a Las Vegas halfway house on political corruption charges.
Now living at home in North Las Vegas, she reflects on her incarceration: She made friends in prison, became empathetic toward people struggling with drugs, and ultimately became a mentor to many on the inside.

IN BRIEF

DUI charges included

Sunshine Week survey finds limits on access

Public documents, formerly to be seen only by going to state capital offices 9-5 on weekdays, are increasingly available on government Web sites, news media found by conducting a nationwide cooperative survey.

Reporters’ Notebook

YUCCA MOUNTAIN WORKER JOHN PFABE is about to get laid off, and he knows just who to blame: Sen. Harry Reid.

Gary Lewis says he has no regrets

Gary Lewis prefers to think about it as “stepping forward” rather than betraying his famous father.

Top News

An armed man threatening suicide was shot and killed by Henderson police officers early Wednesday inside the emergency room of a hospital.

State high court overturns fine on Crazy Horse Too

CARSON CITY — The Nevada Supreme Court has thrown out a $2.2 million fine levied by the city of Las Vegas against a strip club that pleaded guilty to tax and extortion charges.

Prohibitionists force pain patients to live in agony

A Southern Nevada lawyer told the Nevada Supreme Court this month that pharmacists, at the least, had a duty to call physicians to voice their concerns before dispensing a narcotic painkiller to a woman who killed a man in a 2004 vehicle crash in Las Vegas.

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