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A quote that football coach Bill Parcells likes to use is, “You are what your record says you are.” In that case, the record of Southern California-based horses prepping for the Kentucky Derby shows they are a lot better than first thought.
Three Review-Journal sports department members and three professional handicappers have been given $1,000 fantasy bankrolls to bet during the NCAA Tournament — two picks per day of either sides, totals or one of each. Below are their bets for today, with a brief explanation of their picks:
At first, placing 76th of 84 swimmers sounded thoroughly unimpressive to Cody Miller. He is more accustomed to success than that.
If seeding for the NCAA Tournament was based on humor, then North Dakota State would be a solid No. 1.
Wednesday was a tough day for the baseball teams at Green Valley and Centennial, as both suffered tough losses.
It was a struggle coming up with a column topic this week.
CARSON CITY — An Assembly panel was urged Thursday to support the latest attempt to replace Nevada’s every-other-year legislative sessions with annual sessions.
Free speech advocates extended their winning streak this week in what has become an epic legal battle over advertising and solicitation activities at the Fremont Street Experience.
A member of the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners practices medicine with the Las Vegas medical group accused by the U.S. attorney’s office of defrauding two federal agencies by performing thousands of unnecessary cholesterol tests on patients.
WASHINGTON — Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Thursday he is not going to point fingers on how a last-minute provision allowing AIG executives to collect big bonuses ended up in a bill that Congress passed last month.
In a legal decision made during Sunshine Week, which promotes open government and access to public records, the Nevada Supreme Court denied an “emergency motion” to delay the release of a year’s worth of e-mail records from the Clark County School Board.
Paul Howard wants you to know his betting tickets are for sale. The ones with Siena and Texas A&M and Virginia Commonwealth winning the NCAA Tournament.
When it comes to grand entrances, Mayor Oscar Goodman is the king.
A 41-year-old pizza cook charged with multiple sexual assaults on children freely admitted to a District Court jury Thursday that he videotaped some of the acts.
CARSON CITY — Legislators were critical Thursday of a bill that would allow private companies to construct and maintain toll roads in Nevada, including a $1 billion toll road alongside existing Las Vegas freeway lanes.
“American Idol” Jordin Sparks — singing Saturday in Primm — was on track to work with singer Chris Brown again, but she has had second thoughts after Brown was accused of beating his girlfriend-pop star Rihanna.
CARSON CITY — The property tax rebates some senior citizens receive each year should be doubled to $1,000, but they’d have to hold out until 2012, a legislative committee decided Thursday.
Now that the “Mafia Cops” Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa have received life sentences in New York, some courthouse observers are wondering how hard the U.S. attorney’s office in Las Vegas will fight to nail down the less publicized drug cases against Anthony Eppolito and Guido Bravati.
Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella.
Dee Snider says ’80s metal still rocks today because "it was fun, it was outrageous, it was rebellious. It was about partyin’ and havin’ a great time."
Former Lollapalooza tour mates Nine Inch Nails and Jane’s Addiction team up at The Pearl at the Palms on May 18. Tickets are $89, $129 and $154 and go on sale at 1 p.m. Saturday at The Pearl box office, 4321 W. Flamingo Road, and Ticketmaster outlets.
Some people just won’t go see a ventriloquist, no matter how good he is. Their minds won’t be changed by the success of Terry Fator (or Jeff Dunham, for that matter).
Hey, Don Rickles is on the phone. He’s doing stand-up today through Sunday at The Orleans. And I’m curious if he ever got hurt by the mob that ran Las Vegas back in the day.