A broken finger in the offseason left Las Vegas High’s Miguel Ortiz playing catch-up early this season.
The road to the Kentucky Derby only gets more interesting as May 2 draws closer. Three major preps — the Santa Anita Derby, Wood Memorial and Illinois Derby — will be run Saturday.
Each offseason, Seattle Mariners left-hander Ryan Rowland-Smith returns home to Australia and tries to make baseball a more high-profile sport there.
A combination of outside scoring by senior guard A.J. Price and inside strength by Hasheem Thabeet has helped Connecticut dominate opponents during the NCAA Tournament.
Nothing is better than seeing an outstretched hand when you’re down and out.
The inaugural event in the Lucas Oil Off Road Series is scheduled for this weekend in Primm behind Buffalo Bill’s.
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. — Serena Williams retained the No. 1 world ranking by being the best player in her family Thursday night.
In a surprise move, Georgia has hired UNR basketball coach Mark Fox to replace Dennis Felton, who was fired in January.
A second annual NASCAR Sprint Cup race isn’t in Las Vegas’ foreseeable future, but one of the sport’s big events apparently is coming to town.
So when did Southern California become a better basketball job than Arizona?
With so much cash flowing from topless clubs to limo and taxi drivers these days, some skeptics are wondering whether the IRS will eventually come looking for its percentage.
CARSON CITY — A Nevada lawmaker testified Thursday that the main consideration in granting paroles to inmates should be their potential to stay out of trouble and contribute positively to society once they’re back on the street.
The state Supreme Court has temporarily suspended two Southern Nevada lawyers pending formal disciplinary proceedings.
John Mannion, head varsity football coach at Henderson’s Coronado High School, was told to stay home Thursday after allegations were made that he was going to “beat up” the freshmen football coach.
WASHINGTON — The Senate agreed Thursday to create space in the federal budget for Congress to write a permanent tax deduction for state and local sales taxes.
A Henderson man weeks away from deploying to Afghanistan with the Nevada Army National Guard died Wednesday in a motorcycle accident near Lake Mead Parkway and Mohawk Drive.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Montandon launched a petition Thursday against the prospect of a state sales tax on services, which he said would harm small businesses.
Boulder City police detectives filed new charges against a middle school teacher and youth soccer coach found with thousands of photos and videos of child pornography in his home.
One inmate found dead early Thursday and another accused of his murder had shared a cell at the North Las Vegas Detention Center for just one day, North Las Vegas police said.
A chain-link fence blocks the main driveway to the upscale but financially troubled Meridian condominium property just east of the Strip. An Illinois-based company, which owns the tiny parcel on which the Meridian driveway sits, erected the blockade on Thursday because it hasn’t received rent for almost a year, a spokesman said.
Las Vegas police officers who were checking on the welfare of a child at a northwest valley home discovered what authorities called a “suspicious substance,” prompting the evacuation of 60 homes in the area Thursday night.
The Police Protective Association’s civilian employee arm has agreed to a cost-of-living pay concession — a 2 percentage point reduction in the existing contract — with the Metropolitan Police Department.
