Batters bury Kentucky brethren

It was no April Fools’ Day joke, but the Kentucky State baseball team wishes it had been.

AL East tops chart for wins

The New York Yankees paid a high price to get first baseman Mark Teixeira, a low-maintenance superstar sure to make more headlines on the field than off it.

Rookie qualifies at No. 1

Shawn Langdon has won races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in half-scale NHRA Jr. Dragsters and regional amateur drag races.

Findlay rolls into national title game

NORTH BETHESDA, Md. — The inaugural ESPN High School National Invitational Tournament has been predictable thus far, but the suspense level should increase exponentially today when second-seeded Findlay Prep (32-0) faces top-seeded Oak Hill Academy (40-0) for the championship.

Kyle Busch wins again at Texas

FORT WORTH, Texas — Kyle Busch made it a Texas trio in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.

HORSE RACING

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Sweeney gets career reprieve

Grounded firmly in reality, Mike Sweeney figured his major league career was probably over last fall.

Wranglers-Bakersfield series set

The Wranglers entered Saturday’s ECHL regular-season finale knowing they could finish anywhere from second to fourth in the Pacific Division.

NCAA TOURNAMENT FANTASY CHALLENGE

Three Review-Journal sports department members and three professional handicappers have been given $1,000 fantasy bankrolls to bet during the NCAA Tournament. They can make one or two picks (side and or total) for Monday’s championship game. Below are their standings through Saturday’s semfinals.

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BASEBALL

Goal-driven Spartans gaining believers

DETROIT — It’s almost like the whole UFO phenomenon. There are those who deeply believe in their existence and those who mock such faith. There are those who always will remain skeptical and those who always will keep an open mind.

IN BRIEF

TENNIS

Heavyweight Arreola sees path to top

With boxing’s heavyweight division lacking star power, Chris Arreola sees an opportunity to gain a title shot from either Wladimir or Vitali Klitschko, the brothers who between them hold four of the five belts.

Close game finally goes Liberty’s way

After watching his team lose four one-run games in less than three weeks, Liberty baseball coach Nick Didier sensed his players’ “confidence and morale was down a little bit.”

Iraq vet struggled with PTSD then killed wife, himself

Follow the story of Senior Airman Jason Klinkenberg, who shot to death his wife and then killed himself at their North Las Vegas apartment in February. The Iraq veteran had been battling post-traumatic stress disorder. Family, friends and Air Force officials wonder what might have been done to prevent the tragedy.
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Questions surround suspect

There are things in life that cannot be known except by searching for clues left in the open.

Bus crash in Sierra kills one, hurts 27

RENO — A mountain resort’s employee shuttle bus crashed on the main highway through California’s Sierra Nevada early Saturday, killing a passenger and injuring 27 others, authorities said.

Policeman challenges Henderson judge

Douglas Hedger believes he has done enough inside the courtroom and out to earn a second, six-year term as Henderson municipal judge in Department 2.

Reporter’s Notebook

ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON, Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman headed to his second dance lesson in preparation for Dancing With the Las Vegas Stars, an appearance he predicted will be an unmitigated disaster.

Hefner meets up with ex-girlfriend

No one was going to rush Holly Madison into her first meeting with Hugh Hefner since their breakup.

Most vulnerable to lose HIV therapy

At 20 months of age, Yordanny Zier could not know that her mother was a crackhead, a woman who says she spent much of 12 years in Las Vegas whoring for a fix.

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