The Hard Rock Hotel’s new Joint got broken in exactly right tonight. Thin-mint women shimmied in tiny black skirts. The opening act was a band no one ever heard of. And the smell of smoked-weed-in-progress wafted gently higher.
Ford might have a better idea on how to spur sales of new vehicles.
Racing souvenirs aren’t limited to shirts and hats, bumper stickers and flags.
Yuriorkis Gamboa’s shot at a world title came quickly, but not as quickly as he thought it would.
When an obscure school tries to raise its profile by hiring a nationally recognized name as its men’s basketball coach, it’s probably a good idea to get the name right at the introductory news conference.
The New York Jets don’t have a starting quarterback for next season. But if you think they are going to find Mr. Right to replace Brett Favre, you might want to think about taking the 31/2 points they are getting in their season opener Sept. 13 against the Houston Texans.
The man with the toughest job in racing each spring is Mike Battaglia, the morning linemaker at Churchill Downs. Battaglia usually gets criticized for his Kentucky Derby line, when, in reality, he does a fine job.
The football team that UNLV coach Mike Sanford puts on the field for the Sept. 5 season opener against Sacramento State probably will look much like the starting offensive and defensive units that play in today’s spring game.
Maybe the Wranglers would be better served tonight if they spotted the Condors a couple of goals in Game 4 of their Pacific Division semifinal series.
After spending its first 32 years in the pitcher-friendly International League, the Toronto Blue Jays’ Triple-A affiliate has received a rude introduction to the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League.
If the true test of a team is how it responds to a loss, Legacy’s baseball team passed with flying colors Thursday.
Matt Palmer pitched five hitless innings Thursday night to lead the Salt Lake Bees to a 7-5 victory over the 51s in a Pacific Coast League game in Salt Lake City.
CARSON CITY — A Nevada Senate panel voted Thursday for a measure that would help promote plug-in hybrid cars by letting them use car pool highway lanes even if only one person is in the vehicle.
Michael Mayberry campaigned for Henderson mayor on a platform of shaking up the status quo. Andy Hafen said he wanted to keep the city the way it is.
CARSON CITY — Nevada lawmakers were told Thursday the state needs to upgrade and expand its mental health facilities to ensure that they are safe and that federal funds aren’t jeopardized.
CARSON CITY — Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford struggled to hold back tears Thursday as he pleaded with fellow lawmakers to restore funding to a library program for disadvantaged youth in his district.
On Wednesday night, Las Vegas police arrested a suspect in the 1996 slaying of Joseph Meli (seen in framed photo held by friend Angelo Mastrio). Earlier this month, forensic scientists linked suspect Paul Alexander’s DNA to DNA found at the crime scene. Alexander is being held without bail.
Lenders opened the floodgates by lifting a moratorium on foreclosures in March, resulting in a record number both in Clark County and nationally, a foreclosure expert said Thursday.
Welcome to the busiest entertainment weekend of Las Vegas so far this year. You can’t do everything because some events butt up against each other. But here’s how it shakes out, hour by hour. For extra details, read today’s Neon section.
CARSON CITY — U.S. Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., said Thursday that whoever surfaces as the top Republican challenger to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., will get his support and that the race will be “a heavyweight battle.”
CARSON CITY — The economy is down but spending is up for Nevada’s legislative lobbyists, who have forked over $95,975 at dinners, receptions and other events during the first half of the 2009 session.
CARSON CITY — One of the measures needed to ensure Nevada gets nearly $300 million in federal stimulus funding to help jobless Nevadans was signed into law Thursday by Gov. Jim Gibbons.
Las Vegas police identified the mother of an abandoned 8-month-old Thursday thanks to tipsters who called a missing-persons hot line.
