It was an unforgettable era that brought Glen Gondrezick and Reggie Theus together.
The tough part was watching his mother move slowly down the stairs with two newly shined black eyes. The confusing part was watching his father laugh in her face shortly after his fists inflicted the damage.
The 51s gave up three third-inning runs Tuesday, including the decisive run on a two-out steal of home, and lost to the Sacramento River Cats 3-2 in the Pacific Coast League at West Sacramento, Calif.
With the global economy mired in a recession, a fight between Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton apparently is all the stimulus that thousands of boxing fans from the United Kingdom and the Philippines needed to shell out up to $5,000 apiece to make the trip for Saturday night’s showdown at the MGM Grand Garden.
Two of NASCAR’s biggest stars offered differing opinions Tuesday on how the sport can control the racing at Talladega Superspeedway.
RENO — UNR athletic director Cary Groth has denied sophomore basketball forward Malik Cooke a release in good standing from the program.
Anderson Silva’s recent sluggish performances have been attributed to a lack of competition from the top contenders in the middleweight division.
MEXICO CITY — All nine Mexican first-division soccer games this weekend will be played behind closed doors, a move aimed at stemming the spread of swine flu.
After his month in the spotlight, Mel Kiper Jr. can retreat to his cave and break down game tapes for the rest of the year. The NFL Draft is done, and so is Kiper’s face time on ESPN.
CARSON CITY — A Nevada Senate panel was asked Tuesday to back a watered-down plan, already approved by the Assembly, that would require government agencies that employ lobbyists to submit reports explaining terms of their contracts.
ROANOKE, Va. — A Las Vegas man pleaded guilty Tuesday to sending an e-mail threat to two Virginia Tech alumnae on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the school’s mass shootings, but said he only wanted to draw attention to violent Internet postings.
CARSON CITY — A bill extending the legal deadline for notifying school district employees that they will be rehired or laid off for the next school year was signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Jim Gibbons.
At first glance, Lena Anderson’s murder case appears open and shut.
CARSON CITY — Don’t count on Nevada joining the movement to elect the president by popular vote anytime soon.
WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will use Red Rock Canyon as a backdrop on Saturday to announce stimulus projects on public lands across the West, his office confirmed Tuesday.
CARSON CITY — A Senate panel was urged Tuesday to support an Assembly-approved plan that would help prevent identity theft by making less credit card information available on printed receipts.
An unmanned MQ-1B Predator spy plane crashed Tuesday on public land 11/2 miles west of Creech Air Force Base during a routine training mission, a spokeswoman for the 432nd Wing at the base said.
North Las Vegas’ police union has agreed to defer a 4 percent annual cost-of-living increase to save the financially strapped city money, officials said Tuesday.
To residents who have made Las Vegas their home for more than a decade, the idea of seeing a high-speed train between Southern Nevada and California might seem as likely as landing a professional sports team.
The Nevada Supreme Court should sidestep a thorny legal question by hearing the Culinary union’s ballot measure appeal as soon as possible, argues a brief submitted Tuesday afternoon in the ongoing dispute between the union and the city of Las Vegas.
Las Vegas has always been an attractive place for the hail-fellow, the hustler, and the man on the make.
A 24-year-old woman killed this month in a hit-and-run crash was identified Tuesday by the Clark County coroner’s office as Angela Reyna.
The valley’s largest water utility is running out of places to cut costs and might need to raise its rates if the economy continues to tank, officials said Tuesday.
