Celtics, Bulls make history

The Boston Celtics-Chicago Bulls series that concludes today is more than simply entertaining. It might be the NBA’s greatest series ever.

Run for Roses ‘kind of like lottery’

Some experienced bettors try to downplay the Kentucky Derby as a crapshoot unworthy of a serious handicapper’s effort. Wynn Las Vegas sports book director John Avello disagrees.

WRANGLERS AT THUNDER

WHAT: Game 4, ECHL Pacific Division Finals

Durango freshman steps up

Katie Moore just hoped to play her part this season as the lone freshman on Durango’s softball team.

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT HOLLYWOOD PARK

Mayweather set for July 18 fight

Floyd Mayweather Jr., the former unbeaten welterweight king who hasn’t fought since late 2007, will end his retirement to fight Juan Manuel Marquez on July 18 at the MGM Grand Garden, a source close to the fighter said Friday.

Pound-for-pound showdown

The trainers have waged a war of words for weeks. Now it’s finally time for the fighters to back up all that boasting.

• WHAT: 12 rounds, for Hatton’s IBO and Ring Magazine junior welterweight titles

• WHEN: 6 p.m. today

• WHERE: MGM Grand Garden

• ODDS: Pacquiao minus-255, Hatton plus-215

• TV: HBO Pay Per View (Cable 501/701); $49.95, $59.95 (HD)

Check back here for round-by-round coverage!

Antillon prevails by TKO

The Joint is new, but Urbano Antillon is the same devastating force he was in the Hard Rock hotel’s former venue.

Willits staying positive

Since setting franchise rookie records for the Los Angeles Angels in batting average (.293) and on-base percentage (.391) in 2007, when he was a Rookie of the Year candidate, outfielder Reggie Willits has dealt with his share of setbacks.

IN BRIEF

TENNIS

Quick Pacquiao picked to pound Hatton

Unleashing punches at a machine-gun pace has made Manny Pacquiao a bona fide boxing star. No longer is he perceived as an undersized underdog.

Bomber’s son pleads guilty in bike theft

The son of Oklahoma City bomber Terry Nichols pleaded guilty this week to one count of grand larceny auto. He was scheduled to go to trial next week.

Nevada’s economic shortfall growing

CARSON CITY — State officials will have to make steeper budget cuts or increase taxes far more than anticipated since Nevada’s economy will continue to tank heading into 2010, according to tax revenue forecasts made Friday by the Economic Forum.

Gun control measure revised

CARSON CITY — A Senate panel was told Friday that a bill stepping up state record-keeping to help keep guns away from the mentally ill has been revised to deal with earlier criticism that it didn’t protect Nevadans’ constitutional due-process rights.

‘HE CAN’T BE REPLACED’

Usually on show nights, Danny Gans joined his band and crew for a short prayer. But on Friday night, for the first time in years, they prayed without him.

IN BRIEF

casino cage targeted

Higher sales tax called harmful to economy

Gov. Jim Gibbons continued to beat the no-new-taxes drum Friday, and was joined by a Henderson boat retailer who said that with sales and prices down along with the economy, the government sees more money from his business than he does.

Free speech ruling stands

Las Vegas is not challenging a recent Fremont Street Experience free speech ruling that went against the city and will instead draft new ordinances to regulate activities such as handing out fliers or promoting a cause at the downtown pedestrian mall.

CELEBRITY MEMORIES

Master impressionist onstage, Danny Gans left lasting impressions offstage as well inside the Las Vegas entertainment community. Gans was fondly remembered by fellow performers left shocked and saddened by the headliner’s sudden death Friday at age 52.

One of three missing hikers found dead

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — At least one person has drowned in the Colorado River after three Arizona hikers jumped in during a visit to the Grand Canyon.

Gans’ final act leaves mystery

Danny Gans had just finished his show Wednesday when his manager Chip Lightman sent a text message.

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