Detroit Lions running back Kevin Smith either has too much spare time on his hands or is too much of a wide-eyed optimist for his own good, but in a recent blog post, he predicted the Lions would make the playoffs this season.
Andre Ward had heard about the advantages of training in Las Vegas.
The Wranglers entered the National Conference finals on Saturday armed with the top power play in the ECHL.
LOS ANGELES — Eric Stults turned in his second career shutout. Center fielder Matt Kemp made three outstanding defensive plays. Juan Pierre finished with three RBIs.
His father won an AFC Championship with the New England Patriots and yet he has seen the commemorative ring twice. It might be just once. No one thinks about it all that much.
Several years ago, Howie Clark earned the label as a baseball journeyman, and then he just kept going.
The fight was more competitive the second time around, but the result was the same. Chad Dawson was better than Antonio Tarver.
CARSON CITY — Nevada lawmakers have their hands full as they start their 15th week of the 2009 session on Monday, trying to resolve differences in a state spending plan that must be balanced by new taxes and other revenue sources.
Nevada’s long tradition of marginal regulatory oversight generates compelling news stories any time there’s a hepatitis C outbreak, rash of construction deaths, or a billion-dollar mortgage company bustout.
WASHINGTON — Congress took action on three bills last week responding to the mortgage crisis.
WAS IT DEJA VU WHEN the historic Moulin Rouge, the city’s first integrated casino, caught fire on Wednesday? It sure seemed like it.
RENO — A small plane crashed Saturday afternoon in a pasture in northern Nevada, killing all five people aboard, sheriff’s deputies said.
A Las Vegas police officer was killed in a collision early Thursday morning while rushing to a domestic violence call.
KINGMAN, Ariz. — A new juvenile detention center for members of northern Arizona’s Hualapai tribe will end a long-standing practice of sending wards to a juvenile jail in New Mexico.
A seemingly healthy baby boy with 10 fingers and 10 toes was born on Mother’s Day 2008.
Entertainer Danny Gans had high blood pressure “for years” and a history of heart problems in his family, his manager said Saturday.
Nevada taxpayers support fewer government employees than those of other states, but give them more pay and benefits than most. In a budget crisis, the Nevada Legislature is revisiting that arrangement.
Col. Harold E. Fischer, an ace fighter pilot whose high-profile captivity became a symbol of heightened tensions between the United States and China at the end of the Korean War, has died. He was 83.
Calvin Darling might have passed his drug and alcohol tests, prompting authorities to release him from the Clark County Detention Center Friday night, but he might not be in the clear.
Last week Justice David Souter announced his intent to resign from the U.S. Supreme Court, giving President Barrack Obama his first opportunity to appoint a judge to the highest court in the land. In our constitutional system, the president has the power to nominate judicial officers, but U.S. senators review those nominations and may approve or disapprove of them. This check and balance is the process of “advice and consent.”