Sometimes they come back, and by “they,” we mean dudes in stretchy jeans and bullet belts, those overenthused longhairs allergic to clothes with sleeves.
Having won twice in the majors this season, Las Vegas left-hander Brett Cecil entered Thursday’s game against Portland at Cashman Field in search of his first victory of the year for the 51s.
Shane Mosley wants Manny Pacquiao in the worst way. So badly so that he was willing to put out a false alarm that he had him.
Jeff Malm wasn’t the most prolific hitter in the state this spring. Nor was he the most polished pitcher.
The Triple Crown is a grueling five-week campaign that few horses go through nowadays. In fact, Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird and Flying Private will be the only horses to race in the Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes this year.
Major racing series are far from dead. They’re just a little under the weather.
The point guard in Robert Smith could handle tonight without dropping a tear or bead of sweat. Calm. Cool. A massive grip around his emotions.
Amid speculation he might lose his job because he has not won enough games, UNLV baseball coach Buddy Gouldsmith again proved he could be a contestant for the reality show “Survivor.”
Michael Gaughan is 66 years old, but his memory remains sharp, especially when it comes to Las Vegas and its failed pro sports ventures.
Incarcerated former football star O.J. Simpson’s bid for release on bail while the Nevada Supreme Court considers an appeal of his convictions was opposed Thursday by the Clark County District Attorney’s office.
Is the cash-for-customers relationship between local strip clubs and the valley’s army of cab and limo drivers coming to an end?
Las Vegas Muslims are hoping that President Barack Obama’s outreach in Egypt will help rebuild fractured ties between the United States and the world’s Muslim nations.
Heather Graham plays a stripper who is a single mom in the new Las Vegas-filmed comedy “The Hangover” (opening in theaters today). Pfff, what kind of fiction is that? Vegas strippers aren’t single moms!
CARSON CITY — The first-degree murder conviction of Las Vegas resident Daniel Ramet for killing his showgirl daughter and then leaving her remains in a bedroom for a month before they were discovered was upheld Thursday by the state Supreme Court.
The 28-year-old man accused of slaying a Trevi waiter on the Strip pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder charges in District Court.
A man’s body was found in a burned-out Naked City apartment Thursday night.
CARSON CITY — An unlikely duo made for an effective lobbying team in the 2009 Nevada Legislature, with the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada and the conservative Nevada Eagle Forum showing, once again, that politics makes strange bedfellows.
Two people were taken to area hospitals with nonlife- threatening injuries Thursday after a crash involving a Citizens Area Transit bus near the corner of Lamb Boulevard and Boulder Highway, Las Vegas police said.
CARSON CITY — Advocates for elderly Nevadans had some successes with proposals considered by the 2009 Legislature, but saw others shelved by lawmakers or vetoed by Gov. Jim Gibbons.
Sgt. Pepper, a dolphin at Siegfried & Roy’s Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat, died Wednesday night of complications from a lung infection, five days shy of his second birthday.
A mistrial was declared Thursday in the case of Brian Pye, the former owner of a landscaping business who claims he became permanently disabled after a 2003 attack by two pit bulls at a Las Vegas storage facility.
CARSON CITY — A bill granting state workers some collective bargaining rights — excluding talks on wages or other economic matters — was vetoed Thursday by Gov. Jim Gibbons.
When it comes to neighborhood rehabilitation, one way to know you’re getting somewhere is if someone talks about killing you.
The name of successful Las Vegas Justice of the Peace candidate Melanie Tobiasson was misspelled in Jane Ann Morrison’s Thursday column as well as her May 19 column.