It’s nothing new that Las Vegas is considered the hub of summer basketball, but now the prep tournaments here are more important than ever.
Mike Krzyzewski led Team USA to Olympic gold, brought back pride among Americans in the national team and restored respect from the rest of the world in USA Basketball.
You know college football season is near when UNLV players are again asked to explain how they feel about being picked last in the Mountain West Conference.
What almost was the greatest sports story of the year was spoiled when 59-year-old Tom Watson blew the British Open. He bogeyed the 18th hole Sunday — faltering on an 8-foot putt — then fell apart in a playoff while losing to Stewart Cink.
The Las Vegas franchise of the United Football League has a quarterback to go with its coach.
RENO — A woman has filed a lawsuit accusing Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger of raping her last summer in his penthouse hotel room at a casino near Lake Tahoe during a celebrity golf tournament.
Ken Joyce never played professional baseball, but that hasn’t stopped him from making it to the cusp of the major leagues as a coach.
It’s not true. Brigham Young doesn’t have hotel rooms booked for Las Vegas’ bowl.
The “Mafia Princess” is moving to Las Vegas to help open a mob-themed exhibit.
The father of a 5-year-old boy who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head was arrested Tuesday on a charge of felony child endangerment, Las Vegas police said.
It was part disclosure, part do-over on Tuesday night, as Henderson City Council members affirmed their appointment of Debra March to the council, this time without the use of secret ballots.
A trustee in the bankruptcy cases involving medical clinics at the center of last year’s hepatitis outbreak obtained a court order Tuesday that compels Dr. Dipak Desai to appear for the trustee’s detailed questioning into the financial affairs of the clinics.
As director of the Las Vegas Zoo, Pat Dingle has worked with a lot of predators over the years. But mere mountain lions and alligators can’t begin to compare with the most vicious animal in Dingle’s life: Michael Dee Mattson.
Las Vegas police determined a 71-year-old man found dead in his backyard Tuesday afternoon died accidentally.
A Republican senator isn’t giving up hope that highly radioactive military waste will someday be disposed inside Yucca Mountain, 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
This week readers want to know what is happening on Rampart Boulevard at Alta Drive; if you’re turning left from a double left-turn lane onto a three-lane street, which lane should you enter; and who is going to be allowed to drive over the Hoover Dam Bypass bridge when it is completed.
A North Las Vegas police officer was arrested Tuesday on six felony charges of credit card fraud.
A North Dakota contractor lost a second skirmish Tuesday in its bidding war with a local contractor for a lucrative road-widening job on the Las Vegas Beltway.
Bad news is expected Thursday when the results for No Child Left Behind are released, but there’s always hope for next year when new federal stimulus money kicks in, providing new services such as private tutoring for high school students.
A union leader told Clark County commissioners Tuesday about a proposed contract change that firefighters approved in a three-day vote last week.
Telephone numbers in Sen. Harry Reid’s public service announcement Monday about the 21st Century G.I. Bill were incorrect. The correct numbers for veterans to call are the Nevada Office of Veterans Services in Las Vegas at 702-636-3070 or in Reno at 775-688-1653, or the Department of Veterans Affairs, GI Bill at 1-888-GI BILL-1.
One of the central figures in an ongoing investigation of allegations of corruption involving doctors and lawyers is facing additional charges after he reportedly failed to pay taxes during a four-year period ending in 2004, according to court documents.
The 57-year-old Las Vegas woman who died Friday when the car she was driving failed to stop on Watson Drive and struck a traffic control pole has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office as Gertrude Wells.
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Family owners of beloved Vegas restaurant involved in wild lawsuit
Fiery wrong-way crash kills 2 on 215 Beltway in northwest Las Vegas
Las Vegas family suing to get son an extra year of high school
Woman arrested after police say she climbed on Reno craps table, threw chips at people
Mystery deepens: Monolith outside Vegas may have been in desert for years