Hours after Affliction canceled its Aug. 1 card in Anaheim, Calif., because it was unable to find a suitable replacement for heavyweight Josh Barnett, the mixed martial arts organization on Friday stepped out of the fight promotion business.
Anyone expecting a solo show from Shabazz Muhammad will see more than that from the Dream Vision team in the adidas Super 64 tournament.
Prentice Redman had two doubles that drove in four runs Friday night in lifting the Tacoma Rainiers to an 8-4 win over the 51s in a Pacific Coast League game in Tacoma, Wash.
Bishop Gorman’s baseball team has become accustomed to defending American Legion state championships this time each year.
A 2-year-old girl is fighting for her life in a hospital room after being shot by her older brother Thursday night, the second child to fall victim to unsecured guns in less than a week.
In an ailing economy, $3,000 could be the difference between sinking or swimming for some Las Vegans.
The Obama administration is offering $5 billion in federal grants to spur innovation in education, but cash-strapped Nevada is likely to take a pass on the “Race to the Top” fund.
CARSON CITY — The state Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from condemned Nevada inmate Robert Lee McConnell, who came within 34 minutes of being executed in 2005.
The former day care worker who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of a toddler surrendered to authorities in District Court on Friday. Alica Wegner is facing a retrial in the death of 14-month-old Kierra Harrison, a toddler who died two days after being in Wegner’s care.
Never having written a book, I’m jealous that Charles Grodin produced one by asking others to write it for him. That alone shows he is clever.
UFC president Dana White, after tweeting “Welcome back Tito” on his Twitter site earlier Friday, told a radio station that his feud with Tito Ortiz is over and that the former UFC champ may be returning.
LOS ANGELES — The evidence police collected from Michael Jackson’s personal physician’s clinic and storage unit shows authorities are trying to follow a trail of drugs and looking into the doctor’s record-keeping as they attempt to unravel what led to the pop star’s death.
Facing criticism for his silence in the face of questions surrounding a sex scandal, Sen. John Ensign on Friday issued a statement purporting to explain himself.
In annual personal finance reports he filed with the U.S. Senate, Sen. Harry Reid reported his ownership of property on Patrick Lane in Clark County, and reported when it was sold in 2004. What Reid did not fully report was that he had placed the property in a holding company, Patrick Lane LLC, in 2001. A sentence in a story in Friday’s Review-Journal suggested an appearance that Reid had profited from a sale of property he did not own.
What do “Reno, Orlando and Las Vegas have in common? To some pockets of the federal government, they just seem like too much fun.”
In a city viewed as “ground zero” in the national foreclosure crisis, Las Vegas homeowners can use all the help they can get to avoid losing their homes to the banks.
Harrah’s Entertainment finished the second quarter ahead of analyst expectations, benefiting from cost-cutting and strong performances from the company’s markets outside Las Vegas and Atlantic City.
The sale of stock in a rival casino operator helped Las Vegas-based Pinnacle Entertainment reverse a second-quarter loss from a year ago.
Forget the recession. Forget concerns that too many Las Vegas hotel rooms may soon be competing for too few customers.
Converse Consultants won’t be able to take on new local jobs for up to six months, but it can continue the jobs it already has under way, according to the penalty that county building official Ron Lynn proposed this week for Converse’s improper work at the Harmon Hotel at CityCenter.
Coming off a prolonged hiatus, San Diego pop-punk rockers Blink-182 kicked off their first tour in five years at The Joint at the Hard Rock on Friday night. Read music critic Jason Bracelin’s review of the sold-out concert. Hint: He liked it.