Wideout hardly mad about Madden

T.J. Houshmandzadeh isn’t the first NFL player to complain that his rating on a John Madden video game is too low. But Houshmandzadeh has decided to do something about it.

Lack of forgiveness can cause as much damage as betrayal

No, she doesn’t contact her son any more. The grandkids, yes. But not her son. Not so much as a birthday card. Why? “Because he won’t forgive me, and I deserve to be forgiven,” the woman says.

Solid pitching effort wasted as 51s lose, 2-1

Las Vegas pitchers gave up only four hits, but a first-inning error and passed ball proved costly in a 2-1 loss Saturday night to the Rainiers in a Pacific Coast League game in Tacoma, Wash.

Roach ponders Pacquiao’s plan

Now that Manny Pacquiao has agreed to fight Miguel Cotto, trainer Freddie Roach will have several months to put Pacquiao’s game plan in place for the Nov. 14 bout at the MGM Grand Garden.

Gaels’ Winder heats up

Bishop Gorman High School guard Anson Winder came into the StarVision Sports Center Stage Tournament with a green light to shoot the ball.

HORSE RACING

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Pilots star at ease making court decisions

As a point guard, Cory Joseph must survey his surroundings, process information quickly and make proper decisions on the run. He handles it all with ease.

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BASEBALL

Mended Oden on rebound

Greg Oden had been away from the USA Basketball program for so long, he was worried the national team had forgotten about him.

THE HOT CORNER

[MAL VAN VALKENBURG REVIEW-JOURNAL, 45-35-3 (overall record)]

Vote blocks concealed weapons bill

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted last week to block a bill that would have expanded gun rights by allowing licensed owners of firearms to carry concealed weapons into other states.

Disabled woman presses for Bar exam

DAVIS, Calif. — A paralyzed University of California law school graduate is pressing her court case aimed at forcing the State Bar of California to allow her to take the Bar exam on Tuesday.

Water-use rules aren’t going away any time soon

It looks like rules adopted in 2003 to help Southern Nevada ride out the drought are becoming permanent. That means limits on grass, assigned watering days and other restrictions won’t fade when the drought ends.

Top News

The three medical clinics at the center of last year’s hepatitis outbreak have filed for bankruptcy, a move that threatens to delay the first civil trial involving a patient infected with hepatitis C.

Report: Newton turned down gig

Wayne Newton has backed out of a deal with the Tropicana, where he had planned to hold his 50th anniversary as a Las Vegas entertainer.

IN BRIEF

SATURDAY AFTERNOON SHOOTING

Reporters’ Notebook

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Blink-182 takes its music seriously

If 1991 was the year punk broke, according to the Dave Markey documentary, 1997 was the year it broke wind.

Gibbons says staff turnover ‘common’

CARSON CITY — Gov. Jim Gibbons has downplayed his recent staff turnover, calling it “pretty traditional” after a stressful legislative session.

Tahoe boater inspections may move

RENO — Boat inspection stations designed to keep invasive mussels out of Lake Tahoe’s waters would be moved from launches to roadsides under a proposal being considered by a two-state agency charged with protecting the lake.

CORRECTIONS

A story in Saturday’s Review-Journal on Alica Wegner misstated her age. She is 44.

Call them the ‘Know-nothings’

California could lose out on millions of federal education dollars unless legislators change a law that prevents the state from using student test scores to measure teachers’ performance, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan was expected to announce in a speech Friday.

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