Forrest Griffin believes he can beat Anderson Silva in a light heavyweight bout on the UFC 101 card at the Wachovia Center on Saturday night.
UNLV freshman cornerback Courtney Bridget is a “high-character player” from Baltimore who doesn’t mind a bit of competitive fun with teammate Charles Childers.
The Arlington Million has not lost its shine as one of the prime stakes races. The racing festival built around the Million helps puts the spotlight on Arlington Park, one of the most fan-friendly, best-run racetracks in the country.
The Baltimore Ravens made an exception to a training camp rule that forbids players from bringing their dogs to practice.
The fledgling Las Vegas franchise of the United Football League is filling out its player roster pleasing veteran NFL coach Jim Fassel.
After stranding 10 runners in the first 10 innings, the 51s strung together four consecutive singles in the 11th and defeated the Omaha Royals 2-0 Thursday in a Pacific Coast League game in Omaha, Neb.
When UNLV’s training camp moves to Ely on Tuesday, interior offensive line coach Keith Uperesa won’t be on the trip.
Bishop Gorman baseball coach Chris Sheff thought his team’s pitching would have to get better to advance through the American Legion Western Regional and gain its third trip to the World Series in four years.
You still see it in movies. How boxing once was. How it truly mattered to all those watching. How the action inside the ring was thought far more exciting than whatever celebrity might be attending outside it.
Philadelphia sports fans have earned themselves quite a reputation.
The National Park Service is taking public comment on plans to renovate the site around a water-filled limestone cave that is home to the world’s only population of the endangered Devil’s Hole pupfish.
Six people had to be rescued after high waves caused their boat to capsize Thursday afternoon at Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
Don Barker, the former health and safety manager for Boyd Gaming who quit his position in protest over the company’s handling of safety issues following the death of two workers at The Orleans, has had his authorization to teach Occupational Safety and Health Administration safety courses revoked by the federal government.
A study of emergency responses to 911 callers by two private Las Vegas ambulance companies found that a small group of people is making serial requests for transports. The ambulance charges for the study period total more than $1.8 million.
CARSON CITY — The Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a $340,622 judgment against the Clark County School District that had been granted an educational software company.
Southern Nevada Water Authority chief Pat Mulroy will ask her board for an “up-or-down vote” on plans to pipe groundwater to Las Vegas from across rural eastern Nevada.
The Board of Regents unanimously appointed UNLV Provost Neal Smatresk as the university’s new president Thursday. The vote ended a meeting full of high praise for a humble Smatresk, enthusiasm and a few laughs.
Three men accused of executing and robbing two men alleged to be drug dealers were indicted Wednesday by a Clark County grand jury.
Trish Kinard wants you to know “there are some people here that just want to do something for nothing.”
Gov. Jim Gibbons is hoppin’ mad at a group of legislators who hijacked his proposed “stimulus czar” position.
The suspect in a fatal 2008 road rage incident pleaded guilty Thursday to involuntary manslaughter in District Court.
Jeanne Hood, the trailblazing casino executive who died Sunday, leaves behind admirers from the blackjack pit to the boardroom.
While Ron Paul is calling on Congress to audit the Federal Reserve, his brother Wayne Paul has been testifying here in federal court about how Wayne’s monetary views have shaped the beliefs of Robert Kahre, a Las Vegas business owner who is on trial for evading income taxes.
Shortly after watching Thursday’s historic confirmation of the nation’s first Hispanic U.S. Supreme Court justice, college students Yonari Guzman and Marisol Montoya summed up their thoughts in three simple words.