HORSE RACING

TODAY AT DEL MAR

Sluggish Rebels still dominate

UNLV coach Mike Sanford was right, there is no such thing as a preseason game in college football.

Handicappers side with Pats

As the NFL regular season approaches, let’s look at some big-picture opinions from the oddsmakers at Las Vegas Sports Consultants. It’s probably not surprising to see the focus on the New England Patriots.

ON TV/RADIO

BASEBALL

Schilling to toss hat in ring?

The death of Ted Kennedy has left Massachusetts with a vacant Senate seat, and a prominent New England personality has expressed interest in it.

IN BRIEF

GOLF

Race for Chase heats up

HAMPTON, Ga. — Tony Stewart can take it easy the next couple of weekends. Same for Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon.

It’s still all about UNLV’s defense

I am not sure when Sacramento State coaches decided it was best not to throw much against UNLV on Saturday night. It might have been when Hornets quarterback Jason Smith’s second attempt was a one-hopper on an 8-yard out that James Loney would have struggled to field.

Late homer sends 51s to 5-4 road loss

Brett Dowdy broke a 3-3 tie in the eighth inning with a two-run homer off 51s reliever Davis Romero, and the Portland Beavers held on for a 5-4 victory over Las Vegas in the Pacific Coast League on Saturday at Portland, Ore.

Harvick simply too much

HAMPTON, Ga. — Dale Earnhardt Jr. won a late gamble on gas, but that wasn’t enough to overcome Kevin Harvick’s dominance.

Mayweather to battle UFC

He was part of the biggest pay-per-view buy in boxing history, but Floyd Mayweather Jr. still must prove he is a PPV star.

UNLV’s Trotter shows he’s good runner

Channing Trotter knew this was his opportunity to show he was worthy of being UNLV’s starting tailback — and he took full advantage of it.

Clausen, defense key Irish

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Jimmy Clausen must have felt as if he was still in paradise.

Employers taxed by new levies

Las Vegas real estate appraiser Ruth Sunday has no more employees.

Storm strikes, four hurt

Four people remained hospitalized Saturday after a powerful thunderstorm roared through the northwestern Arizona community of Fort Mohave late Friday, flipping several recreational vehicles.

Top Stories

Firefighters responding to a blaze at a West Las Vegas home came under fire from an assailant who was later killed in a gunbattle with police.

Danny Gans book tells of glory, pain

Danny Gans’ upcoming book has a chapter titled “The Glory and the Pain.” In it are details of Gans’ “incredible struggles to overcome pain,” according to the former minister who collaborated with Gans on the book, “The Voices in My Head.”

The hunt is on for more ammunition in Nevada, U.S.

Demand for ammunition is outstripping supply in Nevada and across the country. The scarcity is part of a trend that began immediately after the presidential election, retailers say. Gun enthusiasts, concerned with perceptions that President Barack Obama and a Democrat-controlled Congress would increase gun control measures, began buying firearms and ammunition at an astounding rate. Because sales rose so quickly, manufacturers struggled to meet the new demands, said Ted Novin, director of public affairs for the National Shooting Sports Foundation.


Video and Slideshow

Similar abductions getting new look

RENO — Police are scouring records of unsolved cases in Northern Nevada to determine if any match the profile of the man charged in the abduction and assault of a California girl 18 years ago.

Reporters’ Notebook

AT A RECENT MEETING, COUNTY COMMISSIONER STEVE SISOLAK grilled sewer officials about how they went about buying a machine that cleans sewer lines.

Sex offenders get more scrutiny

CARSON CITY — Parole officers in Nevada these days are taking more time to check out the backyards of the sex offenders they supervise.

Horse removal goes on

RENO — A federal panel has rejected a request for a stay of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s plans to remove all wild horses from a large swath of eastern Nevada.

IN BRIEF

WINDS RULED OUT

Free parking, $1.75 airport ride still has way to go

Like many Las Vegas commuters, I fly frequently and dream of the day when public transportation provides a simple, convenient and timely ride to McCarran International Airport.

Gunman shoots woman, himself

A man shot and killed a woman in North Las Vegas before turning the gun on himself Saturday evening, police said.

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