There is a lot to like about the Minnesota Vikings, and running back Adrian Peterson tops the list. When carrying the football, he’s a punishing purple blur.
Now is when we see if all the talk about experience and attitude and determination is true.
MADISON, Ill. — Mike Skinner didn’t start on the pole this week, but the result was the same.
After an offseason shakeup that brought coach Josh McDaniels and quarterback Kyle Orton to Denver, expectations for the Broncos are way down.
Mountain View’s football team took a while to get acclimated to its first season at the 11-man level last year.
It has been a long wait, and everyone is fired up for the first Sunday of the NFL season. In reality, though, football has been back for a while, as full-season wagering lines have been on the board at a multitude of sports books for months.
Normally, Manny Pacquiao would begin his training for a big fight in his native Philippines, then switch sites to Freddie Roach’s gym in Hollywood, Calif., roughly two months out to complete his preparations.
Detroit Lions rookie quarterback Matthew Stafford makes his NFL regular-season debut today against the New Orleans Saints. Count Jeff Schultz of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution among those not expecting much.
The signs of hope at Quannah McCall Empowerment Elementary School are written on walls once marred with graffiti.
Her voice can be a caress or a cannon ball and she’s classy, like silk underwear, Grey Poupon and Ron Burgundy.
Katie Callaway Hall stared at the television, trembling.
Byren Stuckey knew in June that he was going to get his revenge on Bank of America. He just didn’t know when, or how.
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted last week to create a nonprofit corporation that would market the United States as a tourist destination for travelers around the world.
Looking to solve crime or two … or three? Try the new “CSI: The Experience” at the MGM Grand. The new interactive attraction utilizes a multimedia environment of special effects, interactive computer stations, videos and displays that explains the forensic science used by crime scene investigators in real life and on the “CSI” television shows. It spans 12,000 square feet and cost $5 million.
Steve Wynn is closing Encore’s Las Vegas Boulevard entrance soon to make room for a fourth nightclub on the Encore-Wynn Las Vegas site.
Ever bump into someone who proclaims love for his occupation simply because it allows him to help the helpless without charging a nickel?
One of the officers involved in a Friday night shooting on the Strip was grazed by a vehicle that was fleeing the officer, Las Vegas police said Saturday.
HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. — An unmanned MQ-1 Predator has crashed at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, according to the 49th Fighter Wing.
State gaming analysts are starting to sound like a broken record. A really bad broken record. David Hasselhoff bad.
YOU’VE PROBABLY SEEN LAS VEGAS MAYOR OSCAR GOODMAN with a couple of showgirls on his arm. What you may not know is that his wife, Carolyn, expects a similar perk as Las Vegas’ first lady.