Locomotives add 19 players

The Las Vegas Locomotives added 19 players to their United Football League inaugural season roster Monday, including three former Utah players.

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Couture, UFC sign six-fight deal

Randy Couture dropped a unanimous decision to Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at UFC 102 in Portland, Ore., on Saturday night, but the 46-year-old Las Vegan has no plans to give up fighting any time soon.

Bowker makes most of stint with Fresno

It’s rare for a player to make his mark in the major leagues before he does so at the Triple-A level.

Agassi lends hand, no strings attached

NEW YORK — Andre Agassi’s passion made him beloved among the New York fans. Now that exuberance is devoted to his charter school in Las Vegas, his emotion stoked by this year’s inaugural graduating class all going to college. Agassi, Doug Flutie, Mia Hamm and David Robinson were honored as athletes who give back at opening night of the U.S. Open on Monday.

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20 Questions with UNLV Coach Mike Sanford

A weekly Q&A feature’s first installment is with fifth-year coach Mike Sanford, whose Rebels open the season at 7 p.m. Saturday against Sacramento State at Sam Boyd Stadium. Each week, the Review-Journal will ask 20 questions of a member of the UNLV football team.

Column on Reid sparking response

The headlines say no one reads newspapers, but the flap between Sen. Harry Reid and the Las Vegas Review-Journal tells a different story.

Air advisory through Wednesday in valley

Clark County officials issued an air quality advisory through Wednesday, alerting people with heart and respiratory conditions to stay indoors to avoid the smoke and ozone blown into the Las Vegas Valley from California wildfires.

Rally: Shrink government

The government wants to control when and how you die, what you can access online and, frankly, pretty much everything else you do in your private life. So said hundreds of people Monday at a gathering billed as one stop on a nationwide tour that will culminate with a humongous event in Washington, D.C., intended to let the big shots on Capitol Hill know who’s really in charge.

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High hopes for downtown riding on new transit center

Las Vegas Valley leaders predicted Monday a new transit hub will not only help resuscitate the economy in downtown Las Vegas but also persuade commuters to abandon their vehicles for public transportation.

Ex-councilwoman to serve on Board of Regents

Gov. Jim Gibbons named a Southern Nevada educator and former Boulder City councilwoman to the state’s Board of Regents on Monday.

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