While redshirting last season, Chace Stanback practiced with the UNLV basketball team and waited his turn. He’s eager to play now, but a left ankle injury has caused another delay.
The Brett Favre phenomenon has reached such ridiculous proportions that we’ll all probably answer the door on Halloween and be handing over candy to a pack of little purple No. 4s.
Partying with Lord Stanley is just one benefit of having a brother who plays for the reigning Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Mike Sanford’s first game as UNLV’s football coach was here at University Stadium, a Labor Day special in 2005 when the Rebels nearly rallied but fell short.
LOS ANGELES — Lyoto Machida ran into the first real adversity of his Ultimate Fighting Championship career on Saturday night.
When Phil Ruffin purchased Treasure Island from MGM Mirage in April, one of his first projects was to bring boxing to his newly acquired property.
Cortland LeBoeuf did all his damage in the first half Saturday, rushing six times for 195 yards and three touchdowns to help host Mountain View’s football team rout West Wendover, 60-8.
In the grand scheme of things, Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco wearing the wrong-colored chin strap is but a drop in the ocean.
One brief, simple hug erased three years of heartbreak for twin sisters Nicole and Kristen Santero on Saturday.
An explosive play is possible almost every time Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson touches the football. Add quarterback Brett Favre into the equation, and it’s an offense with a short fuse.
A one-year stopover in New York was hardly the highlight of Kurt Warner’s career. When he left the Giants, Warner was almost written off as a quality starting quarterback in the NFL.
ONE INMATE APPARENTLY WAS DISGUSTED by the nature of the crimes on Wednesday’s docket in Henderson Justice Court.
Thousands of people lined up in front of the Southern Nevada Health District office this week to receive vaccinations against the H1N1 flu virus.
Dr. John Ruckdeschel, the new director and CEO of the Nevada Cancer Institute, has lived in Las Vegas for less than six months, but he already is so tired of the joke it makes him grit his teeth.
With apologies to those who fought to attain our city’s latest National Scenic Byway designation, I’m struggling to see the beauty of this strip-club-and-tattoo-parlor-littered stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard.
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted last week to shelve a bill that would have prevented cuts in payments to doctors who treat Medicare patients.
Sixteen songs in, he spelled out the theme of the evening — and maybe even that of an entire career — over a mean-spirited beat hard enough to make Play-Doh out of spinal columns.
No amount of controversy will keep Oath Keepers from educating people about what it means to support and defend the Constitution. … That was the message Saturday during the kickoff of the group’s inaugural national conference, a two-day event that comes at a time when Oath Keepers is experiencing a surge in membership and notoriety.
Started earlier this year by Las Vegas resident Stewart Rhodes, Oath Keepers is a nonprofit organization made up primarily of current and former police and military personnel who renew their oaths to the Constitution.
RENO — A prosecutor has denied allegations that DNA evidence was destroyed in the rape and murder case against a former Marine.
People move to the country for all kinds of reasons.
Jay and Valerie Holt did it because Jay wanted a camel.
“We didn’t have enough room where we were living to have one in the backyard with the pool,” Valerie said.
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