Sampras wins battle of old rivals

MACAU — Pete Sampras edged Andre Agassi in three sets Sunday as the two retired American tennis greats revisited one of the sport’s greatest rivalries.

TCU tops Boise State in BCS standings

Boise State got bumped, and Texas Christian is in position to be this season’s BCS buster — for now.

Rancid teams prove to be bookmakers’ nightmare

A screen pass from Brett Favre turned ugly, the Pittsburgh Steelers got a fluke point-spread cover and more favorites continued to win in blowouts. The formula surely had more than a few sports book directors dropping F-bombs.

Shaq up for light reading

In between hosting his own reality show and entertaining his 2.4 million followers on Twitter, Shaquille O’Neal apparently had little spare time during the offseason to learn the playbook of his new team, the Cleveland Cavaliers.

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FOOTBALL

Jones adds zest to Rebels

It might seem Steve Jones has Red Bull running through his veins. But the UNLV senior said the ”energy and enthusiasm” he brings to basketball practice every day is all natural. … ”What you see is what you get. I like life,” he said. ”People always say, ‘You have little kid energy.’ I guess I do.” … Jones, a walk-on point guard who transferred from Arizona State before last season, joins forward Darris Santee as the only seniors on the Rebels’ roster. While Santee is the quiet type, Jones is all about getting his teammates hyped.

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BASEBALL

Wind farm work expected in 2010

ELY — Construction of White Pine County’s first commercial wind turbine farm could begin as early as next summer and bring up to 200 workers to the rural area, project officials said.

Bogden in familiar territory

Last week, Daniel Bogden attended an orientation in Washington, D.C., for newly appointed U.S. attorneys. Yet he isn’t new to the job.

In Brief

GEOTHERMAL PROJECTS

Ruffing It

PERS investments perk up at last

CARSON CITY — Happy days apparently are here again for participants in Nevada’s Public Employees Retirement System as its investments have soared in value by $6 billion since March.

Easy money? Fore!

As part of the huge $878 trillion (Or was it $787 billion? Can anyone remember, anymore?) “economic stimulus” created in Washington last winter, Congress OK’d a tax credit of between $4,200 and $5,500 for Americans who purchase an electric vehicle.

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