Growing up in a remote village in Brazil in the middle of the Amazon rain forest, Robson Palermo taught himself how to ride bulls by watching videotapes of fellow countryman and three-time Professional Bull Riders world champion Adriano Moraes. … Palermo successfully rode seven of his eight bulls in last year’s World Finals in Las Vegas en route to the title, and he scored 92.25 points Sunday on Black Pearl to win the third round of this year’s Finals at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Every dunk Darris Santee throws down in basketball practice has a purpose.
With a chance to throw crushing blows to Las Vegas sports books the past two weeks, Eli Manning instead threw interceptions, and his New York Giants are now an enemy of the betting public.
Robert Hight was 12th in Funny Car points when the NHRA U.S. Nationals started over Labor Day weekend in Indianapolis.
An hour after losing in the championship round Sunday, Top Fuel driver Larry Dixon was still with crew members in his pit area wearing a driving suit folded to the waist.
RENO — A Reno girl who collects toys and books for young disaster victims across the country has won a national award. Ashlee Smith, 10, will receive a Founder’s Youth Award from the nonprofit group World of Children in New York on Thursday, the day after appearing on CBS’s “The Early Show.”
You can’t always trust the media when journalists go hunting for topical trends to try to seem like pop culture prophets. This weekend’s example: Halloween costumes.
Andre Agassi‘s hard fall from No. 1 world ranking in 1995 to 144th in 1997 fueled considerable speculative fodder at the time, but illicit drug use wasn’t mentioned.
Coverage of a car bomb joke that blew up on Republican Senate candidate Sue Lowden generated some interesting feedback.
CARSON CITY — Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley shocked a lot of Nevadans on Sept. 11 when she ended her political career, at least for now, by deciding against running for governor.
SPARKS — The driver in a fatal pickup crash knocked out power for thousands of houses and businesses. Police say the 24-year-old California man was ejected from the truck, which drifted off a road, spun around, hit a power pole and rolled over.
The nearly fourth-month break between qualifying and Saturday’s final table in the World Series of Poker’s Main Event allowed players to plan their return trips to Las Vegas.
The condition of the man shot several times by a Las Vegas police officer last week has been upgraded to fair.
College professors who want their students to be engaged and informed are turning to social networking sites to stay connected.
Alicia Ross, a sixth-grader and avid gymnast, is enrolled at Nevada Connections Academy, an online charter school.
She and numerous other students are embracing what one high school principal described as “education without walls.” … It’s an option that allows students to live anywhere in the world while staying enrolled in a Las Vegas school. Children and teens who participate in athletics, work in the entertainment industry or have other pursuits that require daytime commitments can fulfill their educational requirements during nontraditional school hours.
Boyd Gaming Corp. filed a motion Sunday in Station Casinos’ bankruptcy proceedings, asking the court to allow the casino operator to submit a reorganization plan for its financially troubled rival.
Cheap room prices at Las Vegas hotels are attracting a different clientele. Not to sound too snobbish, but a source from a locals casino said one sign is the increasing amount of room damage.
Since Saturday night, when Arbuary Daniel Fuller was gunned down after taking his children trick-or-treating, his mother-in-law, Pamela Earls, has been helping care for the seven youngsters. The kids’ questions about their dad don’t stop.