Instead of representing her bowl game Saturday in Provo, Utah, where potential invitees Utah and Brigham Young will meet, MAACO Bowl Las Vegas executive director Tina Kunzer-Murphy will attend alma mater UNLV’s season finale against San Diego State at Sam Boyd Stadium.
A little time away from basketball was not a big concern to UNLV junior Matt Shaw. He expected to instantly regain his feel for the game after a year off because of injury.
Even under a gag order, it’s hard for Bob Arum to remain completely silent about a potential megafight between boxing superstars Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr.
UNLV plays Holy Cross in men’s basketball tonight at the Thomas & Mack Center, where three officials will run up and down the court, look for infractions, blow their whistles and, if you believe two college professors who studied 365 games during the 2004-05 season, do their collective darndest to even out fouls between the teams.
SALT LAKE CITY — Charles Garcia had 24 points and eight rebounds as Seattle, back in Division I for the first time in 29 years, upset Utah 77-74 on Tuesday night.
A subordinate in an alleged prescription drug fraud enterprise that two Southern Nevada doctors are accused of operating in northwest Arizona entered a plea agreement Tuesday in Kingman.
Although the name “Spike” appears directly above the comment, the remarks attributed to the blog poster “Spike” in Vin Suprynowicz’s column of Nov. 22 — namely, “The fact is that the MOST ignorant senior in any ‘socialist’ high school today knows more than ANY college graduate from the 1800’s. …” — were actually posted by a respondent identifying himself as “Patrick.”
Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki rejected an opportunity to disqualify the attorney general from his criminal prosecution Tuesday after it was disclosed the husband of Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto is holding a fundraiser for one of Krolicki’s political opponents this Saturday.
Perhaps it is because the Thanksgiving weekend is coming up, a busy time of year for McCarran International Airport, but quite a few readers and callers have questions regarding McCarran this week.
For the second time in three years, a fallen Las Vegas police officer will be honored on the Strip before his funeral.
Flamingo headliner Donny Osmond pulled off a “Dancing With the Stars” upset Tuesday, winning the ninth season of ABC’s ballroom dance competition.
The criminal trial of ousted University Medical Center head Lacy Thomas was postponed Tuesday until next year.
Comedian Bobby Slayton just wrapped two years of stand-up at Hooters and the Tropicana. He’s already settled into touring and living in Los Angeles with his wife.
Because of recent changes in federal law, University Medical Center could face steep fines over allegations of violations of patients’ privacy.
Two more suspects in the slaying of Las Vegas police officer Trevor Nettleton made their first court appearance in North Las Vegas Justice Court.
INDIAN SPRINGS — A Creech Air Force Base policeman grabbed a video camera and prepared to film anti-war protesters Tuesday near the base’s east gate.
The likely upcoming departure of North Las Vegas’ city manager will cost the city more than $337,000 in severance pay at a time when it has been forced to eliminate positions, postpone projects and ask workers to defer cost-of-living raises.
Back in 1990, the body of Cheryl Kosilek was discovered in the back seat of her automobile in a shopping mall parking lot in North Attleboro, Mass. She had been strangled.