It’s the ‘tude. Of course it is with David Spade, whose put-upon comedy of attitude finds punch lines where none should be.
The arrest of former NFL wide receiver Terry Glenn for auto theft doesn’t appear to be another case of a former professional athlete’s life spinning out of control.
An injury to Texas quarterback Colt McCoy seemed to drain most of the drama from the Bowl Championship Series national championship game. Without their senior star, the Longhorns were little more than a long shot.
PASADENA, Calif. — Hold off on the houndstooth hat. Put the genius label on another coach.
The fight is dead, but the war of words between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. remained alive Thursday with each side blaming the other for scuttling what would have been boxing’s biggest event in decades.
UNLV football fans have groaned for many years as top local talent not only left for Bowl Championship Series schools but even such places as Utah, San Diego State and UNR — and later helped beat the Rebels.
Winning at home can be key to a team’s postseason hopes.
PASADENA, Calif. — The houndstooth hat is a memory — the Snake, Joe Willie and Bart Starr replaced by guys named Julio, Javier and Mount Cody.
I received a message Wednesday that our mailboxes at the newspaper might change. I don’t think this means they will shrink any, which is a good thing.
This is a good time for out-of-town horseplayers to think about a trip to Las Vegas. Two big-money handicapping tournaments are coming soon: The Daily Racing Form/National Thoroughbred Racing Association National Handicapping Championship will be at Red Rock on Jan. 29 and 30, and the Horseplayer World Series will be at The Orleans from Feb. 18 to 20.
Las Vegas dealmaker Jack Wishna announced Thursday he is going forward with a project he originally put together for Michael Jackson.
The chair of the state legislative committee on health care, concerned that emergency room workers at University Medical Center did not provide treatment to a pregnant woman who was in pain, has asked UMC’s top executive to come before the committee next week to explain the hospital’s protocols for patients who seek emergency care.
Elaine Wynn presented a huge check — both literally and figuratively — to Three Square Food Bank on Thursday to help the agency feed hungry children.
Sen. Harry Reid declared Thursday that Nevada would benefit more than almost any other state if health care insurance reform becomes law, a pledge he made in a carefully choreographed forum at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, that only a few hecklers managed to crash.
Video of health care town hall
CARSON CITY — Judges throughout Nevada will conduct studies to determine whether additional security measures should be taken at local and state courthouses, Supreme Court Chief Justice Ron Parraguirre announced Thursday.
Stricter new air quality standards were proposed Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency, and Clark County is expected to have a tough time meeting them.
CARSON CITY — In its final report, the SAGE Commission calls for state government to trade off the high-cost Ely State Prison and Lovelock Correctional Center to a private firm that would build new prisons for the state near Reno and Las Vegas.
Former medical consultant Howard Awand and his wife were convicted late Thursday of willfully failing to pay $2.5 million in income taxes.
Most members of a 15-person task force think Clark County should trim wages, slash some jobs and lessen University Medical Center’s burden on taxpayers.
A Reno teacher is among those awarded the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.
I interviewed “American Idol” winner Kris Allen because he’s playing an acoustic show at 9 p.m. today at B.B. King Blues Club at The Mirage ($10). He’s a man of few words.
A student was arrested Thursday on charges he brought a handgun to Legacy High School in North Las Vegas.
• A Dec. 28 Review-Journal story misstated evidence police have in the case against David Thomson, charged with killing Rachael Gandal. Authorities believe they have the handgun used in the slaying.
The shooting death of Stan Cooper continues to generate an outpouring of respectful remembrance from his former colleagues at Metro.
One of the men convicted of planting a pipe bomb atop the Luxor parking garage that killed his ex-girlfriend’s lover in 2007 was formerly sentenced to life in prison Thursday morning.
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