To the editor: I have just finished reading John Brummett’s Sunday commentary, “Democrats 2, Republicans 1.” I have to assume from this column that Mr. Brummett has never owned a business, written a payroll check or paid any payroll taxes.
In early January, an unhappy Jabari Brown left the Findlay Prep basketball team and returned to Oakland, Calif., to finish high school.
The 51s’ 21-4 loss to Portland on Sunday at Cashman Field wasn’t the most lopsided in franchise history, but it was certainly their worst defeat this season.
When Chad Whiteaker feels relaxed at the plate, opposing pitchers can expect a long day.
Marcus Banks, Years: 2001 to 2003, Career highlights: Scored 1,139 points to rank 25th on UNLV’s career scoring list.
Winston Shepard might be the Swiss Army knife of the college basketball recruiting season.
Former College of Southern Nevada baseball player Bryce Harper might be only 17 years old, but the No. 1 pick in this year’s major league draft is already a “legend” in the opinion of noted sports agent Scott Boras.
Kenny Guinn was a man of vigor. In many ways, he was like a John Wayne character. Ruggedly handsome yet compassionate and quick-witted. Men wanted to be him. Women wanted to be with him.
The woman wears her graying hair in pigtails, like a young girl. When asked her age, she answers coyly. “I’m not yet 30,” she says.
When Justin Shandor was 9, his mom bought her husband some Elvis cologne. It came with a cassette tape that Justin obsessed over. He started going to school in young-Elvis white socks with dark shoes. At 16, he became a full-blown impersonator.
SAN DIEGO — Comic book fans no longer have to imagine what it might be like to see all their favorite superheroes in one place.
They got the chance Saturday at Comic-Con, when the cast of the forthcoming “Avengers” film took the stage. Samuel L. Jackson surprised some 6,000 fans gathered for a Marvel Studios presentation when he stepped out just as it was ending and started introducing the cast of “The Avengers.”
SAN DIEGO — It was as though Han Solo himself had stepped into the San Diego Convention Center.
Harrison Ford made a surprise appearance at Comic-Con Saturday, and the crowd of some 6,000 sci-fi and comic book fans greeted him with a sustained standing ovation unmatched by any other during this year’s event.
Two security guards playfully brought him out in handcuffs.
WASHINGTON — Some 90,000 leaked U.S. military records posted online Sunday amount to a blow-by-blow account of six years of the Afghanistan war, including unreported incidents of Afghan civilian killings as well as covert operations against Taliban figures.
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