Aside from dealing with the inconvenience of having a needle stuck in their arm after any given game, several 51s players, including former first-round draft picks J.P. Arencibia and Brett Wallace, support the random blood testing for human growth hormone implemented in the minor leagues Thursday.
When he took over the Bishop Gorman baseball program this month after seven years as an assistant coach, Scott Baker vowed to continue with business as usual. That formula seems to be working just fine as Gorman heads into the American Legion state tournament at UNLV’s Wilson Stadium.
Jackie Robinson, Years: 1973 to 1978, Career highlights: Ranks 10th in UNLV career rebounds with 669 and 19th in scoring with 1,258 points.
DETROIT — Mohammed Al-Turaiki left his traditional Saudi Arabian headdress behind in favor of a blazer and sweater as he made the rounds at one of the United States’ oldest addiction treatment centers.
U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle said Friday that she’s sorry for calling the unemployed “spoiled,” but she believes repeatedly extending jobless benefits doesn’t solve the nation’s economic problems or encourage people to find work.
McCarran International Airport on Tuesday will temporarily close seven of 19 gates on its C Concourse to prepare for renovation of nearby ramps. Because the work will require many Southwest Airlines flights to shift to the nearby B Concourse, McCarran officials are reminding outbound travelers to check their gate assignments before heading to security checkpoints.
If Nick Johnson needed a glimpse of what the college basketball recruiting process is all about, he got an eyeful last season at Findlay Prep.
Las Vegas Prospects coach Anthony Brown is used to talented guards coming through his summer basketball program.
SAN DIEGO — “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” won over Comic-Con. At the end of Universal Pictures’ “Scott Pilgrim” panel at the pop-culture convention Thursday, director Edgar Wright had a surprise for the crowd. He invited anyone handed a button marked with an 8-bit rendition of the title character’s face at the start of the session to follow the filmmaker to a world premiere screening of the movie. “Would you people like to follow me to the theater right now to watch the film?” he asked.
