The North Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce holds “Networking on the Greens” at 2 p.m. Sept. 24 at Aliante Golf Club, 3100 W. Elkhorn Road. Call 642-9595 or visit www.northlasvegaschambercom for details.
Carfax 400
Michigan International Speedway
Coverage begins at 10 a.m. today on ESPN (30)
Rating Driver Odds Practice 1 Qualifying Practice 2 Practice 3
BROOKLYN, Mich. — A bum clutch didn’t trip up Brad Keselowski. Neither did racing in close proximity with nemesis Carl Edwards.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal selected a panel of 25 voters to rank the top 100 players in UNLV basketball history. The panelists were provided with biographical information for 124 players. A first-place vote is worth 100 points. To reach a more accurate average, the highest and lowest vote for each player was deleted. The final rankings and vote totals (with first-place votes):
Shortstop Mike McCoy’s two-out error in the eighth inning allowed the decisive run to score Saturday night in the 51s’ 4-3 loss to the host Oklahoma City RedHawks in a Pacific Coast League game.
Stacey Augmon, Years: 1987 to 1991, Career highlights: The No. 3 scorer (2,011 points) and No. 3 rebounder (1,005) in UNLV history.
While lounging in the bowels of Petco Park on a leather easy chair — the home of the San Diego Padres is so well-appointed that even its bowels feature fine accoutrements — I noticed an old pal exchange a pleasant greeting with a baseball legend near the elevator to the press box.
Forward Larry Johnson, a two-time All-American, was named UNLV’s No. 1 player on 21 of 25 ballots cast in R-J voting for the basketball program’s top 100 players.
During a July 24 hiking trip at Zion National Park in Utah, Las Vegas resident Joe Cain fell 40 feet from a cliff while he and two buddies were being washed down a canyon in a flash flood.
It’s always entertaining observing driving laws and habits in foreign countries.
SPOKANE, Wash. — One day after putting on a record-tying offensive performance, the American Legion baseball team from Moline, Ill., found out how the other half lives, courtesy of the Sierra Vista Lions.