The sounds of Scully, 83, fill Cashman Field

For generations of baseball fans in Southern California and beyond, Vin Scully’s voice is the soundtrack to summer.
But for the legendary Dodgers broadcaster, the roar of the crowd is synonymous with the season.

The Strokes fires up the Cosmo

The Strokes’ past came roaring into the present in front of a capacity crowd on Saturday night at The Chelsea ballroom at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.

Woman dies in house fire in northeast valley

A woman was found dead after a Sunday afternoon house fire near Mount Hood Street and Owens Avenue, a Clark County spokesman said.

Illinois prepares to face former coach Kruger

Illinois coach Bruce Weber sat at a card table surrounded by reporters Sunday night, getting to know UNLV, the team his Illini will face in the NCAA tournament, as best he could with nothing more than a roster and rundown of wins and losses to work with.

Mountain West Conference gets three teams into NCAA tournament

The Mountain West Conference has never been stronger, yet it’s only sending three teams to the NCAA tournament and one of them — No. 8 BYU — is leaving the league after this season.

Impact Nevada: Autism program cuts

The show, which examines critical issues during the 2011 Legislature, tackles autism and higher education this week (5:30 p.m., Ch. 8). The show’s partners are the Review-Journal, 8NewsNow and Vegas PBS.

WEEK IN REVIEW: Reporters’ Notebook

This past Tuesday was many things. A nice day for a walk. Better than Monday. The 67th day of 2011. The day UNLV officials announced they would kill 33 degree programs and more than 300 jobs if budget cuts go through. Social Work, gone. Philosophy, gone. Women’s Studies, gone.

In Brief

HORSE RACING

Focused Cotto outlasts Mayorga

Miguel Cotto refused to fall for any of Ricardo Mayorga’s antics, and he was rewarded for his focus.

Horse Racing

TODAY AT SANTA ANITA PARK

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