TUCSON, Ariz. — As the final horn sounded and his teammates mobbed each other near midcourt, Chase Tapley collapsed to the floor. The crook of his elbows propped against his knees, the San Diego State sophomore guard looked to the rafters, took a big breath with a bigger exhale and then looked to the floor.
CHICAGO — Oh yeah, VCU belongs in the NCAA Tournament. The real question now: Who can stop the Rams?
Not every NCAA Tournament game is a classic. Some are instant duds, such as Florida State’s destruction of Notre Dame. Ben Hansbrough and the Irish fizzled and went down without much of a fight Sunday night.
Butler is at it again. So are the boys from Tobacco Road. The Bluegrass State has a team, and the Cheeseheads have two. There’s room for four double-digit seeds but only two from the not-so-spectacular Big East. And, of course, there’s The Jimmer.
STORRS, Conn. — Stefanie Dolson scored all 12 of her points in the first half to lead a balanced Connecticut offense, and the top-seeded Huskies routed No. 16 seed Hartford 75-39 on Sunday in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament.
INDIANAPOLIS — The little team that could just might outdo itself this season.
CARSON CITY — Week 7 of the Nevada Legislature starts today with a marathon day that will include a student protest over higher education cuts and the first nighttime floor meetings of the 2011 session as legislators rush to meet the deadline for individual bill introductions.
CHICAGO — The scene was familiar to any Florida State fan: Seminoles players doing the tomahawk chop in front of a rowdy crowd.
For 23-year-old Amanda Schaum, Youth Offender Court equipped her with the necessary skills to kick her prescription drug habit and become one of the specialty drug court program’s first graduates.
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning in Southern Nevada until 11 a.m. Monday for elevations above 6,000 feet, including the Spring Mountains and Sheep Range. For the valley, the forecast calls for a 100 percent chance of rain and south winds between 15-25 mph. Some parts of the valley could receive up to 1 inch of rain by Monday evening.
A Clark County prosecutor assigned to Las Vegas’ most high-profile drug cases was arrested Saturday after police allege he bought crack cocaine from a street dealer. David Charles Schubert, 47, was arrested Saturday and booked on a possession of cocaine charge, according to jail records.
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Moammar Gadhafi vowed a “long war” as allied forces launched a second night of strikes on Libya on Sunday, and jubilant rebels who only a day before were in danger of being crushed by his forces now boasted they would bring him down.
NEW YORK (AP) — AT&T Inc. said Sunday it will buy T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom AG in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $39 billion that would make it the largest cellphone company in the U.S.
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