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THIS WEEK

WEEK IN REVIEW: Reporters’ Notebook

A group of Pahrump residents is trying to get Nye County Assessor Shirley Matson recalled from office because of racially insensitive remarks she made about workers on a county job.

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT DEL MAR

Piercy shoots record 61, claims Reno-Tahoe lead

RENO — Scott Piercy made sure Steve Elkington didn’t steal all the thunder as the 1995 PGA champion made a run up the leaderboard at the Reno-Tahoe Open.

In Brief

Top-seeded Gael Monfils beat No. 11 John Isner 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (6) in a rain-delayed match Saturday night to advance to the finals of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington.

Ishikawa, 19, eyes Bridgestone win, charity windfall

AKRON, Ohio — Ryo Ishikawa amazed even his peers in a charity-driven sport when he pledged in March to donate his entire earnings on the golf course to the tsunami relief fund in his native Japan.

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