A day of deeply discounted deals was once confined to the Friday following Thanksgiving, but retailers are now creeping into Thanksgiving Day and the Monday following the feast.
Harrison Barnes knew he wasn’t ready to play for pay last spring. And with every day the NBA lockout lasts, his decision to remain at North Carolina looks better and better.
It was his first start as a Division I basketball player. Justin Hawkins, who hadn’t scored more than 13 points or played more than 29 minutes in a game over his first two seasons, went for 25 points in 38 minutes Nov. 11 against Grand Canyon.
RENO — The Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert may be nine months away, but organizers’ new lottery-style system for ticket sales will debut Monday.
NASCAR fined Kurt Busch $50,000 on Friday for his poor behavior during the Sprint Cup finale last weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway. NASCAR cited an obscene gesture Busch made inside his car and him being verbally abusive to a reporter in fining the 2004 Cup champion.
CARSON CITY — Nevada backers of a plan to ring Lake Tahoe with a scenic bikeway are $6 million closer to completing the $82 million trail.
SEATTLE — It has been a rich year for students of D.B. Cooper, the mysterious skyjacker who vanished out the back of a Boeing 727 while wearing a business suit, a parachute and a pack with $200,000 in ransom money 40 years ago Thursday.
Strategic shoppers, promotions and customer service. It’s all in a Black Friday’s work. But was it worth it? Some retailers and shoppers say yes.
This actually is their first rodeo. Pinto Ranch, a high-end retailer of Western clothing and accessories, can’t wait to experience its first National Finals Rodeo, which comes out of the chute Thursday in Las Vegas.
NEW YORK — NBA owners and players reached a tentative agreement early Saturday to end the 149-day lockout.