A vicious upkick by Benson Henderson opened a nasty gash on the bridge of Frankie Edgar’s nose and changed the complexion of the fight Saturday as Henderson captured the Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight title with a unanimous decision over the champion.
PROVO, Utah — Brandon Davies scored 25 points, and Brock Zylstra had 20 points and nine rebounds to lead Brigham Young to a 76-66 victory over Portland on Saturday.
FORT WORTH, Texas — Amric Fields knows how much better things have gotten for Texas Christian in a short time.
LAWRENCE, Kan. — It was the best atmosphere that Kansas coach Bill Self could remember. Thomas Robinson said the Jayhawks rose to another level. Tyshawn Taylor simply smiled, shook his head in disbelief and tried to describe his emotions.
A team of consultants tasked with investigating Metropolitan Police Department shootings has paid its first visit to Las Vegas, met with officers and civilians , and received a slew of police reports.
Two men have been fined $20,000 for illegally cutting down five trees to improve a Lake Tahoe view.
Reporters’ names appear regularly in print, and unless it’s a name like Smith or Jones, readers’ wheels start turning: “Didn’t I go to high school with a … ?”
An international drugmaker agreed to pay $285 million to settle 120 lawsuits stemming from Southern Nevada’s hepatitis C outbreak.
Whenever we receive an accident alert from the Regional Transportation Commission, someone in the newsroom blurts out, “Let me guess, I-15 at Sahara.” It’s about as bold a proclamation as saying Las Vegas summers are hot.
Whenever Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Loy Hixson speaks at a gathering and mentions Interstate 15 and Sahara, he hears grumbles and a few incredulous chuckles.
After watching Henderson city officials compound their costly bungling of the forced retirement of Police Chief Jutta Chambers, I can only conclude that a brain scan is in order.
Unless it receives evidence the money was spent as intended, the Clark County School District will demand repayment of $2.4 million from the teachers union’s foundation.
Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, people would stare when the big burly guy who resembled home run slugger Mark McGwire walked into the Legislative Building, took his place by the lobbyist table and displayed a broad grin.
While leaders of the local teachers union have criticized the Clark County School District for overpaying administrators and underpaying educators, they have a recent history of paying themselves huge salaries.
“Quiet, shy, goofy, different,” Alexis Stoneback mutters with a yawn.