Lavish junket?

Las Vegas has an ally in fighting off critics who seek to demonize tourist destinations as magnets for wasteful government junkets.

In Brief

HORSE RACING

Pujols, Haren take care of Mariners

SEATTLE – The gem Dan Haren tossed Thursday looked awfully familiar to Albert Pujols. Except this time, instead of Pujols getting fooled by what Haren was tossing, he was helping the Los Angeles Angels’ right-hander put together one of the finest efforts of his career.

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT HOLLYWOOD PARK

Parade of honors for Muhammad

Bishop Gorman High School senior Shabazz Muhammad already is celebrated among basketball fans as a high-flyer and dunk contest champion.

Rebels flat in tourney opener

UNLV was forced to wait nearly an hour to play New Mexico.

Chaotic offseason makes Saints tough to gauge

No publicity is bad publicity, unless it’s your own obituary or you are the New Orleans Saints. An outlaw team without its head coach is trying to move forward while missing disgruntled quarterback Drew Brees.

Upstarts share same goal

After Stipe Miocic and Stefan Struve are finished fighting in separate bouts on Saturday night’s Ultimate Fighting Championship card at the MGM Grand Garden, each hopes to watch the heavyweight title bout that serves as the evening’s main event.

GSA parts with executive at center of scandal

WASHINGTON – The General Services Administration executive who was responsible for a lavish, $823,000 conference in the Las Vegas Valley is no longer with the GSA, the agency confirmed Thursday.

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