The Big East Conference named a CBS executive s its commissioner Tuesday, ending any speculation UNLV athletic director Jim Livengood would get the job. Livengood said Big East officials reached out to him about three weeks ago, and he told them two or three days ago he would stay at UNLV.
Long before the first punch was thrown in London, Dawn Barry of Barry’s Boxing in Las Vegas knew the nine men representing the United States would not win a medal. “We didn’t give our kids a chance to succeed, she said, blaming a lack of leadership at USA Boxing that has not groomed athletes.
In reality, Nevada’s licensed casino companies are always under investigation. So a report Monday that Las Vegas Sands Corp. is being probed by the Nevada Gaming Control Board over bribe payment allegations in China isn’t much of a revelation. Still, the Reuters news agency turned heads Monday with its report.
Clark County schools would receive more money, and other Nevada schools would receive less, if legislators follow through on a consultant’s suggestion to make state education funding more equitable.
Congressional candidate Danny Tarkanian told a federal judge this week his family is in a financially perilous position as it tries to fight off a $17 million judgment from a California land deal that went bad. Tarkanian, a Republican, is trying to manage the legal and financial problem while he is running for the U.S. House to represent the newly formed 4th Congressional District.
China Grill Management reportedly will lay off more than 350 employees from its restaurants in Mandalay Bay. The restaurants Red Square, China Grill, and Red, White and Blue are set to close Nov. 18, employees have told the Review-Journal.
Firing up a Las Vegas rally of supporters, GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan on Tuesday vowed to put the country back on a healthy economic track and accused President Barack Obama of being more worried about the next election than the next generation.
Although only the Clark County Commission can decide what to call the county-run airport, Las Vegas convention authority staff Tuesday was given a month to put together a cost-benefit analysis for changing the name of McCarran International Airport to Las Vegas International. After that, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority board might declare a preference.
