Harvey Hyde, the coach of the 1984 UNLV football team that will be inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame on Friday night, used to be a bit of a pirate. In the colorful, “aye matey, arrrrgh ye comin’ along for the ride?” sense, not the pillaging and plundering sense, though the Rebels of his era certainly pillaged and plundered Cal State Fullerton and San Jose State and some of those other teams.
She came to the United States on the run from a rebel group in Lima, Peru. Right around when Ronald Reagan was president. These days, she’s a businesswoman, a mother of three, all grown, and, perhaps as staunch a Republican as you will find.
U.S. Sen. Dean Heller has expanded his lead over Democratic challenger Rep. Shelley Berkley, according to a new poll that shows the Republican ahead 47 percent to 39 percent in the Senate race.