RALEIGH, N.C. – C.J. Leslie and Richard Howell wanted this moment, the chance to help No. 20 North Carolina State make a big step forward after a bumpy start to a season filled with potential.
SAN DIEGO – Chase Tapley scored 12 of his 19 points in overtime, including two 3-pointers and a layup off a steal, and No. 16 San Diego State held off Colorado State 79-72 on Saturday.
Christian Wood had 19 points, five rebounds and four blocked shots Saturday to lead Findlay Prep to a 55-34 win over Melrose (Tenn.) in Penny Hardaway’s Hoopfest in Memphis.
Tarec Saffiedine won a unanimous decision over champion Nate Marquardt to take the Strikeforce welterweight title on Saturday night in Oklahoma City, in the main event of the organization’s final card.
The Wranglers scored two goals 46 seconds apart early in the third period, breaking a 2-2 tie on the way to a 5-2 victory over the Utah Grizzlies on Saturday in West Valley City, Utah.
A failed murder plot took a turn toward Greek tragedy last week, when police revealed that the wife of the intended victim may have been romantically involved with the son she enlisted for the crime.
You just can’t be too careful when it comes to handing out discount buffet passes.
Marissa Rasavong isn’t normal and she knows it. It became readily apparent one night at 11 p.m. She was still at work with Lake Elementary School’s other pre-kindergarten teacher when the police showed up. They were checking on a possible break-in that turned out to be the late-working teachers.
Wayne Dobson doesn’t have your cellphone. Even if it looks like he might. In the past two years the 59-year-old retiree has been pestered by people showing up at all hours of the day and night at his house, demanding their phones.
When Sue Lowden scored an upset victory over the male Nevada Senate majority leader two decades ago, she helped Republicans take control of the Legislature’s upper house from Democrats.
Gov. Brian Sandoval isn’t giving up many details as he finalizes his 2013-15 spending plan ahead of his State of the State address on Wednesday. But Nevada’s bleak revenue picture suggests that it will likely be a mostly status quo budget with little in the way of new spending.
Dave Rice wasn’t joking Wednesday night. He stood outside the visitor’s locker room in Albuquerque, dejected about with his basketball team’s five-point loss to New Mexico moments earlier, and looked to the future.
UNLV forward Mike Moser doesn’t have to be fully healthy to help his team win.
For the first time since the season opener, Bryce Dejean-Jones was not in UNLV’s starting lineup. But when the sophomore guard was needed most Saturday night, he was there to finish.
A Canadian cold front will persist in Las Vegas for the next couple of days, driving temperatures down to the mid-20s during the early morning hours and possibly into the high teens in the Summerlin area, according to the National Weather Service.
Nevada did not win Miss America. The crown went to Miss New York Mallory Hytes Hagan, a 23-year-old from Brooklyn, N.Y., who tap danced to James Brown for her talent and came out against armed guards in schools.