Kevin Volcic wasn’t exactly sure what to expect in his first game as Bonanza’s coach Friday, but he did know he had a key number working in his favor.
The first Boulder City defender met Mojave’s Ty Flanagan 5 yards deep in the end zone, but the junior running back kept on chugging. He shrugged off an attempted arm tackle at the 5 and then bulled past another tackler at the 10, and there was no catching him, as he was off for a 99-yard touchdown run.
Bishop Gorman football coach Tony Sanchez couldn’t have scripted a better start or finish to the first half of the home game against Servite (Calif.) on Friday night.
The timing couldn’t have been worse Friday night for Justin Hampson to receive the 51s’ season award for most valuable pitcher.
The initial plan: Write a book about his career, about all the opportunities he has been presented at the most unexpected times, about luck, about talent, about capitalizing on the one smack-talk moment few receive but that has the power to change life’s journey.
A pedestrian suffered critical injuries after being hit by a sedan Friday afternoon on Las Vegas Boulevard.
Anyone who has watched one minute of sports coverage this week knows Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel will miss the first half of today’s game against Rice.
Gov. Brian Sandoval orders state agencies to make more of an effort to include people with disabilities in their hiring efforts.
After 10 underclassmen left for the NFL and eight players from the defense got drafted, few publications put LSU in the preseason top 10. But it says here the demise of the Tigers is greatly exaggerated.
The woman who was involved in a 23-hour standoff with SWAT on Monday night faces additional charges.
The young Virginia Cavaliers will debut their new look in their opener today against Brigham Young. The Cougars are coming off an 8-5 season and a school-record fourth consecutive bowl win.
Coach Brian Polian already knew Chris Ault would be a tough act to follow at UNR this fall. With a season opener at the Rose Bowl against No. 21 UCLA, the task is even tougher.
Recurring errors, such as outdated federal financial aid applications, are likely what prompted the U.S. Department of Education to request a deeper review of student financial aid files from the College of Southern Nevada.
The wife of rock musician Ted Nugent has been arrested after a handgun was found in her carry-on luggage at an airport security checkpoint.
Las Vegas visitation is down 0.2 percent year-over-year to 23.33 million people, from 23.37 million in 2012 through July. July visitation was up 0.8 percent in the monthly comparisons to 3.47 million visitors, compared to 3.44 million in July 2012, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority reported Friday.
The airlines did their part for the local visitor industry by bringing more seats into McCarran International Airport during July, but they need to work on filling more of them.
Both supporters and critics of Dave Chappelle flooded social media sites with comments Friday, after he was heckled at a show in Connecticut and refused to perform his set.
Read about news and events happening in the Summerlin and Summerlin South areas.
Stephens Media LLC, the owner and publisher of the Review-Journal, contend in court papers filed Friday that a proposed deal to stop printing and distributing the Las Vegas Sun would not crimp media competition in the Las Vegas Valley.
It’s one thing for a business dispute to knock out CBS programming in some three million homes during rerun season. Football season is another matter entirely, and there’s little immediate cause for optimism.
A Storey County jury on Friday awarded $1.3 million to a man who said Mustang Ranch owner and Storey County Commissioner Lance Gilman cheated him out of his share of brothel profits.
Oh Wikipedia, thanks for conjuring up a dozen random and ridiculous Elvis Presley/Lil Wayne comparisons. Why? Wayne just passed Elvis as the male with the most entries on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
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Family owners of beloved Vegas restaurant involved in wild lawsuit
Fiery wrong-way crash kills 2 on 215 Beltway in northwest Las Vegas
Las Vegas family suing to get son an extra year of high school
Mystery deepens: Monolith outside Vegas may have been in desert for years
Woman arrested after police say she climbed on Reno craps table, threw chips at people