That hangover from the Big East tournament is gone for Villanova. Darrun Hilliard scored 16 points, JayVaughn Pinkston added 13 and the Wildcats beat Milwaukee 73-53 on Thursday night in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
The shot was long, and it smacked hard off the glass in the final seconds. That’s when big Cameron Ridley, standing every bit of 6-foot-9 and 285 pounds, reached down, picked up the ball and put it in as time expired. Hello Texas, and welcome back to March Madness.
North Las Vegas’ business licensing department has slipped the noose, assessing thousands of dollars in new license fees and promoting two employees as part of a shared services committee-recommended agency overhaul.
Starbucks has announced alcohol might be coming to a store near you.
The guys in green raced off the court and into the locker room where they danced and sang, compared whose shot was most likely to end up featured on “One Shining Moment,” and checked Twitter to see who was giving them a shoutout.
Saint Louis, seeded fifth in the Midwest Region, worked five extra minutes Thursday night to avoid joining fellow No. 5’s Cincinnati and Oklahoma in falling to 12th seeds in the NCAA tournament. The Billikens advanced by wiping out a late double-digit deficit and beating North Carolina State 83-80 in overtime.
Don’t be getting any ideas about Lady Antebellum breaking out of the field we call “country” and following Taylor Swift to a wider realm unrestricted by radio formats.
Gov. Brian Sandoval revealed Thursday that Nevada has signed its first contract with a drone industry company and that state officials are talking to 15 to 20 companies interesting in doing business or manufacturing unmanned aerial vehicles here.
The Clark County Museum is admitting visitors for free Friday in celebration of Nevada’s 150th birthday as a state.
New Mexico environmental regulators are blocking two companies from digging up an Alamogordo landfill in search of a rumored cache of what some consider the worst Atari video game of all time.
Shaking off a 23-foot miss at the second-half buzzer, Shabazz Napier scored nine of his 24 points in overtime to lead seventh-seeded UConn (27-8) to an 89-81 win over 10th-seeded Saint Joseph’s (24-10) in the second round of the NCAA tournament on Thursday night.
When it counted, Michigan exerted its will on an overmatched opponent. Glenn Robinson III scored 14 points, Jordan Morgan had 10 points and 10 rebounds, and the second-seeded Wolverines started their quest for a second straight trip to the Final Four by beating 15th-seeded Wofford 57-40 on Thursday night in the NCAA tournament.
I’m not gonna lie to you. I have never seen a “Step Up” movie, and I feel pretty good/smug/regretful about it.
Gov. Brian Sandoval loves his job as Nevada governor, and declined to speculate as to whether he’d consider leaving to be a candidate for vice-president in 2016.
A Las Vegas police SWAT team tried for six hours Thursday to remove a person from a house near Sahara and Eastern avenues.
Suspended Family Court Judge Steven Jones waited 35 minutes before calling 911 to report that he discovered the body of his girlfriend, Lisa Willardson, at her Henderson home the day after Christmas, according to a police report obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
In letters to the heads of the CIA and Justice Department, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the CIA’s decision to search the Senate intelligence committee’s network and computers without approval was “absolutely indefensible” and carried serious implications for the separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches.
Priscilla Rocha, under investigation for misuse of taxpayer funds by the Las Vegas police, says she did nothing wrong, “Everything I did was for the families and students.”
Pick a skill and Adreian Payne has it. The 6-foot-10 senior put everything on display Thursday in a career-high, 41-point performance that helped Michigan State look every bit a March Madness favorite as the fourth-seeded Spartans beat Delaware 93-78.
It’s fine and all — better than “Twilight,” worse than “The Hunger Games” — but “Divergent” feels like at least a dozen different CW dramas over the years. So why are teenage girls so excited about this and not the others?
Henderson Mayor Andy Hafen is being asked to resign by the candidate who finished second in last year’s election and who cites a recent state Supreme Court ruling on a Reno term limits case.
Remember that time Bill Cosby gave you grief for performing his jokes behind his back for the entertainment of your customers?
A Mile High Club plane? I don’t see hidden cams in these photos, do you? Sorry, just being paranoid.
Las Vegas police have identified the man they say was roughed up by members of “Thunder From Down Under” after police said he stole some of their costumes and makeup.
The Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday signed off on a $500,000 fine against the Mandalay Bay but also used the penalty to send a warning to the rest of the casino industry.
Up and down the Strip Thursday, college hoops fans from every corner of the U.S. were checking in to hotels, placing bets at bustling sports books and mixing testosterone with Bud Light and small hills of nachos. It’s big business for Las Vegas’ resort industry.
Billy Donovan’s bench came up big, bailing out top-seeded Florida in a tight game against what was supposed to be an overmatched opponent. Dorian Finney-Smith scored 16 points, most of them on dunks, and the Gators used a second-half surge to beat No. 16 seed Albany 67-55 in the NCAA tournament Thursday.
Early projections of a massive swell of cash from legalized online gaming may have been overly optimistic, but regulation launched a breakthrough in the gambling world, Ultimate Gaming’s top executives said Thursday.
Those kids from Harvard are getting a passing grade when it comes to the first game of the NCAA tournament. Ask New Mexico last year. Ask Cincinnati now.
Paul Walker’s mother has petitioned to become the legal guardian of the late actor’s teenage daughter in accordance with his final wishes.