The Review-Journal’s Adam Hill, Kelly Stewart and Matt Youmans compete against handicappers Bruce Marshall, Paul Stone and Ken Thomson in a contest covering NCAA Tournament games.
San Diego State coach Steve Fisher let the NCAA have it for making teams fly out right after losing in the organization’s basketball tournament. The Aztecs’ defeated foe, New Mexico State, didn’t arrive home until early Friday morning.
Mike O’Rourke was standing about 10 feet away from the play, so the Bonanza baseball coach knew better than anyone if the Bengals caught a break.
Cimarron-Memorial’s baseball team rallied for seven runs in the bottom of the sixth on Friday to top visiting Arbor View, 10-8.
Kaitlyn O’Hearn hit a grand slam in the sixth inning Friday to help Durango’s softball team to an 11-3 victory at Basic.
This is what UCLA is supposed to do in the NCAA tournament. Win.
Iowa State used an overpowering second half against North Carolina Central to avoid the kind of upset that has tripped up other highly seeded teams in this NCAA tournament. Then came the bad news for the Cyclones — or, really, the bad break.
Mike O’Rourke was standing about 10 feet away from the play, so the Bonanza baseball coach knew better than anyone if the Bengals caught a break.
Kentucky center Willie Cauley-Stein got a whole lot of grief from his teammates for a comment he made ahead of his team’s game against Kansas State, when he brazenly said the No. 8 seed Wildcats intended to “shock the world” in the NCAA tournament. Well, they’ll at least have a chance to play the Shockers.
Indian Springs baseball coach Jamie Molloy had no idea who would lead his pitching staff this season.
Virginia spent the first half Friday night flirting with losing in a historic upset and the second half playing the style that carried the Cavaliers to a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.
Downtown Las Vegas has seen some fiery events before, but Friday’s “Life Cube” event may have taken things to a new incendiary level.
A.J. Makaiwi dished out 23 assists Friday to help Shadow Ridge’s boys volleyball team to a 25-5, 25-13, 25-13 home victory over Eldorado.
Opening statements began Friday in a personal injury lawsuit against a Strip resort filed by comedian George Wallace.
The billion dollar dream is over. A second day of upsets ended any chance of someone having a perfect NCAA tournament bracket in Warren Buffett’s $1 billion challenge.
Sue Lowden would beat Mark Hutchison 46 percent to 32 percent in the GOP primary race for lieutenant governor if the election were held now, according to a poll released Friday that shows both Republicans would defeat Democrat Lucy Flores in the Nov. 4 election.
At the same time a Henderson technology company, Vadatech, announced a $25 million expansion, its products were on board a Navy aircraft searching for the missing Malaysian jetliner. The company welcomed city, county, state and federal officials to tour its 72,000 square-foot facility, displaying more than $6 million in production equipment, on Friday.
Meet your new NCAA tournament darlings: The Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks. Trailing most of the second half after a meltdown against Virginia Commonwealth’s relentless pressure, the gritty ‘Jacks tied the game on Desmond Haymon’s improbable four-play play with 3.6 seconds left in regulation and survived in overtime for a 77-75 win over VCU on Friday night.
North Carolina isn’t going home early like Duke. But only just barely.
The collapse of the economy in 2008 left a wide swath of destruction ranging from small businesses to homes and even churches. Christ Lutheran Church survived the downturn and, thanks to donations from the estates of two members of the congregation, the church is becoming debt-free.
Cleanthony Early had 23 points and unbeaten Wichita State faced no resistance from Cal Poly, going to 35-0 for the best start in NCAA history with a 64-37 rout of Cal Poly in the Midwest Region on Friday night.
Top sixth-man Michael Dixon Jr. scored 19 points and hit four free throws in the final 10 seconds to help Memphis hold off the George Washington 71-66 on Friday night in the second round of the East Regional.
Gonzaga and Oklahoma State players, coaches and fans no doubt left Viejas Arena with the shrill sound of the referees’ whistles ringing in their ears Friday. The refs called 61 fouls, which affected the pace and outcome of eighth-seeded Gonzaga’s 85-77 win against Marcus Smart and ninth-seeded Oklahoma State in the West region of the NCAA tournament.
The Utah Jazz will be one of 24 teams participating in the NBA Summer League this year, up from 22 in 2013.
The Animal Foundation and Home 4 Spot will work together to find homes for 27 dogs that were rescued from a pet store fire in Las Vegas.
A former member of the notorious 311 Boyz gang who was convicted in 2003 of beating a teen with a crowbar was convicted again Thursday in what Clark County prosecutors called a severe case of domestic violence against his longtime girlfriend who is the mother of his three children.
A federal judge in Las Vegas has denied a woman’s request to set aside her 30-month prison sentence in a fraud case. Debbie Martinez filed the motion in October 2010 and already has served her sentence.
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