From the moment ring announcer Michael Buffer read the scores the night of June 9, 2012, many fans and boxing media members were demanding an immediate rematch between Timothy Bradley and Manny Pacquiao. Saturday night, they’ll get it.
Charles Barkley admitted to trying to illegally lure a recruit to Auburn. He also may have implicated another star athlete from the university.
Las Vegas police said the man who died was walking in the 1700 block of Curran Way, near the intersection of H Street and Owens Avenue, talking with an unknown male when the attack happened. Detectives believe the suspect approached and fired several shots before running fleeing.
The president and chief operating officer of Sheldon Adelson’s Las Vegas Sands Corp. said Friday he believes U.S. officials want Internet gaming to be legal so the Internal Revenue Service can collect taxes to fund a federal government whose spending is out of control.
Timothy Bradley may have won over some new fans with his recent victories over Ruslan Provodnikov and Juan Manuel Marquez but if Friday’s weigh-in at the MGM Grand garden was any indication, Bradley’s popularity has a ways to go if he wants to be comparable to Manny Pacquiao.
Las Vegas police have identified the woman they say pulled a shoe from her purse and threw it at Hillary Clinton during a Thursday speech on the Strip.
Interviews are scheduled Saturday for five finalists to replace Keith Kizer as executive director of the Nevada Athletic Commission.
Three NFL players are named in a police report involving a woman who passed out in a hotel and later woke up in a hospital not knowing how she got there, though no one has been charged with a crime, authorities said Thursday.
Investigators do not yet know what caused a FedEx tractor-trailer to veer across a grassy highway median and slam into a bus, killing 10 people, but they are looking into various factors, the California Highway Patrol said Friday.
Nevada’s elected officials are quick to criticize the BLM in the Cliven Bundy cattle controversy, but they should be urging protesters to remain calm.
The Health Food Fair of Las Vegas is 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at the Clark County Amphitheater, 500 S. Grand Central Parkway. It will include cooking and tasting stations, exercise demonstrations, nutrition information, entertainment and carnival attractions. Admission is $5, $3 for seniors and members of the military with ID, and free for kids under 5. …
A 22-year-old former long-term substitute teacher at Hyde Park Middle School will plead guilty to charges she had an affair with a 15-year-old male student, her lawyer said Friday.
How did Nevada become a gambling haven while refusing to allow a lottery?
The Houston Astros game against the Los Angeles Angels drew a historically low rating on Monday.
Professional poker standout Phil Ivey has been sued in federal court by the Borgata in Atlantic City, which claimed the $9.6 million he won at the casino in 2012 was earned through cheating at high-stakes mini-baccarat.
Four finalists to be interviewed from original pool of 350 candidates as three-month process to replace Keith Kizer wraps up.
The ferociously intense “The Raid: Redemption” was an instant classic. But writer-director Gareth Evans went and mucked things up by giving “The Raid 2” a plot. Still, there’s plenty to like in the sequel.
A Houston woman was sentenced to life in prison Friday for fatally stabbing her boyfriend with the 5½-inch stiletto heel of her shoe, striking him at least 25 times in the face and head.
The Hall of Fame basketball coach is resting comfortably at Valley Hospital and was feeling much better Friday according to his son Danny. But he remains in intensive care as doctors continue to run tests on his heart to try and determine why he took ill Wednesday night.
One of the owners of land in Everett, Mass., that Wynn Resorts Chairman and CEO Steve Wynn wants to buy to build a casino is refusing to sign a promise that no secret owners would profit from the sale.
Whether I’m the right person to say it or not, I feel like someone should: To all residents of Utah, as well as Mormons everywhere, I’m sorry for the comments made by Clark County Commissioner Tom Collins.
The Clark County Commission is taking a look at the decorum of Commissioner Tom Collins, who fears the dispute at Cliven Bundy’s ranch that has drawn protesters from other states might turn violent and isn’t afraid to be frank about his warning.
The 19-year-old girl in Northern California who was convicted of selling pot brownies to purchase a prom dress is now facing the possibility of deportation.
Las Vegan Roy Nelson knocked out Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira in the first round of a heavyweight bout that served as the main event of an Ultimate Fighting Championship card in Abu Dhabi on Friday.
Republicans who plan to attend this weekend’s Nevada GOP state convention are upset that Gov. Brian Sandoval is skipping the event and snubbing the party’s effort to offer pre-primary candidate endorsements.
As the prosecutor tries to shred his version of events on the night he shot and killed his girlfriend, Oscar Pistorius denies assertions that he’s telling lies. Here’s a look at the main points of contention at Pistorius’ murder trial.
A Las Vegas-based concrete company has agreed pay a fine of more than $300,000 after federal investigators found that it disregarded overtime rates for two years.
The Warped Tour is taking mercy on Las Vegas fans, moving the punk-rock endurance test off the concrete and on to the grass-covered UNLV Intramural Fields. The all-day show takes place June 19, which triple-digit heat is the norm.
Born and raised in Iowa near the site of “Field of Dreams” groundskeeper Kevin Moses has transformed the playing surface at Cashman Field into something akin to a dream this season for the 51s and parent New York Mets.
Kevin Costner has made great sports movies (“Bull Durham” and “Field of Dreams”). He’s made good sports movies (“For Love of the Game” and “Tin Cup”). And he’s made “Draft Day.”