Marcos Maidana doesn’t need to be reminded of what’s at stake Saturday. He can become the first professional fighter to defeat Floyd Mayweather Jr. In doing so, he would become the unified world welterweight champion. And he would reach legendary status in his native Argentina, perhaps close to the same stratosphere as soccer star Lionel Messi in terms of adulation.
Neighborhood gambling giant Station Casinos hasn’t been shy about criticizing the Dotty’s chain.
After eight months, the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange has proved that it can’t process the payments that guarantee coverage for enrollees. But it can ask parents whether a 3-year-old is pregnant.
No one has a bigger stake in the performance of public education systems than parents. School accountability starts with the families who have their children enrolled and engaged in the classrooms overseen by the state. That’s why parents are guaranteed access to their children’s education records under federal law.
How drivers with Las Vegas ties performed in the various NASCAR series.
Adrien Broner’s cellphone usually would ring off the hook after his fights. The text messages would come nonstop, and friends would be trying to latch on to his latest performance and bask in his glory. Then came Dec. 14.
Not much has gone lately the way Ishe Smith had planned in his boxing career. The 35-year-old Las Vegan was hoping to hang on to his International Boxing Federation junior middleweight title for longer than seven months. But he lost a 12-round split decision to Carlos Molina on Sept. 14 at the MGM Grand Garden.
The Kentucky Derby is the one race that makes everybody a horse racing fan for a day. And if you’re lucky enough to pick the winner, it’s a boast you can live off for the next 51 weeks.
Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy is continuing his feud against the Bureau of Land Management for last month’s roundup of his cattle on public land on the Gold Butte range, saying he will file a criminal complaint Friday morning with the Metropolitan Police Department based on the federal agency’s actions.
Grant Griffin says surrounding himself with beautiful co-stars is a bit of a throwback to Dean Martin and the Golddiggers, except the Golddiggers didn’t “walk around with four-octave ranges.”
C’mon, Ted, just admit it, already: You want to hear Jane’s Addiction’s alt-rock fever dream “Nothing’s Shocking” front-to-back, right? Of course you do.
Henderson police asked the public for help Wednesday in finding a missing runaway teenager who has medical issues.
Legacy softball coach Dan Casel swore his team was due for some good luck against Cimarron-Memorial.
Nevada Conservatory Theatre’s ‘Grease’ combines elements of stage, screen favorite.
Coronado’s baseball team rallied for three runs in the top of the third and held on for a 3-1 road win over second-ranked Basic on Thursday.
Space is the place — at least downtown — thanks to an out-of-this-world First Friday. Or maybe a “Disney on Ice” production is more your speed. These events and much more this weekend.
A lawyer for a Nye County police union said Thursday that cell phone video from the arrest of the sheriff’s second in command by his underlings shows the confrontation was much less tense than previously described.
Legacy softball coach Dan Casel swore his team was due for some good luck against Cimarron-Memorial.
Jillian James threw a five-inning no-hitter and was 4-for-4 with an RBI double and two runs to lift Coronado’s softball team to a 12-0 victory over host Basic on Thursday.
Tequila and lime? You don’t need no stinkin’ tequila and lime. Instead, celebrate Cinco de Mayo with one of these treats.
Joaquin Pequeno had 12 kills and two blocks Thursday as Basic’s boys volleyball team rallied for a 25-27, 17-25, 25-22, 25-18, 15-11 road win over Eldorado.
David Tottori shot a 1-under-par 35 at Tuscany on Thursday to help Palo Verde’s boys golf team to a 189-192 win over Foothill.
British inquest sources say that Peaches Geldof’s death could be an echo of her mother’s fatal heroin overdose.
Officers killed in the line of duty were honored in the 17th Annual Nevada Law Enforcement Officers Memorial ceremony Thursday in Carson City. Three men were added to this year’s commemorative service, including: Metro Officer David Vanbuskirk, Southern Pacific Railroad Police Watchman Jose Sancedo and Watchman John Montague.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. was recently asked if he had any interest in being the opening act when the new MGM arena opens in spring 2016? After thinking about the question for a while, as he calculated the time frame, he finally responded. “It would be an honor, absolutely,” he said. “But to tell you the truth, I haven’t thought that far in advance.”
NV Energy south is proposing to close three of its four Reid Gardner coal-fired units generating electricity in Southern Nevada by the end of this year as part of a filing made Thursday with the Public Utilities Commission.
Reports by members of the military of sexual assaults jumped by an unprecedented 50 percent last year, in what Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel declared a “clear threat” to both male and female service members’ lives and well-being.
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