The idea came to Jonathan Dimmig in a dream, and it was too good not to write down.
No major fight goes without promotions and pictures. But when Miguel Cotto and Sergio Martinez went to the top of the Empire State Building on Monday to promote Saturday’s World Boxing Council middleweight title fight at Madison Square Garden, there had to be some apprehension on the promoters’ part.
Pundits have sounded the death knell for the San Antonio Spurs for years, but coach Gregg Popovich and his core trio continues to prove them wrong.
A showdown between LeBron James and the San Antonio Spurs is not only deja vu, it’s a dream NBA Finals matchup in almost every sense.
Dan Simmons, of Pahrump, combines 137 wild game recipes with outdoor adventure stories in his book “Sportsman’s Quest.”
■ LAKE MEAD — It’s been a relatively quiet week on the lake, largely because of rising daytime temperatures. Anglers have found fair success. The best time for netting shad has been before sunrise. Stripers are generally from one to three pounds. Smallmouth and largemouth bass are providing anglers with good fishing north of Callville Bay.
Green Valley’s Keola Paragas was a bit of a question mark entering his senior year.
Softball coaches throughout the state might have June 10 circled on their calendar.
The biggest threat facing hospitals today is not reimbursement cuts under Obamacare. It’s the American labor movement.
UNLV’s presidential search committee met Monday, settling on a process and job description for the school’s next leader. Specifically, as reported by the Review-Journal’s Kristy Totten, the committee wants a diverse group of three to five candidates to visit campus and complete interviews. Those candidates must have a mix of academic and business skills.
Forrest Gump may not be there. But his philosophy — “Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re going to get” — definitely will be when the 2014 Vegas Fringe Festival kicks off a two-weekend run Friday at Las Vegas Little Theatre.
There’s still a certain sizzle to having “Las Vegas” in your name. Maybe less so for pavers or locksmiths, but definitely for three singers trying to sell tickets to people who haven’t heard of them.
Last weekend, you could soak up the sun, as well as the suds, at the Springs Preserve’s Blues & Brews Festival. This weekend ups the ante with the Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival at the Cannery, 2121 E. Craig Road in North Las Vegas.
“Ding-dong. Hello, my name is Elder …” Very soon The Smith Center for the Performing Arts will fling open the doors on Reynolds Hall to a flood of patrons. There are those who may be familiar with that opening salvo to “The Book of Mormon.” But we’d still like to hear it. And we’d like to see it.
UNLV pitcher Erick Fedde still is expected to go in today’s first round of the Major League Baseball draft after undergoing Tommy John elbow surgery on Tuesday. He said the procedure went well.
A huge new paperwork headache for the government could also be jeopardizing coverage for some of the millions of people who just got health insurance under President Barack Obama’s law.
You know the old joke about the best way to get to Carnegie Hall: practice, practice, practice. But for 34 members of the Southern Nevada Musical Arts Society, it’s no joke.
Ready to have your mind blown? Anastasia Steele, the submissive female protagonist of the best-selling erotic fiction series “Fifty Shades of Grey,” is pretty much your basic Disney princess/musical comedy ingenue. Boom.
You don’t even have to see the label of the beer that Eric “Lando” Hagen has to make a pretty good guess as to where it was brewed.
Well, it’s certainly better than “Raising the Bar.”
For June, First Friday organizers are celebrating the art and science of sound with a variety of auditory programming, including a silent dance party, a design-your-own instrument station and other family-friendly activities.
A Marine jet crashed into a residential area in a Southern California desert community Wednesday, hitting at least one house and setting at least two on fire, but no one was injured, authorities said.
Already facing welfare fraud allegations, Assembly District 3 candidate Nakia Woodson has also been accused of making loud protests at a church over a financial dispute.
Along with the successful career Chester T. Sewell had at Basic Magnesium Inc. and its affiliated companies, he worked hard to give back to the community.
The city of Henderson is scheduled to celebrate the grand opening of two new parks from 8 to 10 a.m. June 14 at Mountain Lake Park, 1020 Golda Way.
Find fun things to do in and near the Henderson area from free film screenings to a Slide into Summer water play event.
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