Football is a game of attrition, and the season is a marathon. It’s only Week 3 on the college schedule, and while we have a long way to go, most teams are starting to show their true colors.
Although the drawndown of troops in Afghanistan is bringing most American military personnel home with the expected end to U.S.-led combat operations in December, more citizen-soldiers from Nevada are being tasked with overseas deployments.
Southern Nevada transportation officials say they’ll be keeping a watchful eye on state transportation budgets to make sure funds allocated to local highway projects don’t get hijacked to road projects supporting the proposed Tesla Motors Gigafactory east of Reno.
A Las Vegas-based shoe company has filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against Crocs Inc., the Colorado-based company known for its ventilated plastic clogs. The complaint, filed Wednesday in Las Vegas by U.S.A. Dawgs Inc., claims Crocs fraudulently obtained patents in 2006, then used a series of “sham” lawsuits to thwart its competitors and monopolize the market.
Authorities say a South Carolina man killed his five children at home, “by violent means,” about a week before his ex-wife reported them missing.
Massachusetts police have arrested a man they say broke into a home and cooked himself a snack.
CARSON CITY — After hours of hearings, things are starting to move here in Carson City. There are even rumors that lawakers will wrap things up tonight.
After securing its perch as a pro-basketball city amid much controversy last year, Sacramento is now aiming to add Major League Soccer, a move that could help revitalize the California capital and mark it as a regional center for sports.
Dr. Dee L’archeveque recalled the 9/11 chaos at New York’s World Trade Center near where she was emergency room director at a Queen’s hospital, telling a Las Vegas audience Thursday that remote-controlled drones could have made the search so much easier.
Had Mickey Bey decided to walk away from boxing a year ago, few would have blamed him, given the downward turn his career had taken.
Because of continuing construction, UNLV soccer fans are being asked to find another place to park for the Rebels’ game against University of Maryland, Baltimore County on Friday. Try the lots at the Boys and Girls Club or the baseball field.
I am re-running this with permission. It’s from my good pal, Evan Wallach. Folks will remember him from his days in Las Vegas with Lionel, Sawyer and Collins. He was the Review-Journal’s outside attorney as well as the kick-ass attorney for the Nevada Press Association.
Two football games scheduled for Friday have been postponed and one game moved because of the repair work on Interstate 15 northeast of Las Vegas.
Matt Youmans, Kelly Stewart and Golden Nugget sports book director Tony Miller preview the college football and NFL weekend by offering 12 plays.
Among the acts coming to Las Vegas: R&B star Usher at the MGM Grand Garden arena, Pretenders frontwoman Chrissie Hynde goes solo at The Pearl at the Palms, and Bass Gravy, featuring Dieselboy and MC Dino, takes over the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay.
NEW YORK — RadioShack warned Thursday that it may need to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization if it can’t rework its debt or find another way to ease a cash crunch.
A former New York Mets ticket sales executive sued the baseball club for discrimination on Wednesday, alleging in a federal lawsuit she was “frequently humiliated” and later fired by the team owner’s son because she was pregnant while unmarried.
The North Las Vegas police officer who was involved in a weekend robbery-turned-shooting in North Las Vegas was identified Thursday.
There’ll be no more private vendors for Nevada Health Link. The board of the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange voted Thursday to end its search for a company to replace Xerox, which lost its contract following the health link’s glitch-ridden rollout.
Tim Tebow has another job. Not in the NFL as a quarterback but as a contributor to “Good Morning America.”
Investigators say they don’t expect to find the specific sources of fatal strains of E. coli that killed two children in the Pacific Northwest and left a Washington boy fighting for his life.
Only 16 drivers can win the title as the Chase for the Sprint Cup begins Sunday in Chicago, including Las Vegas drivers Kurt and Kyle Busch. The experts don’t give them a chance, but the best teams don’t always win in a playoff format like NASCAR instituted this season.
Like-minded performers lock into a chemistry for “Georgia On My Mind,” a salute to R&B legend Ray Charles.
A crash on southbound Interstate 15 slowed traffic near Charleston Boulevard Thursday afternoon.
See The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Mariachi El Bronx and others for free.
With kids back in school, The D’s afternoon shows are free to turn a childish focus on adult obsessions.
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval said that as chairman of the Western Governors’ Association he wants to bring states together to talk about how best to manage and prepare for drought.
Detectives found 50 dead cats in four freezers at the home of a South Florida man while serving a warrant for child pornography.
It’s the only time of year some get to headline, but some weekend stars have been playing Las Vegas for Mexican Independence Day for more than 20 years.
New book delves into contrast between comedian’s raunchy stand-up and wholesome sitcom work.