With at least a 4-inch height advantage over the tallest player on the opposing team, UNLV sophomore Chris Wood could have been expected to dominate, and the 6-foot-11-inch forward did exactly that.
Palo Verde boys soccer coach Garry Shackley insisted his team didn’t get a fortunate bounce, though some onlookers at Heritage Park on Wednesday might see it another way.
What the Rebels encountered Wednesday — a 100-65 victory against an outfit named Florida National before a heavily inflated announced gathering of 10,253 at the Thomas & Mack Center — was an exhibition is every sense of the word.
UNLV switched standout offensive left tackle Brett Boyko to left guard Saturday against New Mexico, and Kyle Saxelid received his first start at left tackle. Both players will probably finish the football season in those spots.
Kapono Maruyama entered Wednesday’s soccer match cold off the bench and was put in a position he hadn’t played all season.
A man was shot in the foot in an east valley drive-by shooting Wednesday evening, Las Vegas police reported.
Spirit Airlines revels in its reputation as a super-low-cost carrier willing to take its lumps, so much that it launched an air travel State of Hate survey over the summer to share the hate air travelers feel about airlines as a whole.
Tom Brokaw will take NBC Sports Network viewers with him on a trip to his native South Dakota for pheasant hunting season, a special that could become the template for a regular series.
As I looked again at the dent in my now worthless riflescope, a wave of depression came over me. With that unexpected development, and all the other things that had reduced my hunt time to just three days, the deck seemed stacked against my deer hunt from the start.
Sunrise Mountain boys’ soccer team secured its place in the Division I-A state tournament with a strong defensive performance on Wednesday, blanking Clark 1-0 in the semifinals of the Southern Region tournament at Heritage Park.
Taylor Swift’s new album “1989” reaped history-making first-week sales of 1.287 million, according to a bulletin released by Nielsen SoundScan on Tuesday evening.
The Rebels beat No. 7 Colorado State, the first time UNLV has beaten a Top 10 team. The victory moves them into second place in the Mountain West and puts them on the bubble for the NCAA Tournament.
Popcorn is no longer just for movie outings thanks in part to gourmet popcorn shop Popped, 9480 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 110.
From serving Mexican food to singing La Cucaracha on the guitar, retired language teacher Dr. J. Marlan Walker is a Henderson legend. Well-respected throughout the community, it only made sense when former students, family and friends nominated Walker for an elementary school namesake.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell testified for more than two hours to start Ray Rice’s appeal hearing on Wednesday, a person familiar with the case told The Associated Press.
Palo Verde boys soccer coach Garry Shackley insisted his team didn’t get a fortunate bounce, though some onlookers at Heritage Park on Wednesday might see it another way.
The mother of Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson’s son said Wednesday she supports a plea deal that gave Peterson probation on a charge of abusing the boy.
The Democrats swept all three Clark County Commission races, but the Republican tide certainly made two of the three incumbents look more vulnerable.
Aaron Sorkin’s “The Newsroom” debuted to a wave of excitement. Now, it’s kicking off its third and final season (9 p.m. Sunday, HBO), and it’s only been given six episodes.
Members of the rock band Kiss arrived in Las Vegas via helicopter at the Hard Rock hotel-casino for the start of their residency Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014.
Canceled last year amid budget cuts and the federal sequestration, Aviation Nation will roar back to life Saturday and Sunday at Nellis Air Force Base.
Henderson calendar highlights include the arrival of Santa at the Galleria at Sunset mall and a Henderson Veterans Day ceremony.
A man is hospitalized after suspected gang shooting in the northern valley Wednesday morning.
A moderate earthquake and a string of aftershocks have hit a sparsely populated area of northwest Nevada near its borders with Oregon and California, but there were no reports of damage.
Four people were transported to the hospital after a two-vehicle crash Wednesday morning.
Literary happenings this week include signings by rock legend Gene Simmons, Gina Moreno Wilson, Steven Grogan, Rena Kopstenski and Nancy Nelson.
The new North Las Vegas city manager isn’t that new. The North Las Vegas council threw its support behind the woman who has been acting city manager since June at Wednesday’s council meeting. Qiong Liu has been with North Las Vegas since 2005.
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Southwest Vegas food hall closing only a year after opening
‘Top Chef’ stars to close Las Vegas Strip pop-up restaurant
Fontainebleau signs ‘once in a generation talent’ to residency deal
Wynn’s plans to build a third tower on Strip still alive
Las Vegas ranks among most expensive places in the US to visit: study