Liberty runs to fifth consecutive title

Liberty running back Spencer Wilson didn’t think much of his first-half performance on Friday night.

Bishop Gorman overpowers Arbor View in championship

The parking lot at Arbor View was filled by 6:30 p.m. Friday, and the line to enter the stadium wrapped around the corner of North Buffalo Drive.

Pahranagat Valley again defeats Spring Mountain

Tabor Maxwell has been groomed to be the starting quarterback for Pahranagat Valley’s football team since he was in second grade.

Big League Weekend to feature Cubs, A’s

The Chicago Cubs and Oakland Athletics will play two split-squad exhibition games March 13 and 14 at Cashman Field on Las Vegas’ 25th annual Big League Weekend.

Forget Eli’s interceptions; pick Giants over Cowboys

On the rare occasions when the sun peeks through the clouds here, it never seems to shine on Eli Manning these days. The forecast for this weekend calls for cold temperatures with about a 60 percent chance of another New York Giants loss.

Quarterback has Arizona rolling

After winning a heated competition for Arizona’s starting quarterback job in the preseason, redshirt freshman Anu Solomon has not looked back.

Pacquiao planning on beatdown

This is not the fight Manny Pacquiao wants. If it were up to Pacquiao, he would be fighting Floyd Mayweather Jr. tonight (early Sunday in Macau) in a mega-million dollar fight that would have the sports world abuzz.

Police seek man in northeast valley robbery

Las Vegas police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a young male connected to a robbery of a retail store near Nellis and Lake Mead boulevards on Monday.

USDA gives rural residents reasons to love government

Rural Nevada is in big trouble. I mean really big. Forget about drought and an eventual drop in mineral prices. They’re nothing compared to this.

Somali-born activist honored by Adelson Educational Campus

Somali-born human rights activist, politician and author Ayaan Hirsi Ali will be honored Saturday at the 11th annual In Pursuit of Excellence Gala. Hirsi Ali will be recognized by the Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Educational Campus for her support of women’s rights and universal access to education.

Vargas has sights on Pacquiao, but DeMarco fight comes first

Manny Pacquiao is fighting Chris Algieri tonight (early Sunday in Macau), but the World Boxing Organization welterweight champion’s eyes are on Floyd Mayweather Jr. Jessie Vargas is also fighting tonight in Macau. But he also has an eye cast toward the future.

Konami exec, others relay message: Nothing has changed

Konami Gaming Inc. isn’t a party in the multi-billion dollar buyouts involving Nevada’s two largest slot machine manufacturers, but that doesn’t mean Konami Senior Vice President Tom Jingoli hasn’t felt effects of the mergers.

Missouri whips Lady Rebels in Hawaii tournament

The UNLV women’s basketball team shot only 31 percent from the field in a 79-60 loss to Missouri on Friday night in the Rainbow Wahine Classic at Honolulu.

 
2 men arrested after alleged plot to bomb Ferguson protest

Two men suspected of buying explosives they planned to detonate during protests in Ferguson, Missouri, once a grand jury decides the Michael Brown case, were arrested on Friday and charged with federal firearms offenses, a law enforcement official told Reuters.

Tough Temple team awaits UNLV

After all the difficulty UNLV had with Stanford on Friday night, it’s probably fortunate the Rebels will not be playing a top-10 opponent like Duke on Saturday. Not that Temple is an easy draw.

Stanford teaches young Rebels a lesson

Anthony Brown and Chasson Randle, a pair of senior guards, took UNLV’s highly touted freshmen to school and introduced them to big-time college basketball. It was a rude introduction.

Rebels’ response could define season

Is there such a thing as a season-defining moment for a college basketball team in just its fourth game? For UNLV, it will find out Saturday.

Mount Charleston flood berm halfway done

Work is more than halfway done on the earthen berm that will divert floodwaters away from the Rainbow subdivision on Mount Charleston.

Man found guilty in death of 7-year-old

A Clark County jury convicted a 36-year-old man of murder Friday in the beating death of a 7-year-old boy.

46.3 million to hit the road for Thanksgiving

The good news for Thanksgiving travelers: the price of gas is at five-year lows. The bad news: a lot more people will be on the road.

 
Obama says he came to Vegas to show he won’t give up on immigration reform

President Barack Obama said he returned to Las Vegas Friday, two years after promising comprehensive immigration reform here, to show he “will never give up” and still wants Congress to pass a bill even after he took executive action to protect 5 million undocumented immigrants from deportation.

Ex-UFC champ Edgar to fight Swanson in Texas

Former Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight champ Frankie Edgar will fight Cub Swanson in a matchup of featherweight contenders in the main event of a card Saturday in Austin, Texas.

Inmate convicted of murder in Clark County dies

A Nevada inmate serving a life sentence for murder convictions in the 1970s died on Tuesday, Nevada Department of Corrections announced on Friday.

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