There are days when Goodluck Okonoboh’s right foot feels fine and he can run, jump and do everything you would want a 6-foot-10-inch basketball player to do.
The Super Bowl prop bet craze was kicked off in Las Vegas in 1986, when oddsmaker Jimmy Vaccaro gave gamblers at the old MGM Grand the chance to wager on whether William “The Refrigerator” Perry would score a touchdown in Super Bowl XX.
Tim Grgurich, a former UNLV assistant and head basketball coach, was released from a Los Angeles hospital Friday after being treated for two blockages to his heart.
Torrance Littles spent most of the Foothill boys basketball team’s previous game watching from the bench.
Roger Goodell held his annual Super Bowl news conference Friday and answered questions ranging from his job performance to deflated footballs to franchise relocation to Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch refusing to engage much with reporters this week.
Wranglers owner Gary Jacobs said Thursday that the city’s ECHL franchise is calling it quits after failing to find a new facility to play in next season.
Thirteen months ago, Anderson Silva lay crumpled up in the corner of the cage inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena screaming in pain after his left leg snapped on the knee of Chris Weidman as Silva attempted a kick.
Torrance Littles spent most of the Foothill boys basketball team’s previous game watching from the bench.
Jamal Logan scored 14 of his game-high 26 points in the fourth quarter Friday to help Bonanza’s boys basketball team rally for a 59-57 victory over visiting Rancho.
Neshaune Franklin rushed for four touchdowns Friday to lead host Chaparral’s flag football team to a 38-21 win over Rancho.
Jonathan Corrow and Nick Nelson each pinned their opponent in less than 30 seconds Friday to lead Pahrump Valley’s wrestling team to a 64-16 win over visiting Clark.
Haley Vinson scored 14 points Friday to help Faith Lutheran’s girls basketball team roll to a 61-37 win over visiting Boulder City.
He was just 20, not old enough to legally buy a drink at the bar inside the Las Vegas Club, but he could buy a gun at a pawn shop.
In under three years Liban Haji Mohamed has gone from driving a cab in Washington, D.C., to a spot on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists list.
Though you might not have a rooting interest in the game, there is a Super Bowl prop bet out there for everyone. There are literally hundreds of props to choose from. Here are 6 you might want to consider.
The father of an inmate killed at a state prison in northwest Arizona says the family wants answers.
A former Utah woman cannot pursue her lawsuit against the Las Vegas constable’s office as a class-action case, a federal judge has ruled.
Family members say Roy Davis is a kind and generous man.
A Clark County jury convicted a 31-year-old woman of first-degree murder Friday, rejecting her insanity defense in the brutal slaying of a man inside a northeast valley apartment last year.
The U.S. government’s plan to analyze genetic information from more than 1 million volunteers to understand human disease and develop targeted treatments was welcomed Friday by Southern Nevada medical researchers, providers and public health officials.
Las Vegas police will work overtime in the next month to combat the climbing number of pedestrian fatalities in the valley, the department announced Friday.
Rob Fusari wrote and produced for Beyonce, Lady Gaga and Will Smith, but money and success sucked the life out of him until he finally grasped the true key to happiness.
Slick roads and crashes throughout the Las Vegas Valley made for congested morning commutes Friday.
Gov. Brian Sandoval warned Friday that if Nevada lawmakers don’t extend sun-setting taxes and approve new tax revenue the state could face across-the-board budget cuts as deep as 20 percent, damaging an already dismal education system.
It’s like something from a sports movie: A teen in a basketball uniform makes an improbable shot, then gets hoisted on the shoulders of his teammates while the crowd cheers and chants his name.
A Las Vegas man has been arrested by FBI agents in what authorities say was a $3.2 million business loan scheme.
Katy Perry will perform the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show on Sunday with guest Lenny Kravitz and an unnamed ‘old-school’ female singer. As the most watched halftime show all year, it got us thinking about previous Super Bowl halftime performances and who shined on the big stage… or, uh, didn’t.
A Las Vegas judge set bail Friday for a Metro detective accused of attacking a woman after a quarrel over a prostitution fee.
Chris Weidman, the Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight champion, has pulled out of a scheduled title defense against Vitor Belfort at UFC 184 on Feb. 28 in Los Angeles because of a rib injury.