NCAA Tournament prop bets

The NCAA Tournament was reduced to 64 teams after two play-in games Tuesday and two Wednesday. The second round begins Thursday and continues Friday. Las Vegas sports books have posted prop bets for the tournament. Here’s a sampling from Westgate Las Vegas.

Las Vegas Review-Journal Madness Challenge

The Review-Journal’s Adam Hill, Kelly Stewart and Matt Youmans compete with handicappers Bruce Marshall and Ken Thomson in a contest covering NCAA Tournament games today and Friday.

Metro: Illegal drug delivery ring shut down

The owner of an illegal marijuana dispensary was arrested Wednesday following a months-long investigation, Las Vegas police said.

4-year-old cancer patient gets Disney sendoff on the Strip

Maya Cortes, a 4-year-old kidney cancer patient, learned she and her family are headed to Walt Disney World courtesy of Make-A-Wish of Southern Nevada at Maya’s very own “Cinderella” ball Wednesday at Aria on the Strip.

CCSD support staff union leadership in trouble after challenge

The longtime union representing more than 11,000 Clark County School District bus drivers, janitors, cooks and other support staff is in disarray after being challenged by another union, sources familiar with the situation told the Review-Journal.

First MW team falls as Dayton eliminates Boise State

Jordan Sibert overcame early foul trouble to score 13 points – including a go-ahead 3-pointer with 34 seconds remaining – as the host Flyers downed the Broncos in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Here’s how to catch all the March Madness action

The regular-season games have wrapped up, Selection Sunday is history and March Madness action begins with the First Four games tipping off Tuesday. Here’s how you can catch all the action.

Fort Piute a Mojave National Preserve treasure

Many of the treasures offered by the 1.6 million-acre Mojave National Preserve can be found only by traveling on remote gravel roads. One such destination is Fort Piute in the extreme eastern region of the park.

 
Jury sees bombs, bloody sweatshirt in Boston bombing trial

The Boston Marathon bombing trial jury on Wednesday saw two sides of defendant Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, in pipe bombs he is charged with hurling at police four days after the attack and the sweatshirt stained with his own blood he was arrested in.

Readers welcomed into unseen world in ‘The Imaginary’

You can be anyone, anywhere — all you have to do is think it. And in the new book “The Imaginary” by A.F. Harrold, illustrated by Emily Gravett, even adults pretend, although that’s not always good.

Gorman towers share top honor

Bishop Gorman”s big men Chase Jeter and Stephen Zimmerman were named co-players of the year to lead the Review-Journal”s all-state boys basketball team. Jeter averaged 16.8 points per game and 10.8 rebounds, and Zimmerman averaged 14.4 points and 10.1 rebounds.

Reno’s McGwire repeats as player of year

Reno”s Mallory McGwire averaged 21.8 points, 14.3 rebounds and 6.9 blocked shots per game, and collected her second straight Review-Journal state player of the year award.

Robert Morris downs North Florida to advance to round of 64

Lucky Jones tallied 21 points, seven rebounds and a career-high tying five steals as the Colonials overcame a double-digit, second-half deficit to defeat the Ospreys in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at Dayton, Ohio.

 
Here’s who Obama thinks will win the NCAA Championship

March Madness gripped the White House and lots of other workplaces on Wednesday as President Barack Obama joined an estimated 60 million Americans scrambling to make their predictions for the annual tournament to crown a collegiate basketball champion.

Olympics would be a huge economic boost for Boston

A 2024 Olympic Games in Boston could be an economic boost for the city and eastern Massachusetts, bringing $5 billion in new spending to the region over about seven years, a University of Massachusetts analysis of the bid revealed on Wednesday.

Bracket advice: Don’t pick Kentucky

Game experts and numerologists agree the way to win your office bracket pool is to pick … against Kentucky?

Veterans voice worries about access to medical services, claim denial

About 120 veterans attended Wednesday’s town hall discussion at the North Las Vegas VA Medical Center with local VA officials. Their concerns, much like those raised in previous town halls, focused on delays in accessing health care services and in resolving disability claims.

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