Linebackers are the least of new UNLV staff’s worries

The Rebels are experienced at linebacker, where the starters and reserves return. They will be counted on to help improve a defense that allowed 38.5 points and 513.5 yards per game last season.

Strummin’ on the Stoop — PHOTOS

Ninetey-year-old Rozener Whitehead plays her banjo while singing outside of her home off of J Street and Wyatt Avenue on Tuesday, March 24, 2015. Whitehead has lived in Las Vegas since 1951.

Wait times at the DMV, unemployment offices are a drag

While the DMV’s troubles have spread across banner headlines and filled nightly news broadcasts, similar woes involving Southern Nevada’s unemployed have mostly gone unnoticed.

EDITORIAL: Rogers family bolsters UNLV — again

Behind the incomparable generosity of TV titan Jim Rogers and his wife, Beverly, was a plan: Making Las Vegas a better place to learn would make it a better place to live.

EDITORIAL: Mandatory voting

President Barack Obama loves using the heavy hand of government to make Americans do what he wants them to do. Obamacare’s array of mandates — especially tax penalties for those who fail to purchase health insurance — is the most obvious proof of his fondness for coercion. His latest big idea: compulsory voting.

EDITORIAL: In Henderson, of course

Henderson government is in the news for the wrong reasons — again. The Review-Journal’s Eric Hartley reported Monday that a city audit found police had been illegally voiding traffic citations after the tickets had been filed in court. Under state law, only a judge can dismiss citations once they’ve been filed in court.

Arbor View batters waste no time in win over Liberty

The Arbor View softball team had 10 of its 13 hits on either the first or second pitch of an at-bat and cruised to a 13-2 five-inning win at Liberty to improve to 9-1 against Nevada schools.

Warriors clinch division title after 39-year drought

It’s been a long time coming for the Golden State Warriors, who clinched the team’s first division title since the 1975-76 season Tuesday night at the Moda Center with a 122-108 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers.

BASEBALL: Aggies rout Patriots in matchup of top-five teams

Ryan McHale smacked a two-run home run, and Nick Quintana finished with four RBIs as Arbor View routed host Liberty 16-4 in five innings Tuesday in a matchup of top-five baseball teams.

Brock Lesnar rejects UFC offer, will stay with WWE

Former heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar, arguably the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s most marketable fighter ever, ended months of speculation that he would return to the organization by announcing on ESPN that he has signed a new deal with World Wrestling Entertainment.

 
Jennifer Lawrence is done with ‘X-Men’

Jennifer Lawrence told MTV that it’s a wrap for her after “X-Men: Apocalypse,” which is due in theaters in 2016.

NOTES: Las Vegas High’s Savoy hopes to catch recruiters’ eyes on AAU circuit

Patrick Savoy didn”t receive any scholarship offers after completing an all-state senior season with Las Vegas High. But the 6-foot-4-inch shooting guard hopes that will change this spring when he plays with Dream Vision AAU on the travel basketball circuit.

SOFTBALL: Masterson, Eagles shut out Bulldogs

Charlene Masterson tossed a five-inning one-hitter and struck out nine Tuesday to help host Boulder City’s softball team to a 10-0 win over Virgin Valley.

Woman arrested, 2 men wanted in connection with northeast valley homicide

Las Vegas police are looking for two men in connection with an overnight homicide in the northeast valley, officials said Tuesday. Police said two men and a woman knocked on a woman’s door late Monday night and beat a man to death.

Mayweather-Pacquiao revenue could double original $200 million estimate

Officials apparently underestimated the take for the May 2 megafight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. The original estimate was for $200 million in revenue, but Top Rank chairman Bob Arum says revenue will be closer to $400 million and the live gate will exceed $70 million.

Las Vegas High’s Savoy to audition for scholarship on AAU circuit

Patrick Savoy didn’t receive any scholarship offers after completing an all-state senior season with Las Vegas High. But the 6-foot-4-inch shooting guard hopes that will change this spring when he plays with Dream Vision AAU on the travel basketball circuit.

UNLV swimming again enjoys ‘ultimate reward’

UNLV will send seven swimmers to the nationals in Iowa City this weekend. That’s just part of the goal, says coach Jim Reitz, whose teams have won 10 league titles in the past 11 years. He tells them: “Let’s go faster than we have ever gone.”

Caesars retiree bitter after flow of pension checks stops

Kenneth Houng became one the Strip’s first Asian casino hosts when he joined Caesars Palace in 1982. “Caesars was the place to work. Everybody who worked for Caesars was very proud,” said Houng, 78, who retired in 2012. Today, after his pension checks have stopped, he has a much different feeling about Caesars.

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