A look at some prop bets for the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16 games Thursday and Friday. Lines are from the Westgate Las Vegas sports book.
Matt Stainbrook has one of those stories only March Madness can relay to a nation of college fans, and there is also the part about him being a main reason Xavier has advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament for the fifth time since 2008.
Nolan Kingham is one of the top pitching prospects in the West region. Armed with a fastball that has been clocked as high as 96 mph, the lanky right-hander is expected to be the first Desert Oasis player selected in Major League Baseball’s first-year player draft in June.
Cockpit voice recordings from the German jet that crashed in the Alps showed one of the pilots left the cockpit and could not get back in before the plane went down, killing everyone onboard, the New York Times reported.
The Spring Valley baseball team scored three runs in each of the fourth and fifth innings to take a four-run lead and hung on for a 6-5 win over Faith Lutheran, which was handed its first league loss since May 3, 2012.
Kayla Stephens’ two-run double keyed a four-run rally in the top of the seventh inning Wednesday that lifted Arbor View’s softball team to a 6-4 win at Green Valley.
Few remember to take a deep breath and appreciate, which is how we should view the final days of Frank Kaminsky’s college basketball career at Wisconsin. His is the sort of story that makes the NCAA Tournament so special.
Ayden McKinnon, who turned 15 in the Clark County Detention Center, is facing serious adult charges, but the Nevada Supreme Court is reconsidering whether he should be treated as a juvenile.
Zaire Franklin had 26 kills and 16 digs Wednesday to help Legacy’s boys volleyball team to a 25-18, 19-25, 25-14, 21-25, 15-10 win at Shadow Ridge.
Thomas Kirchner shot a 1-under-par 69 at Los Prados on Wednesday to lead Silverado’s boys golf team to victory in a Northeast League match.
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North Las Vegas City Council candidate Matthew Anderson is running on the platform that a city in financial distress needs a businessman to help it bounce back, but the chiropractor has had his own financial hurdles, records show.
A girl was critically injured when she was struck by a car near Western High School on Wednesday, Las Vegas police said.
Just in time for spring break, Southern Nevada’s two large water parks are coming into season with new rides and events. Both parks will open Saturday and then next week for spring break, before moving to a weekend schedule until the season begins in earnest Memorial Day weekend.
Three teens have been indicted by a Clark County grand jury for a January rape and home invasion in the southwest valley.
The California coastline might come to mind when you think of a destination for a beach trip, but Alabama and the Gulf of Mexico have some of the best beaches in the world. Here are five reasons why your next beach trip should be to Alabama.
Students, professors and activists rallied at UNLV Wednesday afternoon to oppose legislation that would allow concealed weapons on campus. Students at the University of Nevada in Reno held a similar rally at the same time.
Members of Congress on Wednesday wrestled with a bill that seeks to ban legalized gambling on the Internet and roll it back in the few states — including Nevada — where it has been approved in some form.
Charges have been dropped against a Pahrump man who was wanted by the Nye County sheriff’s office.
Taylor Swift purchased two domain names this week — TaylorSwift.porn and TaylorSwift.adult — as a preventive measure against Internet users who might use her name to promote adult-related content, according to the BBC.
A driver tried to ram a Metro officer on Wednesday and was booked on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon, according to police.
The Blue Ribbon Committee tasked with examining shortcomings in Clark County’s child welfare system and courts has a specific recommendation regarding crowding at the county’s emergency shelter for abused and neglected children. That recommendation on Child Haven will be among a total of seven the committee will submit to Clark County commissioners and the Legislature, according to a Nevada Supreme Court news release.
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Elaine Wynn was asked Wednesday why she undertook a costly and nasty proxy fight to regain her seat on the Wynn Resorts Ltd. board of directors. Instead of answering directly, she refocused the question. “Maybe that’s something you should ask the company,” Wynn, 72, said.
A 31-year-old man was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison Wednesday in the killing a California highway patrolman and another man after a carjacking on the Strip.
Can’t see Harry Potter’s Albus Dumbledore as gay? Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has a terse message for you.
An insurance company is collaborating with the city of Las Vegas to post warning signs alerting motorists to keep an eye out for motorcyclists.