‘Cro Cop’ down but never out

Gabriel Gonzaga bloodied Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic, taking him down in the first two rounds of their UFC fight in Poland on Saturday. But the 40-year-old Filipovic finally launched an attack and finished off Gonzaga in the third.

UNLV looking to cash in remodeled campus venues

University of Nevada, Las Vegas officials are working with a sports facility consultant to draw naming rights deals in hope of generating more money from its three-building campus sports complex.

Teen linked to toddler’s death won’t face charges, DA says

A 17-year-old girl police say was impregnated by her stepfather and linked to the death of her 3-year-old sister will no longer face a child abuse charge, the Clark County district attorney’s said Monday.

CSN pitchers no-hit Utah team — and lose

Top prospect Phil Bickford, two others, combine on gem but Coyotes lose 1-0, bringing back memories of the late Stu Miller.

Hasselhoff suits up to see Boyz II Men

Older Las Vegas residents often decry today’s lack of high fashion on the Strip, where men and women used to get all dolled up in suits and pretty “Back to the Future” dresses just to go gambling their lives away in style during sunlight hours.

Big rigs rubbing and racing at the Bullring

The big rigs at Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend won’t be hauling racecars — they’ll be hauling ass around the LVMS Bullring. North American Big Rig Racing — the group is based in Canada — makes its debut on the 3/8-mile oval, which seems like an awfully small space to handle vehicles that squeeze out the sun on the freeway.

 
Witness in ‘Suge’ Knight hit-and-run case reluctant to ‘snitch’

A key witness in the hit-and-run murder case against Marion “Suge” Knight told a Los Angeles judge on Monday he was reluctant to “snitch” against the one-time rap music mogul, declining even to positively identify him in open court.

 
Judge sentences ex-Blackwater contractors

One former employee of the private Blackwater Worldwide security company was sentenced Monday to life in prison and three others to 30 years each behind bars for their roles in a 2007 mass shooting in Baghdad that left 17 people dead.

Jury selection begins for teen charged with murdering Australian athlete

Jury selection started on Monday in the trial of an Oklahoma teenager who has been charged with murdering an Australian student on a local university’s baseball team as he was jogging in the southern part of the state in 2013.

Plane makes emergency landing after worker trapped in cargo

A Los Angeles-bound Alaska Airlines flight made an emergency landing at a Seattle-area airport on Monday afternoon after it took off with a worker trapped in a cargo area under the cabin, the U.S. carrier said.

Why car insurance costs less for married couples

The wedding, the honeymoon, children, pets, vacations — the list of what costs married couples a pretty penny goes on and on.

Roseman med school buys Summerlin building for $23 million

Roseman University of Health Sciences on Monday bought the flagship building of the former Nevada Cancer Institute in Summerlin for $23 million, an important asset as the school looks to open to students in 2017.

 
Rowing team ‘attacked’ by swarm of fish — VIDEO

A Washington University rowing team were spooked when toward the end of their practice, they were “attacked” by a swarm of Asian carp.

4 things you’re bound to forget on the worst day of your life

We all have those days when nothing seems to go right. But no matter how down and depressed you feel, here are four things you’re bound to forget (but never should) when those horrible days come.

Pizza is taking over Las Vegas

Las Vegas is going through an Italian Renaissance — at least when it comes to pizza.

 
Is Hillary Clinton the Democrats’ Mitt Romney?

Hillary Clinton officially announced her candidacy for president Sunday, immediately receiving both praise and backlash from both sides of the political spectrum.

Seahawks’ Russell Wilson hints at possible professional baseball career

Whenever a professional athlete even hints that he might play a second pro sport, it attracts attention. Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson created that kind of intrigue by refusing to close the door on a professional baseball career when he interviewed for HBO’s “Real Sports.”

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