Because it has been 39 years since Rick Monday saved the flag and handed it to a Dodgers relief pitcher named Doug Rau, there wasn’t much hubbub about it on Saturday morning. There was no “ESPN Films: 30 for 30” piece. It’ll probably be another 11 years before that happens.
At the gathering he jokingly called “a night when Washington celebrates itself,” President Barack Obama took light-hearted aim on Saturday at a range of political friends and foes, including the people running to succeed him.
Clark County commissioners were in rare form Tuesday, expressing shock — Shock! — and outrage — Outrage! — over abuses carried out by court-appointed guardians. Last week, the Review-Journal reported the miserable oversight failures of the system that’s supposed to protect the estates of thousands of elderly and mentally incapacitated residents, and in their first meeting since those reports, commissioners were eager to blame anyone but themselves.
One simple explanation for lawmakers’ lack of concern about the negative effects of minimum wage increases: The people most harmed by such wage hikes can’t vote.
This past week was National Crime Victims Week. It was the perfect time to put partisan politics aside and come together as Nevadans, with the important goal of ensuring crime victims have a voice in justice and more importantly, the equal rights and constitutional protections they deserve.
In December, President Barack Obama said that he wished to see Iran ultimately become a “very successful regional power.”
No, the tax increase sought by Gov. Brian Sandoval to fund new education spending isn’t law yet. But the celebration surrounding Tuesday’s Senate passage of a tiered, revenue-based state business license fee sure made it look like a done deal.
The Las Vegas chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority celebrated 50 years during a gala April 18 at the Monte Carlo.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. will exceed even his highest expectations on Saturday. He will make close to $200 million for fighting Manny Pacquiao at the sold-out MGM Grand Garden before what is expected to be a record pay-per-view audience.
Rescuers dug with their bare hands and bodies piled up in Nepal on Sunday after an earthquake devastated the heavily crowded Kathmandu valley, killing at least 1,900, and triggered a deadly avalanche on Mount Everest.
Flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson locked in an armbar and forced Kyoji Horiguchi to submit with one second left in the fifth and final round of their main-event title fight at UFC 186 on Saturday in Montreal, the sixth consecutive title defense for Johnson.
Hundreds of friends of Adam’s Place gathered for a party April 16 to raise funds for the organization that empowers children coping with loss and grief.
The Las Vegas Sands and Rob Goldstein were honored April 9 during the 15th annual Governor’s Black-Tie Golf Invitational sponsored by Southern Highlands Charitable Foundation.
An intrepid gardener in the desert needs to devise creative ways to get and keep tomatoes producing despite the dry air, the blistering sunlight and elevated temperatures.
Matt Stonie and Michelle Lesco earned the title of “Nevada Hot Dog Eating Champions” on Saturday at New York-New York.
Ramona Denby-Brinson is taking one for UNLV’s team of social science researchers. She is the 2015 recipient of the Harry Reid Silver State Research Award.
Veteran referee Vic Drakulich, who has been battling a rare form of abdominal cancer for three years, will work on the undercard of Saturday’s megafight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand Garden.
Arbor View junior Nick Quintana had two home runs and four RBIs on Saturday to help the Aggies to a 10-0 home win over Las Vegas in six innings.
The Las Vegas 51s’ game against the Albuquerque Isotopes was rained out Saturday night, the team’s first rainout at Cashman Field since Aug. 25, 2008, and only the eighth home rainout in the Triple-A franchise’s 33-year history.
Lotus Broadcasting, one of the largest privately owned Radio Station Groups in the country, recently changed the format at Las Vegas station KRLV-AM (1340) from Spanish talk to sports, joining sister sports stations KWWN (ESPN Radio’s 1100 AM, 100.9 FM) and KBAD-AM (920, The Game) to form the Las Vegas Sports Radio Network.
Payton Squier’s bases-loaded single in the 10th inning sent UNLV to an 8-7 win over Air Force in a Mountain West baseball game Saturday at Wilson Stadium.
A record rainfall hit the Las Vegas Valley on Saturday but caused no apparent damage, other than a lot of filthy vehicles.
Arbor View’s Nick Quintana doesn’t see many fastballs when he steps into the batter’s box, as most Southern Nevada pitchers have caught on to the all-state shortstop.
BMX riders and Henderson officials celebrated the grand opening of the Whitney Mesa BMX track Saturday.
Chase Adams was 2-for-2 with a home run, a double and four RBIs Saturday to lead host Desert Oasis’ baseball team to a five-inning 11-0 win over Sierra Vista.
At least 2,000 people marched through downtown Baltimore on Saturday to protest the unexplained death of a black man in police custody, and authorities said some demonstrators threw objects at officers and broke windows.
