Offensive lineman Jeremiah Poutasi, who played at Utah and Desert Pines High School, was taken with the second pick in the third round by the Tennessee Titans on Friday in the NFL Draft.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. really believes he’s the best ever. That includes Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson, Henry Armstrong and Sugar Ray Leonard. And if Mayweather beats Manny Pacquiao on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden, he no doubt will attempt to bolster that claim.
Undefeated Jessie Magdaleno of Las Vegas defeated Raul Hirales Jr. by unanimous decision at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas in Magdaleno’s return to the featherweight division. He had spent most of the past two years fighting as a super bantamweight after beginning his career at 126 pounds.
Jim Lampley, HBO’s blow-by-blow announcer, will call the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao fight for what is expected to be a record pay-per-view audience. He will be joined by his usual sidekick, HBO analyst Roy Jones Jr., and Al Bernstein of Showtime.
11,500 fans paid $10 apiece to watch Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao step onto a scale Friday at the MGM Grand Garden. And when they finally got on the scale, both easily made the 147-pound limit. Pacquiao weighed 145 pounds and Mayweather 146.
The 141st Run for the Roses has serious horseplayers giddy with the prospects of a truly memorable race. As we prepare for Saturday’s event at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., it appears a deep pool of talented 3-year-olds are ready to take a run at immortality.
The first words out of Coronado softball coach Missy Krueger’s mouth after her team finished its regular season Friday praised the Cougars on their ability to make adjustments.
Democrats believe Obamacare needs fixing after all.
“Crazy Girls” may have had its last show at the Riviera on Friday, but the topless revue is headed for Planet Hollywood, the owner said Friday night.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao finally trade punches tonight at the MGM Grand Garden. The wagering handle in Nevada is expected to approach $75 million, a heavyweight figure that is an educated and realistic estimate.
The Coronado softball team learned from collecting just one hit the first two times through the batting order and applied that knowledge to perfection, starting the third trip through with four consecutive hits on its way to a 6-3 win over Spring Valley.
Brady Williams’ hard work has helped achieve the best shot put and discus tosses of the season. Now he has his sights set on double state titles.
Proposition bets offered for tonight’s welterweight unification title fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand Garden.
It’s not near over, and specific plots will determine if Floyd Mayweather Jr. advances his perfection to 48-0 or Manny Pacquiao alerts the Philippines to prepare for the biggest celebratory parade ever witnessed on the island country in Southeast Asia.
Brady Williams” hard work has helped achieve the best shot put and discus tosses of the season. Now he has his sights set on double state titles.
After pitching 5 2/3 innings against Foothill on Tuesday, Rancho’s Kavion Kealoha could only give his team 5 1/3 innings on the mound Friday.
Bishop Gorman’s Ashley Witucki hit for the cycle Friday to lead the Gaels to a 13-3, six-inning softball win over visiting Pahrump Valley.
Tanner Durkin had 19 kills Friday to lead Centennial’s boys volleyball team to a 25-22, 23-25, 20-25, 25-10, 15-13 victory over visiting Green Valley.
Private airport traffic for Saturday’s megafight is reaching record volume, officials for companies and staff at McCarran International Airport said — so much that incoming passengers were being directed to Henderson and North Las Vegas to land their planes.
Janna Hoehn is close to notching another state to her photo collage list for the “Faces Never Forgotten” project. She needs some help, however, to find the last 19 photographs of Nevada’s fallen military personnel from the Vietnam War.
Nevada still has 87,000 fewer jobs than it had in 2007, but the state is expected to return to its pre-recession high of nearly 1.4 million by mid-2016.
Health-related news and events from across the Las Vegas Valley.
Two right lanes of southbound Interstate 15 near the Lake Mead Boulevard exit are blocked after a semi-truck overturned, dumping metal poles onto the roadway.
Alex Rodriguez bashed his way into the history books Friday night by launching his 660th career home run to tie Willie Mays for fourth on the all-time home-run list, leading New York to a 3-2 victory over Boston.
Bubba Derby pitched seven strong innings, and San Diego State scored three unearned runs in the seventh inning to defeat UNLV 4-1 in a Mountain West baseball game Friday night in San Diego. The Rebels had won four straight games.
Former UNLV and Bengals star running back Ickey Woods announced Cincinnati’s second-round pick at Friday’s NFL Draft … and broke out the “Ickey Shuffle.”
Kurt Kitayama shot a 6-under-par 65 to take a one-stroke lead and put UNLV ahead after the first round of the Mountain West men’s golf championships Friday in Tucson, Ariz. The Rebels have a seven-stroke lead over San Diego State and UNR.