In a rare pitcher’s duel at Cashman Field, the Sacramento River Cats dealt the 51s a 2-1 Pacific Coast League loss Friday night before a crowd of 7,887. Las Vegas lost consecutive games for the first time since April 22.
Greg Sylvester hit a three-run homer in the first inning to put Faith Lutheran on top, and the Crusaders defeated Elko 12-5 in the Division I-A state baseball tournament. The victory moves Faith Lutheran into the championship round against Churchill County.
The field for the boys 400-meter dash at the Division I state track and field meet was billed as the fastest in state history. The lineup for the 200 was pretty stacked, too.
Kelsea Sweeney threw 15 2/3 innings in the span of 4½ hours Friday and helped Palo Verde rebound from a loss in the first game to top Foothill 3-1 in the Division I state softball tournament. Palo Verde must beat Reed twice Saturday to retain the state title they won last year in Reno.
Fernley ripped four doubles to score three runs in the third inning and took advantage of five errors in the fourth to defeat Faith Lutheran 10-2 in the losers’ bracket final of the Division I-A state softball tournament.
Senior Ian Mack won both of his individual events and set a meet record in the 400 on Friday to help Green Valley lead the team standings after the first day of the Division I boys state track and field meet at Del Sol High School.
It easily could have been the most heartbreaking loss of her softball career.
The Nevada Athletic Commission on Friday approved sweeping changes for dealing with drug cheats in combat sports, ratcheting up the suspensions and fines and ultimately calling for lifetime bans for repeat offenders.
Gennady Golovkin, the undefeated middleweight champion from Kazakhstan, looks to cement his status as one of the top performers in boxing when he faces Willie Monroe on Saturday at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif.
UNLV senior golfer Nicholas Maruri bounced back Friday to shoot a team-best 2-under-par 70 that kept the Rebels in contention for a spot in the NCAA men’s golf championships. UNLV remains in fifth place at the NCAA regionals in Noblesville, Ind., entering the final round.
Journalists and watchdogs can’t tell you what government agencies are doing if those agencies don’t provide public information they are legally required to provide. Not surprisingly, many government agencies are quite adept at withholding information.
A right hamstring injury limited Brandon Wulff’s effectiveness during the Sunset Region tournament last week, and the senior still hadn’t quite felt like himself through most of the team’s first two state tournament games.
The Preakness is the almost forgotten middle child of the Triple Crown. For years, it was known for debauchery in the infield, but Pimlico officials are trying to tone down the InfieldFest and turn the focus back to the track.
Elko jumped ahead of Faith Lutheran in the top of the first inning Friday in the Division I-A state baseball tournament at Durango.
Faith Lutheran’s softball team seemed to be in good stead after two innings of its elimination game against Fernley in the Division I-A state tournament on Friday.
When the White Pine softball players hit the breakfast buffet on Saturday morning, they’ll make sure Britney Kingston gets as many French toast sticks as she would like.
The Nevada Senate approved a key component of Gov. Brian Sandoval’s tax plan Friday, amending and approving a bill to make some temporary taxes permanent and increasing cigarette taxes, but it was too early to determine whether the other key component, a tax hike deal that the governor worked out with legislative Republicans and Democrats, will get enough support to boost spending on public schools.
Pahranagat Valley’s softball team had to use a late six-run rally to win its opening-round game of the Division IV state tournament.
Needles coach Ken Parker hoped momentum from a win over South No. 1 seed Lincoln County earlier in the day would ignite his second-seeded Mustangs on Friday at the Meadows in the Division III state baseball tournament.
Pahranagat Valley’s baseball team had only lost two games all season — both to larger schools — prior the start of the Division IV state tournament.
In less than three minutes, the Golden State Warriors went from nearly allowing the Memphis Grizzlies to erase a 15-point deficit to cruising to a 108-95 series-clinching victory in Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinals at FedExForum on Friday.
Saturday marks the 25th anniversary of Jim Henson’s untimely death at age 53. Bill Prady, co-creator of “The Big Bang Theory” and exec producer of ABC’s new primetime comedy “The Muppets,” began his career at Jim Henson Co. Here he shares his memories of working with the innovative producer and puppeteer whose legacy lives on through the Muppets and other groundbreaking creations.
Still plenty to see at festival’s “Pop Weekend” while waiting for the main attraction
Robin Johnson, a former Las Vegas Sin player, filed the lawsuit in August in federal court. It accuses the league of failing to pay required minimum wage and overtime to hundreds of employees.
A bill sought by Wynn Resorts that critics argued would substantially weaken Nevada’s anti-SLAPP statute came to life Friday when the Assembly Judiciary Committee approved an amended version of the measure and sent it to the full Assembly.
Todd Pollock studied sports sponsorships and sales at Baylor. But his professors never taught him to sell tickets for a team that doesn’t officially exist.
Health-related news and events from across the Las Vegas Valley.