Juan Pablo Montoya wins 2015 Indy 500

Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya came from the back of field to win the 99th Indianapolis 500 on Sunday.

KC and the Sunshine Band rock Fremont Street — PHOTOS

KC and the Sunshine Band packed Fremont Street on Friday night, putting on a free concert at the 3rd Street Stage. The show kicked off the Rock of Vegas concert series, which runs through Labor Day.

Las Vegas HOA sentences could be based on $60M in losses

More than $60 million in actual and intended losses are being attributed to the massive scheme to take over and defraud homeowners associations in Las Vegas, according to the lead federal prosecutor in the case.

 
Judge Jansen’s Indy pilgrimage began with 1949 trip in Packard

Judge Bill Jansen, who was justice of the peace in Las Vegas for 26 years, traveled to his first Indianapolis 500 in a Packard Clipper, if that tells you anything. The year was 1949. The track still was made of bricks.

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Mathematician who inspired ‘A Beautiful Mind’ dies in taxi crash

Mathematician John Nash, a Nobel Prize winner whose longtime struggle with mental illness inspired the movie “A Beautiful Mind”, was killed in a car crash along with his wife in New Jersey, state police said on Sunday.

Light showers heading out of the valley

The weather service notes a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms to come before 11 p.m. with a Sunday low of 68 degrees.

NHP diverting traffic due to water main break

A portion of the roadway collapsed, the agency said in a tweet about 5:20 a.m. It was not immediately clear what caused the water main to break.

Bob Meyers copes with loss, defends wife’s reputation

Since Bob Meyers’ wife, Tammy, was shot to death in February, he has had a difficult time coping with her losss. “I don’t function well. She was much more than just a wife and a mother. … I’m just doing what I can do to not fall apart.”

UFC star Ronda Rousey comes to Las Vegas for book signing

Ronda Rousey, the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s women’s bantamweight champion, appeared Saturday at the Barnes & Noble bookstore at 2191 N. Rainbow Blvd. to sign copies of her new memoir, “My Fight / Your Fight.”

Pirates’ McCutchen shrugs off posting of pay stub

Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen’s last take-home pay for two weeks’ worth of work was $427,098. That information comes courtesy of a picture snapped by an anonymous photographer of his pay stub that landed on the Internet last week.

Sour second round leaves UNLV women’s golf near ouster at NCAAs

UNLV is 22nd out of 24 teams entering the third round of the NCAA women’s golf championship in Bradenton, Fla. The top 15 teams after Sunday’s round advance to the final round of stroke play Monday. The top eight then advance to match play starting Tuesday.

Micah Roberts’ Sprint Cup driver ratings

Micah Roberts, a former race and sports book director who has been setting NASCAR odds since 1995, analyzes the field for Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C.

Martino seeks Olympic revival in new role as USA Boxing chief

The USA Boxing board of directors removed the interim tag from Mike Martino’s job as executive director. Martino, who lives in Reno and is an inspector for the Nevada Athletic Commission, is faced with the task of preparing the American boxing team for the 2016 Olympics.

UAB decision on football program could affect UNLV

The fight to save the football program isn’t over at Alabama-Birmingham, and a recent report argues for keeping the sport. How it all shakes out could have a far-reaching impact, including at UNLV.

Outlaws lose QB, fall in early hole again in loss to Shock

Despite a furious fourth-quarter comeback, the Las Vegas Outlaws failed to get back to .500 Saturday, losing to the Spokane Shock 63-56 before 2,273 at the Thomas & Mack Center to fall to 3-5. The Outlaws also lost starting quarterback J.J. Raterink in the second quarter because of injury.

New papa Kyle Busch now moving at even faster pace

The birth of his son capped a milestone week for Kyle Busch, who returned to competition last Saturday after breaking his right leg and left foot Feb. 21 at Daytona during a NASCAR Xfinity Series race and missed the first 11 Sprint Cup points races of the season.

Oklahoma City scores four runs in seventh inning to overcome 51s, 6-4

Brian Burgamy’s pinch-hit, two-run double was the big blow in Oklahoma City’s four-run seventh inning that carried the Dodgers to a 6-4 win over the 51s in a game pitting the Pacific Coast League’s top teams Saturday at Cashman Field.

 
Concern grows with summer biker rallies after Texas shootout

As a season of motorcycle rallies across the country begins this Memorial Day weekend, the outbreak of violence at biker gatherings has put notorious clubs under intense public scrutiny.

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