Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer has a difficult choice in deciding which of his three standout quarterbacks will start next season. Don’t be surprised if he finds a way to incorporate all three — Cardale Jones, Braxton Miller and J.T. Barrett — into the offense.
UNLV offensive lineman Ron Scoggins was a potential academic casualty in his freshman year and was forced to sit out practices as his grades slipped. But when his former Bishop Gorman coach, Tony Sanchez, was hired to lead the Rebels, Scoggins found the spark he needed to earn his way onto the dean’s list.
The unconfirmed sighting of Richard Matt and David Sweat occurred in the town of Friendship, about 280 miles southwest of the Clinton Correctional Facility, where they had been serving sentences for murder, said New York state police spokesman Beau Duffy.
His name was Joseph Derybowski, but everyone called him Mr. Derby or Coach Derby. He was an old coach — my first coach, really, because I don’t count the teenage kid who made out the baseball lineup card when I was 9. Coach Derby wore a whistle around his neck, but never had to use it because he had our respect.
New Orleans Saints linebacker Junior Galette appears to strike a woman with a belt in a video released of a 2013 scuffle on a beach that was recorded by an onlooker.
A California lawsuit accuses two surgeons and four hospitals in Las Vegas of participating in a massive health care fraud scheme that involved implanting counterfeit spinal hardware into unsuspecting patients.
The building currently housing the UNLV Harrah College of Hotel Administration is outdated. But because of Gov. Brian Sandoval’s signature, Hospitality Hall will soon rise at the center of the UNLV campus.
A Honduran woman carrying 3.3 lbs. of liquid cocaine in her breast implants was arrested at the airport in Colombia’s capital Bogota on Friday, police said.
Westbound Summerlin Parkway has reopened after a three-car wreck slowed traffic on Saturday morning.
A suspect shot and killed a New Orleans police officer who was transporting him to jail on Saturday, officials said, adding that a manhunt was underway for the suspect who escaped the police vehicle, which crashed into a utility pole.
Officials are urging Electric Daisy Carnival attendees to drink plenty of water before heading out to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Saturday evening and Sunday.
North Las Vegas police are seeking the public’s help in finding a man involved in a shooting that critically wounded another man Wednesday.
Former Oakland and Arizona outfielder Eric Byrnes hit 26 homers one season, and he would chase fly balls with reckless abandon. He’s still doing it as a baseball fan.
Brilliant guitar duo the Assad Brothers seemed more than willing to share the spotlight with fellow Brazilian Romero Lubambo on Friday at Cabaret Jazz. It was a gracious gesture, but somewhat disappointing to audience members who came to see the featured twosome.
Max Scherzer turned in his second fabulous outing in a row, pitching a no-hitter as the Washington Nationals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-0 on Saturday before a sellout crowd of 41,104.
Now this is a view that you’ll remember. And it’s all conveniently on the computer screen.
Nevada’s private sector job growth ranked second in the nation last year, showing strong gains in an economy that was hammered by the recession, the governor’s office announced this week. At the same time, a recent report by Bloomberg listed Nevada in the middle of states for new business creation as of the last quarter in 2014 over the previous year, somewhere between 2 percent and 3 percent.
For those of you who didn’t experience the Center Bar at the beginning of the century, congratulations, you don’t have a tribal tattoo on your bicep.
A bicyclist was hospitalized in critical condition after a hit-and-run crash late Friday night in the northeast valley, Las Vegas police said Saturday morning.
Nevada Highway Patrol and firefighters responded about 8:20 a.m. Saturday to the wreck on northbound U.S. 95, near Eastern Avenue.
Reba McEntire, reunited Brooks & Dunn determined to make ’90s country hits current in loud arena-style show.
Paula Poundstone performs Saturday at the Orleans hotel. You probably read my interview with her on Thursday.
On the cusp of the kick-off of Electric Daisy Carnival, I emailed pertinent questions to Swedish dance-music producer and DJ Alesso.
From the Stanley Cup Finals and the NBA Finals wrapping up and the U.S. Women’s national soccer team representing the stars and stripes at the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada, it was a jam packed week of sports. Check out the photo gallery for a look back at what you may have missed.
Festival-goers have arrived dressed in their neon candy beads and have filled the Las Vegas Motor Speedway for a weekend full of electronic dance music.
As the Fourth of July approaches, View Neighborhood Newspapers gathered events planned throughout Henderson, Boulder City and Las Vegas. For additional valleywide celebrations, visit viewnews.com.
With big Vince Wilfork joining J.J. Watt and Jadeveon Clowney in Houston this season, the Texans should be fun to watch on defense and on the 10th edition of HBO’s “Hard Knocks.” We can only hope the behind-the-scenes series will feature footage of Wilfork and Watt dining together.
A Northern Nevada inmate jailed almost 30 years ago in a Las Vegas murder case has died, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections.
A website has surfaced with a racist manifesto and a series of photographs that appear to show Dylann Roof, the suspect in Wednesday’s Charleston church massacre, posing with a handgun and standing in front of a Confederate military museum and a plantation house.
Former NFL running back Herschel Walker talks to ESPN’s Dan Le Batard and Bomani Jones about playing Russian roulette more than once since retiring as he has battled mental illness that might’ve stemmed from his playing days.
