The initial season under the College Football Playoff system underscored the importance of playing a tough schedule, especially for a Group of Five team trying to grab a coveted New Year’s Six bowl slot. Marshall went 12-1, but a soft schedule cost the Thundering Herd.
How Japan built its national team remains one of soccer’s most treasured tales. The team is referred to as Nadeshiko, a floral metaphor meaning pure, feminine beauty. Which is how it plays. Graceful, tactical, a style born from 5-vs.-5 on dirt fields with mini goals at which to shoot.
Because this is the social media age, somebody anonymously speculated on Twitter that perhaps “flu-like symptoms” was a euphemism for Kris Bryant of the Chicago Cubs being hung over. Even though the Las Vegan is known as a nondrinker, unless you count Gatorade.
The devil is not in the details. It’s in the entire conception of the Iran deal, animated by President Barack Obama’s fantastical belief that he, uniquely, could achieve detente with a fanatical Islamist regime whose foundational purpose is to cleanse the Middle East of the poisonous corruption of American power and influence.
Politics attracts more than its share of crackpots, and we shouldn’t blame candidates for the excesses of their deranged fans, but a teachable moment went sadly unrealized last week when Republican U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky visited Mesquite.
The politics of prohibition reared its ugly head again last month when legislation was introduced to ban all Internet gambling, including the fledgling intrastate web poker industry that exists in Nevada.
Strip VIP hosts are breathing sighs of relief from Wynn Las Vegas to Mandalay Bay. They might have their hands full satisfying all kinds of requests from their guests this holiday weekend, but they know they could be stuck with far more outrageous demands. They could be dealing with the BLM.
In pleading for leniency from a judge, Priscilla Rocha reminded the court what drove her to steal more than a quarter-million dollars from the Clark County School District in the first place: a staggering sense of entitlement.
Micah Roberts, a former Las Vegas sports book director, has been setting NASCAR odds since 1994 and covers all sports with a betting spin. He analyzes the field for Sunday’s Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla.
Real estate observers said they’re watching how strict construction-defect rules that took effect in February will shape the market for condominiums and townhomes.
When we talk about plants, many of us have fallen into the unfortunate habit of using common names instead of the scientific ones.
Fireworks exploded all around the Las Vegas Valley on Saturday night.
Roger Bernadina had two home runs and four RBIs to back a strong start from John Lannan and lead the Albuquerque Isotopes to a 10-2 win over the 51s in a Pacific Coast League game Saturday night at Cashman Field.
Kris Bryant provided the holiday fireworks with two home runs — including his first Wrigley Field grand slam — to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 7-2 victory over the Miami Marlins on Saturday.
Even as officials begin preparations to split up the mammoth Clark County School District in a few years, Henderson is already creating what amounts to its own mini-school system.
In response to the church shootings in Charleston, S.C., that killed nine African-Americans, a valley multicultural church and an African-American congregation gathered for a joint service of prayer, sermon and song to celebrate racial unity.
The American Lung Association of Nevada held its fifth annual fashion show and dinner recently at the World Market Center. “Breathe Fashion” raised funds for people with lung-related illnesses.
Boulder City turned out the celebrate Independence Day on Saturday with the 67th Annual Boulder City Damboree Celebration. This year’s theme was “Great Americans: The Next Generation.”
Henderson police shot and killed an armed man when he “engaged” them after a disturbance call to a hotel Saturday morning, a police spokeswoman said.
A residential deck on a North Carolina island collapsed on Saturday and at least 14 people were rushed to the hospital, with several listed in critical condition, officials said.
A man who died June 27 after an altercation at an apartment complex near the University of Nevada, Las Vegas was identified Saturday by the Clark County coroner’s office as Demario James Keyes, 37, of Oakland, Calif.
Las Vegas melted through a 22nd day of 105-degree and higher temperatures Friday. There wasn’t a record 23rd day on Saturday.
A 30-year-old man whose body was found Wednesday in the Arts District of downtown Las Vegas was identified Saturday by the Clark County coroner’s office.
A blaze caused about $100,000 in damage to a former costume and prop shop next door to the Hartland Mansion in downtown Las Vegas Saturday.
Matthew “Megatoad” Stonie devoured 62 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes at Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest in New York on Saturday, beating longtime champion Joey Chestnut.
Following the murders of parishioners of a historic African-American church in South Carolina, local clergy say there are limits to the security measures they can take while maintaining access to their houses of worship.
Minecraft, whose developer Mojang was bought by Microsoft last year for $2.5 billion, has done more than any other to influence the way the youngest computer users play and communicate online.
