When Frank Mir, a former Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champion, first trained with Todd Duffee more than five years ago, his initial impression was similar to that of most observers.
CINCINNATI — Los Angeles Angels center fielder Mike Trout and Cincinnati Reds third baseman Todd Frazier agreed to share a charter flight back to their native New Jersey if both participated in this year‘s All-Star Game.
On Monday, the LV Spartans were burned by their inability to handle a bunt against the Summerlin Panthers.
I rarely back one of the shorter favorites, but D.J. appeals to me here. We all saw his untimely three-putt on 18 in the U.S. Open at Chambers Bay last month. He has not played in any events since that cruel Sunday, but I feel that gave him time to lick his wounds and come back focused.
If there is a dark side to Jordan Spieth, it has not been revealed yet. The new face of golf is a 21-year-old who looks like he never needs to shave and is as polite as a waiter.
Adam Silver isn‘t a gambler. He‘s also not a hypocrite. The NBA commissioner has taken a relatively unique stance regarding legalized gambling on his league in comparison to his fellow pro sports czars. He‘s in favor of it and isn‘t afraid to say so.
Think of the NBA and its perception of Las Vegas as the weekend tourist who only takes in the best sights, who catches a show and enjoys a wonderful meal and gambles just enough to experience the rush but not to the point of losing next month’s mortgage.
NEW YORK — Business travel is demanding, but when your boss is your travel companion, it can become downright stressful.
Deep runs in the World Series of Poker‘s Main Event are not supposed to be easy.
Metro is seeking the public‘s help in identifying a man they said robbed the same bank in May and again earlier this month.
Alex Marco‘s two-run double in the bottom of the sixth broke a 3-3 tie, and the LV Spartans went on to top the LV Wildcats 11-4 in an elimination game at the Connie Mack state baseball tournament at the College of Southern Nevada on Tuesday.
CARSON CITY — The data storage company Switch will stay with NV Energy and not seek to leave to find its own electricity on the open market, the utility company reported Tuesday.
The Miss Nevada USA Cinderella story of a year ago turned into a nightmare in 2015.
Police said it was a "wild goose chase" that had wasted police resources, until the captor of a kidnapped California woman emailed a local newspaper detailing the events and verifying her story.
The Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority faces program outsourcing and the layoffs of 40 to 45 employees as it addresses a projected budget shortfall of between $1.6 million and $1.8 million for fiscal 2016.
De‘Andre Johnson apologized in an interview with "Good Morning America" on Tuesday and said there was no explanation for his actions in a confrontation with a woman in June.
Hundreds of phallic sex toys have been seen hanging in recent days from power lines across Portland, Oregon, provoking laughter, blushing and lots of photos.
Commissioner Rob Manfred is open to future expansion beyond 30 teams in Major League Baseball. Speaking at a Baseball Writers Association of America luncheon at the All-Star Game in Cincinnati on Tuesday, Manfred said a list of potential cities has been compiled.
German news outlets are reporting that the head of "Nosferatu" director F.W. Murnau has been stolen from his family plot in a cemetery in Stahnsdorf, Germany. The filmmaker of the early silent vampire movie, recognized as one of the scariest horror movies of all time, died in 1931.
A former driver for ride-sharing company Uber who has been accused of kidnapping and raping a female passenger in December has been charged with a series of other sexual assaults around Boston, authorities said on Tuesday.
Sunday‘s telecast of the Miss USA pageant drew 925,000 viewers on Reelz — a whirlwind by the cabler‘s standards but (unsurprisingly) a fraction of what the event drew in recent years on NBC.
A driver injured in a crash that killed two people at the Lamb Boulevard and Interstate 15 intersection Sunday was booked on DUI charges, according to a Nevada Highway Patrol arrest records.
The once-cuffed hands of juvenile offenders helped earn national recognition for a Mount Charleston trail system.
A Wal-Mart employee sued the retailer on Tuesday, saying its prior policy of denying health insurance to the spouses of gay employees violated gender discrimination laws.
Longtime NV Energy executive and legislative lobbyist Tony Sanchez is set to be appointed to the Nevada Athletic Commission, reliable sources confirmed.
The family of Eric Garner, a black man who died after a white police officer put him in a chokehold a year ago, renewed calls to criminally charge the police officer on Tuesday, a day after the family reached a $5.9 million settlement with New York City.
The new "Fantastic Four" trailer has been released, putting the titular heroes‘ super abilities on display in a big way.
A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed four counts in the wrongful-death lawsuit against Ferguson filed by the parents of Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager shot dead last August by a white police officer, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
Rear Adm. Margaret "Peg" Klein says she’s known as the person that says ’Hello’ to everyone in the halls of the Pentagon, where matters of national security and global strategy tend to make people forget there are other humans around them.
In todays installment of Why Ballplayers Don‘t Care That Much for the Media Anymore comes this story from NBCsports.com.
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Family owners of beloved Vegas restaurant involved in wild lawsuit
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