NFL quarterback rotations

Preseason QB depth charts for all 32 teams

Preseason winnings still paid in real cash

It’s OK to bet preseason games. It’s not just mindless entertainment for degenerates, lunatics and action junkies. Winning tickets still pay off real money. Handicapping skill can be rewarded.

Son survives after mom and dad die in New Mexico desert

The sun and heat are harsh in the summer, and shade is nowhere to be found. But from all over, people come to admire the otherworldly beauty of the wave-like white dunes and to hike a trail marked only by posts staked deep in the gypsum sand.

 
Police chief blames government officials for death of California woman

When a U.S. Air Force veteran died after an undocumented immigrant and another man allegedly sexually assaulted her and beat her with a hammer, a police chief wasted little time blaming top officials of California and the United States.

Arizona brush fire grows, hundreds of homes evacuated

The Mohave Valley, Ariz., fire sparked Saturday grew exponentially and about 6,000 acres were ablaze with an additional 700 homes evacuated on Sunday, the Bureau of Land Management in Arizona said.

Ever wonder about the history of headphones? — VIDEO

Chances are, you’re wearing them right now. The wonderful little technological advancement that allows us to hear sounds in places where we shouldn’t be able to hear them: headphones.

Arena League folds struggling Las Vegas Outlaws

The Las Vegas Outlaws’ tumultuous inaugural season in the Arena Football League came to an ignominious end Sunday when the league announced that the team had ceased operations and would not participate in the upcoming playoffs despite supposedly having clinched a berth late Saturday.

Fight game’s pain resonates in song

21 boxing people — 22 if you count local gym owners Pat and Dawn Barry as separate boxing people, though it’s hard to consider those two as anything but a single entity — were inducted into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame at Caesars Palace on Saturday night.

1 dead after head-on crash on I-15 in Mesquite

A person is dead after a head-on crash on Interstate 15 in Mesquite on Sunday afternoon, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.

Rebels stand by Hauck recruit Sneed

Quarterback Dalton Sneed didn’t need convincing when UNLV offered him a scholarship in June 2014.

Defense Dept. retiree shows off $1.2 million Las Vegas ‘bunker’ home — PHOTOS

Retired Defense Department employee Stephen Krebs says he doesn’t have a bunker mentality — with what he knows, who could blame him? — but he does have a recently completed “bunker” home on Grand Teton Drive in far-north Las Vegas courtesy of local builder Joe Whatley and TNM Construction.

Man killed in motorcycle-pedestrian crash ID’d

A 50-year-old man killed in a motorcycle-pedestrian crash in the central valley earlier in the month was identified by the Clark County coroner’s office as Jose Pena-Gomez.

 
Suspect’s son among 8 found dead in Texas home

A Texas man has been charged with capital murder after a family of six children, one of them his own son, and two adults were found shot to death in a house in Houston, officials said on Sunday.

Nevada eyes Oregon program to tax motorists by the mile

Nevada transportation leaders will be keeping a close watch on OReGO, a pilot program being undertaken by the Oregon Department of Transportation for motorists to pay for road and highway improvements by the mile instead of through a gasoline tax.

Wetlands park hosts free ‘discovery walks’

Standing on the upper diversion weir bridge or the “Big Bridge” at the Clark County Wetlands Park looking east, a hiker can make out most of the casinos on or near the Strip.

Ortiz to return to Boston in 2016

Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz said he will return to the team next season after reaching a vesting clause in his contract.

 
Football Hall of Famer Frank Gifford dies at 84

Pro Football Hall of Famer Frank Gifford, who led the New York Giants to the 1956 NFL championship, has died. He was 84.

Planning now could make first day of school much easier

From shopping for clothes and supplies to making sure children are set with their schools, there are many things parents can do today to start preparing.