A few hours before the sun came up today, they officially closed the doors at the Las Vegas Club. That made me think of my old pal Jim, and what a great place the Las Vegas Club was for old sports pals to meet and have a beer, even if it started to smell like an old cigar there toward the end.
In the aftermath of armed confrontation with supporters of rancher Cliven Bundy, the Bureau of Land Management largely has withdrawn from Gold Butte, leaving the environmentally sensitive Southern Nevada region more vulnerable to intruders and vandals, a preservation group said Wednesday.
St. Louis police fatally shot a black teenager on Wednesday who they say pointed a gun at them, and later faced angry crowds, reigniting racial tensions first sparked by the killing of an unarmed black teen in another Missouri town a year ago.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio was getting to know voters in Ankeny, Iowa, on Monday when he accidentally hit a kid in the head with a football.
Stephen Curry has had an amazing summer. The NBA Most Valuable Player led the Golden State Warriors to the NBA title in June, became a father for the second time in July and on Saturday teamed up with his dad, former NBA sharpshooter Dell Curry, for a round of golf against President Obama and Jesus.
Jose Martinez went 4-for-5 with a triple and a double, one of seven Omaha players with multiple hits Wednesday in the Storm Chasers’ 8-7 win over the 51s in a Pacific Coast League game at Cashman Field.
Among the names released as part of the Ashley Madison hacking dump was one that is no stranger to headlines: Joshua J. Duggar.
It’s hard to say what’s most remarkable about the Wednesday sale of a high-end home in Summerlin’s The Ridges neighborhood. Maybe it’s the sale price — at $11 million, the highest in the local market since 2011. Perhaps it’s the marquee names involved in the deal.
Brandon Kersting inherits a squad that returns seven letter winners.
Trever Berg advanced to the quarterfinals of the Sunrise Region doubles tournament last year and is one of seven returnees, five of whom saw a significant amount of time for the Wolves.
Jasmine Pilande was the team’s No. 1 singles player last year, and Britney Green played on the Wolves’ No. 1 doubles team.
Bravo (14 goals, 4 assists) and Becze (8 shutouts) both were All-Sunrise Region selections last year and lead a list of nine returnees.
The Crusaders are hoping to show improvement this season after finishing in a tie for sixth in the Sunset League last year.
The Falcons are hoping to compete for one of the top spots in the Sunrise Region.
Kevin Ayala-Pineda was a state qualifier in 2013 for the Cowboys, who are hoping to show improvement this season.
The Falcons won their first Sunrise Region title since 2006 last year, but lost the region individual champion, Karina Haymore, who transferred to Centennial.
The Cowboys are hoping to show improvement throughout the season.
Hannah Borgel (20 goals, 8 assists) and University of Southern California commit Arlie Jones (11 goals, 10 assists) return to lead the Gaels’ offense.
A motorcyclist was critically injured in a crash in the central valley Wednesday night.
While visiting family and friends in the summer of 2014, UNLV quarterback Blake Decker wondered aloud what he would look like if he let his hair grow long.
Rob Manfred this week said his primary focus since assuming the head chair at MLB’s dinner table was to indeed improve ways the game might reach young minds. He wants to inspire them, compel them to follow baseball and have them fall in love with the game. Is he fighting a losing battle?
Sidelined. Benched for much of the season. Those weren’t the orthopedic surgeon’s exact words, but that’s what he was saying. “But Doc, you don’t understand, I have a cow elk tag.” I was pleading for understanding, but finding none.
Striper action has been good this week. Participants in a weekend tournament found good fishing throughout the lake and boated several fish in the 2½- to 3-pound range.
Lenny Clarke is Boston’s most storied comedian, a former wild man who once joked “I tried cocaine to lose weight, it just made me eat faster.”
J.J. Watt and the Manning brothers, Peyton and Eli, surprise college students trying to buy Gatorade out of a vending machine and make them earn the sports drink in a series of amusing commercials that are part of Gatorade’s “Sweat It to Get It” ad campaign.
UNLV students who get health insurance through the school are facing sticker shock. Premiums for the Student Health Insurance Plan for undergraduates have risen from about $1,000 to $1,945 for fall semester.
Two men who were sickened as children by a football teammate’s father understand the outrage about his job overseeing North Las Vegas’ water supply, but don’t think the matter should haunt him.
A New York hotel starting at $22 per night? In a city where a chain hotel room can cost hundreds of dollars per night, that sounds like an old-fashioned New York scam. That’s because the $22 buys you a night in a van, parked in strategic spots across the city.
