2015 Basic Girls Tennis Capsule

Jasmine Pilande was the team’s No. 1 singles player last year, and Britney Green played on the Wolves’ No. 1 doubles team.

2015 Silverado Girls Soccer Capsule

Bravo (14 goals, 4 assists) and Becze (8 shutouts) both were All-Sunrise Region selections last year and lead a list of nine returnees.

2015 Faith Lutheran Boys Soccer Capsule

The Crusaders are hoping to show improvement this season after finishing in a tie for sixth in the Sunset League last year.

2015 Chaparral Boys Cross Country Capsule

Kevin Ayala-Pineda was a state qualifier in 2013 for the Cowboys, who are hoping to show improvement this season.

2015 Foothill Girls Cross Country Capsule

The Falcons won their first Sunrise Region title since 2006 last year, but lost the region individual champion, Karina Haymore, who transferred to Centennial.

2015 Bishop Gorman Girls Soccer Capsule

Hannah Borgel (20 goals, 8 assists) and University of Southern California commit Arlie Jones (11 goals, 10 assists) return to lead the Gaels’ offense.

Rebels QB Decker ready to hair it out for senior season

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.

MLB’s Manfred still hopes to attract youth of America

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?

Out for dove season with a clipped wing

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.

Nevada fishing report, August 20, 2015

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.

Comedian Lenny Clarke hits the South Point

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, Manning brothers made students sweat in amusing Gatorade ads — VIDEO

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.

Costs of student health plans skyrocket at UNLV

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.

Victims don’t want water official who poisoned them to lose job

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.

The hippest hotel in New York may be a parked van

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.

Tuskegee Airmen share thoughts of war, civil rights

Civil rights history merged with World War II history Wednesday when a dozen original Tuskegee Airmen reunited for their 44th annual national convention in Las Vegas.

 
Three firefighters killed, four injured battling Washington state wildfire

Three firefighters in Washington state were killed and four injured while battling a wildfire threatening the north-central town of Twisp, Governor Jay Inslee said on Wednesday, as more than a dozen major blazes burned across Western U.S. states.

Nevada nets nearly $1 million in drug company settlement

Nevada will receive nearly $1 million from a large pharmaceutical company to settle claims of deceptive marketing, the attorney general’s office announced Wednesday. Nevada is one of 49 states and the District of Columbia that will share in the $71 million settlement with Amgen Inc.

Rimer deserves prison; his children, pity

Nine years after his disabled 4-year-old son died in the family SUV because no one noticed he was missing and no one looked for him for 17 hours, Stanley Rimer is still blaming his wife, Colleen. To this day, Rimer refuses to take any responsibility for the death of his son.

Why some people stay in abusive relationships

Celebrity news went into a frenzy on Monday when reports surfaced that hip-hop stars and former celebrity couple Rihanna and Chris Brown are thinking about getting back together.

Latest golf equipment shown off at Las Vegas expo

Teaching pros, club owners and upcoming players alike came out swinging in Las Vegas this week, seeking the latest in golf technology and training at the annual PGA Expo.

Woman arrested in fatal 5-car crash near McCarran

A 39-year-old woman who was involved with a fatal 5-car crash on Aug. 10 near McCarran International Airport has been arrested, Las Vegas police said.

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