Protesting Missouri football players prove the power of sports

By now, you have heard about the day in October when protesters blocked the car of Tim Wolfe during a homecoming parade. You have come to know that 10 days later, a group named Concerned Student 1950 — named for the year African-American students were first admitted to the University of Missouri — issued a list of demands to Wolfe.

NFL upholds Aqib Talib suspension for eye-poking incident

Denver Broncos cornerback Aqib Talib will sit out this Sunday’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs after the NFL upheld his one-game suspension for poking Indianapolis Colts tight end Dwayne Allen in the eye last Sunday.

Man killed by school police had shotgun, sword in his SUV

A former New York corrections officer shot and killed by Clark County School District police Friday had knives, a sword and a loaded shotgun in an SUV that officers said he accelerated toward them at a south valley park.

Heller protects Filipino funds in Senate spending measure

Although stormy weather kept him from the U.S. Capitol, Sen. Dean Heller was able to protect the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund in legislation that cleared the Senate on Tuesday.

Tougher academic requirements changing the game

Andy Johnson needed a point guard. The Findlay Prep boys basketball coach scoured the country this spring and ultimately zeroed in on a pass-first playmaker from Louisiana named Skylar Mays.

Teacher shortage a top priority as committee mulls district split

The chronic teacher shortage in the Clark County School District will remain a top priority for officials charged with developing a plan to split the nation’s fifth-largest school system into several local precincts.

North Strip needs more than bandages to boost financial prospects

Recent events surrounding the Strip’s troubled northern end are short-term fixes to a problem that can only be resolved with a pair of implosions and a construction effort not witnessed in more than a half-decade.

Tougher academic requirements changing the game

Andy Johnson needed a point guard. The Findlay Prep boys basketball coach scoured the country this spring and ultimately zeroed in on a pass-first playmaker from Louisiana named Skylar Mays.

 
Republicans gang up on Trump in latest debate

Republican U.S. presidential contenders attacked Donald Trump’s views on Syria and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday as simplistic and unrealistic, and rival Jeb Bush said the real estate mogul did not grasp “how the real world works.”

Arbor View senior got back on right track

Keenen King was not a typical freshman football player in terms of size and stature.

But in the classroom, the standout offensive lineman at Arbor View was like many other student-athletes just starting out in high school.

EDITORIAL: Honor veterans, privatize VA

Today is Veterans Day in the United States, a holiday to honor military veterans who bravely took on the job of defending freedoms we frequently take for granted.

2015-16 Winter sports schedules posted

Nevadapreps.com has posted the winter sports schedules it has received for the 2015-16 school year.

MLB wants to hold some spring training games in Cuba

Major League Baseball teams have already started releasing their exhibition schedules for next year, but Commissioner Rob Manfred is hoping to make some alterations that would include spring training games in Cuba.

Candidate Clinton unfit to address VA’s issues

Veterans Day is a chance to honor roughly 300,000 Nevada men and women who put their lives on the line for your freedom.

Raiders LB under investigation for allegedly taunting service dog before game

Oakland Raiders linebacker Ray-Ray Armstrong is reportedly under investigation by the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office in Pittsburgh after allegedly taunting a K-9 service dog before a game against the Steelers on Sunday at Heinz Field.

Committee puts Notre Dame in College Football Playoff driver’s seat

For the first time since the College Football Playoff rankings became a weekly occurrence to be debated and dissected, a concept that dates decades has shown its face among the top four teams: The power of Notre Dame, and how strong it could ultimately prove.

Valley surgeon dismissed from medical fraud lawsuit

Las Vegas spinal surgeon Jaswinder Grover has been dismissed from a lawsuit that accused him, another local surgeon and four valley hospitals of participation in massive health care fraud scheme.

Cryotherapy death caused by lack of oxygen, coroner says

The 24-year-old Las Vegas woman who was found dead in a cryotherapy center in October died from a lack of oxygen, the Clark County coroner’s office said Tuesday.

Fiery Henderson crash sends one to hospital

A fiery crash shut down east St. Rose Parkway near Coronado Center Drive Tuesday afternoon, the Henderson Fire department said.

Sound off on downtown sculpture

Before the end of next year, there’ll be a sculpture in downtown Las Vegas — on a traffic island at Main and Commerce streets.

Local dancers to perform Ailey’s ‘Night Creatures’

LVCDT dancers will perform “Night Creatures” — featuring music by late jazz great Duke Ellington — Nov. 13 at The Smith Center’s Reynolds Hall.

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