It took Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone more time than a bull ride to finish Alex “Cowboy” Oliveira when they met in the main event of UFC Fight Night 83 in Pittsburgh on Sunday night, but not much longer.
With the way Ultimate Fighting Championship star Conor McGregor has embraced Las Vegas and everything it stands for, it would be logical to assume the star featherweight champion plans on a long-term commitment to the fight capital of the world.
Kyle Busch was all set to make a run on teammate Matt Kenseth on the last lap of the Daytona 500 and bring home the bacon for the Joe Gibbs Racing team. But his other teammate, Denny Hamlin, beat him to it, leaving Busch with scrambled eggs and toast.
Bernie Sanders’ high-flying Democratic presidential campaign fell back to Earth on Saturday in Nevada.
Nevada Republicans will help chart the course of a presidential contest that’s become a titanic struggle between the establishment wing of the GOP and voters who are tired of politics as usual.
The weekend’s favorable temperatures and sunny skies will continue this week, according to the National Weather Service.
Metro spent about four hours Sunday keeping watch over a group of motorcyclists interfering with traffic throughout Las Vegas, including the Strip.
The Las Vegas man arrested in connection with the Friday shooting near the Strip that left two women dead previously faced charges of pandering, battery and child abuse.
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump may find a few unwanted observers Monday when he holds a campaign rally at South Point.
An inmate at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center died early Sunday morning, according to a release from the Nevada Department of Corrections.
Documents that the Labor Department failed to release to a former Area 51 security officer years ago in his toxic-exposure case have been obtained by his advocate, setting the stage for a showdown in a federal appeals court.
A breakdown of the fights on the main card of UFC FIght Night 83 in Pittsburgh.
The family of Dhafir “Dada 5000” Harris issued a statement Saturday after rumors surfaced the fighter had fallen briefly into critical condition at a Houston hospital following his Friday night loss to Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson on a Bellator MMA card.
UNLV freshman forward Stephen Zimmerman Jr., who sprained his left knee Feb. 6 at Fresno State, has been cleared to return to basketball practice.
Lawyers for Bill Cosby’s wife, Camille, filed an emergency motion late on Saturday to allow her to avoid sitting for a deposition scheduled for Monday.
The Las Vegas Fire Department is investigating a fire that started in a child’s bedroom early Sunday morning in the east Las Vegas Valley, according to a department release.
Police have arrested Jason Brian Dalton in connection with three shooting incidents that killed six people and injured two more in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, prosecutor Jeff Getting said Sunday.
Nevada gave Hillary Clinton the lift she needed to surge ahead in the Democratic presidential race Saturday. “Some may have doubted us but we never doubted each other,” Clinton told supporters gathered at Caesars Palace on the day she won the state’s caucus by about 6 percentage points.
UNLV has long had a strong tradition in swimming but not so much success in diving. Lucas James is helping to change that.
Wildflower watchers across the Desert Southwest expect a very good blooming season for 2016, following an El Nino weather pattern that delivered fall and winter rains to much of the region. Gloomy January skies, snow in unusual places and cold nights have slowed plant growth in some areas, but that may just extend the season.
Denny Hamlin won the Daytona 500 beating Martin Truex Jr. in a photo-finish on Sunday.
Dave Kallas spent over two decades busting drug dealers on the streets of Las Vegas. On Saturday, he became a dealer himself — a legal one — when his medical marijuana dispensary The Apothecarium, 7885 W. Sahara Ave., officially opened for business.
New Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly has adopted a policy prohibiting the team’s players from having facial hair.
One man is dead after an illegal off-road vehicle crashed into him near the M Resort early Sunday morning, according to Nevada Highway Patrol.
The man who was shot and killed in the east valley early Saturday morning has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
January was one of the bloodiest months in history for pedestrians in Southern Nevada.
Police unions in Nashville, Tampa and Miami are urging officers not to volunteer to work security at pop star Beyonce’s upcoming concerts in those cities, because of what they say was an anti-police message when she performed at the Super Bowl.
By summer, James Dean Leavitt and Jesse Daniel Leavitt will share more than a family name.
Kim Bozarth arrived here a cultural outlier among rough-edged, do-it-yourself men: an outspoken woman espousing liberal politics in a high-desert landscape where conservative thought is king.
As a father of three who grew up in a law enforcement household, University of Tennessee head football coach Butch Jones seems uniquely qualified to reel in young, impressionable student athletes prone to misconduct off the field.