The victim washed ashore in Brooklyn, his body wrapped in plastic garbage bags, his head and hands covered in duct tape and his feet submerged in concrete — fitted with a pair of fabled “cement shoes.”
The father-son duo of Jose “Chepo” Reynoso and Eddy Reynoso have been guiding Saul “Canelo” Alvarez since age 13. The 25-year-old Alvarez has 48 fights under his belt since turning pro at age 15.
Big-screen TVs showed the Cleveland Cavaliers demolishing the Atlanta Hawks, but few were watching Wednesday night. Most of the people crowded into the sports bar were there to see former UNLV coach Lon Kruger and his ex-aide and current Rebels coach, Marvin Menzies.
Believe it or not, there was a time not long ago when boxing was buzzing in the mainstream media. A long-awaited showdown was billed as a megafight, it was bet like a Super Bowl at Las Vegas sports books, and Floyd Mayweather Jr. was the favorite and the villain.
Exaggerator seemed stuck on neutral this spring with losses in the San Vicente and San Felipe. But he exploded on an off-track to win the Santa Anita Derby. It is the fastest last race Beyer speed figure among the 20 Kentucky Derby starters.
Golden Boy Promotions will host a free boxing card Friday in which lightweight Petr Petrov meets Marvin Quintero in the 10-round main event for Quintero’s North American Boxing Federation title.
The Rebels are seeded fifth at Tuscaloosa, one of six regional sites across the country featuring a field of 81 teams. The top five teams from each 54-hole regional advance to the NCAA Championships.
In the aftermath of the Geico 500, a lot of concerns about hell-bent racing in 200 mph packs with bad weather on the way were expressed — as if this was the first time that had happened.
A quirk in the calendar will push NASCAR Weekend back onto the same weekend as the Pac-12, Mountain West and Western Athletic Conference college basketball tournament hoopfest in Las Vegas.
Ty Kelly, a New York Mets’ offseason pickup, has played his way into 21 of the team’s first 26 games — though manager Wally Backman might like to see him more than that.
New UNLV basketball coach Marvin Menzies hired Rob Jeter, who most recently coached Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and Long Beach State assistant Eric Brown to complete his coaching staff.
An unmanned SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Friday blasted off from Florida to put a communications satellite into orbit, with the launch vehicle’s main-stage booster then making a swift return landing on an ocean platform, a live webcast showed.
The Las Vegas 51s watched a six-run lead disappear before losing 7-6 to the El Paso Chihuahuas in 10 innings on a walk-off wild pitch by Chasen Bradford.
Kevin Pindel threw a five-hitter, and Silverado jumped on Liberty starter Ed O’Bannon for five runs in the first three innings en route to a 9-2 road victory. Silverado will be the No. 2 seed for next week’s Sunrise Region tournament.
A 55-year-old federal prison inmate from North Las Vegas is one of 58 people whose long sentences on drug-related offenses were commuted Thursday by President Barack Obama.
Las Vegas Sands Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson said Thursday he will support Donald Trump now that the billionaire businessman has become the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee.
Samantha Pochop tossed a five-hitter and struck out 12 on Thursday to lead Rancho’s softball team to a 1-0 win over visiting Coronado in a matchup of the top two teams in the Division I Sunrise League.
Ryne Nelson went 3-for-3 with a double, three runs and two RBIs, and Basic’s baseball team secured a share of the Division I Sunrise League title with a 12-1 five-inning win over visiting Valley on Thursday.
Jacob Taylor had 13 kills, and Will Hafen added seven kills Thursday to help Bishop Gorman’s boys volleyball team secure the Southwest League’s No. 2 seed in the playoffs with a 25-23, 25-18, 25-17 win at Legacy.
Las Vegas police are investigating a fatal crash near the North Las Vegas Airport. The crash happened about 2:15 p.m. Thursday at a bus stop near the northwest corner of Decatur Boulevard and Smoke Ranch Road, Metro spokesman Larry Hadfield said.
A man died after he was ejected from his car on the 215 Beltway in the south valley Thursday night.
Christian James shot a 4-over-par 76 at Palm Valley on Thursday to earn medalist honors and lead Bishop Gorman’s boys golf team to a 411-451 win over Pahrump Valley.
The number of sexual assaults reported by the military dipped slightly in 2015 compared to the previous year, spurring military leaders to look for new ways to encourage troops to intervene when they see a potentially dangerous situation.
The stage has been set for the best scale models of the West to be featured Saturday at the 21st annual model and hobby expo Best of the West VegasCon 2016.
Even in Joe Paterno’s last days, the iconic college football coach maintained his innocence in the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal at Penn State.
The next six months promise to be nothing if not entertaining.
This just in: The ratings for the Donald Trump reality show are so good, the network has ordered a full season’s worth of episodes! It’s going to be on the air at least until November.
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