The business side of horse racing is broken, and there’s no simple solution. The racing wagering handle in Nevada topped $700 million in 1998 before a steady regression hit, and the handle dropped to $310 million last year.
Carlos Johnson, a 6-foot-4-inch forward at Findlay Prep who previously committed to UNLV, will play basketball at Washington. He also considered Boise State and Oregon State.
Former UNLV standouts Stephen Zimmerman Jr. and Patrick McCaw could go late in the first round of the NBA Draft or drop into the second round, depending on which mock draft you believe.
Police were at the home through Thursday night conducting a preliminary investigation. Both the boys parents were cooperating with detectives.
A security guard at the Rolex store in the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace was pistol-whipped late Thursday during an armed robbery.
T.J. Rivera went 4-for-5 and drove in two runs as the Las Vegas 51s held on for a 7-6 PCL victory at Colorado Springs, their fourth consecutive win.
Four lucky competition winners are set to be the first people in history to use the Eiffel Tower as a vacation home next month.
Birthday wishes for Tony Bennett played out on Strip marquees as the music legend was honored with a champagne toast at the Brooklyn Bridge at New York-New York on Thursday night.
Ryne Nelson, wearing No. 29, singled home Gehrig Timmons with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Wolves a 3-2 win over Reno in the Division I state tournament at Bishop Manogue High.
Reed’s Julia Jensen struck out 15, including 12 of the final 16 hitters, and led the Raiders to a 2-0 win over Rancho in a Division I state tournament opening-round game at UNR’s Hixson Park.
Jake Hubel’s three-run double highlighted a seven-run sixth inning, and Boulder City’s baseball team rallied for a 13-9 victory over Churchill County in the opening round of the Division I-A state tournament Thursday at Galena High in R
Michaela Hood tossed a five-hitter with 10 strikeouts and hit the go-ahead, two-run double in the fourth inning Thursday to rally Spring Valley’s softball team to a 9-2 victory over Churchill County in the opening round of the Division I-A state tournament at Shadow Mountain in Sparks.
The campaign of Republican U.S. Rep. Cresent Hardy pounced on a rival Democratic campaign that initially misfired by claiming Hardy opposed a measure to ban the Confederate flag from veterans cemeteries.
McClain O’Connor hit a two-run, inside-the-park homer in the bottom of the fifth to lift Lincoln County’s baseball team to a 3-2 victory over Pershing County in the opening round of the Division III state tournament Thursday at Wooster High in Reno.
Lincoln County, the two-time defending Division III state champion, potentially is two wins away from another crown after holding on for a 4-3 win over Pershing County in the opening round of the state tournament atUNR’s Hixson Park.
After sweeping both hurdles in this year’s Sunrise meet Saturday, the quick-learning David Washington will be seeking a repeat performance at the Division I state meet, which begins at 3 p.m. Friday in Carson City. The meet concludes Saturday.
In this video, multiple-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu champion Robert Drysdale demonstrates the rear-naked choke submission along with Marcelo Nunes.
U.S. authorities have charged a former chairman of Dean Foods Co. and a professional Las Vegas gambler with engaging in a yearslong insider trading scheme, which included a tip that benefited professional golfer Phil Mickelson.
Just as Las Vegas City Councilman Bob Coffin was explaining Thursday morning what he sees as dangerously narrow sidewalks along Charleston Boulevard, a woman dragging a wheeled cart walked past, illustrating the problem.
A.J. VanMeetren had three hits and three RBIs to back D.J. Myers’ strong eight-inning pitching performance and lead UNLV to a 7-1 win over UNR in a Mountain West baseball game Thursday in Reno.
Michael Garcia, 54, was identified as a person of interest shortly after police on May 13 found the body of Linda Wise, 53, stabbed several times inside a home on the 5500 block of Hobble Creek Drive, near Russell Road and Nellis Boulevard.
An EgyptAir jetliner en route from Paris to Cairo with 66 people aboard veered wildly in flight and crashed in the Mediterranean Sea early Thursday, authorities said. Egyptian and Russian officials said it may have been brought down by terrorists.
Another facet of Obamacare is overruled by a federal judge, this time exposing White House overreach in funding the health insurance law.
The state’s Republican establishment was gleeful Wednesday, after Clark County District Court Judge Eric Johnson ruled the new Education Savings Account program was constitutional.
Two employees of the Silver Nugget casino in North Las Vegas died violently Thursday morning. One of them, 64, was the victim of a homicide. The other, 30, was the suspect, shot by a North Las Vegas police officer.
High winds and cooler temperatures are en route to the Las Vegas Valley, according to the National Weather Service.
A man was stabbed after picking up a hitchhiker near Searchlight on Thursday afternoon, according to Las Vegas police.
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