Top 10 UFC personalities

The staff of CoveringTheCage.com will present a new list each day leading up to Saturday’s UFC 200 event at T-Mobile Arena. Today: Top 10 Personalities

NBA Summer League features top draft picks

Now that free-agency fireworks have hit a crescendo, the NBA brings its 10-day road show to Las Vegas this week.

Will Brooks leaves Bellator behind for UFC debut

Former Bellator lightweight champion Will Brooks is already feeling at home in his new surroundings as he prepares for his UFC debut Friday night.

Lee Canyon offers respite from heat with summer options

Lee Canyon does most of its business in the winter, offering, among other things, a place for locals to ski. But it’s open for visitors in the summer, too.

Tournament novice Hung Le wins WSOP Crazy Eights event

Hung Le, a 54-year-old resident of Dayton, Ohio, who had never previously entered a multi-table poker tournament, won the $888 buy-in Crazy Eights No-limit Hold’em event Monday at the Rio Convention Center.

Las Vegan Amanda Bingson returns to US Trials with Olympic goals

Silverado High School graduate Amanda Bingson, who first took up the event as a freshman at UNLV and holds the American record, will be favored to secure her second consecutive Olympic berth Wednesday.

Greg Maddux might join UNLV as pitching coach

Greg Maddux has always served as his son Chase’s unofficial pitching coach. Next season, the Baseball Hall of Famer might formally tutor his son — an incoming UNLV sophomore — as the Rebels’ pitching coach.

Kevin Plawecki, Johnny Monell homer in 51s’ rout of Salt Lake

Catcher Kevin Plawecki and designated hitter Johnny Monell each homered and combined for eight RBIs to back another solid outing by Darin Gorski as the Las Vegas 51s routed the Salt Lake Bees 10-4.

Court hearing to decide fate of Moulin Rouge

The fate of the Moulin Rouge will be decided Friday, when a District Court judge will decide whether to approve the sale of the property to Moulin Rouge Holdings LLC, a company that is in the process of securing its funding.

Brioche at Caesars Palace offers taste of Guy Savoy for the rest of us

Guy Savoy, whose eponymous restaurant at Caesars Palace is considered one of the best in Las Vegas, is well-known for his artichoke and black-truffle soup, which is served with toasted mushroom brioche and black truffle butter. At $75 on the a la carte menu, it’s a little pricey. So they opened Brioche, a moderately priced restaurant to appeal to more people.

Pierogies are widespread — if you know where to look

Time was when little old ladies in Eastern European-expatriate strongholds across the country would make and sell pierogies for church fundraisers, and when I moved to the valley in the late ’90s, we even had a church here that did. Those days are gone, but her fellow Taste of the Town readers did find Mrs. T’s Pierogies for Cindi Maciolek.

The one wall Trump opposes, between church and state

So Donald Trump showed up at a meeting of more than 1,000 evangelical Christian conservatives late last month to announce that he’s on their side, that he’s a “tremendous” believer and that “we’re gonna straighten it out.”

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