Pitching carries 51s for a change in victory at Iowa

The story of the 51s all season has been get good enough pitching and let the offense carry the load. They flipped the script in their second-half opener Thursday, a 3-2 victory at the Iowa Cubs.

NBA Summer League Day 7 results

Eight teams advanced to the quarterfinals of the NBA Summer League on Thursday at UNLV. Eight games are scheduled for Friday beginning at 1 p.m.

TV poker host Tony Dunst also excels as player at WSOP

Tony Dunst, the popular suited-and-booted host on the World Poker Tour, captured his first career World Series of Poker bracelet Sunday and has won more than $1.1 million in live tournaments since the start of the year.

A.J. Amelburu, Green Valley Elite stay alive with Connie Mack win

A.J. Amelburu went 3-for-4 to help the Green Valley Elite get a 7-2 victory over the Las Vegas Grizzlies in an elimination game in the Connie Mack state baseball tournament at the College of Southern Nevada.

Centennial’s Troy Brown stars for US in FIBA World Championships

Centennial’s Troy Brown averaged a team-high 23.7 minutes and 10.0 points, 5.9 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.9 steals as the USA Men’s Under-17 basketball team won the gold medal in the FIBA World Championships.

Del Mar opens Friday, much to the delight of Las Vegas horseplayers

We can call this Christmas in July for horseplayers, as the Del Mar meet begins Friday. It’s no secret that lots of Las Vegas residents take a summer vacation to visit the seaside resort track by the Pacific Ocean.

 
Jimmer Fredette gets shot with Nuggets in NBA Summer League

Jimmer Fredette, the former BYU All-American who spent most of last year in the NBA’s Developmental League, is trying to get back into the NBA. He has been impressive for the Denver Nuggets in the NBA Summer League, averaging 15.0 points.

Centennial’s Troy Brown stars for US in FIBA World Championships

Centennial’s Troy Brown averaged a team-high 23.7 minutes per game for the USA, while recording 10.0 points, 5.9 rebounds, 3.0 assists, and 2.9 steals, as the team finished the FIBA World Championships 7-0. It defeated Turkey 96-56 in the gold medal game on July 3.

Las Vegas police speak with LGBT bar, nightclub employees on ‘signs of terrorism’

About a month after the deadly LGBT nightclub shooting at Pulse in Orlando, a stack of small cards that read “See something say something” sat on the main counter Thursday at the front desk of the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada in downtown Las Vegas.

 
Truck slams into Bastille Day crowd, killing at least 80 in France

A truck loaded with weapons and hand grenades drove onto a sidewalk for more than a mile, plowing through Bastille Day revelers who’d gathered to watch fireworks in the French resort city of Nice late Thursday. At least 80 people were killed before police killed the driver, authorities said.

Missing Las Vegas man found

Metro police have located Bryan Hollins, 32, who went missing Tuesday.

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