A Las Vegas teenager added a third event to her itinerary for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris by finishing second to world record-holder Katie Ledecky on Wednesday.
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Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas failed in her challenge against rules that stop her from competing in elite women’s races because judges ruled she did not have standing to bring the case.
Z Athlete Factory founder and CEO Zig Ziegler, a kinesiologist and author, says he plans to build a sports training center and athlete village in Southern Nevada.
A venue constructed as a production facility allowed the UFC to thrive during the pandemic and has now become part of the Las Vegas sports landscape.
Bella Sims has learned to manage not only her time at the University of Florida, but the immense expectations placed on her by the U.S. swimming community.
With less than two weeks to go before “Dancing With the Stars” returns for its 23rd season, ABC has revealed the full cast of celebrity dancers and their pro partners.
Ellen DeGeneres says she’s not racist after receiving backlash on social media for posting an edited photo of herself riding on the back of Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt.
You might assume that the world’s most finely tuned athletes would be eating something healthy — egg white omelets, kale salads — as they strive to reach the pinnacle of their sporting lives. And you would be wrong.
Didn’t get tickets to the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro? Don’t want to leave the 702 area code? No worries, you can still enjoy the sporting spectacle at a Rio much closer to home.
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Las Vegas is a special kind of resort city. In the city, you get The Strip (along with the Sphere); on the outside, you get the vast Mojave Desert with its nostalgic attractions. In the past, people visiting Las Vegas would do so with the phrase in mind: “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” […]
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The Raiders have several international players on their roster, which made for some lively debate about the announcement that NFL players could compete at the 2028 Olympics.
Orleans Arena has hosted major curling events for a decade, but now a nonprofit plans to renovate a south Las Vegas building and use it to grow the Olympic sport.
Former UNLV sprinter Kaysha Love will compete for the U.S. bobsled team next month in the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.
Goaltender Robin Lehner said Sunday he won’t play for Team Sweden at the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
