Las Vegas teaching professional Clif Vanetti will be named the instructor of the year for the PGA of America, Southwest Section, Southern Nevada Chapter on Tuesday at Las Vegas Country Club.
Brock Lesnar, professional wrestling star and former UFC heavyweight champion, received the maximum one-year suspension from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency for two positive tests.
Goaltender Tyler Parsons stopped 33 shots, and Troy Terry scored three times in the shootout as Team USA defeated Russia 4-3 to advance to the gold medal game of the World Junior Hockey Championships.
This defeat was worse than the one to Duke — much worse — because the Broncos aren’t in the same zip code as the Blue Devils for talent or much of anything else.
Review-Journal sports writer Steve Carp will be enshrined in the basketball writers Hall of Fame at the Final Four in April in Glendale, Arizona, part of one of the most decorated classes in history.
Three takeaways from the UNLV basketball team’s 77-59 loss to Boise State on Wednesday night at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Damon Graham, a Starbucks barista from Las Vegas, won more than $900,000 in the Westgate’s SuperContest, the nation’s most prestigious NFL handicapping contest.
The Rebels were blown off the Thomas & Mack Center floor Wednesday night in an uninspired 77-59 loss to Boise State that wasn’t as close as the score indicated.
An “elderly couple” has died after a fall from the Silverton hotel-casino’s parking garage in an apparent suicide, a Metropolitan Police Department official said.
The Foothill boys basketball team has its stars, but the bench may mean the difference between a title and sitting at home.
Maka Ellis finished with 30 points and 17 rebounds, and host Sierra Vista exploded for 36 points in the third quarter on the way to an 80-47 romp over Spring Valley.
The city of Las Vegas is renewing its drive to attract a Major League Soccer franchise, voting Wednesday in favor of a contract to market Las Vegas to possible investors for a soccer stadium project.
Marquise Raybon had 26 points, and Donovan Joyner added 23 points to lift Las Vegas’ boys basketball team to an 81-72 home win over Eldorado on Wednesday.
The NFL regular season is over. Which means the biggest game of the year is almost here — Puppy Bowl.
Liberty’s wrestling team dominated the lower weights Wednesday, winning five of the six lightest classes to edge visiting Coronado, 40-39.
Proponents of Nevada’s embattled law extending firearm background checks are asking state leaders to iron out the issues with the measure blocked from going into effect Sunday.
Alyssa Scott scored 13 points Wednesday as Spring Valley’s girls basketball team held off host Sierra Vista, 36-34.
Bonanza’s Alicia Kestner caught the game-winning two-point conversion in overtime Wednesday to lift the Bengals‘ flag football team to a 33-32 win over visiting Sierra Vista.
Brooke Johnson scored 20 points to help UNLV hold off Boise State 58-55 in a Mountain West women’s basketball game Wednesday in Boise, Idaho.
For hotels, CES 2017 is a time to make serious money. But CES organizers are worried that what convention-goers may perceive as price gouging will keep them away, and ultimately kill the show.
A man was arrested in Nye County on Wednesday after attempting to pay a Nye County Sheriff’s Office deputy to “look the other way” while he illegally grew marijuana in Amargosa Valley.
Nevada ranked 51st in Education Week’s Quality Counts 2017 report released Wednesday. Massachusetts topped the rankings and was followed in the top five by New Jersey, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maryland.
Angered over President Barack Obama’s protection of public lands, two Nevada lawmakers filed legislation Wednesday that would prevent executive action to expand or designate national monuments without congressional approval.
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Judge Jessie Walsh is stepping down from the bench next week, leaving a second vacancy in Clark County District Court.
The Henderson City Council is proposing a one-year ban on all commercial activity related to recreational marijuana, as officials weigh concerns about zoning and public health.
A suspect in a chain of Henderson and Las Vegas armed robberies has been identified and arrested by Henderson police.