UNLV roundup: Rebels cap baseball sweep of Air Force

Nick Rodriguez drove in three runs Sunday to help UNLV complete a three-game sweep with a 6-5 victory over Air Force in a Mountain West baseball game at Wilson Stadium.

10th-seeded Wichita State favored by 6½ over No. 7 Dayton

To help pick a few upsets on your bracket, look no further than the lines posted at Las Vegas sports books, which have No. 10 Wichita State favored by 6½ points over No. 7 Dayton.

Las Vegas girl, suffering from disorder, gets dream fulfilled

On the eve of her fourth birthday, Zariyah Walls learned the Make-A-Wish Foundation will send her and her family on a trip to Disney World during a special celebration Sunday at the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas.

Three takeaways from the Kobalt 400

Three takeaways from Joey Logano’s TKO victory over Kyle Busch — and Martin Truex Jr.’s first-place finish — at Sunday’s Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:

COMENTARY: Technology is no magic bullet for U.S. schools

In other instances, students use their devices as YouTube-enabled jukeboxes for entertainment during “boring” lessons. Or worse,when taking online assessments, students use search engines to cheat.

LETTER: Don’t rescind regulation on waste of oil and gas

Instead, lawmakers should provide Secretary Zinke an opportunity to do his job by sending the rule back with comments to the BLM and allow the agency to do what it was designed to do for the benefit of all Americans.

Midmajor conferences need to protect regular-season champions

Immediately advance your regular-season champion to the tournament final and make everyone else fight it out for the right to meet it for the automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.

Don’t bet against Duke in NCAA Tournament

Duke received a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament, but the Blue Devils have the nation’s best players and coach. It’s a daunting combination for the rest of the field.

 
Blizzard may dump 18 inches of snow on New York, Northeast

The Northeast is bracing for winter’s last hurrah — a blizzard expected to sweep the New York region starting Monday with possibly the season’s biggest snowstorm dumping up to 18 inches on Central Park.

UNR to face Iowa State in NCAA Tournament

The Wolf Pack, who won the Mountain West conference tournament in Las Vegas on Saturday, will face Iowa State at 7 p.m. PDT Thursday (truTV) in Milwaukee, Wis. The Cyclones, the Big 12 Tournament champs, are the No. 5 see while UNR is the No. 12 seed.

Kobalt 400 by the numbers

A look at the numbers in Sunday’s Kobalt 400 in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.