Shawn Porter expects to bring WBC belt home to Las Vegas

Shawn Porter and Danny Garcia meet Saturday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, for the vacant WBC welterweight title. The Showtime-televised event airs at 6 p.m.

Experts: Raiders Effect will be focused on luxury, condo market

If there’s any real estate benefit to the relocation of the Raiders to Las Vegas, it’s going to be for the luxury home and condo segment and those closest to the Strip, according to a report from Coldwell Banker Premier.

Preview of Saturday’s Lights-Galaxy II match

The Lights, who have been off since Aug. 28, will be looking for their first win in more than a month. On Aug. 4, the Lights beat Rio Grande Valley FC but since then, they have dropped five matches with one tie thrown in.

Raiders name 6 team captains for this season

The Raiders selected six team captains for the 2018-19 season — an increase in the number of captains from 2017, when there were four. Reprising their roles as team captains are quarterback Derek Carr, center Rodney Hudson and safety Reggie Nelson.

 
Only 5.8 percent of small drone licenses issued to women

The drone industry is in the midst of a boom, with the Federal Aviation Administration expecting the total commercial hobbyist fleet to reach 422,000 by 2021 after only 108,000 in 2017. But there may be one demographic being left behind in the dust: women.

Pepper spray stops fight between students in Las Vegas

Three students were arrested after a Clark County School District officer responding to a fight at Desert Pines High School between two juvenile females used pepper spray to break up the altercation, district police said.

NFL betting trends for Week 1

The Gold Sheet editor Bruce Marshall provides tech notes and trends for the Review-Journal.

Clark County schools begin to fight issue of homeless students

The Clark County School District last year identified 15,019 homeless youth among its students. The number includes children living with friends, in a hotel or motel or in a shelter.

Falcons’ Neal suffers season-ending knee injury against Philadelphia

The Atlanta Falcons will look at their current roster to replace Keanu Neal, the safety who will miss the remainder of the season after tearing a ligament in his left knee Thursday night in an 18-12 opening loss at Philadelphia.

Sports park opens in Southern Highlands

The ribbon-cutting with Clark County Commissioner Susan Brager and local dignitaries made it official, but the inaugural soccer ball kicks and dashes through the splash pad by neighborhood children made it a party, as Southern Highlands’ new 17-acre Olympia Sports Park opened to the public on Aug. 28.

Pros and cons of buying a new or an existing home

Even with a modest increase lately in the number of homes on the market, the local housing supply is still tight and has more potential buyers looking at new homes.

Blue Heron completes luxury residential communities

Blue Heron, a Southern Nevada-based design/build firm, announced it is in the midst of closing out several communities and gearing up to launch others in the Las Vegas Valley.

Skye Canyon home to Pardee Homes’ Onyx

Pardee Homes new Onyx neighborhood features a prime location in the active-inspired Skye Canyon master-planned community in the northwest valley.

Mira Villa Luxury offers golf course living

Mira Villa, a luxury condominium neighborhood by Toll Brothers in The Canyons village, is now actively selling with a new sales center now open. Ideal for those seeking a maintenance-free lifestyle in this golf-themed village of Summerlin, Mira Villa features a collection of 103 mid-rise luxury condominium homes surrounded by abundant community and neighborhood amenities.

Candlelighters Ambassadors to attend Superhero 5K

Every year the Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Nevada recognizes local children with cancer to be ambassadors for its annual Superhero 5K with Chet Buchanan at Mountain’s Edge. They’re chosen for their courage in dealing with cancer and inspiring others. These brave children, along with hundreds of others and their families battling childhood cancer, depend on the support of the nonprofit Candlelighters for various emotional assistance, quality of life and financial support programs.

Toll Brothers to open Concord at Cadence

The new Toll Brothers neighborhood, Concord at Cadence, opens to the public Sept. 22 in Cadence, a Henderson master-planned community. The neighborhood, which is full of amenities, will bring affordable luxury to the area with single-story home designs priced from the low $400,000s.

 
Estate in The Ridges lists for nearly $10M —VIDEO

Akin to Willie Wonka’s golden ticket, one hard-working Realtor has the opportunity to walk away with $1 million. Robert Sibulkin of the Ivan Sher Group at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, Nevada Properties is taking a bold step to reach luxury buyer’s agents.

Ex-Trump adviser gets 14 days in prison for lying to FBI

George Papadopoulos, the Trump campaign adviser who triggered the Russia investigation, told a judge Friday that he was “deeply embarrassed and ashamed” for lying to the FBI and acknowledged that his actions could have hindered their work.

Previews and picks for UFC 228

A breakdown of the fights on the main card of UFC 228 on Saturday at American Airlines Center in Dallas, with picks from the Review-Journal’s Adam Hill and Heidi Fang.

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