The 2019 NBA Summer League set a new average daily attendance record, with just over 12,000 people coming over the 11-day timespan to enjoy some basketball. After 83 games it was the Memphis Grizzlies that raised the championship trophy, defeating the Minnesota Timberwolves 95-92.
50 years ago William Corney was an engineer on the Apollo 11 mission at a tracking station in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Red E Bike tour of Red Rock Canyon outside of Las Vegas starts at the visitors center for a three-hour, 17-mile ride. (Mat Luschek/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Memphis Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins talks about his relatively older Summer League team. (Video by Mark Anderson/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Golden Knights sell their “battle worn” apparel throughout both of the teams seasons including pucks, sticks, helmets and skates.
Pahrump Valley High School boys soccer team has begun preseason workouts at Trojan Field
Mark Payton homered three times and drove in five runs as the Las Vegas Aviators beat the Salt Lake Bees 13-9 in a Pacific Coast League game before 9,340 fans Saturday night at Las Vegas Ballpark. (Las Vegas Aviators)
The Aces overcame an early 14-point deficit to score an 85-81 victory over the Washington Mystics — sans star forward Elena Delle Donne — at Entertainment Sports Arena in Washington D.C. (Aces/WNBA)
Assembly Woman Daniele Monroe-Moreno hosts BBQ to bring the community together to hear about the candidates up for election and for people to gather and have fun.
The Animal Foundation is offering a new adoption special to find homes for pets who were never reclaimed by their owners after July 4th. They gave free pet adoptions that included spay/neuter surgery, microchip and up-to-date vaccines. This latest promotion is one of the foundation’s efforts to save all healthy and treatable animals in their care. The foundation provides refuge for thousands of animals throughout the Las Vegas Valley.
USA Dodgeball president Jake Mason talks about the impact the 2004 movie “DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story” had on growing the ancient pastime during a tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada, on July 13, 2019. (Ron Kantowski/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
More than 500 fans of Hello Kitty lined up for the grand opening of the Hello Kitty Cafe on the strip. The first 50 customers received a Hello Kitty themed keychain with their purchase. Hello Kitty appeared as a special guest to greet all of the fans in line and gave out hugs. By 7 p.m., the cafe sold more than 1000 pastries and beverages with 150 people still in line waiting for their treats.
Maj. Gen. Charles Corcoran took the reins of the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center at Nellis Air Force Base on Friday, replacing a commander who was relieved of his duties last month.
Air Force Staff Sgt. Kenneth DeLongchamp on Friday, July 12, 2019, received an honor normally reserved for those who display valor in the field of battle for his heroics during the mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip on Oct. 1, 2017.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Dori Koren, the ShotSpotter program manager, speaks about the ShotSpotting technology. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Carlos Cruz, executive chef of Jose Andres’ China Poblano at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, makes the SecretBurger off-menu, one-night-only ‘All Quacked Up’ with a kimchi pancake, Peking duck, house-made hoisin sauce, a fried duck egg, pickled micro-vegetables, caviar and gold flakes and serves it with a Stillwater Artisanal Ale. (Heidi Knapp Rinella/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The NFL’s Raiders have topped out its Henderson headquarters. The team recently held a quarterly lunch with workers that included a steel beam signing ceremony. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas Review-Journal business reporter Eli Segall sits down with Aaron Drawhorn to discuss four key trends in the Las Vegas housing market. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
MLS and Liga MX announced Thursday at a press conference at the Bellagio that their newly formed Leagues Cup, which pits four teams from each league in a tournament, will hold its final at Sam Boyd Stadium on Sept. 18. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health marks their 10 year anniversary with plans for the next 10 years, including transforming Alzheimer’s from a terminal to a chronic disease, and that a blood test to diagnose Alzheimer’s. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
Photographer Peter Lik has teamed up with Jewel Homes to design new homes for Las Vegas that take inspiration from different parts of the world.
The 16-foot tall Blue Angel statue that stood above the Blue Angel Motel for six decades is featured in a mural spanning three walls at a downtown Las Vegas building. James Stanford designed the “A Phalanx of Angels Ascending” mural based on his photography, and Cliff Morris painted the mural at 705 Las Vegas Blvd. North, near the Neon Museum. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
University of Nevada, Reno, officials allowed the media to enter part of Argenta Hall on Thursday, July 11, 2019. The dormitory was damaged in a blast on Friday, July 5. (Bill Dentzer/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Retired Metro sergeant Steve Meriwether talks about his son, Garrett Meriwether, who was killed by a drunk driver. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Capt. James Ketchell of England shows off his gyrocopter at Henderson Executive Airport on July 11, 2019. (Michael Blackshire/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The whimsical Ugly Duckling sign has returned home to the Neon Museum’s Boneyard after receiving extensive restoration and refurbishment. The popular, double-sided sign has been re-electrified in all its glory for the public to enjoy during boneyard admission hours.
Tom McGrath, district manager/executive chef at Frites at the Excalibur in Las Vegas, tops his beef-tallow fries like a loaded baked potato – with white and yellow cheddar, sour cream, bacon and chives. (Heidi Knapp Rinella/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
