Sandpipers of Nevada, a Las Vegas-based swim club, is sending four athletes to the Olympic Games in Tokyo. After that showing, the club is getting attention from all over the nation.
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The Raiders’ Carl Nassib becoming the first openly gay active player in the NFL is only the latest example of the Raiders leading the way in the NFL for tolerance and inclusiveness.
To thousands of transplanted Hawaiians who have made Las Vegas the so-called “Ninth Island,” football broadcaster Robert Kekaula was a big slice of paradise, home away from home.
The Lights FC lost 2-1 Friday night at Cashman Field in the teams’ second matchup of the season. The Lights are now winless against Loyal this season.
Las Vegas erased a nine-point deficit late in regulation at the Target Center in Minneapolis, but fell in overtime.
Las Vegas bookmakers expect to see far fewer bets on the Stanley Cup Final after the Golden Knights were eliminated Thursday by the Canadiens.
The Golden Knights assembled a talented roster in their quest for the Stanley Cup, but lasted only one game longer than the previous postseason.
Fans have questions about possible roster additions, the progress of second- and third-year players and the reaction to Carl Nassib announcing he is gay.
Gervonta Davis (24-0, 23 knockouts) will fight for the first time as a junior welterweight Saturday against Mario Barrios, who doubles as the tallest and heaviest opponent he’ll have faced to date.
The 5-foot, 7-inch Vasiliy Lomachenko (14-2, 10 KOs), will take on the 5-11 Masayoshi Nakatani (19-1, 13 KOs), in the main event of a Top Rank boxing card from Virgin Hotels.
The Golden Knights will have to decide whether they can keep their goalie tandem intact and what they can pay defenseman Alec Martinez this offseason to keep him.
The Golden Knights finished the series 0-for-15 on the power play and failed to score on their final 18 opportunities of the postseason and went 4-for-41 in 19 games.
Changes must occur after the Knights were eliminated by Montreal 3-2 in overtime of Game 6 in a Stanley Cup semifinal.
Golden Knights captain Mark Stone finished with no points in the series, had seven shots on goal in six games and finished minus-two at five-on-five.
Montreal is the first Canadian team to play for the Cup since 2011 and will look to be the first from north of the border to win it since 1993.