Westgate President and GM Cami Christensen is backing her lifelong friend and top Iowa assistant Jan Jensen in the Iowa-LSU game.
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Shaquille O’Neal, who has won more NBA championships (four) than drivers he can name in the F1 series (one, Lewis Hamilton) said he wants to invest in a team in Vegas.
Shaquille O’Neal always plays it big, and his next gala is serving extra-large star power with two EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony) winners headlining his charity show, “The Event.”
Hakkasan delivered Nikola Jokić, who is Serbian, a bottle of Stara Sokolova vodka from his home country.
The gentlemen at Dude Perfect have made the world’s highest basketball shot, from 854 feet high, off The Strat’s 108th-floor SkyJump platform.
Adam Levine filled the role of rock star on Saturday, singing with Shaq to close The Event at MGM Grand.
Shaquille O’Neal says, “If the great Adam Levine wants me to come onstage and sing a Maroon 5 song, I’m definitely coming onstage.”
The Golden State Warriors celebrated their NBA championship and Jordan Poole’s 23rd birthday on the Las Vegas Strip Saturday night.
Dennis Rodman spent two days during the 1998 NBA Finals in Las Vegas. Predictably, it was a party.
As his charity sets up “The Event” in October, Shaquille O’Neal says Las Vegas can handle an NBA franchise.
James Harden wasn’t with his NBA team this weekend. But he was at Drai’s.
MGM Resorts’ original plan was for Mandalay Bay Events Center to compete with The Colosseum at Caesars Palace and Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood.
Hyde Bellagio has been a club of choice for a veritable NBA all-star team.
Derek Stevens has gained priceless promotional value with his NCAA Tournament gambit. Before the tournament, the aggressively loyal Michigan grad bet $25,000 on the Wolverines to win the championship at 40-1 odds.
Austin “Chumlee” Russell is not a college-basketball handicapper. He’s better versed in the Fantastic Four than the Final Four. But Chumlee stands to win $5,000 in an NCAA Tournament bracket challenge.