Sam Schmidt relives thrill of winning his only IndyCar race by competing against able-bodied drivers in time trials at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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Ceremonial ground finally was broken on UNLV’s proposed football building Tuesday. Not just the ground for the fence posts that said it would be coming in (insert year here). The actual building.
With baseball’s Winter Meetings having taken last-ups in Florida, Las Vegas is in the on-deck circle, swinging a leaded bat.
Rap and hip-hop mogul Percy “Master P” Miller envisions a basketball league in which men and women will compete against each other.
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