It has been 30 years since Las Vegan Marty Barrett went on a playoff hit parade for the Boston Red Sox that has been memorialized on a website.
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Long-suffering Chicago transplants whoop it up as Cubs beat Dodgers for first World Series berth in 71 years.
Most of the attention has turned to the possibility of the Oakland Raiders moving to Las Vegas. There isn’t as much interest anymore about who will drive the Zamboni at Las Vegas NHL games.
Lucas Ahlbach was only 10 when he helped plan his funeral. One of his final requests was to have his own 5k run benefiting cancer research.
Elton John’s Smash Hits benefit Monday at Caesars Palace recalls memories of Las Vegas’ tennis past, including the short-lived Tennis Channel Open.
Whenever north of $1 million is raised for a charitable cause via serves and volleys — which is what the World TeamTennis Smash Hits raised for the Elton John AIDS Foundation last year — it’s a pretty big deal.
Andrew Westerlund of Vancouver, British Columbia, a heart transplant and cancer survivor, was feted at the Simon Keith Foundation golf fundraiser benefiting organ transplant patients.
Mitch Glasser, a substitute social studies teacher at Green Valley High and a utility infielder, helped Team Israel beat Great Britain and qualify for the World Baseball Classic.
Steven Jackson, who played high school football in Las Vegas, scored five touchdowns against New Mexico in the 2003 Las Vegas Bowl en route to an outstanding NFL career.
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