Latest MGM Grand-NBA partnership strengthens city’s bid to attract NBA franchise in near future.
Ron Kantowski
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It was a year ago when Las Vegas Lights FC owner, CEO and scarf-wearing optimist Brett Lashbrook predicted the budding second-tier domestic soccer franchise would average around 10,000 spectators, which is roughly the capacity of Cashman Field.
Since Manny Guerra was admitted to the hospital, and now a long-term care facility, baseball people say the local ballparks, diamonds and sandlots don’t seem quite the same.
Former Olympic track and field gold medalist Olga Connolly teaching how to be well in Summerlin.
Another All-Star Game is upon us, which means guys are faking hamstring injuries to get out of playing in it and baseball writers are pontificating about how to make it great again.
The Vermont jam band Phish played a role in the genesis of the NBA’s Las Vegas Summer League, according to former Thomas & Mack Center director Daren Libonati.
If you’ve watched TV for anytime in Las Vegas, then you already know John Barr will do anything to sell you a car —as long as England isn’t playing in the semifinals of the World Cup.
Action sports star Travis Pastrana successfully jumped the fountains at Caesars Palace Sunday night, completing his attempt to replicate three of legendary daredevil Evel Knievel’s most iconic jumps on the same day.
A few hours after a July 3 postgame fireworks extravaganza (or spectacular), the 51s boarded a bus that would arrive in Fresno, California, in about six hours, contingent upon how long it took to stretch tired legs in Bakersfield.
His nickname on the pro darts circuit is “Voltage.” That’s because until about 18 months ago, Rob Cross, who lives in Hastings on England’s southeast coast, was an electrician.
