The rosters may be smaller, the field narrower and the stands shorter, but the action and emotions were just as intense at the Division IV state championship football game.
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The NFL Players Association today is announcing a program to test and treat former players with brain trauma at the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health and other sites across the country.
Here’s our last-chance call for local bar owners and managers who wish to have their establishments included in the 2013 edition of the R-J’s annual directory of NFL bars.
Football players? Sonny, the football players we knew could run circles around those wimps who play today and then chew ’em up and spit ’em out before they even crossed the finish line.
■ LAKE MEAD — With the waters warming, stripers are hanging in the deeper water during the day and moving into the shallows at night to feed. Just after sunset and just before sunrise are peak times to get your line in the water. Various swimbaits, as well as cut baits and gizzard shad, if you can find them, are attracting striped bass. One angler reportedly reeled in a 16-pound catfish near Echo Bay over the weekend. The current lake record is a 19-pound, 15-ounce catfish taken in 1996. With fluctuating water levels, use extra caution and watch for emerging land masses. Conditions can change week to week.
The Harlem Globetrotters are hosting a series of basketball skills clinics in the Las Vegas area this week.
Sean Willingham figures he’s racked up more than a half-dozen significant injuries during his bull riding career.
Forgive me, Mother Nature and hapless tourists, for revving this 662 horsepower engine in an area overlooking one of the most serene spots in Southern Nevada.
■ LAKE MEAD — Striper action has picked up over the past couple of weeks. Anglers reportedly are catching fish as large as 20 pounds, with many coming in the 8- to 12-pound range. Gizzard shad and various plugs are catching the fish. Most of the activity has been found throughout the lower basin, especially in the area from Saddle Island to the back of Las Vegas Wash.
■ LAKE MEAD — Despite warmer temperatures and springlike weather, fishing remains slow. But there have been reports of striped bass from the Muddy River inflow to Echo Bay. The Vegas Wash also is showing signs that fishing is beginning to improve.