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Winchester XPR appeals to Model 70 fans, costs less

Firearms bearing the Winchester label have been part of American culture since 1866. It was then that Oliver Winchester bought control of the New Haven Arms company and changed its name to the Winchester Repeating Arms Company.

Perry has winning touch

Jackson Perry won four straight state titles with Bishop Gorman’s football team.

Realignment recommendations issued

The landscape of high school sports in Nevada could shift slightly next year.

Coronado boys, Silverado girls capture bowling titles

Coronado’s bowling team needed just seven pins from its anchor bowler on the day’s final roll to capture the pivotal total pin count against Arbor View on Wednesday afternoon.

Miller scores 22, sparks Lady Rebels to OT win at Fresno State

Danielle Miller hit a 24-foot tying 3-pointer in the final second of regulation and totaled a game-high 22 points to lead UNLV to a 73-70 overtime victory over Fresno State in a Mountain West women’s basketball game Wednesday in Fresno, Calif.

 
Legendary UNLV basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian dies at 84

Jerry Tarkanian, the iconic towel-chomping coach who put UNLV on the map as a national college basketball power and repeatedly clashed with the NCAA during his career, died Wednesday morning at Valley Hospital Medical Center.

Nevada fishing report

LAKE MEAD — Anglers are reporting an abundance of shad throughout the Vegas Wash area. They continue to be the most productive bait. Six- to 8-inch swimbaits in white and chartreuse color variations also have been working well. The area around Echo Bay has been producing well, with anglers having the most success for stripers at Stewart’s Point and Buoy 18. They are using anchovies and lures. Regardless of the area where anglers choose to fish, the higher success rate has gone to those who are on the water early in the morning.

Tarkanian was the coach UNLV needed to live again

Sig Rogich always had an eye for political talent, an ability that even served him well in sports when he noticed a young basketball coach compiling victories at an astonishing rate.