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Midnight game buoys Wranglers

Maybe the Wranglers should play all their home games at midnight.

Unconventional coach’s ego led to his undoing

Mike Leach is one part of the cycle. He is an eccentric part, mind you. He isn’t going to win any awards for conventional methods, and that was true long before he banished a player with a concussion to an electrical closet or garage or media room or whatever secluded place Adam James supposedly spent several hours.

FISHING REPORT

LAKE MEAD — Holidays and cold weather are keeping anglers away. Only eight stripers were reported in the creel census Saturday. All were caught near the Boulder Beach area either trolling or fishing from shore. Trout have been dispersing after plants with a few large stripers behind them. Shad have been seen around Boulder and Hemenway harbors.

Pacquiao seeks $75,000-plus in defamation suit

The war of words between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. took a nasty turn Wednesday when Pacquiao filed a defamation lawsuit against Mayweather, his father, his uncle and Golden Boy Promotions.

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BASKETBALL

Rebels’ Kruger has knee, team on mend

Knee surgery has sidelined the leader of UNLV’s basketball team. It’s no cause for panic, though, because coach Lon Kruger said he’ll be fine in a few days.

Shooting facility under scrutiny

A down-and-up year, that’s how 2009 has played out for Southern Nevada’s recreational shooters.

IN BRIEF

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT SANTA ANITA PARK

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