Welterweight contender Kamaru Usman wanted to make a statement when he stepped in the cage against his most high-profile opponent to date in his first main event. He had to settle for just another victory.
The ongoing Kilauea eruptions have devastated a few small communities on the east side of the Big Island, which make up about 5 percent of the island’s population.
Real Monarchs found the back of the net early to defeat the Lights 2-0 before an announced crowd of 6,810 at Cashman Field.
Fresno State rallied with two runs in the eighth inning and three in the ninth, winning on a two-out, bases-loaded walk, to edge visiting UNLV 9-8 in the teams’ Mountain West regular-season baseball finale Saturday.
Relievers Dario Alvarez and Mike Morin shut down the 51s over the last three innings on Saturday as the host Tacoma Rainiers rallied for a 10-6 victory at Cheney Stadium.
Boulder City’s girls team won their record sixth-straight team championship behind two record-setting performances from Rose Pouch. But the Boulder City boys team saw their streak of seven consecutive state titles ended by Truckee.
Green Valley’s girls swimming team knocked off three-time defending state champion Palo Verde to win the Class 4A championship Saturday at UNLV.
A 16-year-old teenager was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after a crash Saturday evening in North Las Vegas, police said.
The veteran stand-up comedian is ready for his first Vegas residency since his show at the Flamingo ended in April 2014. “Wallace @ Westgate” opens June 26, with shows at 8 p.m Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Tickets start at $65 and go on sale June 1.
There was nothing bipartisan about the congressional delegation attending the opening ceremony of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem last Monday.
It only took four years of cover-ups and two students alleging physical assaults, but the Clark County School District is finally doing the right thing about Jason Wright.
Now when can we expect to see advances in student achievement?
The muddled thinking of those in the Nevada political establishment and the state’s business elite
Who cares how much money the government spends to protect the endangered species?
I am committed to sharing these success stories with everyone I meet over the next year.
Carbon tax would be rebated to all Americans
His concurrence in the sports gambling case highlights why he is liberty’s best friend on the high court.
The politicians now want giant taxes. They want “integrity fees” for the sports leagues.
No Democrats come out in support of fiscal restraint
The Aces have signed second-year guard Lindsay Allen to complete their 12-woman WNBA roster. Las Vegas coach Bill Laimbeer drafted Allen in the second round last year when he was with the New York Liberty.
Bill Laimbeer’s resume brims with championships — two as a power forward with the NBA’s Detroit Pistons and three as a coach with the defunct Detroit Shock of the WNBA.
MGM Resorts International is phasing out plastic straws at all of its hotels. The Straw Reduction Initiative, as the company calls it, began Tuesday at Aria and Mandalay Bay.
Led by its Green Valley 400-yard freestyle relay, the Green Valley girls swimming team brought home a state championship.
The sporting goods retailer said Las Vegas Valley locations will extend their hours to offer fans conference championship gear, the company said in a statement.
Vegas can close out the Western Conference Final with a win at Winnipeg on Sunday, and one reason the Golden Knights have a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series is their capacity to counter opposing success.
Goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury has outdueled Winnipeg’s Connor Hellebuyck during the Western Conference Final and put the Golden Knights on the brink of playing for the Stanley Cup entering Sunday’s Game 5.
The third annual program kicked off Saturday at the Boulevard Mall in Las Vegas. Elementary school teachers and staff set up activity tables for children to make crafts, such as crowns, superhero masks and capes.
The Golden Knights are in position to claim their first NHL trophy, the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl, if they win the Western Conference Final. But hockey superstition is teams that win it don’t usually touch it.
Golden Knights rookie forward Alex Tuch has performed well in the Stanley Cup playoffs despite having played one-third more games than he had played in his hockey career.
One man was killed and another was seriously injured when they encountered a cougar Saturday while mountain biking in Washington state.