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Henderson City Council votes to sell land to Raiders

The Henderson City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to sell 55 vacant acres to the National Football League team for half the land’s appraised value.

UNLV athletics aims for new financial standard

Through many years and many UNLV athletic directors, the athletic department had the luxury of knowing it could be bailed out by the university at the end of the fiscal year. Soon, that no longer will be the case.

 
Ex-Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky’s lawyers argue for new trial

Jerry Sandusky will appear in court on Monday as his lawyers seek to persuade a judge to give the former Penn State assistant football coach an opportunity to argue for a new trial after his 2012 conviction on child sexual abuse charges.

 
Sister: ‘Bama fan shot because she wasn’t ‘bothered’ by loss

A woman charged with killing a fellow Alabama fan after the end of last weekend’s Iron Bowl football game was angry that the victim and others didn’t seem upset over the Crimson Tide’s loss to archrival Auburn, said the sister of the slain woman.

Super Day for Steelers

In one of the most dramatic finishes in Super Bowl history, quarterback Ben Roethlisberger rallied the Pittsburgh Steelers to a victory that had Las Vegas sports books rocking Sunday.