Bishop Gorman baseball coach Nick Day has been the beneficiary of many big offensive innings this season, so it did not come as a surprise when his team scored eight runs in the first inning on Sunday.
If you watch cable TV, there’s a good chance you’ve watched “Nurse Jackie,” the Showtime hit series about an emergency room nurse who abuses a wide array of prescription drugs.
Whatever Frank Viola was yelling from the 51s dugout on a sweltering Sunday afternoon at Cashman Field certainly didn’t sound like sweet music to home plate umpire Scott Mahoney, who ejected the Las Vegas pitching coach in the fifth inning for arguing balls and strikes.
Using a coy smile like a child might do with a parent to get something he wants, Chase Jeter looked up at AAU Dream Vision coach Clay Williams after the championship game of the adidas Super 64 on Sunday and said he was keeping his jersey.
Andy Hafen’s second term as mayor of Henderson will be his last. The Nevada Supreme Court declared as much earlier this year when it issued a surprising clarification on the state constitution’s voter-approved term limits amendment. And the city’s citizen Charter Committee assured as much last week when it declined to recommend a change to Henderson’s governance structure that could have kept Mr. Hafen in office through the end of the decade.
There is a notion, not uncommonly held, that the greatness of one man can extract greatness from another.
Day 4 of my AAU Tournament coverage, as I conclude my live blogging from the two biggest 17-and-under events taking place this week – adidas’ Super 64 and the Las Vegas Fab 48. Be sure to check back throughout the day, or follow me on Twitter on @AP_WG, as I’ll be updating frequently and tweeting live.
The colorful law enforcement career of Las Vegas Township Constable John Bonaventura has drawn attention to the wider system of 11 constable offices in Clark County that traditionally keep low profiles, despite having police powers.
Flash flood warnings have been issued for surrounding valley areas Sunday afternoon, the U.S National Weather Service said.
Organizers of two of the biggest comic-book conventions in the country are clashing over their names.
Forgot about Comic-Con this year? Couldn’t afford it? Could afford it but couldn’t afford the hotel? We’ve got you covered.
The College of Southern Nevada is experimenting with improving retention by restructuring requirements for new students.
Reserve guard Jamaal King had a team-high nine points, and DC Premier beat Louisiana Dynasty in the championship bracket final of the Las Vegas Fab 48 invitational division. It is the second straight year a team from Washington D.C. won the tournament’s 17-and-under division.
A music industry promoter, a Las Vegas lawyer and an mixed martial arts public relations specialist are teaming up to launch a Las Vegas-based business that will book professional MMA fighters for paid appearances at local, national and global businesses and events.
Chase Jeter scored 24 points and grabbed 17 rebounds in Dream Vision’s 79-64 loss to Indiana Elite in the championship game of the adidas Super 64. The next time we hear from Bishop Gorman’s 7-footer, we will learn what college jersey he’ll wear beginning in the fall of 2015.
Jalen Brunson, the No. 22 overall prospect in the ESPN 100, scored 16 of his 20 points in the second half to help Mac Irvin Fire (Ill.) rally from a 12-point deficit and defeat Houston Hoops in the championship game of the Las Vegas Classic.
Israel and Hamas launched new attacks Sunday in the raging Gaza war, despite going back and forth over proposals for a temporary halt to nearly three weeks of fighting ahead of a major Muslim holiday.
Authorities say eight people have been struck by lightning on Venice’s boardwalk, with a ninth person hit on Southern California’s Catalina Island.
When hot weather arrives, Southern Nevadans join sun worshipers across the country in putting away the sturdy shoes of winter, putting on their sandals and flip-flops, and exposing their feet to the elements.
Paris Strawther, a rising senior forward for the Liberty girls basketball team, made a nonbinding oral commitment to UNLV on Sunday.
Having for months dismissed Western sanctions on Russia as toothless, business leaders here are now afraid that the downing of the Malaysian jetliner will bring about an international isolation that will cause serious and lasting economic damage.
A lost Red Sox World Series ring is back on the finger of its owner, thanks to a nifty pickup by an ardent New York Yankees fan.
Authorities say a father was killed and his daughter seriously injured while walking on the sand when a small plane crash landed along Florida’s Gulf Coast near Venice Beach.
As director of the Shenker Academy, a preschool in Summerlin, Specht stays busy even when school’s out. She’s working now with her staff on the curriculum for the upcoming school year and hosting several daily tours for prospective families.
Phil Ivey and another big-name professional poker player posted $2.5 million in cash last week to bail out key defendants charged in an international illegal sports betting operation that FBI agents busted at Caesars Palace.
A woman died Sunday after rear-ending a Republic Services truck in the south valley Sunday morning, Henderson police say.
Two carjackers who fled after ramming a stolen SUV into a family selling fruit for their church, killing three young siblings, were still on the run Saturday as the reward for their capture topped $100,000.
A heat-of-the-moment comment in the aftermath of the standoff at Cliven Bundy’s ranch has cost two Las Vegas SWAT officers their jobs on the elite unit.
Police in New York say an inebriated man ran over and killed a friend who had climbed out of his car and started walking home because she was worried he was drunk.
