Las Vegas and its $1.9 billion stadium project won’t be forgotten when nine NFL owners and team presidents, together wielding influence over an adjusted Super Bowl bid-selection process, meet in the coming months.
The former UFC champion earned his first victory in more than four years with a split-decision win over Eryk Anders in Belem, Brazil
Alexandr Cozbinov, Eric Samuelsson and Clayton Alenik each won in singles and were part of a doubles victory to help the UNLV men’s tennis team to a 4-0 triumph over Weber State and cap a two-match sweep Saturday.
More than 150 After-School All-Star students from four Las Vegas Valley middle schools took part in the 32nd annual National Girls & Women in Sports Day held Saturday at UNLV.
There is a pattern to State of the Union addresses: The president declares the state of the nation is glowing; the opposition party reacts with skepticism; then the two sides fight over which side won the night.With President Donald Trump there is an additional factor: Will he say or tweet something so outrageous that he kills the good buzz?
Jamal Bey scored 12 of his 17 points in the first half on Saturday as Bishop Gorman’s boys basketball team earned a 55-48 win over Fairfax (California) at the Nike Extravaganza in Santa Ana, California.
Kathryn Daffer had nine points to lead Pahrump Valley’s girls basketball team to a 44-28 home win over Las Vegas on Saturday.
The Nevada Supreme Court had two open seats in this fall’s election. Now there is only one. Abbi Silver, chief judge of the Court of Appeals, was elected outright when no one filed against her.
As Nevada grapples to address a massive shortage of affordable housing, state officials fear federal tax reform has stymied a long-standing funding resource.
President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address was a political home run — in part because of what he didn’t say. There wasn’t a single word about reforming the politically sacrosanct Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid. While that undoubtedly boosted the popularity of his speech, he was ignoring the greatest threat to America’s fiscal health.
Trump also said plenty to engage the other side of the aisle.
The major roadblock to reform, of course, is the politics.
State lawmakers have given Uber and Lyft an unfair advantage
The court was established in 1978 during the Cold War to oversee surveillance requests from intelligence and police agencies regarding foreign agents operating in the United States.
Good luck with all of this in 2018 and 2020.
Party puts politics over compromise
But no thanks to Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and Nevada’s other congressional Democrats
NDOT has done a good job attacking local traffic congestion
With Cimarron holding a slight lead, Nathaniel Rodriguez scored a reversal with two seconds remaining in the third period to break a 2-2 tie and win the 132-pound region title. In the process, he secured enough team points to help the Spartans bring home the ninth region title in program history Saturday at Centennial.
After a 77-54 victory over Boise State on Saturday at the Thomas Mack Center, the UNLV women’s basketball team is in sole possession of first place in the Mountain West for the first time in program history.
On Saturday in the 138-pound championship match of the Sunrise Region meet at Las Vegas, Antonio Saldate captured his fourth consecutive region title with a 19-4 major decision over Green Valley’s David Kalayanaprapruit.
Boulder City’s Zayne Dennington trailed Vicente Pinto of Virgin Valley 3-1 with 15 seconds remaining in the championship match at 126 pounds. But Dennington managed a one-point escape, then spun and forced a takedown at the very edge of the mat with one second left to earn two points and pull out the dramatic 4-3 victory.
UNLV’s Jordan Johnson’s driving layup and teammate Brandon McCoy’s tip at the buzzer in overtime each fell off the rim, and Boise State held on for a 93-91 victory Saturday night in Boise, Idaho.
Washington Capitals coach Barry Trotz was asked at the All-Star break in Tampa, Florida, about possible changes to the playoffs and noted the current system has its flaws.
He scored against his former team in the area where he played his college hockey. But Golden Knights forward Erik Haula was in no mood to celebrate.
People riding horses found the body just after 12:55 p.m. near Cold Creek and Bugling Bull roads, Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Trish Cervantes said.
Knights general manager George McPhee used a lot of his experience from his 17-year run as the Washington Capitals’ GM to craft the roster in Las Vegas.
Despite heavy action on the Eagles — including four $1 million-plus bets — the Patriots remained 4½-point favorites Saturday afternoon at every Las Vegas book.
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