Motley Crue lead singer Vince Neil, who owns the expansion Las Vegas Outlaws of the Arena Football League, was hoarse from shouting after the team’s first victory — a 70-53 upset of the three-time defending ArenaBowl champion Arizona Rattlers at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Austin Byler had a home run, a triple and three RBIs, and Cameron Rowland pitched seven strong innings Saturday to lift UNR to a 6-2 win over UNLV and a three-game sweep of the Mountain West baseball series. The Rebels have lost seven straight games.
A former prison inmate claims he suffered a minor stroke and nearly died after he was deprived of blood pressure medication for an extended period of time at a halfway house in Las Vegas.
Ben Simmons finished with 20 points, 11 rebounds and six assists Saturday to lead Montverde Academy (Fla.) to a 70-61 win over Oak Hill Academy (Va.) in the championship game of the High School National Tournament in New York City.
Micah Roberts, an analyst for The Linemakers on SportingNews.com and a former sports book director, makes three win-total predictions for the baseball season.
Las Vegan Diego Magdaleno is moving up to lightweight to fight Luis Solis on April 18 in Arlington, Texas. Magdaleno’s manager is eyeing a title shot against the winner of the World Boxing Organization lightweight title fight between Ray Beltran and Takashiro Ao.
Wins didn’t come easily for Boulder City in the Spring Jamboree softball tournament, but the Eagles gained valuable experience against quality competition and finished their weekend with a 3-0 win over Cheyenne at Majestic Park.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal became a buyout target in March, when New York-based New Media Investment Group snapped up its parent company, Stephens Media.
Mining is nearly sacrosanct in Nevada. Hard-rock mining was Nevada’s original revenue-producing industry, helping to shape the state’s economic development and dominating state politics since the mid-1800s.
Last month, in what were free, fair and democratic elections, the Likud party gained a plurality of the vote from the Israeli electorate. We congratulate Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on this victory and wish him well in his efforts to form a stable coalition ruling government for all citizens, Jews and non-Jews alike.
The municipal election primary is upon us. Early voting ended Friday, and those who haven’t voted get just one more chance to cast their ballots, on Tuesday. Turnout is expected to be typically apathetic, perhaps not even cracking 10 percent, making every single vote all the more valuable.
Chad Mendes stopped Ricardo Lamas midway through the first round of UFC Fight Night 63 on Saturday in Fairfax, Va., to secure his spot as the top contender for the Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight title.
Middleweight champion Gabriel Rosado and Curtis Stevens fought to a seven-round draw Saturday in the main event of Big Knockout Boxing at Mandalay Bay.
The Spartans weren’t very good on college basketball’s grandest stage Saturday, and the Blue Devils were, clearly proven in Duke’s 81-61 national semifinal victory. It means the Blue Devils advance Monday to a ninth national title game under coach Mike Krzyzewski, who will be seeking a fifth title.
A handful of aces is always a good feeling, and that’s what the Washington Nationals are holding after signing Max Scherzer to a big deal. Scherzer is followed to the mound by Stephen Strasburg, Jordan Zimmermann, Doug Fister and Gio Gonzalez.
Two children died Saturday night in a vehicle fire at an east valley apartment complex, according to Las Vegas police.
The Washington Nationals have the highest regular-season win total at 94 and are 5-1 favorites to win the World Series, followed by the Los Angeles Dodgers at 92 wins and 6-1 odds.
While many churches have adopted a relaxed approach to clothing, many casual dressers will up their game for Easter and other special events.
Las Vegas attorney David Phillips has added a claim of racial bias to his defamation lawsuit against the State Bar of Nevada.
It’s not too early to stard handicapping the field in the 2016 U.S. Senate race.
The Wisconsin Badgers knocked off previously undefeated Kentucky 71-64 to advance to the NCAA men’s basketball championship game
One man is dead after fatally shooting himself at the Universal Studios theme park on Friday.
The body of a missing Creech Air Force Base airman was found early Saturday afternoon near Mount Charleston, according to a base spokesman.
Children and their parents took part in the annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park, west of Las Vegas.
Boulder City posed for a team picture with everyone holding up her index finger after finishing the team’s last game in the Spring Jamboree softball tournament Saturday.
The Junior League 2015 Paint the Town Red Gala March 21 at Red Rock Resort honored Sustainer Jeanne Greenawalt with the Lifetime Achievement Award and Ken and Dee Ladd as the recipients of the Florence Lee Jones Humanitarian Award.
