Former world champion kickboxer Shawn Yarborough knew he was too good to be struggling the way he was inside the ring.
Joey Logano won the pole for Sunday’s Kobalt 400, setting a track record by running 193.278 mph under the new three-segment qualifying format for NASCAR Sprint Cup races. Twenty-four drivers broke the record at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
The Miami Marlins were reportedly “outraged” when the Boston Red Sox fielded a team comprised mostly of minor leaguers in Thursday’s spring training game in Jupiter, Fla.
Do you remember the time you prank-painted “Slut Mobile” on your dad’s car, then filmed your dad’s disappointed reaction and broadcast it to the world on MTV? No? Oh right, that was Tom Green’s prank, and it helped launch him to stardom 15 years ago.
Las Vegan Dylan Kwasniewski, a rookie in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, got to see life from the tourist perspective in his return to his hometown this week. Now he gets to race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the first time.
Erick Fedde pitched six strong innings, and Pat Armstrong went 2-for-4 with an RBI and three runs scored as UNLV beat New Mexico on Friday 8-2 for its first victory in Albuquerque in four years.
Alana Cesarz scored a game-high 20 points, and Mia Bell and Danielle Miller added 14 points apiece to lead UNLV to a 80-68 victory over UNR on Friday on Senior Night at Cox Pavilion.
A 53-year-old Henderson man was sentenced to life in prison for beating his mother to death in 2009. The same Clark County jury that convicted Richard Kravetz of first-degree murder and other charges sentenced him to the life prison term on Thursday.
Want to wake up to the sound of bacon sizzling on the stove with its aroma drawing you out of bed? There’s an app for that.
KINGMAN, Ariz. — A Kingman man who injured his ex-fiancee, her new boyfriend and another woman in 2012 was sentenced to 36 years in prison Friday.
Clark County residents have a chance on Wednesday to learn more about the county’s proposed ordinance that could lead to medical marijuana dispenseries in Southern Nevada.
The message is bigger than a 3 or 4 seed in a conference tournament. It is much bigger than Bryce Dejean-Jones.
A YouTube video of a 3-year-old who decided to donate her hair to kids with cancer has gone viral.
More than a dozen UNLV students spoke out against proposed tuition increases at a Friday Board of Regents meeting at the College of Southern Nevada.
The 27 puppies nearly burned in a January arson will remain caged after an eleventh-hour restraining order and lawsuit halted their adoption raffle. Prince and Princess Pet Boutique filed a temporary restraining order Friday to stop the raffle by the Animal Foundation, which has sheltered the puppies since the pet shop owner was charged with trying to burn down the store.
Pointing to a track record of job growth and economic development in his first three-plus years in office, Brian Sandoval filed for re-election Friday for a second term as governor.
For local home builders, 2013 was a year of surging sales and prices. So what’s on tap for the sector in 2014? Let’s just say industry experts are already looking ahead to 2015.
Despite being unable to break par as a team, UNLV did enough good things during a windy opening round at Southern Highlands Golf Club Friday to lead the Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters by four shots.
The photo on Twitter captures key elements of NASCAR’s marketing strategy — Dale Earnhardt Jr. snapping a selfie in front of a statue of his famous stock car-racing daddy at the legendary Daytona International Speedway — exemplifies the convergence of NASCAR’s emphasis this season on social media to promote its brand.
The city of Las Vegas received a bond ratings boost Friday by Fitch Ratings, which upgraded its outlook from negative to stable.
A man and a young boy were in critical condition after a crash in the northeast valley Friday afternoon, North Las Vegas police said. The man and toddler were taken to UMC after a collision at the intersection of Craig Road and Lamb Boulevard, police said.
The California man who is suing the Downtown Grand after losing half a million dollars on Super Bowl weekend is speaking out, defending his lawsuit.
A popular satirical musical about Mormon missionaries will play next year in Salt Lake City, just down the street from the worldwide headquarters of the faith it’s mocking.
Just a few days after a Gallup Well-Being poll stated Nevada as the Top 3 least obese state in the country, a new poll shows Nevadans as not frequent exercisers or produce eaters in 2013.
A 25-year-old man was found dead under suspicious circumstances Thursday night at Ponderosa Dairy in Amargosa Valley, the Nye County sheriff’s office said. Nye County police responded to a 911 call just after 9 p.m. and found the man’s body.
“300: Rise of an Empire” slavishly re-creates the original. It feels like one of those quickie, direct-to-DVD cash grabs that somehow took seven years to surface.
The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada has new cameras and dynamic signs on Interstate 15 and the 215 Beltway to help motorists attending this weekend’s NASCAR races at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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