During a Thursday NASCAR tire test, cars were outfitted with a new aerodynamic package that in theory will improve the quality of racing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Ron Kantowski
Lights FC owner Brett Lashbrook wants to bring Major League Soccer spring training to Las Vegas, even if Tucson, Arizona, has first dibs.
The MGM Grand Garden debuted Jan. 29, 1994 with a boxing match pitting Julio Cesar Chavez against a lesser lightweight named Frankie Randall. Big-time prizefighting in Las Vegas was about to undergo a seismic shift.
A Friday internet report detailing additional downsizing at International Speedway’s NASCAR tracks prompted a Twitter response from a race fan indicating LVMS is doing the same.
The only time the general public is allowed to drive personal vehicles on the big Las Vegas Motor Speedway oval is at the annual Laps for Charity fundraiser set for noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday.
It has been 44 years since Hall of Fame guard Tom Mack was called for illegal procedure with the Rams perched about a foot from the Minnesota Vikings’ end zone in the 1974 NFC Championship Game. He says he still hasn’t moved.
UNLV’s cheerleaders and Rebel Girls & Company dance team were absent from the Thomas Mack Center Saturday where the Rebels routed San Jose State. But they had a good excuse. They were at Disneyworld winning national championships.
CSN’s season-opening tournament has been renamed the Manny Guerra Memorial Coyote Border Battle in honor of the longtime major league scout from Las Vegas.
The infield media center at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is no longer, having been renamed the ThriveHive Digital Center.
The Continental Cup at Orleans Arena starts Thursday and will attract Olympians and world champions as well as thousands of curling enthusiasts.
Raiders break ground on practice headquarters facility behind M Resort — in Henderson, of course.
With Larry Koentopp leading the ownership group, the Spokane Indians moved to Las Vegas in September 1982 and made their debut April 10, 1983, as the San Diego Padres’ top minor league affiliate.
When the Goodyear Blimp was spotted flying over Shadow Creek at the Tiger Woods vs. Phil Mickelson golf match, little did Las Vegans realize they were casting eyes on the newest member of the College Football Hall of Fame.
If James Brown was the Hardest Working Man in Show Business, then Sam Schmidt is the auto racing equivalent, at least during the sport’s short offseason.
Longtime Las Vegan Rick Down, who died at home Saturday at age 68, spent 17 seasons as a major league hitting coach.