The Dodgers were deep into spring training, and owner Frank McCourt was playing tough guy. He had to because, even though no one else had any interest in signing Manny Ramirez, he had to show agent Scott Boras who was in charge.
President Barack Obama’s nomination last week of Judge Sonya Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court is an excellent choice. Here is why.
DOVER, Del. — Brad Keselowski raced to his first NASCAR Nationwide Series victory of the season Saturday, taking the lead during a restart with two laps left at Dover International Speedway.
Marcus Sullivan scored on a 3-yard run with 35 seconds remaining to lift the Sunset Region seniors to a 21-17 win over the Sunrise in the Lions Club High School All-Star Football Game on Saturday night at Las Vegas High.
Michael Hunter is ready to get busy inside the ring again.
This is where the dream begins, far from sold-out arenas and pay-per-view dollars and famous fighters who delivered mixed martial arts into the mainstream for good.
The 51s rallied to tie Sacramento in the ninth inning, but a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the 10th gave the River Cats a 4-3 Pacific Coast League victory in West Sacramento, Calif.
Henderson resident Kerry Painter hopes to follow the lead of Wayne Webb when the five-day PBA Senior U.S. Open begins Monday at the Suncoast Bowling Center.
In a chewy chow-lenge, Takeru Kobayashi outlasted Joey Chestnut when the eating titans faced off to see who could devour the most pizzas.
CARSON CITY — With their 2009 session scheduled to end on Monday, Nevada lawmakers kept working over the weekend on still-pending measures covering a wide range of issues.
CARSON CITY — The Assembly and state Senate both approved an amended version of a bill Saturday that will make the Clark County sheriff or his designee the sole negotiator with police union representatives in contracts for the Police Department.
Lem Banker’s phone rang. It was friend Frankie Masterana, calling long distance to inquire about the betting line of the Stanford-San Jose State football game.
Las Vegans are out-of-shape, lazy smoke-a-holics who love drive-thru lanes and pizza by the slice, can’t find the park and don’t realize they can do more with fruits and vegetables than decorate the buffet table.
FALLON — A Navy officer killed along with three of his daughters in a May 22 small plane crash in Fallon was remembered as a gentleman and a role model at a military funeral Saturday.
BEFORE A REVIEW-JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK, guest Gov. Jim Gibbons noticed that political reporter Molly Ball was busy messaging on her Blackberry.
CARSON CITY — Just five days after Clark County Commissioner Lawrence Weekly resigned a temporary state consulting job, the Assembly on a 41-0 vote Saturday overrode a veto by Gov. Jim Gibbons of a bill that gives the Legislature control over hiring of temporary and other executive branch employees.
About $112 billion of the $787 billion federal stimulus fund has been allocated across the country, and the impacts of that planned spending should start being felt in the next three months, Clark County Commission Chairman Rory Reid said this week.
Even in the middle of a recession, private schools with annual tuition of $9,000 to $20,000 seem more enticing than ever.
Two Las Vegas officers and a 54-year-old woman were injured while the officers were responding to a robbery in the southwest valley Saturday, the fourth department-involved accident this month.
CARSON CITY — After an emotional debate that brought tears to the eyes of some lawmakers, state senators voted 14-7 Saturday evening to override Gov. Jim Gibbons’ veto of the domestic partnership bill.
A story in Saturday’s Review-Journal on Chester Stiles’ sentencing misstated his age. He is 38.
CARSON CITY — A plan to roll back a voter-approved ban on smoking in public places died weeks ago in the Nevada Legislature, but lobbyists for the gambling and tourism industries are using the last few days of the 2009 session to try to bring it back to life.
A couple of years ago, Bonnie and Clyde Petersen were pulling down $150,000 in interest payments yearly on $1 million invested with hard-money lender OneCap Mortgage. Today, the Petersens, retirees who are now divorced but remain friends, expect to lose their separate homes. They are among many local retirees who are struggling to cope with personal financial problems after Southern Nevada and the nation slipped into recession.
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CARSON CITY — Gov. Jim Gibbons’ veto-mania has given the Legislature an unusual slate of end-of-session business.
