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Michael Mizrachi is poker’s grand old Duke of York. When he’s up, he’s up. And when he’s down, he’s down. Mizrachi endured one of those trademark swings during Day 2C of the $10,000 buy-in No-limit Texas Hold ’em World Championship at the Rio Convention Center, dropping almost half of his stack early Wednesday afternoon before going on a spectacular hot streak that, at least temporarily, gave him the overall lead with 553,000 chips.
British cyclist Mark Cavendish came away with a yellow jersey Wednesday at the Tour de France. But it wasn’t the yellow jersey he was hoping for.
For those headed to Cox Pavilion on Friday for the first day of the NBA Summer League, it will be business as usual.
Shortly after hyperactive Albert Hall arrived at the Thomas & Mack Center and began checking poster placements, vendor spots and the new wood basketball floor, he gave arena director Mike Newcomb a bear hug.
The Las Vegas Wranglers announced Wednesday that center Chris Francis would return to the team for his fourth season.
■ LAKE MEAD — Anglers have reported striper boils early in the morning and just before dark. Boil locations include Vegas Wash, 33 Hole, Crawdad Cove and the Boulder Beach area along the buoy line. Top-water lures such as the Zara Spook and pencil poppers can be effective bait choices. Keep an eye out for other boaters, and use care not to overrun the boil, because it will shut down. Catfish action has been good for anglers using anchovies or stink baits. A little chumming can help bring them in.
When I heard that Gary Player was going to pose naked for ESPN The Magazine’s annual Body Issue, the first thing that came to mind was those cardboard boxes with pinholes the smart kids made in third grade so they could safely view a solar eclipse.
San Francisco Giants pitcher Chad Gaudin has been charged with lewdness after police say he touched the breast of a woman on a gurney at a Las Vegas hospital earlier this year.
If you were one of the unsuccessful applicants in Nevada’s big game tag draw you may not have to sit this season out after all. Utah still has more than 3,300 buck mule deer permits available and they go on sale at 7 a.m. PDT Thursday, July 11 . (That’s 8 a.m. in Utah, which is in the Mountain time zone and observes daylight saving time.)