Pierre Jackson had never played a game at the Thomas & Mack Center until Sunday. After having a tough time in his NBA Summer League debut for New Orleans, the former Baylor point guard from Las Vegas probably wished he were playing somewhere else in town.
Having grown up in Las Vegas, Anthony Marshall knows a little something about long shots. He also knows that once in a while, they come in.
It was a little past 1 p.m., not that time really matters here. The sound of poker chips idly being rubbed together was in the air, in the manner the sound of locusts on a deserted stretch of Texas highway is in the air.
Desert racing veterans Tim Herbst of Las Vegas and Larry Roeseler of El Centro, Calif., captured the overall and Trophy Truck victory at the second annual Eldorado HDRA Reno 500 at the Tahoe Reno Motorplex. Herbst and Roeseler completed the race in 9 hours, 25 minutes, 10 seconds, averaging 43 miles per hour.
Phil Mickelson doffed his cap to an adoring and applauding crowd in the grandstands overlooking the 18th green at the Scottish Open, and walked to the side of the putting surface to hug his wife and three children.
Bill Bayno has found a new home. And it’s north of the border. The former UNLV coach has left Rick Adelman’s staff with the Minnesota Timberwolves to join coach Dwane Casey as an assistant with the Toronto Raptors.
American 100-meter record holder Tyson Gay, who had promoted himself as a clean athlete, tested positive for a banned substance and said he will pull out of the world championships next month in Moscow.
The violence that tainted El Super Clasico on July 3 was a distant memory during Saturday’s soccer exhibition between Monarcas Morelia of Mexico vs. Luis Angel Firpo of El Salvador.
It’s not the NBA that he’ll see come fall, but Shabazz Muhammad got a taste of life as a professional athlete Saturday.
PHILADELPHIA — For Rashad Vaughn, Findlay Prep’s newest star, competing against the best high school basketball players in the country is a breeze.
