Hawaii’s win over Colorado State shows this could be a wide-open Mountain West season. Colorado State’s season already is in jeopardy. Wyoming opened its season on Saturday with a victory over New Mexico State. UNLV begins play this Saturday against USC at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The Rebels have high hopes of making a bowl.
Olympia Sports Park opened in Southern Highlands on Tuesday, Aug. 28 2018. The 17-acre park features three full-size, lighted, multi-purpose fields that can be used for soccer, football, lacrosse and other sports Six basketball courts A splash pad A full playground with state-of-the-art equipment and shade And a scenic walking trail with workout stations and picnic areas Olympia Sports Park offers something for everyone. (Mat Luschek / Review-Journal)
Larry Fitzgerald to Speak at Senator John McCain’s Funeral NFL star Larry Fitzgerald will read a tribute at the funeral for U.S. senator John McCain. Fitzgerald has spent his entire 13-year NFL career with the Arizona Cardinals. During that time, he became a friend of McCain’s. Last year, Fitzgerald penned a piece for
Sports Illustrated explaining why he so greatly admires the senator. Following McCain’s passing last week, Fitzgerald posted a picture of himself and the politician in Washington, D.C. In addition to Fitzgerald, former Phoenix Coyotes star Shane Doan and Diamondbacks player Luis Gonzalez will serve as pallbearers.
Southern Nevada home prices were up 13 percent year-over-year in June. Las Vegas led price gains in June, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller index . Seattle and San Francisco came in second and third, respectively. Locally, the median sales price of previously owned single-family homes in July was $290,000, up 11.5 percent from a year earlier.
A man and a woman were killed early Tuesday morning after their car was struck by another vehicle on Interstate 11, south of Las Vegas. The crash was reported at 2:18 a.m. after a BMW crashed into the back of a sedan that was stopped on the side of the highway. NHP troopers believe the driver of the BMW was impaired. A child, under the age of 5, was in a car seat in the back seat. Both were taken to UMC and in stable condition. A female passenger from the sedan that was struck by the BMW was taken to St. Rose Dominican Hospital, Sienna campus, where she is in stable condition, This is the second fatal crash on the new stretch of highway, which opened less than a month ago.
