The Raiders played their final game in Oakland on Dec. 15. Their $2 billion soon-to-be-Las Vegas home continues to progress toward its July 31 completion date. (Mick Akers/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Raiders saw a 3-game win streak snapped by the New York Jets and will go into face division rival Kansas City Chiefs in Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday. Review-Journal sports columnist Ed Graney and Vegas Nation podcast host Heidi Fang break down what the Raiders can do to rebound into the win column.
UNLV athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois announced Monday, Nov. 25 that she has fired football coach Tony Sanchez after five seasons. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
With a flip of an actual switch the Cosmopolitan lit their tree to signal the start of the Las Vegas holiday season. Golden Knights favorites Marc-Andre Fleury and Max Pacioretty were on hand to help with the event and skate around the rink with fans. (James Schaeffer / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
How you wear your hat and the boots you choose are very important to a real cowboy and cowgirl. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A couple of thousand ticket-holders braved marathon traffic and road closures to arrive at T-Mobile Arena three hours before game time to watch the long-in-the-works documentary. (James Schaeffer / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale, 68, lost $13 million betting on Houston Astros to win the World Series. He avoided a $20 million loss on a promotion at his stores that offered refunds on mattress sets if the Astros had won the World Series. Mack talks about how he got started in the furniture business and how his stores help the community. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
The Raiders have spent $28 million on new parking locations on Valley View Boulevard between Reno and Tropicana avenues. (James Schaeffer/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Aliens attended the City National Arena for a competition to see who was best dressed. The prize was out of this world. (James Schaeffer/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Shea Theadore talks about his offseason testicular cancer diagnosis. (David Schoen/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Representatives from the Las Vegas Aviators and Triple a baseball announce Las Vegas Ballpark to host the 2020 Triple-A National Championship Game next September.
Allegiant Air employees celebrate with a tailgate party after the company’s naming deal with the Raiders for the new Las Vegas stadium.
Las Vegas Ballpark’s splash pad area is the perfect place to keep cool while enjoying the game. (Cassie Soto/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Croatian basketball player Antonio Vrankovic talks about his country’s proud basketball past and recovery from civil war on opening day of the Vegas Summer League in Las Vegas, Nevada, on July 5, 2019. (Ron Kantowski Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury has sold his custom home Southern Highlands home in Las Vegas for $2.3 million.
The former Henderson Convention Center at the corner of Water Street and Atlantic Avenue has made way for the new $25 million-plus Henderson Community Ice Hockey Facility.
Desert Oasis coach Paul Buboltz gets drenched with water after team’s championship victory. (Video by Mark Anderson/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Sixty-five ton canopy truss is lifted into place on Raiders stadium.
Dwier Brown, who played John Kinsella in “Field of Dreams” was at Las Vegas Ballpark on Friday, April 26, 2019, and saw El Paso jump out to a big lead and hang on for an 8-6 win. (Las Vegas Aviators)
Las Vegas Aviators pitching coach Rick Rodriguez, manager Fran Riordan discuss the increase in home runs since the Pacific Coast League switched to the same baseball being used by the major leagues. (Ron Kantowski/Las Vegas Review-Journal.)
The Las Vegas Ballpark® home of the Las Vegas Aviators® Triple-A baseball team opens April 9, 2019 in Downtown Summerlin. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
College of Southern Nevada baseball coach Nick Garritano and Coyotes players talk about putting their 25-game junior college winning streak on the line against Salt Lake Community College, which has won 22 games in a row, on March 26, 2019 in Henderson, Nevada. (Ron Kantowski/Las Vegas Review-Journal).
Installation of grass at the Las Vegas Ballpark adds a field of green just before St. Patrick’s Day.
Just one year after accepting a job as a basketball coach and athletic director at Calvary Chapel, Dave Bliss resigned. The former Baylor University basketball coach with a tainted past explains why he left and accepted a job with American Preparatory Academy. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A Las Vegas charter school, American Preparatory Academy, is on a quest to become a part of the NIAA. They “slow-rolled” their athletics program to put all the right pieces in place and are led by a coach whose past is embroiled in controversy, Dave Bliss.
Video by Heidi Fang
Motocross racer Angie Wright signed on to do the Mint 400’s ironman amateur class, racing 162 miles alone with an ill equipped bike and a lack of familiarity with desert racing, but that does not dissuade her. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Motorcycle racers compete in the annual Mint 400 race Saturday morning at Primm Valley Resort, outside Las Vegas. Bikes have not been allowed at the Mint 400 since 1976. During the afternoon races, four-wheeled vehicles took the course. (Mat Luschek/Review-Journal)
Las Vegas Aces center Carolyn Swords and members of the Las Vegas Aces front office staff are volunteering to help with the construction of Habitat for Humanity Las Vegas’ 112th home in celebration of International Women’s Day. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
The Aviators open their season April 9 and all indications are their new home will be ready. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s