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Arena builder takes shot at landing NBA for Las Vegas

The groundbreaking for Jackie Robinson’s $1.4 billion arena and hotel project on the Strip on Wednesday fueled talk that the National Basketball Association will have a team in Las Vegas one day.

Plea deal for ex-NASCAR driver not taken

A former NASCAR driver accused of leading police on a 150-mph chase through parts of Nevada, Arizona and Utah last year didn’t take a plea deal Tuesday as expected.

Prosecutors will appeal Pistorius conviction, sentence

South Africa’s state prosecutors will appeal the culpable homicide conviction and five-year jail sentence handed down last week on Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius, the National Prosecuting Authority said on Monday.

Metro investigating attack complaint against Blake Griffin

Las Vegas police are investigating a man’s complaint that Blake Griffin attacked him during an argument over a photo taken while Los Angeles Clippers players partied at Tao at the Venetian, authorities said Wednesday.

 
Report shows UNC athletes, other students enrolled in fake classes

Hundreds of athletes at the University of North Carolina enrolled in classes they didn’t have to attend and received artificially inflated grades in far-reaching academic fraud over an 18-year period, according to results of an independent investigation.

 
Pistorius gets 5 years in prison for killing girlfriend

Olympic and Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius started his five-year jail sentence on Tuesday for killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, marking the end of a trial that has gripped South Africa and millions around the world.

Henderson’s ‘The Havoc’ gets kids hooked on boxing

Brandon “The Havoc” Harris is an undefeated professional boxer. “I came up with the name myself because I destroy everything that gets in front of me when I’m fighting,” he said. Outside the ring he’s “the nicest guy … always laughing and cracking jokes.” He shares the art of boxing at the Henderson Multigenerational Center.

 
Wash. high school athlete accused of rape still on team

The decision of a Washington state school district to allow a high school student charged with rape to continue to play on the football team has sparked anger from parents.