Only in hockey can an eight-seed beat a No. 1 and hardly anyone is shocked. An eight-seed can even win the Stanley Cup, as the Los Angeles Kings did in 2012. A hot goalie, like a strong pitcher or two in baseball, can take a team a long way.
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. talked with reporters Tuesday as part of his media day to promote his May 2 megafight with Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand Garden. “I think we have two entertaining styles that hopefully will produce a good fight,” Mayweather said.
Robert Coello allowed two runs on three hits in six innings as the Sacramento River Cats claimed a 3-2 Pacific Coast League victory over the 51s on Tuesday in West Sacramento, Calif. Sacramento scored twice in the first inning to take the lead for good.
Ryan Erickson plated Tanner Donnels on a bunt single with the bases loaded and one out in the ninth inning to lift Loyola Marymount to an 8-7 win over the UNLV baseball team Tuesday in Los Angeles.
With the wind howling out to dead center, a pitching duel between Cimarron-Memorial’s Larry Quaney and Arbor View’s Sam Pastrone never materialized, and the fifth-ranked Aggies pulled away for a 10-2 baseball win after erupting for six runs in the third inning.
They say Charlotte Dujardin can make a donkey dance. She certainly will make her horse, Valegro, dance this week at the FEI World Cup Finals at the Thomas & Mack Center. The 29-year-old rider from Great Britain is the first person to hold every dressage title: Olympic freestyle, World freestyle and Grand Prix Special, European freestyle and Grand Prix Special.
Jim Reitz is retiring after heading the UNLV swimming and diving program for 35 seasons. Reitz outlasted eight basketball coaches and eight football coaches. He led his teams to 14 conference championships and produced numerous All-Americans and Olympic swimmers.
The spring signing period opens today with several Southern Nevada athletes expected to sign letters of intent. Agassi Prep’s Deishuan Booker will not be one of them. The 6-foot-2-inch point guard will try to earn a Division I scholarship offer before the signing period ends May 20.
Naming rights for the AEG/MGM Resorts International 20,000-seat arena could be worth $2 million to $10 million per year — if Las Vegas lands a pro sports team.
Manny Pacquiao sings that he’s fighting for the Filipino people in the song he’ll use to enter the ring for his fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 2. And he’s not the first boxer to step into a recording studio.