I remember the telephone conversation, the optimism in his voice and determination to build a winning basketball program and excitement about coming home. Dave Rice was talking from his car that afternoon, en route with his family from Provo, Utah, to Las Vegas.
At the same time UNLV called a news conference to announce that Dave Rice had been fired — er, came to a “mutual agreement” with his athletic administration that he would step down as Rebels basketball coach — people were parking their cars and SUVs for “Disney on Ice” at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Two people died Sunday morning in a single-vehicle crash after the SUV they were riding in fell off an overpass, North Las Vegas Police said.
Add the NFL to Donald Trump’s list of campaign trail targets. At a Reno rally, the GOP front-runner said professional football — like the United States — have both gone “soft.”
Thanks to executive actions on gun control by President Barack Obama, the spike in gun sales throughout the Las Vegas Valley following a violent terrorist attack in San Bernardino, Calif., in December may continue.
Here are 15 of the biggest snubs and surprises from the 2016 Golden Globes.
In a night full of surprises, “The Revenant” and “The Martian” dominated the top film prizes at the 73rd Golden Globes, while Amazon’s “Mozart in the Jungle” and USA’s “Mr. Robot” overcame intense competition to nab the highest television honors.
The rare lack of rain perhaps paved the way for the abundance of white on the 2016 Golden Globe awards red carpet.
Who’s next? Now that Dave Rice has been fired as UNLV men’s basketball coach, who will be the next coach? Keep your eye on these names:
When Las Vegas homeless veterans advocate Cynthia K. Dias found out she had been selected by the White House to sit in the First Lady’s box Tuesday night to hear President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address, she couldn’t believe it.
