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Ishe Smith stays in title mix with unanimous decision

Ishe Smith, a former junior middleweight champion from Las Vegas, left no doubt he still has something left, winning a 10-round unanimous decision over Cecil McCalla on Thursday in the main event of a boxing card at the Palms.

The sick shouldn’t have to beg for life-saving drugs

By the time Josh Hardy was 7 years old he had beat cancer four times. After a bone marrow transplant, he became infected with a rare virus that no drug on the market could effectively treat. However, there was a new medicine being developed in North Carolina that was showing promise in a small clinical trial. Naturally, Josh’s mom, Aimee, wanted it for her son, but neither she nor Josh’s doctors could get it.

EDITORIAL: Only Las Vegas can handle Mayweather-Pacquiao

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who has a net worth of $4.2 billion, is fairly accustomed to getting whatever he wants. In November, he wanted the fight of the millennium: undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. against fellow boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao. Mr. Jones would have staged the megafight at his glitzy palace, the 100,000-seat AT&T Stadium, arguing that he could produce the largest gate in boxing history.

At last, Freddie Roach will face his obsession

Freddie Roach is a Hall of Fame trainer who for years has gone over in his mind every detail, every form of strategy, every potential surprise and counteraction, every movement that could decide a fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Host of data show Nevada housing pushing toward normalcy

Nevada’s housing markets continued their slow slog toward normalcy in the first quarter, as distressed sales and investor activity declined, according to a Thursday report from California research firm RealtyTrac.

Police investigating body found in burned motor home

Metro homicide detectives and the Clark County Fire Department are investigating a dead body found in a burnt-down motor home Thursday night.

Over 1,000 Mayweather v. Pacquiao tickets available on Stubhub

For a boxing match hyped as the “fight of the century,” there sure are a lot of available tickets out there. Here’s where you can find over 1,000 tickets as of Thursday night for Saturday’s showdown between Mayweather and Pacquiao.