Manu Ginobili hit just 2 of 23 shots during preseason games. But when the games began to matter, Ginobili returned to form. He scored 20 points in the season opener as the Spurs defeated Dallas 101-100 for their 10th straight regular-season victory over the Mavericks.
Anthony Davis had 26 points and tied a career high with nine blocked shots while Ryan Anderson added 22 points off the bench to lift host New Orleans to a season-opening win.
Scientific theories including the “Big Bang” believed to have brought the universe into being 13.7 billion years ago and the idea that life developed through a process of evolution do not conflict with Catholic teaching, Pope Francis said on Tuesday.
A former professional baseball player accidentally shot himself in the hand while cleaning his gun Tuesday afternoon, Las Vegas police said.
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.
Miriam Jimenez-Carrillo scored three goals Tuesday to lead Valley’s girls soccer team to a 4-0 home win over Silverado.
Layoff fever is spreading at Time Warner. Weeks after the conglom went public with job cuts at its Warner Bros. and Turner Broadcasting divisions, the HBO unit is expected to trim its own staff as well, according to sources. Approximately 7% of its 2,400 employees face pink slips as early as this week.
A reputed New York a mob associate has been arrested in Las Vegas on federal charges he killed a rival in Queens more than a decade ago. Gennaro Bruno, who lives in Las Vegas, was to appear in federal court here on the charges Tuesday afternoon.
Jose Aldo beat Chad Mendes in Rio on Saturday in Rio in what Dana White called “the greatest featherweight title fight in history.” “I put my heart and soul into this fight. I fought tooth and nail,” Mendes said. “Obviously, I came up a bit short, but I feel the same as Jose. I think everyone wins with a fight like that.”
The man accused of attacking 10 people with a hammer in Boulder City and Henderson had been high on meth hours before the Friday rampage, police say, and he may have had even more violent intentions.
