Brock Parker became the first player this year to win two events at the World Series of Poker.
Karl Rove, the Bush administration political mastermind who’s now a conservative commentator, is scheduled to keynote the annual dinner of the Nevada Policy Research Institute, the think tank announced today.
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Las Vegas police said they have identified two “persons of interest” in connection with the discovery of a dead toddler in a trash bin near the Las Vegas Convention Center. Police are looking for Darrean Williams, 20, the mother of the 18- to 24-month-old girl, and her boyfriend, William Marshall, 37.
UNLV senior center fielder J.J. Sferra was the first player picked on the third day of the major league draft, going in the 31st round to the Washington Nationals.
Atlantic City gaming revenues fell more than 15 percent in May, according to state gaming regulators.
The Washington publication Roll Call reports today that John Guedry, a bank executive, is considering a run as the Republican challenger to freshman Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev.
Fans are encouraged to wear white at the Orleans Arena on Tuesday to support the Wranglers in Game 3 of the National Conference finals.
With only one senior on her roster, Rancho boys volleyball coach Allegra Derzon found a way to extend Senior Night festivities Wednesday.
INDIANAPOLIS — With so many veteran drivers trying to make it into the field for the Indianapolis 500 on the second day of qualifications, it seemed unlikely the spotlight would fall on rookie Raphael Matos.
The Harlem Globetrotters soon will have a presence way above the globe.
After spending the winter in the Dominican Republic, left-hander Fabio Castro returned feeling like an improved pitcher. He’s starting to show it, too.
Now that things seem to be dying down, so to speak, it is time to ask the question we’d all like to pretend doesn’t need asking: What the hell happened to us?
RENO — Elk, antelope and big horn sheep are quite at home on the Nevada range, while deer populations continue to struggle because of habitat loss and drought, according to a new report by the Nevada Department of Wildlife.
Stella Butterfield’s business card carries the slogan “fastest pen in the west.”
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s government on Sunday called China’s treatment of its citizens unacceptable and said it would not participate in a Shanghai trade fair in a dispute over anti-swine flu measures adopted by the Asian giant.
Gov. Jim Gibbons might not remember it, but the record shows he has flip-flopped on the issue of a state lottery.