The $700,000 Hollywood Gold Cup lacks star power, but it quietly might be one of the best betting races of the year. The Saturday feature is headed by a tepid 4-1 favorite in Parading among 13 starters. Still, there is intrigue galore around the race on and off the track.
Sponsors and the racing series they support rarely are perfect matches.
Aaron Mathews’ tiebreaking RBI single lifted the 51s over the host Reno Aces 5-4 in 10 innings Thursday in a Pacific Coast League game.
The way Jerry Stackhouse’s contract was structured, the Dallas Mavericks knew they could parlay him into a key player for next season. As it turned out, a lot of teams benefited.
The dream of many young athletes is to get so successful at their chosen sport that they don’t have to work a real job when they grow up.
Giving “hush money” certainly sounds shady, but attorneys say it’s not illegal to give someone cash to keep quiet about an affair.
Bruce James says you can count him out as a possible replacement for embattled Sen. John Ensign.
CARSON CITY — Nearly 80 percent of eligible Nevadans are now registered to vote, according to the secretary of state’s office.
Longtime Las Vegas resident Suze Banasik loves performing for tourists as they walk along the Strip. … But in March Banasik was arrested for obstructing a sidewalk and operating a business without a license. She spent 12 hours behind bars before Clark County prosecutors decided not to pursue the case. …
On Thursday, the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Banasik and another street performer, Elvis impersonator Bill Jablonski.
KINGMAN, Ariz. — A Lake Havasu City, Ariz., man died several hours after he was taken into custody in Mohave Valley early Thursday.
Halfway through the three years that David Ashley has been the president of UNLV, the higher education system’s chancellor praised him effusively.
Three Mexican nationals pleaded guilty this week to holding illegal immigrants hostage in a Las Vegas motel room because they had failed to pay the money owed for being smuggled into the country.
In recognition of hard times, Clark County School District Superintendent Walt Rulffes is taking a 10 percent reduction in salary, about a $30,700 pay cut.
Military aircraft from Nellis and Creech Air Force bases will thunder through the skies of Southern Nevada beginning today and through July 23 to provide air support for a Green Flag combat exercise at Fort Irwin in Southern California.
North Las Vegas police are investigating the suspicious death of a 70-year-old man found inside his Ferrell Street home Tuesday.
First, the good news: Statewide gaming revenues fell 8.3 percent in May, ending seven straight months of double-digit declines.
Heather Cerrillo has thousands of pictures of her 2-year-old son yet few portray him not grinning from ear to ear.
Here’s a quote to start your day. UFC fighter Brock Lesnar’s wife just gave birth to a son. I asked Lesnar if his boy came out looking like a big Ultimate Fighting Championship contender.
Before John Paul Hambleton was shot in the back by a Las Vegas police detective last week, he was a U.S. Army veteran, UNLV student — and convicted criminal.
The Clark County School Board considered a proposal to increase the cost of school lunch and breakfast by 25 cents but did not take action Thursday.
When U.S. Sen. John Ensign’s parents heard he was having an affair with his best friend’s wife, they gave his mistress and her family $96,000, a lawyer for the Nevada Republican said Thursday.
When Mariano Lemus Gas heard that two local “natural medicine” stores were ordered to cease operations last month because of allegations of unlicensed surgeries, the consul for Mexico in Las Vegas wasn’t terribly surprised.
Dozens of government agencies spread across the state last month in search of dangerous fugitives during a sting that netted a record-breaking number of arrests in the five-year history of the effort led by Federal and Local Cops Organized Locally, or FALCON.
A month before he died, Michael Jackson had committed to attending the unveiling of his ceremonial star on the Strip.
A social services office that aids the homeless will close July 15 despite Clark County commissioners expressing a desire earlier this week to save it.