It’s a tempestuous time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.
A window of opportunity stays open for only so long in the NFL. In no time at all, it has slammed shut on the Cincinnati Bengals, smashing the fingers of quarterback Carson Palmer and silencing the mouth of wide receiver Chad Ocho Cinco.
Just before the season began, Agassi Prep football coach Colt Goodman reluctantly shifted from a spread option offense to a pro set.
PROVO, Utah — So much for that inexperienced defense holding back Brigham Young. The Cougars are looking as strong on that side of the ball as they usually do on offense.
Little about the Buffalo Bills is glamorous. Their two offensive leaders — quarterback Trent Edwards and running back Marshawn Lynch — have not reached star status in the NFL.
It took only two weeks for the Minnesota Vikings, who are 0-2 and banging their heads against the wall, to turn to Gus Frerotte to be their starting quarterback.
Vanes Martirosyan has a new-found respect for Mother Nature after he decided to remain in Houston last week and ride out Hurricane Ike.
In a marriage born out of necessity, the 51s soon are expected to become the new Triple-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays.
The storm clouds boiled over the Spring Mountain range and down into the valley on Wednesday, spraying wind-blown showers and drenching the streets as the crowd of more than 11,000 Barack Obama supporters filed into Cashman Field.
Some things are ridiculous in a bad way: last call, Michael Bay flicks, pierced foreheads, the 40-hour work week.
Jim Rogers is the kind of man who declares. He does not make it a habit to request, drop hints or make diplomatic statements when he could simply lay out the facts as he sees them.
Barring a medical miracle, Dominick Dunne figures his days of covering celebrity trials will end in Las Vegas with O.J. Simpson.
WASHINGTON — Oil drilling would be permitted 50 miles from the U.S. coast if shoreline states agree to open their waters, under a bill that was passed 236-189 last week in the House.
The Democratic Party has undertaken an all-out assault on two incumbent Republican state senators, deluging voters in their districts with nasty mailers that distort their records.
A STORY LAST WEEK about funding for English-as-a-second-language programs at Nevada schools drew a sizeable response from readers. But one e-mail in particular raised questions about a related topic: the apparent decline of English as a first language.
As vehicles sped by, Mike Gilmore admitted that he worried one would come up on the sidewalk and crash into the bus shelter where he was waiting.
CARSON CITY — Ginny Lewis, head of the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles since 2001 and a 29-year veteran of the agency, plans to retire effective Dec. 12, Gov. Jim Gibbons said Friday.
With its green grass and close proximity to the River Mountains, Hemenway Park in Boulder City is a popular spot for desert bighorn sheep and the tourists who want to see them.
Officers stationed in Nevada by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives refer suspects for criminal prosecution at one of the highest rates among the 90 federal districts of the United States.
Opening statements, a field trip and an expletive-laden audiotape marked the first week of testimony in O.J. Simpson’s Las Vegas trial.
At the rate we are going, our American juries are going to look like South American drug trials, the jury box packed with a dozen black-hooded jurors to conceal their identity and prevent retaliation.
Huge financial institutions long screened from normal investor skepticism by the assurance that “They can’t fail, they’re federally regulated!” are dropping like dinosaurs in the snow.
The terms new and old media distort — but trust panels and speakers at the Blog World convention here in Las Vegas this weekend will invest both intellect and passion in debating what is old, what is new and what comes next in the Information Age.
A funny thing happens whenever you suggest reform and regulation of an industry. You’re instantly labeled a socialist.