Diets aren’t just for losing weight. They can be more of a lifestyle choice — take vegetarians, vegans or those who eat gluten-free, for example. And at least one local nutritionist would argue that “diet” means much more than what typically comes to mind.
If this is how its conference champion looks, the Mountain West isn’t close to average on a national scale. Fresno State was never in its 45-20 loss to Southern California in the Las Vegas Bowl on Saturday, never competitive at Sam Boyd Stadium against a No. 5 selection out of the Pac-12, never close to being on an even level of size, speed, strength, skill and execution.
By the looks of things, the San Diego Chargers are heating up just in time to make a playoff push behind quarterback Philip Rivers, and they should have no problem handling the Oakland Raiders.
You watch Dr. Dale Carrison hustling around the University Medical Center emergency room in his black-and-red high-top Nikes, a cellphone often at his ear, and it’s easy to forget he was born before even half of Americans had telephones, when TV had yet to become a commercial success.
A Marine veteran, with help from the Westminster Presbyterian Church’s food pantry, he has been a guardian angel for fellow homeless people living in hidden hooches on the shrub-dotted desert next to the North Las Vegas Airport.
The courts at the Darling Tennis Center, 7901 W. Washington Ave., usually are filled with the rhythmic “thunk” of tennis balls being hit. However on Nov. 23, there was only the sound of rain drops. That Saturday was to have been day one of the fourth edition of the Las Vegas Xenergy Open for Wheelchair Tennis, a two-day event. Instead, contenders used it as a chance to reconnect as they waited for the rain to cease.
Rather than having only International Game Technology executives tout the company’s products to the investment community, the company put its customers on the hot seat.
The eroded, fossil-laden landscape of the Rainbow Basin Natural Area north of Barstow, Calif., invites exploration of its multicolored formations, winding desert canyons and washes with areas of dense vegetation.
