LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Lakers have won their 16th NBA championship, dramatically rallying from a fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Boston Celtics 83-79 Thursday night in Game 7 of the NBA finals. Kobe Bryant scored 23 points despite 6-of-24 shooting while winning his fifth title with the Lakers, who repeated as NBA champions for the first time since winning three straight from 2000-02.
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The Raiders’ longest-tenured player will be sticking around a little longer after signing a three-year contract extension.
Shannon Sharpe is out at ESPN just weeks after he settled a $50 million lawsuit where an unnamed woman accused him of raping her in Las Vegas, a source with knowledge of the situation told the Review-Journal.
Raiders linebacker Devin White has done plenty to stand out once the pads came on during the team’s training camp in Henderson.
Gilbert Arenas was arrested Wednesday along with five other people, including a suspected member of an Israeli organized crime group, on suspicion of hosting illegal high-stakes poker games, federal prosecutors said.
The Summerlin South Little League baseball team will represent Nevada in the Mountain Region tournament from Saturday to Aug. 8 at San Bernardino, California.
The Aces’ two All-Stars had standout performances and the team defeated former guard Kelsey Plum and the Los Angeles Sparks.
Raiders special teams coach Tom McMahon said he loves a tweak to the new kickoff rule that he expects will create far more return opportunities this season.
UNLV quarterbacks Alex Orji and Anthony Colandrea prefer the word camaraderie over competition as they battle to be the team’s starter this fall.
Cameron Starr, a 26-year-old mini-tour player from Florida, made a hole-in-one on the par-4 15th hole, then added a 2 on the par-5 third hole Friday at TPC Summerlin.
