Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy is going to the Olympics for the first time as a member of Team Canada’s coaching staff.
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Daniela Larreal Chirinos was found dead the afternoon of Aug. 15 at her home in Las Vegas after a worried friend called police for a welfare check
Las Vegas native Katie Grimes made one of her first public appearances Tuesday since winning a silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Flavor Flav knows what time it is, as usual The Olympic-caliber rap icon says,“I know that a clock would never, ever be able to replace a bronze medal. But this is where my heart is.”
If you’re a Las Vegan interested in working or attending the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics — look no further.
Swimmer Cody Miller arrives at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro with a strong chance to win a medal in the 100-meter breaststroke and perhaps the 4-by-100 medley relay.
The International Olympic Committee warned organizers of the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro five years ago that construction contracts they drew up could give developers incentives to cut corners, presaging problems with athletes’ housing that drew complaints from several countries this week, documents showed.
Las Vegan Connor Fields won the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials and finished first in his quarterfinal and semifinal heats at the London Olympics, but he crashed and placed seventh in the eight-man final.
Russian President Vladimir Putin hit out at “discrimination” against the country’s banned track and field athletes at a Kremlin send-off ceremony Wednesday for its depleted Olympic team.
Former college water polo player Joseph Peila, a math teacher at Basic High School, is one of seven international referees selected to officiate at the Rio Olympics.
Roger Federer says he will miss the Rio Olympics and the rest of the tennis season to protect his surgically repaired left knee.
At least 85 athletes from the 387-strong Russian Olympic team announced last week have so far been barred from the Rio Games in connection with the country’s doping scandal.
Las Vegan Augie Sanchez is headed to the Olympics as an assistant coach for the U.S. boxing team. Sanchez credits his success to his former trainer and father-in-law, Pat Barry.
FINA has ruled that seven Russian swimmers, including breaststroke medal hopeful Yulia Efimova, are ineligible to compete in the Rio Olympics, world swimming’s governing body said on Monday.
Olympic leaders stopped short Sunday of imposing a complete ban on Russia from the Rio de Janeiro Games, leaving individual global sports federations to decide which athletes should be cleared to compete.
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Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy is going to the Olympics for the first time as a member of Team Canada’s coaching staff.
Las Vegan Katie Grimes, 18, competed in the 10-kilometer open water event Thursday, the last of her three events at the Paris Olympics.
One Las Vegas native performed well in the women’s high jump final at the Olympics on Sunday, but missed out on medal due to a tiebreaker.
A Canadian who trains with the Sandpipers of Nevada swim team earned a medal, while two Aces who aren’t playing for the U.S. led their teams to wins Wednesday.
