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Around the horn with Brent Musburger

Legendary sportscaster Brent Musburger, who will call his seventh Las Vegas Bowl on Saturday, takes time out for a short chat about his long and decorated career.

Wally World closes at Cashman Field

But as far back as spring training he talked (outside the lines) about his days being numbered in New York, or at least how the baseball tea leaves were not lining up with his old team.

Former UNLV swim coach Jim Reitz recalls young Michael Phelps

Jim Reitz, the former longtime UNLV swimming coach, recruited Whitney Phelps, sister of the Olympic legend. There never will be another one like Michael Phelps, Reitz says.

Kyle, Kurt Busch not taking Daytona 500 qualifying races for granted

Sweethearts exchanging chocolates on Valentine’s Day. Pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training. NBA all-stars playing matador defense. The Busch Brothers of Las Vegas racing in the Daytona 500. These are rites of February.

 
Curling brings out the cool side of Las Vegas

Curling is a cool game — it often is called “chess on ice” — and it’s on TV real late at night during the Olympics, and I have seen calendars featuring some of these women’s curlers. Those are … um … pretty interesting, too.

Ex-Bishop Gorman backup QB Stallworth thrives in Yuma

Before his father succeeded Randall Cunningham as UNLV’s starting quarterback, Steve Stallworth starred at Yuma High, the big high school in Yuma.

Life beyond yards, RBIs, road trips for Cubs’ Szczur

I think we all can agree there can be only one Dos Equis beer guy. But Matt Szczur, an outfielder for the Iowa and Chicago Cubs, is fairly interesting in his own right.

Tyler Anderson can’t wait to join fellow Las Vegans in majors

Tyler Anderson, who pitched at Spring Valley High School, was named the Texas League Pitcher of the Year in 2014, but he has been sidelined this season because of a stress fracture in his pitching elbow. Anderson, a first-round pick of the Colorado Rockies in 2011, hopes to start throwing soon.

Local’s Century Ride is one for the ages

A couple of hours before the best 3-year-olds would go for a muddy romp in Baltimore on Saturday, a 21-year-old and a 79-year-old were preparing for a different kind of equine display at the Cooper Ranch in northwest Las Vegas.