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Tire testing leaves NASCAR offseason weirdness behind

Cars were back on the track Monday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Monday. That’s good news for NASCAR, which has had its offseason hijacked by the stories coming out of the trial of driver Kurt Busch and his ex-girlfriend, Patricia Driscoll.

Earthquake during World Series still resonates 25 years later

Here it is, the middle of October, and there’s no baseball today. This is what baseball fans get when the Royals — the Royals?! — and Giants take care of business early, albeit in the most dramatic of fashions.

QB Andre Ware led the revolution at Houston

Houston routed UNLV, 69-0, in the season opener of 1989. The Cougars’ wide-open offense, led by quarterback Andre Ware, revolutionized college football.

It’s in the hole — the 15-inch golf hole

Larger golf cups are supposed to help fix what ails golf. In the manner of bumpers on a bowling alley, they make the game easier, and shave about an hour off a typical round.

Watson’s clinic still free, but so priceless

It’s early Friday morning at the Doolittle Community Center, and a very tall man is leading 145 kids through calisthenics on one of the center’s two basketball courts.

Schmidt back on track with inspiring Indy laps

A guy from Indianapolis, a Butler grad named Ed Carpenter, on Sunday earned his second consecutive pole position start for the Indianapolis 500 with an asphalt-blistering four-lap average speed of 231.067 mph.

The Icemen cometh to Wilson Stadium

UNLV’s next baseball game is tonight, against North Dakota. The last time the North Dakota team played a home game was May 18, 2013, because it’s too cold to play baseball in Grand Forks at this time of year.

How to prevent a curling injury

The good doctor says, use common sense, curlers, or you may slip and/or fall.

Bowl eligibility or not, let’s wait before we coronate Hauck

The Rebels have been stuck on five wins since Oct. 26. Almost everybody believes it has been a fine season. Another way to look at it is that it has taken Bobby Hauck nearly four years to get the program to where Mike Sanford left it.

UNLV men’s soccer still kicking with pride

It was a sweaty day around the Fourth of July, and UNLV soccer coach Rich Ryerson was sitting inside a fireworks stand at Westcliff Drive and Durango. He was there out of necessity.