After the Browns rookie quarterback was blasted in the helmet on Sunday by Tampa Bay safety Jordan Whitehead, who lowered his head to deliver the blow on Mayfield, referee Shawn Hochuli added a layer of confusion to a controversial play with his reason for not calling a penalty.
* LAKE MEAD — Water temperatures are hovering near 65, and that has all the warm water species biting. Black bass are biting out of Callville Bay on silver-colored crankbaits. Outside of Government Wash, anglers are catching striped bass with trout imitation swimbaits. Government Wash has been good for threadfin and gizzard shad. Catfish have been active and biting on anchovies fished off of shelves from shore in the evening.
New York Jets running back Bilal Powell needs surgery to repair a bulging disk in his neck, and coach Todd Bowles says it’s a potentially career-ending injury.
Las Vegas Review-Journal staffers make their picks for Week 11 of the high school football season.
UNLV senior Lexington Thomas is near the top of three major rushing charts and is on the verge of moving up Saturday at San Jose State.
The Nevada Athletic Commission unanimously voted to extend the temporary suspensions issued to Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov for their roles in a melee inside T-Mobile Arena following UFC 229.
Forward Alex Tuch is ready to return and skate on the second line when the Golden Knights host the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday at T-Mobile Arena.
A federal jury in Manhattan found former Adidas executive James Gatto, business manager Christian Dawkins and amateur league director Merl Code guilty of fraud charges.
Handicapper Kelly Stewart and The Linq Hotel sports book director John Lukasik join the Review-Journal’s Todd Dewey to preview Week 8 of the NFL season.
