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Auto racing’s biggest day is here again

In keeping with the pedal-to-the-metal theme of Memorial Day Weekend, Las Vegas drivers, teams, races play a big part in annual celebration of speed.

 
Sunrise Mountain runner lends fallen rival a helping hand

As the fast runners headed for the tape, Christian Jackson of Palo Verde High took a hard tumble. Steven Walker thought somebody should do something. He picked up his fallen rival and they crossed the line together.

Playing Six Degrees of Las Vegas

I’ve often said that if you look long and or enough, you’ll find a Las Vegan angle to most major sports stories. It’s hyperbole, of course. But only slight hyperbole.

Yellow Cab makes red-letter day for Canadian boy who lost baseball glove

There’s a special bond that develops over time between a kid and his baseball glove. Even if the kid is from Canada. So when 17-year-old Jake Polancic of British Columbia lost his glove in Henderson, he was distraught. That glove meant a lot to him. It had sentimental value.

Ross’ tosses just potent enough to fool Phillies

A day after they were no-hit for the first time in 50 years, by Cole Hamels and the last-place Phillies, the Chicago Cubs managed to get back on “SportsCenter” despite playing another dreadful game on Sunday.