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Lady Rebels miss the point, routed by Colorado State

With point guard Nikki Wheatley watching in a knee brace, UNLV fails to penetrate Colorado State’s zone defense and loses its Mountain West women’s basketball opener at Cox Pavilion.

Marty Barrett’s 24-hit postseason lives on

It has been 30 years since Las Vegan Marty Barrett went on a playoff hit parade for the Boston Red Sox that has been memorialized on a website.

When events collide: Who schedules these event-filled weekends in Las Vegas?

This is the year that for some crazy reason, NASCAR Weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, USA Sevens rugby at Sam Boyd Stadium, UFC 196 at the MGM Grand Garden and the West Coast Conference men’s and women’s basketball tournaments at the Orleans Arena will be held in Las Vegas, concurrently, or at least within the same 72 hours or thereabouts.

Bossy scores historic puck; Maloof brothers with the assist

It was around 7:30 in the morning, and a Maloof brother of Las Vegas was either just waking up or just getting in when he read on TMZ that Mike Bossy’s 50 goals in 50 games keepsake hockey puck was being auctioned off by someone not named Mike Bossy.

Finding the best sort of youth baseball

No score was kept. No trophies were handed out. No grown-ups were supervising, or watching, or yelling at the umpires — there weren’t any umpires. These kids were having a great time.

Arena-style football has a style of its own

Two of the neat things about arena-style football are that the ball looks like a giant walnut, and that it gives guys from small colleges a chance to continue chasing dreams.