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Brazile eyes more all-around success

Trevor Brazile started the National Finals Rodeo a year ago with an overwhelming lead in the all-around race and won his sixth championship as the world’s best cowboy.

NATIONAL FINALS RODEO: 1985-2009

The 2009 National Finals Rodeo marks the 25th year that the event has been held in Las Vegas and at the Thomas & Mack Center. The 10-day rodeo remains the biggest in the world, with the best rodeo athletes, but much of the landscape has changed around the event. Following are facts and figures comparing the 1985 NFR with the 2009 NFR:

NFR success runs in the family

Lewis Feild left the 1985 National Finals Rodeo with his first two world championships, in the first year the world’s richest rodeo was held in Las Vegas.

Hirings will convey UNLV athletic goals

As UNLV searches for a football coach and athletic director, more is on the line than simply the immediate future.

‘Wizard of Rods’ saluted for influence on fishing

It’s always interesting to see people acknowledged for their hard work, especially when those efforts reach above and beyond the norm. I enjoy learning about these extraordinary people and discovering what it is that drives them to do whatever it is they do. And when the person being recognized is someone you know, that learning process takes on a whole new meaning.

FISHING REPORT

LAKE MEAD — The trout bite has been good immediately following the Nevada Department of Wildlife weekly trout plants. Anglers have been catching trout off the docks at Hemenway and Boulder Harbor with PowerBait and catching a few stripers with shad.

Response to success is crucial

Success was the 19-point lead and not surrendering when it disappeared. Success was discovering the resolve to finish with a win and send a ranked opponent and its arrogant coach packing.

Floyd agrees to fight Manny, source says

The proposed megafight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. took a major step toward fruition Tuesday with Mayweather reportedly agreeing to terms on a deal that would have the fight held in mid-March.

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