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Homers power Grizzlies past 51s

Since falling a season-worst 14 games under .500 on June 16, when they were 26-40, the 51s have gone 42-31, clawing their way back to .500 (57-57) at one point.

Coronado leads local pack

Mark Tondryk spent six years as an assistant to Basic’s Larry Burgess, the most celebrated distance coach in Southern Nevada over the past 25 years.

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FISHING REPORT

LAKE MEAD — Anglers are finding fair fishing in the morning, then are leaving before it gets too hot and windy. Top-water action continues to yield stripers. Anglers are catching fish by jigging or using cut anchovies. Fishing for catfish is good during lowlight conditions using anchovies in the Vegas Wash area. Fishing has been good for largemouth, smallmouth and striped bass near Stewart’s Point.

Mayweathers — one happy family

Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrived fashionably late Wednesday at his gym off Spring Mountain Road, where his father, Floyd Sr., was waiting for him. Their on-again, off-again relationship is back on as the elder Mayweather has been a welcome visitor at his son’s training camp and everyone seems happy.

Weis ad catches Irish eyes

A billboard near the Notre Dame campus in South Bend, Ind., recently grabbed Fighting Irish football coach Charlie Weis‘ attention — and it wasn’t an ad for McDonald’s.

Newcastle Reservoir hooks fishing foursome

Until a few weeks ago, southern Utah’s Newcastle Reservoir was little more to me than a name on a map or one of those brown signs you drive past on your way to somewhere else. Driving past the signs to Newcastle Reservoir is something I’d done for more years than I care to admit.

Well-tested TCU aims for league title

When Utah celebrated its stunning victory over Alabama in the Sugar Bowl last January, Texas Christian players couldn’t have been faulted for believing that they should’ve been dancing in New Orleans.

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