Aviators broadcaster Russ Langer had given up on meeting his boyhood hero, former Baltimore Orioles star Boog Powell, before Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Palmer helped make it happen.
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Canelo Alvarez finally met his match in Dmitry Bivol, a 31-year-old Russian light heavyweight who proved at T-Mobile Arena that pound-for-pound greatness has its limits.
Diamondbacks top pitching prospect Ryne Nelson parlays Amarillo stint into opening night start in Triple-A debut.
Air Force could not keep Desi-Rae Young, the UNLV sophomore standout, away from the basket or free-throw line during their Mountain West tournament matchup.
The Golden Knights and Rams are separated by some 270 miles, but their desire to win now is not even a hair apart.
Marc-Andre Fleury returned to T-Mobile Arena on Saturday night for the first time since the goaltender was traded from the Golden Knights to Chicago.
After a short stay at TCU, Tony Sanchez, who compiled a 20-40 record at UNLV, hopes to help turn around a New Mexico State football program for which he once played.
Sunday’s showdown with the Chargers at Allegiant Stadium is a chance for Raiders fans to give the team the raucous home-field advantage they will need.
A week doesn’t pass without speculation that Reilly Smith’s days in Las Vegas are numbered. The Golden Knights right wing counts $5 million annually against the salary cap.
Ice is coming to central and northern Nevada. Popular fishing destinations will soon turn into hard-water fisheries.
Henry Ruggs and Damon Arnette are gone, but nothing is more important to an NFL team than finding players you believe are good enough to win.
Raiders coach Jon Gruden has some serious mending to do. Players might talk one way and act another. Cohesion could be splintered. Never a good thing for a team game.
Despite an orchestrated effort to find new officials — the SNOA has even tacked up handbills at Nellis Air Force Base — the NIAA has yet to see an increase in numbers.
Oftentimes, all you see is a piece of your quarry through the brush or trees. Or perhaps something as quick as a glint of sunlight reflecting off an antler or even an animal’s back.
This season the atmosphere at Allegiant Stadium should be much more palpable provided a new strain of the virus doesn’t torment Las Vegas the way the Dolphins’ Ryan Fitzpatrick did the Raiders on the day after Christmas.