On Thursday night, Elizabeth “Beezie” Madden, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in equestrian events, and her horse named Simon knocked down the last rail in their FEI World Cup jumping preliminary run at the Thomas & Mack Center.
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Dick Beyer, 84, was a longtime pro wrestling star as The Destroyer and Doctor X. He was so big that Blondie once sang with his picture on her T-shirt.
The 51s and Fresno Grizzlies on Sunday at Cashman Field honored the late Jerry Tarkanian and two of his college basketball coaching stops, with Las Vegas players wearing UNLV jerseys and the Grizzlies those of Fresno State.
UNLV concluded spring football drills Saturday under first-year coach Tony Sanchez with a showcase scrimmage at the school’s soccer complex.
Phil Bickford, the College of Southern Nevada’s pitching prospect from Ventura, Calif. — he’s projected as a high first-round selection in June’s major league draft — has an easygoing style to him. He is 7-1 with a 1.60 ERA and 117 strikeouts in 62 innings this season.
While UNLV basketball coach Dave Rice has yet to prove March as a month that can define his program as either successful or relevant, he has this recruiting thing going like nobody’s business. He’s no April fool.
On the eve of the home opener, let’s ponder the fate of the Las Vegas 51s if “Downtown” Tony Hsieh actually had bought the team. No managers?
While boring, low-scoring games and ugly basketball continue to pollute the planet, Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors represent the antithesis. The Warriors are entertainment.
Trainer Bob Baffert has three wins, three seconds and two thirds in 24 Kentucky Derby starts. His Derby winners — Silver Charm (1997), Real Quiet (1998) and War Emblem (2002) — also won the Preakness, but couldn’t pull off the Triple Crown by winning the Belmont Stakes.
If the gathering at Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s Las Vegas gym Tuesday was expertly organized, and it was, the one that played out for Manny Pacquiao on Wednesday at the Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, Calif., was more controlled chaos. Neither setting, of course, lacked for pointed jabs aimed at the other side.