Dodgeball players and officials at a Las Vegas tournament say the impact of “DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story” on growing the ancient pastime cannot be overestimated.
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A lifetime of mental health issues put the boxer in a near suicidal depression after he defeated Wladimir Klitschko to win the WBA heavyweight championship in 2015.
With average attendance of 9,034 at new Las Vegas Ballpark, the Aviators lead the Pacific Coast League and are on pace to set the league’s highest turnstile count since 2007.
Las Vegan Erick Fedde pitched the first six innings and combined with two others in recording a no-hitter for the Harrisburg Senators, the Washington Nationals’ Double-A team.
It has been three years since UNLV threw basketball coach Dave Rice under the bus. Now a top assistant at Pac-12 champion Washington, he refuses to do the same to his alma mater.
Major league baseball pitchers and catchers reported to spring training this week. Jose Canseco reported to Mars. The former slugger posted on social media about leading a Bigfoot and alien excursion.
Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings and husband Casey of Las Vegas are partners in a new pro volleyball tour which makes its Las Vegas debut starting Wednesday at Las Vegas Festival Grounds.
For a few hours Monday, Kurt Busch and Deryk Engelland made like Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy in the movies to call attention to the Sept. 16 South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Jerry Izenberg, who is 87 and has a panoramic view of Las Vegas from his home in Henderson on the road to Lake Las Vegas, found himself at the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, witnessing another horse win another Triple Crown.
One of the coolest stories about the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs is about a teenager who probably won’t get anywhere as close to the ice as the Zamboni drivers at T-Mobile Arena and Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Now that he’s back as coach of the Raiders, you probably will be seeing less of Jon Gruden on TV.
One of the best ways to find out what a rodeo cowboy is like when he takes off his spurs is to check the personal section of his biography in the PRCA media guide.
Longtime Las Vegan Dan Currie, who played outside linebacker for Vince Lombardi’s championship teams in Green Bay during the 1960s and was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated, died Monday. He was 82.
The Fan Cost Index for a family of four to attend a minor league baseball game is hundreds of dollars lower than in major league sports.
A Las Vegas man recently spent $1,500 to take his family to see Cleveland play the Clippers in Los Angeles, only to have the Cavaliers rest star players LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love.
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