Two years ago when she still lived in the Phoenix area, Las Vegas resident Liz Fogg scored some of those primo tickets to a Diamondbacks game the local disc jockeys give away to the 13th caller.
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Becky Hammon, the former Colorado State and WNBA star, became the first woman in NBA history to be named a full-time assistant coach, before the start of the 2014-15 season. If you think it was a publicity stunt, you’re nuttier than Dennis Rodman.
James Lawrence says his outrageous attempt is needed to raise awareness of childhood obesity. He completed triathlon No. 6 Thursday in Henderson, then jumped into an RV and headed for Arizona.
Kyle Busch made it official on Tuesday morning, that he’s returning to NASCAR sooner than expected after suffering a compound fracture to his right leg and breaking his left foot during a grinding crash the day before the Daytona 500 in February.
ESPN sent news that Las Vegas tied for sixth place with Atlanta, Charlotte, N.C., and Norfolk, Va., for most viewers of the Masters’ first round.
A lot of American fight fans and boxing experts, including Showtime Boxing’s Al Bernstein, are excited about Bermane Stiverne vs. Deontay Wilder on Saturday night. Bernstein said it’s been more than 20 years since the last excellent, action-packed heavyweight title fight involving Americans, or sort of Americans.
Brisk northern winds wreaked havoc with the inflatable pylons, causing a long delay and ultimately the cancellation of the penultimate race of the 2014 Red Bull Air Race World Championship at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday.
Kirby Chambliss stands 11th in points among the 12 adrenaline junkies who will race airplanes through pylons at speeds approaching 230 mph today in Round 7 of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
After meeting the nucleus of the Las Vegas Masters swimming team, it becomes apparent that Ponce de Leon was onto something when he sailed to Florida in the 16th century seeking the fountain of youth.
The WAC moved into The Orleans on Wednesday morning, but nobody not on the conference payroll can guess the nine basketball teams. The answer is: Utah Valley, Texas-Pan American, Missouri-Kansas City, Idaho, Chicago State, Grand Canyon, Cal State Bakersfield, New Mexico State, Seattle U.
It was high noon at CES, the annual consumer electronics buzzfest, and Steven C. Barber was looking for a pretty woman with man hands. If you have walked the convention center floor during CES, you know this is like finding a needle in Don King’s bouffant. Perhaps the man hands will make her easier to spot.
It was the summer before last, before Manchester United played a friendly soccer match at Sam Boyd Stadium, when I was chatting with Dick Calvert about The Beautiful Game.
Before Tuesday, the last time I saw David Hollis, who played defensive back for UNLV in the 1984 California Bowl, was 1994. He still was known as “Hot Dog” Hollis then.
People were stopping by to have their picture taken with Bobby Cleveland, because he is the nine-time national champion of the USLMRA, which stands for United States Lawn Mower Racing Association.
A few years back, when every shoe company save for Red Wing and Birkenstock was putting on national AAU basketball tournaments in Las Vegas, I wrote about a team from Wahoo, Neb. — which just so happened was one of the “home offices” of the nightly Top 10 list on “Late Show with David Letterman.”
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