Las Vegas NASCAR veteran Brendan Gaughan drives from 32nd at start to seventh at finish for small race team at Coke Zero 400.
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VICE Sports revisited the Las Vegas Posse’s rapid rise, and even more rapid decline, in a retrospective called “The Bizarre Story of the Las Vegas Posse and the CFL’s Stint in Sin City.”
In 1984, the Boyd Gaming Corp. wrote a check for $1.2 million that paid for a new playing surface at the old Silver Bowl football stadium that changed Las Vegas’ sports landscape.
Most jerseys undergo subtle changes, but nothing too drastic as NHL’s new designs are unveiled during cocktail party at Wynn Las Vegas.
Baseball slugger Bryce Harper set up ceremonial first pitch duties for 7-year-old Hailey Dawson to create awareness in Poland Syndrome after meeting her in a Las Vegas grocery store.
Local experts debate whether a recent lack of top Major League Baseball Draft picks with Las Vegas ties is a trend or anomaly.
Wally Backman, who was popular with 51s players, fans and media, was fired after guiding Monclova of the Mexican League to a 22-20 record as manager.
Home-schooled Las Vegan to receive high school diploma from track president Eddie Gossage during prerace ceremony.
Former LPGA touring pro Stephanie Louden was coming off her best season when she put pro golf aside and became a mother.
ROOT SPORTS, Golden Knights games not available on local cable TV yet, but there’s still plenty of time to negotiate a deal.
In 2015, when he started 35 games of the 41 he played for the Knicks, former UNLV basketball player Lou Amundson became the 12th player in NBA history to perform for 10 teams.
Las Vegas attorney Marc Risman was watching from the suites when his client and longtime friend Scott Dixon survived a terrifying crash at the Indianapolis 500.
In keeping with the pedal-to-the-metal theme of Memorial Day Weekend, Las Vegas drivers, teams, races play a big part in annual celebration of speed.
Comeback Coyotes to continue remarkable postseason run against Illinois team in Grand Junction, Colorado.
Former Heisman Trophy winners Johnny Rodgers and Mike Rozier play golf to assist Susan Spencer’s A Level Playing Field foundation for Las Vegas’ inner-city youth.
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