Kyle Larson finished third in the Pennzoil 400 Cup Series race on Sunday a day after winning the Xfinity Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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Ben Gotz was named assistant sports editor in November 2023. He previously covered the Vegas Golden Knights. Ben came to the Review-Journal in May 2016 after graduating from the University of Minnesota. Before coming to Las Vegas, he wrote about college hockey, college football and high school sports during stops at the Star Tribune, Pioneer Press and Minnesota Daily back home in Minnesota.
Kyle Larson led a race-high 142 laps at the 22nd annual Boyd Gaming 300 on Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He now has nine victories in the Xfinity Series.
Las Vegas native Kyle Busch won his 50th NASCAR Truck Series race by finishing first in the inaugural Stratosphere 200, becoming the first driver to win a Truck, Xfinity and Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Review-Journal reporter Ben Gotz interviews Lights FC midfielder Julian Portugal about playing in his hometown and the preseason.
Henderson native and ex-UNLV forward Danny Musovski was signed by Major League Soccer’s San Jose Earthquakes and then loaned to the team’s United Soccer League affiliate on Thursday.
The Lights gave up nine goals in its three preseason home games at Cashman Field.
The Lights closed out their three-game home preseason slate with a 4-2 loss to D.C. United on Saturday night at Cashman Field.
The former American soccer prodigy will likely get to play against the team that drafted him No. 1 overall in the 2004 Major League Soccer SuperDraft when he was 14-years-old.
The Lights FC plays its final exhibition game against Major League Soccer’s D.C. United at 8 p.m. Saturday at Cashman Field.
Forward Gerardo Lugo, a Mexican national team veteran, is no longer with the Lights after starting their first two exhibition games.
The Rancho High School alumnus started the Lights’ second preseason game Saturday against Major League Soccer’s Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
The Lights forward scored two goals in the second half of the team’s 3-2 loss to Major League Soccer’s Vancouver Whitecaps FC at Cashman Field on Saturday.
The Rebels 2018 season begins with a three-game tournament on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Earl E. Wilson Stadium.
The Lights host another Major League Soccer team for its second exhibition match at 8 p.m. Saturday at Cashman Field.
Team owner Brett Lashbrook said the team will not tolerate the use of a chant heard in Saturday’s preseason game that has anti-homosexual connotations.