Shannon Sharpe is out at ESPN just weeks after he settled a $50 million lawsuit where an unnamed woman accused him of raping her in Las Vegas, a source with knowledge of the situation told the Review-Journal.
Mick Akers
Sports Business and Transportation reporter
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Mick joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal in November 2018 and covers sports business and transportation. He previously worked at the Las Vegas Sun covering a variety of beats including transportation, business, gaming, and city and county government. Prior to that, he worked at the Pahrump Valley Times, where he was named the Nevada Press Association’s Outstanding Journalist in the intermediate category for his coverage of the Lamar Odom brothel overdose situation, rural healthcare and more. Mick was born in Texas but grew up in Las Vegas, attending UNLV’s Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies where he was a member of the Kappa Tau Alpha National Journalism Society.
Area15 has inked a partnership deal to provide robotaxi rides to guests of the Las Vegas immersive entertainment district.
A stretch of high occupancy vehicle lanes on Interstate 15 near the Strip won’t reopen as such after this weekend’s planned repaving of the highway tied to a yearslong road project.
Clark County is looking to hire more crossing guards as the 2025-26 CCSD school year approaches.
Athletics fans who want to keep up on the progress of the MLB team’s Las Vegas ballpark are in luck.
The nearly two-week Las Vegas NBA Summer League is nothing but net for the city.
The NBA board of governors asked the league office to carry out an in-depth analysis into the possibility of expansion during a meeting in Las Vegas on Tuesday.
Athletics Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson took in a Saturday Las Vegas sports doubleheader, where he twice linked up with an old friend in Raiders owner Mark Davis.
The push to eradicate high occupancy vehicle lanes in the Las Vegas Valley continues, led by one of the state’s top transportation figures.
Las Vegas ballpark work forges ahead on the 9-acre site a few weeks after the Athletics held the groundbreaking for the $1.75 billion project.
Weeks of 215 Beltway lane and ramp closures to hamper traffic near Harry Reid International Airport.
The NBA Summer League showdown pitting No. 1 overall pick Cooper Flagg against Bronny James is proving to be a hot ticket.
The top executive that was spearheading the effort to get an NBA-ready arena in Las Vegas has been replaced after being indicted for actions taken during the building of a Texas arena.
The NBA Cup will be played at T-Mobile Arena for the third straight season. The Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder in last year’s championship game.
Athletics owner John Fisher quietly made one of the most expensive home purchases in Las Vegas history at the end of 2024.