Former UNLV football captain John Gianninoto fulfills dream of playing on Sunday as a pit crew member for NASCAR championship contender Chase Elliott.
Ron Kantowski
Former sports columnist
A pandemic virus did not prevent the cream from rising to the top in the Dodge NHRA Finals at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Sunday as Steve Torrence, Matt Hagan, Erica Enders and Matt Smith won season titles.
Driving a backup car to satisfy sponsor commitments during the coronavirus pandemic, eight-time NHRA Top Fuel champion Tony Schumacher hopes to make another strong showing.
Bill Madlock, Duke Sims and Jerry Reuss dispute Blake Snell being removed in the sixth inning after 73 pitches and agree that analytics have overtaken common sense.
The NHRA lost 16 national races and iconic racer John Force during the COVID-19 pandemic but has regrouped to put on a championship race weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Speedway health plan amid COVID-19 hopes to set example for other Southern Nevada sports entities, facilities.
All available tickets for this weekend’s Dodge NHRA Finals at Las Vegas Motor Speedway have been sold. The event will be run in front of 10 percent of the drag strip’s capacity.
Noah Gragson will not be fined or assessed a points penalty for cursing during a TV interview after losing Saturday’s NASCAR Infinity Series race on the final lap.
Las Vegan Kurt Busch suggested he’s willing to throw altruism out the window in the next two races if it means qualifying for the NASCAR championship.
Pickleball was created during the 1960s when future U.S. Congressman Joel Pritchard and friends were bored and set up a badminton court only to find the shuttlecock was missing.
First-year Rebels coach Marcus Arroyo to choose from among three quarterbacks heading into COVID-delayed opening game against San Diego State.
Jason Kokrak holds off Xander Schaufflele in battle of lesser and hard-to-pronounce names at idyllic and mystical Shadow Creek Golf Course.
Danny Musovski had a breakout game for Los Angeles FC on Oct. 11, scoring two goals and adding an assist in a victory over the Major League Soccer champion Seattle Sounders.
The Oct. 31-Nov. 1 drag racing event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will be open to approximately 3,000 spectators per Nevada COVID-19 protocols.
Once viewed as bitter rivals, the NCAA and Las Vegas are at long last playing ball together. Jerry Tarkanian, the late UNLV basketball coach, would not have believed it.