The WAC has no plans to alter or change its men’s and women’s basketball tournament schedules despite the first confirmed case of coronavirus in Nevada.
Sam Gordon
Former Columnist/Enterprise
The Athletics played two spring training games against the Indians during Big League Weekend, which returned to Las Vegas after a one-year hiatus in 2019 during the construction of Las Vegas Ballpark.
Eight college basketball tournaments will be played in Las Vegas in the next two weeks beginning Sunday with the Mountain West women’s tournament.
Will McClendon scored 14 points and Noah Taitz 13, and Bishop Gorman coasted to its ninth straight Class 4A state title with a 65-37 win over Desert Pines on Friday.
The Jaguars cruised to a 72-50 win over Durango in the Class 4A state basketball semifinals Thursday at Lawlor Events Center, and the Gaels rolled past Spanish Springs 67-17.
The Diamondbacks held off Spanish Springs for a 56-48 victory in the Class 4A state semifinals Thursday and will play the Bulldogs, a 62-37 winner over Spring Valley.
Las Vegas resident and former two-weight world champion boxer Jessie Vargas is seeking world championships in two more weight classes.
Bishop Gorman basketball coach Grant Rice has built the Gaels into a national powerhouse with 500 wins and 12 state titles, including eight straight, in 19 seasons.
Carolyn Swords is retiring after eight WNBA seasons and joining the Aces’ business staff as a marketing specialist beginning Monday.
Deontay Wilder is contractually entitled to a third fight, and his manager, Shelly Finkel, implied he’ll exercise the clause.
Lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (30-0-1, 21 knockouts) stopped Deontay Wilder (42-1-1, 41 knockouts) in the seventh round of their rematch on Saturday to capture the WBC heavywight championship by technical knockout at MGM Grand Garden.
Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury’s fight Saturday night is the most marquee heavyweight boxing match in Las Vegas in at least two decades.
Former four-weight world champion Adrien Broner was arrested outside MGM Grand Garden on Friday.
The fighters concluded the promotion by weighing in ahead of their heavyweight title fight Saturday at MGM Grand Garden.
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has barred undefeated heavyweight boxers Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury from facing off at Friday’s weigh-in