The Lights FC has seen yellow plenty this season. The Lights are tied for the most yellow cards in the USL with 18. They’ve played fewer games than the two teams they’re tied with. Defender Joel Huiqui leads the club with four yellows. We are the most yellow-carded team. Why? Because we are the most intense. So there’s a very thin line between being intense and being on time and being intense and being one second late.
Chaparral grad Will Hernandez could be an NFL first-round pick Hernandez was a two-time All-American at UTEP He stood out on a Miners team that otherwise struggled Green Valley’s Tyrell Crosby expected to go on second day Crosby and Oregon played in last year’s Las Vegas Bowl
Michael Vick Named Offensive Coordinator of New Football League Team The ex-Falcons’ quarterback was named to the position by Brad Childress, head coach of the Atlanta’s Alliance of American Football team. “I’ve always had a passion for teaching, a passion for coaching. When Brad called me about this opportunity, I felt like it was obviously something I couldn’t pass up.” Michael Vick Vick retired from the NFL in 2017 and coached very briefly as an intern with the Kansas City Chiefs last summer. The Virginia Tech product played for the Atlanta Falcons from 2001-08. Atlanta’s team will play their games at Georgia State Stadium and the new 10-week regular season starts in Feb. 2019.
Coronado’s baseball team rolled to a 12-2 home win over Foothill on Tuesday. The Cougars pounded out 16 hits, including seven doubles, in the six-inning win. Cristian Herrera doubled twice and drove in three runs. His two-run double in the first inning got Coronado on the board. Coronado has four regular-season games remaining
including games against Basic, Green Valley and Liberty. Coronado is 17-8 overall, 12-4 in the Sunrise League.
Foothill fell to 14-10, 9-7.
Meek Mill to be Released From Prison on Tuesday The Philadelphia rapper will be released on bail today, according to an Instagram post from 76ers co-owner Michael Rubin. “@meekmill is FREE!!! Just left visiting Meek with @kevinhart4real and I’m on the way back to pick him up as we speak! #MeekisFree #GoSixers” Meek Mill was sentenced to two to four years in prison in November 2017 after violating his probation. Meek Mill Meek Mill Meek Mill Meek Mill
‘Smallville’ Actress Allison Mack Arrested in Connection to Sex Cult Mack was arrested and charged on Friday with helping to recruit people for NXIVM, an alleged self-help cult where women were branded and convinced to have sex. Prosecutors say that Mack helped to bring the women into the cult under the guise of women empowerment. NXIVM’s leader, Keith Raniere, is accused of establishing a secret sex cult and branding women, his “slaves”, with his initials. Mack is reportedly accused of receiving payment for convincing at least two women to have sex with Raniere. She was indicted on sex trafficking charges, along with the conspiracy to commit forced labor. If convicted, she faces 15 years in prison.
Toronto Attack Suspect Charged in Van Attack According to the Associated Press, 25-year-old Alek Minassian was charged with 10 counts of 1st degree murder and 13 counts of attempted murder. Minassian appeared in court Tuesday morning after mowing down and killing 10 people in a rented van Monday in downtown Toronto. 15 others were also injured in the attack. Authorities have not announced a motive. “As was indicated last night by our public security minister, at this time we have no reason to suspect that there is any national security element to this attack, but obviously the investigations continue.” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Golden Knights fans will have to wait a little longer to show support for their team on a license plate. Officials with the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles say the department has gone back-and-forth with the team for six months over the design of the plates. Once Knights submit a design, it will only take a few weeks for the DMV to manufacture, distribute and solicit sales for the plates. The plate’s Knights insignia, logos and messages may only take up roughly one-third of the specialty plates, leaving enough room for “Nevada” at the top and the license number. The plates will cost $37, followed by a $10 annual renewal fee.
Desert Oasis’ baseball team edged visiting Bishop Gorman 9-8 on Monday in a key Southwest League game. Cole Schaefer induced a double-play grounder with the bases loaded and one out in the sixth to get the top-ranked Diamondbacks out of a jam. Chaison Miklich hit a two-run homer for Desert Oasis, which won despite walking 11 batters. Schaefer got the final five outs to earn a save and struck out Gorman’s John Gaughan with the potential tying run on base to end the game. The third-ranked Gaels host the Diamondbacks on Tuesday and Thursday to complete the Southwest League series.
The Las Vegas Medical Marijuana Association hosted a media tour of three dispensaries on April 20 April 20th (420) is the unofficial national celebration of marijuana Reporters toured NuWu Cannabis, run by the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe and called the largest dispensary in the world They toured Acres Cannabis, which has developed the first fully legal marijuana farmers market in Nevada The tour ended at Exhale Nevada, which wants to market itself more to medical marijuana buyers
