ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — John McCain tore up the script for his Republican National Convention on Sunday, casting himself as above politics as Hurricane Gustav churned toward New Orleans. "We will act as Americans," not partisans, he declared.
Only a few cars were in the Sam Boyd Stadium parking lot two hours before the kickoff to UNLV’s football season, but John Rice and some friends were already in a partying mood.
RENO — Quarterback Colin Kaepernick rushed for three touchdowns Saturday night to lead UNR to a 49-13 season-opening victory over Grambling State.
There is no such thing as a routine victory when you have lost eight straight football games dating to last season and 29 of your last 35 dating to 2005. There is no such thing as grinding out wins for UNLV.
In one exciting sequence on Saturday night at Cashman Field, 51s outfielder Jason Repko displayed some of the all-around skills that probably will earn him a promotion to the Los Angeles Dodgers in September, when rosters are expanded.
With the NFL season set for kickoff Thursday, the Las Vegas Sports Consultants team of oddsmakers is pleased to make a return to the Review-Journal on Sundays. It should be another wild ride.
Ande Floyd ran for two fourth-quarter touchdowns Saturday to rally Pahrump Valley to a 23-18 football victory at Mountain View.
A sustained run of popularity is rare in Las Vegas. Even the “Rat Pack” of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop rode a wave that lasted only about a decade.
Is Anna Kournikova making a comeback or what? With the U.S. Open going strong — and being where she reached the fourth round in 1996 at age 15 — it would appear that Annamania, or whatever you want to call it, is happening again.
FONTANA, Calif. — While Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards are 1-2 in the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings and building strong cases for starting the Chase for the Championship as the favorites, there is a shadow looming behind them.
Sergio Mora won a world title in his first shot. Now he faces perhaps a tougher task: defending it.
They call him Freddy Krueger. But this Freddy, also known as Inmate 41397050, is scarier. Because he’s real.
Tales of Searchlight Sen. Harry Reid’s intestinal fortitude and visceral toughness run through his personal and political life story.
For the second time in six days, a small plane from North Las Vegas Airport crashed into a valley home.
Federal investigators on Saturday removed the wreckage from the twin-engine plane that crashed into a house on Thursday and will be using the evidence to determine the cause of the crash.
CARSON CITY — Wolves may be headed back to Nevada, but don’t grab your hunting rifle.
Dr. James Tate is under fire at University Medical Center in connection with a scuffle at the hospital with the family of an injured teenager, which caused him to lose his privileges as a trauma surgeon.
Are you taking the family on a road trip to Wally World this Labor Day weekend?
O.J. Simpson associate Tom Riccio will be a walking, talking sponsorship opportunity during the O.J. trial, which starts Sept. 8.
MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, Calif. — As the U.S. military scrambles to get more robotic warplanes like the Predator aloft, it is confronting an unexpected adversary: human error.
DURING AN EDITORIAL BOARD MEETING at the Review-Journal, opinion writers scoffed and rolled their eyes at the notion that better funding for public education would necessarily improve student performance.