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Southern Nevada teenager shares the pitch with soccer's biggest stars at World Cup

Olive Busby is having a once-in-a-lifetime experience today: attending the World Cup finals not just as a spectator, but as a participant in the on-field ...

UNLV aims for perfect season, but close may be good enough for College Football Playoff spot

With all the talk of UNLV football having a legitimate path to the College Football Playoff, one question looms: Do the Rebels need to run ...

Snubbed by the White House, celebrated on the Strip: Flavor Flav rallies Vegas behind women’s sports

Olympic athletes hit Park MGM to a wall of noise — fans and passersby alike, decked in Team USA gear, shook glittering red and blue ...

Rebels players believe the return of Mike Scherer will elevate the UNLV defense

Of all the offseason happenings for the UNLV football team, the most significant could be linebackers coach Mike Scherer returning to the program …

Officiating seminar set this week as lacrosse to launch for Southern Nevada schools

The Las Vegas Desert Dogs are hosting an officiating clinic at 6 p.m. Thursday at Lee’s Family Forum in Henderson for anyone interested in working ...

With Las Vegas on the clock for an NBA franchise, Summer League takes center stage

The NBA Summer League has enjoyed plenty of noteworthy moments since arriving in Las Vegas in 2004. We all remember the packed gyms in 2007, ...

Las Vegas Grand Prix celebrates women in automotive industry by honoring standout CSN graduate Shianne Fontanilla

Shianne Fontanilla, a recent graduate of the College of Southern Nevada, is leading a growing crowd of local women choosing to enter the auto repair ...

Golden Knights vs. Raiders: Battle For Vegas returns tonight

When the Vegas Golden Knights and Las Vegas Raiders run out onto the Las Vegas Ballpark diamond tonight, no one will be checking the standings. ...

Analysis: The A’s will be the show of the summer for years to come in Las Vegas

If this is a taste of what to expect before 2028 when the A’s move into their $2 billion, 30,000-seat stadium on the site of ...

Las Vegas has always been a baseball town. The A’s are making it official

DJ Pauly D and Nick Carter threw out the first pitches, UFC announcer Bruce Buffer handled the pregame introductions and A’s legend Rollie Fingers bellowed ...

Scripps dispute blocks Golden Knights' Stanley Cup game on DIRECTV

Millions of DIRECTV customers across the country, including viewers in Las Vegas, lost access to dozens of local broadcast stations Monday after a retransmission consent ...

Las Vegas steaks, Carolina barbecue on the line as Catholic bishops wager on Stanley Cup

Archbishop George Leo Thomas of the Archdiocese of Las Vegas and Bishop Luis Rafael Zarama of the Diocese of Raleigh, N.C., have placed a friendly ...

Another Carter Hart gem gets Golden Knights back into Stanley Cup Final

Fans groaned all year that the Golden Knights had high upside if only they could find steadier play in net. Hart has given them steadier ...

Analysis: Record comeback puts Knights one win away from Stanley Cup Final

To beat Colorado in Game 3, Vegas was going to have to top the longtime Stanley Cup favorite at its own game. ...

NHL fines Tortorella $100K, strips Golden Knights of draft pick after media blackout

The NHL fined Golden Knights coach John Tortorella $100,000 and stripped Las Vegas of its 2026 second-round draft pick Friday, punishing the club for what ...

With superstar A’ja Wilson, defending champion Aces go into new season both stable and reloaded

A’ja Wilson is coming off one of the best stretches in WNBA history, having led the Las Vegas Aces to a third title in four ...

Raiders finally have their act together, setting up Fernando Mendoza to succeed

Prepare for some shots of the start of the 2026 NFL Draft at 5 p.m. Thursday to look straight out of a science-fiction film.

Proposed Las Vegas arena pitches itself as NBA expansion site

A proposed arena on the Las Vegas Strip is positioning itself as a candidate to host a future NBA expansion team in the city.

UNLV basketball picks up transfer from Florida State

Guard Cam Miles, who averaged 5.4 points and 1.7 assists per game this season at Florida State, is transferring to UNLV basketball, he announced on ...

A'ja Wilson signs biggest supermax deal in WNBA history to stay with Aces

A’ja Wilson is staying in Las Vegas after signing the largest contract in WNBA history, according to ESPN. The fully guaranteed supermax deal with the ...