IOC member John Coates, who oversees planing for next year’s Tokyo Olympics, has claimed the postponed games could help “kick start” Japan’s economy.
Monthly Archives: April 2020
NHL stoppage has Devils’ Fitzgerald waiting on two fronts
The suspension of play in the NHL because of the coronavirus pandemic has put Tom Fitzgerald of the New Jersey Devils in a strange situation.
Oregon guard Ionescu expected to be No. 1 pick in WNBA draft
It will be no surprise if Oregon star Sabrina Ionescu is the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft Friday night by the New York Liberty.
‘I am so afraid’: India’s poor face world’s largest lockdown
The street peddler watched the prime minister’s speech on a battered TV, with her family of five crowded around her in a one-room house with no toilet and no running water. It’s squeezed into a Mumbai shantytown controlled by an obscure Mumbai organiz…
CCSD deploys more Chromebooks, but distance-learning data still limited
Fifty-five thousand Clark County School District students have received chrome books from the district to help them learn from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, officials announced at Thursday’s Clark County School Board meeting.
2 held in fatal shooting in southwest valley
A person was slain and two others were detained in a shooting at a southwest Las Vegas gas station Thursday night, according to Metro Police.
NIGA exhibitor profiles
AGS is on a mission: to deliver highly entertaining, diverse and amazing gaming experiences to players across the world, with a product portfolio that includes top-performing slot games, table products, and online and mobile real-money and soc…
NIGA exhibitor update
Ainsworth Game Technology will display its brand-new A-STAR Curve cabinet at the upcoming National Indian Gaming Association Tradeshow & Convention (NIGA).
Pro-Trump protesters push back on stay-at-home orders
While many Americans are filled with fear, Melissa Ackison says the coronavirus pandemic has filled her with anger. The stay-at home orders are government overreach, the conservative Ohio state Senate candidate says, and the labeling of some workers a…
Sisolak says Nevada prepping plans to reopen economy
Officials are working on plans to reopen Nevada following more than a month of a statewide closures out of concerns for the coronavirus, Gov. Steve Sisolak said Thursday. While a plan is being devised, Sisolak said there wasn’t enough information to d…