“It’s really important that the world begins to know this history, and having this museum in the community will help with that knowledge.”
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Best in Bets: The College Football Betting Awards return to honor six of 2022’s top teams
The college football regular season has wrapped up, with bowl games right around the corner starting December 16. That means it’s time to take account of the best sportsbook performances among the 131 Football Bowl Subdivision teams from throughout th…
Battered Rams make Raiders favored to extend win streak
Coming into the season, this trip to take on the defending Super Bowl champion Rams on a short week looked like arguably the toughest game on the Raiders’ schedule. It hasn’t worked out that way.
Southern Nevada’s Avi Kwa Ame moves closer to formal national monument designation
After President Joe Biden announced his intent to designate the 450,000 acres advocates “eagerly await” a formal proclamation.
Watching all six Las Vegas Cirque du Soleil shows in five nights
Six 90-minute TV shows make for a proper “season,” so, I realized, Cirque could be binged, too.
With its investment in Odom, UNLV looks to get across the finish line in football
To get someone of Odom’s pedigree — four years as a head coach in the Southeastern Conference at Missouri and successful stints at multiple stops as a defensive coordinator — UNLV had to …
Coach Cassidy has hopes to boost Golden Knights’ 3rd-line production
Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy has a vision for the third line, wanting it to be known as the shut-down, defensive line that occasionally chips in with scoring. The challenge is finding the right personnel to execute the vision, as the most recent…
Golden Knights coach has something to prove in first return trip to Boston
Vegas Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy knew this game against the Boston Bruins was coming. And not only because he had today circled on his calendar and was anxiously waiting to face his former team. Rather, his kids Shannon and Cole wouldn’t stop …
New coach, same team: Las Vegas Events expects smooth transition from Christenson to Keener
In 2001, Tim Keener was the first hire made by new Las Vegas Events President Pat Christenson. More than two decades later, Keener, 62, is set to take over as president at year’s end, when Christenson leaves for a consultant role at Las Vegas Events.
A grieving Henderson family pleads for justice and change after child killed by car
Nearly nine months after Rex Patchett’s death, the Henderson community is coming together to write letters to the judge who will oversee the Jan. 23 sentencing of Jose Marmolejo, the driver found to be responsible for the collision.