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01.04.13
11:33 a.m.

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UNLV’s recruiting success rate when it gets kids on campus is very high. That percentage ticked up again Friday morning when California senior guard Kendall Smith announced his commitment on Twitter after attending Thursday’s Rebels victory. Read more...

 

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12.15.12
2 a.m.

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On Friday, we posted a long piece that I wrote tracking Canyon Springs High School’s football season. Now comes this addendum, because I must share with you my personal feelings after having found myself becoming attached to the team. Read more...

 

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12.12.12
12:12 a.m.

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Enjoy Dec. 12, 2012 — or 12/12/12 — while it lasts. It will mark the last time all three numerals in a date are the same for the next 80-some years. On this special day, Las Vegas is paying special attention to all things 12. Read more...

 

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12.04.12
2 a.m.

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No one wanted to play ball with Jim Beckmann when he first pitched the idea for Score!, a sports memorabilia museum and exhibit on the Strip. “Everyone said no,” Beckmann said. For many, Las Vegas conjured up images of casinos and gambling, which didn’t sit well with some image-conscious sports organizations. “It was about educating our partners that sports tourism is a big market here,” Beckmann said. Read more...

 

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12.03.12
8:37 a.m.

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Wearing a brown loin cloth and an Aztec-inspired headdress with multicolored feathers, Antonio Medina stretched and flexed before the start of Sunday’s Zappos.com Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon. His last marathon, he didn’t train at all, hubris he paid for in the following days. Read more...

 

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12.02.12
2 a.m.

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This afternoon, E.J. Scott will be among the thousands of runners at the starting line of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas Marathon. The only difference is that he’ll be wearing a blindfold. Read more...

 

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11.09.12
2 a.m.

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Move aside, college basketball pollsters. While the two major polls tabbed the Rebels at No. 18 and No. 19 in the nation, sports books in Las Vegas listed no more than 13 teams ahead of UNLV in future odds to win the national championship. Read more...

 

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10.10.12
5:44 p.m.

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The Rebels play the Wolf Pack this Saturday for the coveted Fremont cannon. Read more...

 

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10.02.12
2 a.m.

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Cost and location plans for a domed, 60,000-seat “mega-event” stadium on the UNLV campus are coming into sharper focus two months before a review by the university system’s Board of Regents. Read more...

 

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09.25.12
10:42 a.m.

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With three decades in the sports handicapping industry, Jimmy Vaccaro, one of Nevada’s top bookmakers, has never seen anything like this. The controversial ending to the Monday Night Football game between the Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers not only made Seattle the winners on the field, it gave them the victory at Las Vegas sports books, thanks to an apparent blown call by officials. Read more...

 

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09.19.12
6:13 p.m.

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Gabby Douglas, Aly Raisman and more! Read more...

 

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08.30.12
6:52 p.m.

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Lesson 1: Respect the Miata. Read more...

 

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08.21.12
2 a.m.

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Some politicians don’t want to risk getting their hair mussed, much less shatter a cheekbone or break a nose. But Secretary of State Ross Miller had his first — and only, he said — mixed martial arts bout Saturday, defeating his opponent 30 seconds into the second round. Read more...

 

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08.06.12
9:20 p.m.

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UNLV assistant track coach Khadevis Robinson is done at the London Olympics after placing fourth in his preliminary heat of the 800 meters Monday morning. Read more...

 

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08.01.12
10:21 a.m.

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The U.S. Olympic boxing team realized it faced a brutal slate of matchups Wednesday, taking on a Cuban world champion and two hulking Russian heavyweights. None of the three Americans could beat the odds to advance in London. Read more...

 

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A&E

Oscar Goodman’s ‘Being Oscar,’ startling revelations and all, goes on sale today
Oscar Goodman, a Mob lawyer with a roster of clients that reads like a Who’s Who of organized crime and former 12-year mayor of Las Vegas, tells …
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Music and Hollywood celebrities were out en masse at Tao in The Venetian and Lavo at the Palazzo after the 2013 Billboard Music Awards at MGM …
Photos: Bruno Mars hosts post-Billboard Music Awards bash at The Bank; Chris …
Singer-songwriter Bruno Mars hosted and performed at The Bank in Belllagio late Sunday night, and the crowd included Chris Brown and Jason Derulo. …

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