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Nevada’s state high school basketball tournament deserves a showcase setting

There is genuine charm to Valley. It’s centrally located, it boasts the best high school court in Las Vegas, and those brick walls adorned with ...

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State title preview? Bishop Gorman basketball outlasts Coronado, 62-58

The Bishop Gorman basketball team prevailed 62-58 over Coronado on Saturday in a Big City Showdown that lived up to its billing, with the game ...

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A’s Player of the Month: Las Vegas High’s Sariyah Johnson

The first time Sariyah Johnson met her basketball coach at Las Vegas High, the eighth grader started to cry.

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Preseason top-10: Gorman basketball sits atop a deep field of contenders

The high school basketball season in Nevada could follow a familiar script: Bishop Gorman, the two-time defending state champions and perennial powerhouse, fending off a ...

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15 titles later, Centennial’s Weitz still shaping the game and her players

Karen Weitz is this year’s Hank Greenspun Lifetime Achievement recipient. The award, given to Weitz during Monday’s Sun Standout Awards show, recognizes outstanding contributions to ...

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Jett Washington takes over down the stretch, leads Bishop Gorman basketball to state title

It was Gorman coaching legend Grant Rice’s 15th overall championship. Earlier in the playoffs he hit a milestone of 600 wins ...

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Big shot brings home title No. 15 for Centennial girls

For the better part of a decade it seemed the Centennial girls basketball team was a lock for the state championship, but the outcome of ...

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Coach’s vision sets Mojave on path to title showdown with Gorman

KeJuan Clark grabbed a pen and piece of paper and started writing. Clark, then the new Mojave High School basketball coach, jotted a list of ...

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Bishop Gorman boys back in state title game behind Nick Jefferson's double-double

Coming out of halftime with a 29-17 lead, the Bishop Gorman boys’ basketball team was ready to put away Desert Pines in Wednesday’s state semifinal ...

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Underdog Silverado soars into semifinals of boys’ state basketball playoffs

Some will say the Silverado High School basketball team doesn’t belong in today’s large-school state semifinals. But the Skyhawks will enter the semifinals with a ...

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Late rally helps Coronado basketball down Bishop Gorman in battle of state's top teams

A regular season high school basketball game Saturday between defending state champion Bishop Gorman and state runner-up Coronado was considered a battle of the state’s ...

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UNLV basketball flunks first conference test at Boise State

UNLV was dealt harsh dose of Mountain West reality on Tuesday, as conference contender Boise State handed Kevin Kruger’s squad an 81-59 defeat that was ...

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NCAA-bound Lady Rebels coach, like her father, fueled by competitive drive

Coach Lindy La Rocque is greeted with a text message when she picks up her phone after every UNLV women’s basketball game. The message is ...

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Chalk up another win for Liberty in basketball rivalry with Gorman

The basketball players on the Liberty High School bench were on their feet tonight in the final seconds of the Patriots 72-65 win over Bishop ...

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Gonzaga's Julian Strawther gets dreamlike moment in Las Vegas

Someone called me a number of years ago and persuaded me to go watch the Silvestri Middle School basketball team play. They were convinced the ...

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UNLV signee Rob Whaley’s transformation into a top recruit

Two years ago, Rob Whaley weighed in at more than 320 pounds, leading most Division I programs to question his discipline, his work ethic and ...

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Liberty basketball again beats Bishop Gorman — this time by 23 points

Defending state champion Liberty made a statement with a 78-55 win over perennial power Gorman in a highly anticipated rematch of last year’s title game. ...

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Female Athlete of the Year: Aaliyah Gayles, Spring Valley basketball

Aaliyah Gayles came into the season as the most decorated basketball player in Southern Nevada, and somehow raised her profile and level of play even ...

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Game of the Year: Bishop Gorman beats Liberty in thrilling double-overtime basketball affair

This late-December night of basketball had a little bit of everything: multiple buzzer beaters, two overtimes, a packed gym to watch undefeated rivals square off, ...

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Las Vegas Sun presents: High School Heroes 2026

It’s our privilege to once again shine light on the remarkable acts of heroism, generosity, selflessness and community commitment exhibited by our region’s youngest leaders.

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Sports are just part of Special Olympics Nevada's mission

As CEO of Special Olympics Nevada, Thornton is many things — but on this morning, walking through the basketball gym at Legacy High School for ...

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Nevada high school football postseason brackets face a chaotic new reality

No matter what record Bishop Gorman, Faith Lutheran or Somerset Losee posts in the fall, each program will play in a state championship game. All ...

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Kalshi, Polymarket place new bans on insider trading as Congress moves to curb prediction markets

Kalshi and Polymarket, the two biggest prediction market platforms, rushed to institute new industry guardrails and add new surveillance tools on Monday after ...

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NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Saturday's Elite 8

Sportsbooks had the Big Ten's over/under tournament wins proposition bet set at 13.5 going into the tournament, but the conference eclipsed that one game into ...

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New casino: Cadence Crossing opens to replace Jokers Wild on Boulder Highway

Boyd Gaming brought all 100 Jokers Wild employees to the new property, a deliberate nod to what makes a neighborhood casino feel like home ...

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66 years after Moulin Rouge Agreement, Historic Westside landmark looks to future

Standing on a small stage in front of the historic Harrison House on F Street, Katherine Duncan-Reed read aloud a proclamation that — 66 years ...

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Golden Knights fire Bruce Cassidy, replace him with John Tortorella

Bruce Cassidy is out as coach of the Vegas Golden Knights, who fired him Sunday in an abrupt late-season change and replaced him with John ...

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Zoox robotaxi rolling out new destinations and improving service

Zoox, the autonomous robotaxi company, announced today that its presence in Las Vegas is expanding and updates designed to enhance the rider experience will soon ...

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White Castle closing two Las Vegas locations

The closures include its restaurant inside Casino Royale on the Las Vegas Strip — which had been open for a decade — as well as ...

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NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the Sweet 16

Florida becomes the first No. 1 seed not to reach the Sweet 16 since Purdue infamously fell to No. 16 seed Farleigh Dickinson in 2023. ...

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Las Vegas initiative supports trafficking survivors’ path to independence

While law enforcement focuses on getting people, mostly women, out of the cycle of human trafficking, Anzorena said Hope Co. is about supporting survivors’ transition ...

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Tyrin Jones will be back for sophomore season with UNLV basketball

Retaining the Las Vegas native was widely considered the program’s top offseason priority, particularly in an era defined by constant roster turnover through the NCAA ...

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Report: Super Bowl expected to return to Las Vegas in 2029

NFL league owners are expected to vote next week on bringing the Super Bowl back to Las Vegas and Allegiant Stadium in 2029, according to ...