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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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Nevada, California and Arizona announce new water-saving plan for dwindling Colorado River

With the Colorado River’s giant reservoirs declining toward critically low levels, negotiators for California, Arizona and Nevada announced Friday that they have agreed on a ...

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MGM Grand launches retro gaming lounge with free play for guests

MGM Grand has opened Bonus Round Totally Awesome Bar + Arcade, a 21-and-older venue that blends classic arcade games with cocktails, casual food and a ...

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Rick Harrison of 'Pawn Stars' raves about Trump during White House visit

Las Vegas resident Rick Harrison of “Pawn Stars” fame offered a glowing endorsement of President Donald Trump at a White House event today, calling him ...

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Henderson 12-year-old wins Elks National Hoop Shoot with perfect performance

Duncan, a 12-year-old sixth-grader at Jack & Terry Mannion Middle School in Henderson, won the Elks Free Throw National Hoop Shoot on April 18 in ...

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Spirit Airlines ceases operations. Las Vegas airport says all 16 routes still covered

Spirit Airlines took its last flight this week, ending 34 years of bright yellow planes and bare-bones fares that made budget travel accessible to millions ...

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UNLV basketball lands two transfers to close weekend

He appeared in nine games as a sophomore at Mississippi State before landing at Central Florida.

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Fireworks series will light up the Las Vegas skyline leading up to nation’s 250th birthday

Las Vegas will mark America’s 250th birthday by stretching Independence Day into an eight-week spectacle, with rotating fireworks displays across the Strip and downtown on ...

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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 ...

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High school students take the fight against tobacco to CSN

Jeana Kim remembers the day her friend’s father died from health complications tied to years of smoking. Watching someone her own age carry that grief ...

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CBS Sports projects UNLV for 12-team College Football Playoff

The Rebels have been one of the nation’s notable turnaround stories over the past three seasons, leveraging the allure of home games at Allegiant Stadium ...

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Oct. 1 survivors gather on Strip to preview Forever One memorial

Fifty-eight survivors of the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting on the Strip stood together Thursday evening in a circle on the future grounds of the ...

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Morgan Wallen rocks Larry Johnson UNLV jersey at Allegiant Stadium show

The country star stepped out in a Larry Johnson No. 4 UNLV basketball jersey during part of his performance at Allegiant Stadium, giving a nod ...