Check out the scores and top performances from Wednesday’s high school basketball and flag football action.
National Finals Rodeo
Dedan Thomas Jr. made two big baskets late, and the UNLV men’s basketball team defeated No. 22-ranked Utah State on Wednesday at the Thomas & Mack Center.
The third-ranked Centennial boys basketball team won its 11th straight game Wednesday behind a huge night from junior Jayonni Durrough.
Take a look at some editorial cartoons from across the U.S. and world.
Unlike many pro athletes, members of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association don’t receive a guaranteed salary. They need to compete often — and fare well — to earn a living in the sport.
Flint Rasmussen isn’t just a funny guy. There are actually numerous ways to describe the 46-year-old Choteau, Mont., resident who has been entertaining rodeo folks for two decades.
The NFR is always bigger for those who hail from the Silver State and get the chance to compete for a gold buckle. This year, that’s the case for Dakota Eldridge, a steer wrestler from Elko who made the NFR for the first time last year and is back for another go-round.
The Cowboy Christmas and Fanfest drew 66,258 shoppers to giant shopping the Las Vegas Convention Center on opening weekend. Is it any wonder Orlando and Dallas tried to rustle the cash cow that is the National Finals Rodeo?
Rodeo brings back old-Vegas tradition of the lounge act, but trade your martini glass for a cowboy hat.
Last weekend, when he was driving toned-down NASCAR stock cars at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, it was hard to discern the perennial all-around world champion cowboy Trevor Brazile from the racing machines.
If a movie is ever made about the Wright brothers — the saddle bronc riders, not Orville and Wilbur — the title probably would be a play on the family name, such as “All the Wright Moves” or “The Wright Stuff.”
Bob Tallman gets a bit emotional when he talks about helping others. The ProRodeo Hall of Fame announcer beamed with pride during our chat at the 7th Annual Bob Tallman Celebrity Bowling Tournament at the Gold Coast Hotel & Casino on Saturday morning.
There are 120 cowboys and cowgirls competing in the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, and there’s more great stories about them than you can throw a horseshoe at. But none of them would be where they are if not for the incredible animals they saddle up to ride.
When bull rider Sage Kimzey won the All American ProRodeo Finals in Waco, Texas, in October, he was denied one of the prizes — a bottle of Pendleton Whisky — because he wasn’t old enough to drink it legally.