Sports Columns

Future looks bright for rising stars Dialed In, Turbulent Descent

February 4, 2011 - 2:06 am

Attending the Super Bowl is overrated. I would much rather watch the game in a Las Vegas sports book, and it just so happens that Mayor Oscar Goodman agrees. That’s no surprise, obviously, because Goodman is this playground’s top pitchman.

Lingerie Bowl in Las Vegas is ultimate fantasy football game

February 3, 2011 - 2:08 am

At halftime of Super Bowl XLV on Sunday, as most of America and a lot of the free world is getting up to use the restroom, the Los Angeles Temptation and Philadelphia Passion will line up in their dainty things for Lingerie Bowl VIII at the Thomas & Mack Center. Or, as I like to call it, the ultimate fantasy football game.

Keep deadlines in mind when applying for big-game tags

February 3, 2011 - 2:07 am

Only true measure of recruits: victories

February 3, 2011 - 2:00 am

Lead stadium investors talk a lot, say little

February 2, 2011 - 2:03 am

Who’ll foot bill for UNLV stadium?

February 1, 2011 - 2:01 am

Three Up, Three Down: Jerry Tarkanian deserves his street to cover better ground

January 30, 2011 - 2:01 am

Pushing limits tests athletes’ health

January 29, 2011 - 2:05 am

Decision XLV a close call

January 28, 2011 - 2:07 am

At polling places around Las Vegas — the sports books, in other words — some influential bettors are voting for Aaron Rodgers as the quarterback candidate most likely to win the Super Bowl.

Handicappers chase $500,000 prize at Red Rock

January 28, 2011 - 2:03 am

Shotgun industry takes aim at synthetic stocks

January 27, 2011 - 2:02 am