There was a chill in the air and no place to park when Bryce Harper made his college baseball debut as a 17-year-old on Jan. 29, 2010.
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Ron Kantowski is a sports columnist for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, covering a variety of topics and the Las Vegas sports scene.
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Mary Wilmore was part of security force for 22 years and popular with Rebels players, fans and local sports media. She was affectionately known as “Military Mary.”
Members of the Las Vegas Aces slow-pitch softball team have remained close friends, despite not playing together for more than 25 years.
Competition at Sin City Classic festival attracts eclectic mix of players who just want to play hockey in a comfortable environment.
Former UNLV NCAA doubles champion Tim Blenkiron said his parents’ home in the Adelaide Hills region burned to the ground during the deadly blazes.
Born in Alaska to Nigerian parents, Bishop Gorman’s Edufuan Ulofoshio makes the grade in Pac-12, receives scholarship during viral video presentation.
From Bill Belichick to Jimmy Johnson to Phil Jackson, there is little job security in pro sports when expectations aren’t met or personalities don’t mesh.
Las Vegan Asia Muhammad achieves career highlight with doubles victory over former No. 1-ranked players Serena Williams and Caroline Wozniacki in New Zealand.
Las Vegas Bowl director John Saccenti disputes The Associated Press report regarding attendance, saying not all tickets were scanned at Sam Boyd Stadium gates.
Stage Door Casino was among those to extend offers to Wayne Mabry — aka “Violator” — who said he had been priced out of following the Raiders to Las Vegas.
Green Valley High graduate Jamie Little will serve as sideline reporter on “America’s Top Dog,” a new show matching police K9s and civilian dogs on an obstacle course.
Longtime newspaperman and Las Vegas resident Herb Jaffe covered Don Larsen’s World Series perfect game in 1956 for the Newark Star-Ledger. Larsen died Wednesday at age 90.
Golden Knights broadcaster Darren Eliot wasn’t aware of the value of an Ivy League education at Cornell when he was playing junior hockey in Canada.
It was a volatile 10 years for NASCAR and auto racing, both on and off the track. But by the end of the decade, Kyle Busch of Las Vegas had emerged as the sport’s major star.
In Division III hoops at South Point Arena, it’s more about molding men than basketball players.