Everybody on the party deck at T-Mobile Arena was there to stand and mingle with friends and feast on all inclusive beer and hot dogs. The ones with their bellies up to the counters even watched some hockey.
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It has been said that college prepares one for what lies after it, a notion that must make Kayla McBride and Moriah Jefferson chuckle, chortle and guffaw.
Because boys never outgrow their toys, I received a table hockey game for Christmas 2016. It came with the Maple Leafs and Red Wings. The Golden Knights still aren’t available.
On Wednesday morning, it was announced the Ultimate Sumo League — as in professional sumo wrestling — is coming to Park Theater at the Monte Carlo in April.
The Super Bowl is over, and The Mystery Bettor has started to count his Eagles winnings. They still haven’t broken ground on the 51s’ new ballyard behind Red Rock resort in Summerlin.
It was 2 p.m. on the eve of Super Bowl Eve. In a little while, Brent Musburger would be ensconced in the VSiN broadcast booth at the South Point sports book, counting down the hours to the 52nd installment of The Big Game.
It got loud again at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Wednesday as NASCAR teams and drivers returned for two days of preseason tests.
When word got out that pro wrestling impresario Vince McMahon intends to bring back the XFL, the cellphone of former Las Vegas Outlaws QB Ryan Clement began to light up. You’ve got two years to get in shape, the messages said.
“Pawn Stars” marked its 500th TV episode, and so a lot of people told “Pawn Stars” stories, and one or two told Chumlee stories.
There wasn’t supposed to be a lot of news emanating from this week’s annual NASCAR media tour in North Carolina. So Kyle Busch, as he is wont, created some.
Ceremonial ground finally was broken on UNLV’s proposed football building Tuesday. Not just the ground for the fence posts that said it would be coming in (insert year here). The actual building.
The backdrop of Harvey Hyde’s Twitter account is a photo of the former UNLV football coach chatting about “big uglies” with legendary broadcaster Keith Jackson.
It’s not exactly true that Nick Garritano scouted most of his players when they were playing Wiffle Ball in their backyards, although it could be. Joey O’Brien — Joey Takashi O’Brien of Okinawa, Japan — is another story.
At 231 S. Third St. in downtown Las Vegas, there is an old church that now serves as corporate headquarters for Las Vegas Lights FC, a United Soccer League expansion team that starts play in less than a month.
Now that he’s back as coach of the Raiders, you probably will be seeing less of Jon Gruden on TV.