Aaron Kurcz, a former Chicago Cubs’ 11th-round draft pick, is 2-0 with a 3.38 ERA in nine games and 13 innings out of the Nashville Sounds’ bullpen.
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After he held off Scott Goodyear to win the 1992 Indianapolis 500 by an eyelash, Al Unser Jr. pulled into Victory Lane and was overcome by emotion.
In town for a 1986 Mets reunion, 51s manager Wally Backman saw New York get even for last year’s playoffs. And he knew it was coming.
Fox Sports Radio sports talk host credits Jim Rome for his success, says business has evolved.
Car owner from Henderson, driver from Canada overcome devastating injuries to earn pole position for the 100th running of the famous 500-mile race.
Robin Romeo beat Tish Johnson in a battle of bowling Hall of Famers, 198-195. It was an exciting match, and a few hundred people were on hand to watch.
It has been 10 years since a highway accident in New Mexico claimed the life of the hard-charging youngster, once Kyle Busch’s most formidable rival.
I met a couple of more guys one could look up to Monday morning at Lied Library on the UNLV campus. One stood 3 feet, 7 inches. His name is Brandon Hamilton.
Hotel-casino owner Michael Gaughan brought the official South Point Express stagecoach out to the dusty hinterlands south of town and even agreed to pose for the photo with several NFR champions.
Green Valley High School graduate Jamie Little and her husband, Cody Selman, who also is a racing person, are expecting their second child in October. It’s going to be a girl this time.
It has been been 10 years since James Loney batted .380 for the 51s. If memory serves, that was a fine Las Vegas team. The 51s also had Matt Kemp (.368) and Andre Ethier (.349), and they, too, went on to star for the Dodgers.
Bill Foley, the former pond hockey player who, to use his favorite expression, will own Las Vegas’ NHL expansion entry “if we get a team,” comes across as a fairly common man.
About a month ago, Valley High School football coach George Baker set up an account on GoFundMe to raise money for a new blocking sled and other equipment. He has raised $5,100 and will order the blocking sled soon.
He was named the MVP of Super Bowl VII. Then Jake Scott had a falling out with Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula and was traded to the Washington Redskins, where he played the last of his eight seasons. Then he basically disappeared.
I received a Twitter message from Ed Odeven, who covers pro basketball overseas for the Japan Times. He thought UNLV fans might want to know that Wendell White has been named MVP of the bj-league over there for the second time.