Officials are optimistic that the Wisconsin-Arizona State matchup will go on as scheduled Thursday at Allegiant Stadium, but are prepared to make adjustments.
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Ron Kantowski is a sports columnist and covers auto racing for the Review-Journal. He has won multiple writing awards and in 2016 was named Nevada Sportswriter of the Year. Prior to beginning a long career in Las Vegas sports journalism, Kantowski attended Western New Mexico University in Silver City, N.M., where he played for the baseball team. He is a native of Whiting, Ind.
The experimental use of a shot clock helped Bishop Gorman rally from 18 points down to defeat Liberty in a double overtime thriller Tuesday in the Tarkanian Classic.
John Mobley hit a jump shot from just inside the 3-point line, lifting Bishop Gorman to a double overtime victory in the Platinum Division final of the Tarkanian Classic.
The $3.4 million Peccole Shuirman Tennis Complex has 10 courts, including four lighted, and maroon and light yellow playing surfaces.
Kaycee Feild of Genola, Utah, defeats Jess Pope of Waverly, Kansas, by $16,921 to win the bareback riding world title Saturday at the NFR at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Las Vegas Events president Pat Christenson discussed myriad topics about Las Vegas and the NFR, including long-term viability at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Stetson Wright, a 22-year-old from Milford, Utah, breaks the single-season earnings record at the National Finals Rodeo at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Doug Champion, brother of NFR regular Richmond Champion, provides hands-on therapy to top cowboys such as two-time world all-around champion Stetson Wright.
The Wright and Etbauer families have produced 13 world championships at the NFR. The Wrights are dominating this year’s saddle bronc riding at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Ty Harris takes grandmother’s final wish to heart and charges from 47th in the standings to another berth in the National Finals Rodeo.
Bret and Darla Franks’ youngest son, Cole, made his NFR debut Thursday at the Thomas & Mack Center. The 20-year-old tied for third in bareback riding and won $13,716.
J.B. Mauney was briefly knocked unconscious and suffered facial lacerations after being bucked off a bull during the second go-round of the NFR on Friday night.
Craig at Midnight, a former PRCA and NFR horse of the year who weighed 1,700 pounds, died in June. He reminded rodeo enthusiasts of Bodacious, the legendary bucking bull.
Former PBR champion J.B. Mauney, one of three cowboys to ride the legendary bull Bushwacker, suffered facial lacerations in a scary incident Friday at the National Finals Rodeo.
With big paydays on the line for each performance and a veritable pot of gold available for those who ride and rope the best, everything is up for grabs at the NFR.