Kyle Larson, who has won six races during 2021, will be shooting for a Las Vegas sweep when the NASCAR playoffs resume.
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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 cancellation of nonleague games wasn’t expected to impact varsity football, but playing freshman and JV games on Saturdays will be a burden, Centennial’s Dustin Forshee said.
NASCAR’s regular-season champion Kyle Larson earned the South Point 400 pole position based on protocols adopted amid COVID-19.
Bad luck, bad setup during the first NASCAR playoff round relegates South Point 400 champion Kurt Busch into also-ran status.
Here are the week’s best high school performances from football, boys soccer, girls soccer and girls volleyball.
NASCAR championship field trimmed to 12 heading into South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
The Aviators have been eliminated from regular-season title contention, but can salvage a victory in the Triple-A Final Stretch.
Broadcaster Tim Neverett has turned his Dodgers journal into a book called “COVID Curveball: An Inside View of the 2020 Los Angeles Dodgers’ World Championship Season.”
Kyle Holmes found Logan Clogston in the left corner of the end zone on an ad-libbed 2-point conversion play, lifting Arbor View to a dramatic victory over Desert Pines.
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is one of three tracks that will host two NHRA Camping World Drag Series events in 2022.
Freshman linebacker Christian Thatcher is among three young players from Arbor View High School who already have received college scholarship offers.
Hamilton, ranked No. 2 in Arizona and No. 26 in the nation by USA Today, could be the last obstacle standing in front of Bishop Gorman before the Nevada postseason.
South Point 400 switches to Oct. 16, 2022 and will be the first race in the final round of the NASCAR playoffs.
Las Vegas Motor Speedway opened with an Indy Racing League event on Sept. 15, 1996, before becoming a premiere destination for the NASCAR Cup Series.
The Reno Aces, visiting for a six-game series at Las Vegas Ballpark, fall out of first place in the Triple-A West. The Tacoma Rainiers now lead the division.