Former UNLV NCAA doubles champion Tim Blenkiron said his parents’ home in the Adelaide Hills region burned to the ground during the deadly blazes.
Ron Kantowski
Sports columnist
Email: rkantowski@reviewjournal.com
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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 ties between Las Vegas and the Raiders existed long before owner Mark Davis decided to move the team to the Southern Nevada desert in 2017.
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.
Aviators president Don Logan said further discussion of major league baseball coming to Las Vegas is something to keep an eye on in 2020 and beyond.
Playing as if it wanted to be elsewhere, Boise State was beaten 38-7 in the Las Vegas Bowl by a Washington team being coached for the last time by a familiar face.
Waybe Mabry, one of the Raiders’ most ardent and recognizable fans, said he won’t be able to follow the team to Las Vegas because season tickets cost too much.