Akemi Higa is a quarterback; twin Akiko is her favorite wide receiver. And they are dominating, leading Desert Oasis High this winter to the state semifinals and rewriting the state record book ...
Knight will be inducted tonight into the UNLV Athletics Hall of Fame, a fitting honor for a man who spent more than three decades transforming Rebel golf into a power ...
Four-time Grammy winner Keith Urban will play 10 shows on the Strip starting in early October at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas, the resort announced this morning. “Keith Urban’s HIGH in Vegas” will include ...
A new poll conducted with 1,000 would-be voters in Nevada found what has been long suspected about November’s presidential race: President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are ...
Fifteen percent of the women seeking abortion care in Las Vegas since the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022 reversed its ruling in the landmark Roe v. Wade case are from out of state, according to data from Planned Parenthood. And, Planned Parenthood says, many of those women are ...
Tony Williams III had little interest in joining the track team at Mojave High School. He was part of the school’s state champion basketball team and focused on the sport year around. Track coach Shenoa Davis was persistent in her recruitment, eventually convincing Williams last spring to become ...
Candace Parker, one of the most notable women’s basketball players in history and part of the Las Vegas Aces championship team in 2023, has retired, she announced this morning on social media.
The Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday will start rounding up wild horses and burros outside of Las Vegas to prevent the degradation of public lands, officials said this morning. No helicopters will be used in ...
The Bishop Gorman High football team won its fourth straight Nevada state championship last Saturday. The more important victory, however, won’t be determined for a few years. That’s what Gaels’ coach Tony Sanchez told Sports Illustrated last week when he was selected as their high school coach of the week.
Ray Brewer, a proud local, has been part of Greenspun Media Group since the mid-1990s. He’s covered high school and UNLV sports, and managed the Las Vegas Sun’s award-winning website. He’s a graduate of Chaparral High School and UNLV, and a fierce defender of Las Vegas — especially in comparisons to Reno. Brewer and his wife, Karla, have two children. And they all are passionate about the Pittsburgh Pirates.
