Blogs: Sports: Upon Further Review

Planet Hollywood slips in a promising title bout

By John Katsilometes · July 4, 2008 · 4:42 PM

The music droning through the relatively muted mezzanine level of Planet Hollywood, fittingly, is Bob Dylan’s “Everybody Must Get Stoned.” The ring the fighters use for public workouts stands next to the hotel’s wedding chapel. The fight itself will be staged in the Planet Hollywood Theatre for the Performing Arts, the same venue used by the Miss America Pageant, a far more civilized but similarly spirited competition.

The Iceman at Wildfire

By Mike Trask · July 3, 2008 · 3:20 PM

Chuck Liddell will be making appearances at a pair of new locals casinos on Saturday before the UFC 86 fights at Mandalay Bay. The Iceman will be at Wildfire on ...

Pair of 51s named to PCL All-Star team

By Sun Staff · July 3, 2008 · 12:41 PM

Two Las Vegas 51s players named to the 2008 Pacific Coast League All-Star team.

Wimbledon Day 10: Venus and Serena set up a Williams family reunion

By James Borg · July 3, 2008 · 11:58 AM

LONDON –- Women’s semifinals day and you have to hand it to the committee here at the All England Club for having the foresight to hand a wild card to ...

Wimbledon Day Nine: Nadal picks up Agassi’s crown as crowd favorite

By James Borg · July 2, 2008 · 4:12 PM

LONDON – All the talk here today was about characters. Personalities are important to Wimbledon fans, whether they’re here or watching the blanket coverage on the BBC. The crowds had ...

NHRA shortens nitro races to 1,000 feet

By Brian Hilderbrand · July 2, 2008 · 3:39 PM

The NHRA announced today that it would shorten Top Fuel and Funny Car races from a quarter of a mile to 1,000 feet while the sanctioning body continues to collect ...

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MMA Notes

By Mike Trask · July 1, 2008 · 2:38 PM

Tyson Griffin, who trains at Extreme Couture on Sunset Road, will be on Saturday’s UFC 86 pay-per-view . RawVegas has a great video of him chilling in his Las Vegas ...

Wimbledon Day Eight: Williams sisters reach the semifinals

By James Borg · July 1, 2008 · 12:35 PM

LONDON – The quarterfinals of the women’s singles played here today were something special. This is the first time since the modern era of Grand Slam tennis began in 1968 ...

Dodger stars help 51s beat Bees

By Ron Kantowski · June 30, 2008 · 11:33 PM

Big League Weekend? How about Big League Monday Night? With Los Angeles Dodgers stars Andruw Jones, Rafael Furcal and Nomar Garciaparra in the starting lineup on injury rehab assignments, the ...

Bailey finishes inaugural Transorientale Rally in 29th

By Rob Miech · June 30, 2008 · 5:04 PM

Las Vegas resident Ronn Bailey finished the first 10,000-kilometer Transorientale Rally in 29th among 37 cars. The race started in St. Petersburg, Russia, on June 12 and finished Saturday at ...