Topic: Las Vegas

Las Vegas oddsmakers like Yankees, Cardinals to meet in World Series; Twins a 25-1 underdogOddsmakers in Las Vegas have picked the New York Yankees and the St. Louis Cardinals as favorites to meet in the World Series and think New York has ...
Whos favored, and by how much, in todays extra game and beyond The Minnesota Twins opened as a minus 155 favorite (risk $1.55 to net $1) against the Detroit Tigers (plus 145), with an over/under of 8 runs, in todays Game No. ...

Jail for ex-official in DUI case

Former Boulder City Council member to serve 25 days after showing up drunk for hearing It was do not pass go for a former Boulder City councilwoman who showed up drunk at a court hearing related to her 2007 drunken driving arrest.The ...

51sÕ season ends in whimper

In Triple-A, its a cyclical slog The end of a baseball season should always come on an afternoon when the shadows are long and the weather is crisp. Long shadows and crisp weather on a baseball diamond in late September can make ...
Sometimes, as Bruce Springsteen is fond of saying, youve just got to stand back and let it all be.The Boss was talking about the poets in Jungleland.Im talking about the flame war I innocently started Monday by mentioning UNLV would not be ...
SUPER BOWLYes/no props on various teams to win the Super Bowl (odds from Luckys Race and Sports Book): But a few green shoots have appeared in this area.Two of the most prominent recent examples in Las Vegas have come at the M ...

ASK MR. SUN

Mr. Sun,Is it true that the streets named for cities near the Stratosphere reflect theMajor League Baseball standings of the teams in those cities at the time? Local lore says thats why Las Vegas has those short avenues named for New York, ...

New respect for UFC

Philadelphia All-Star finds MMA workout is no walk in the park Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Shane Victorino isnt the only professional athlete who admits hes a fan of the UFC, but he is probably the most dedicated.Victorino watched some of the organizations earliest ...
A colleague thinks hes cracked the infamous Las Vegas Sign Graffiti Case.Did you notice, he said, that the initials LN are scrawled at the bottom of the sign where, lets say, a 7-foot guy could easily reach it? And that Luke Nevill, ...
Marc Rzepczynski to become 5th Blue Jays starter to make big league debutLeft-hander Marc Rzepczynski will be brought up from the minor leagues by the Toronto Blue Jays to make his major league debut Tuesday night at Tampa Bay in place of ...