AP Nevada

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Azoulas Tubelis had 20 points and 11 rebounds, Justin Kier added 13 points and No. 2 Arizona pulled away late to beat Colorado 82-72 in the Pac-12 Tournament semifinals. Arizona played without point guard Kerr Kriisa, who sprained his right ankle in the closing seconds

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Azoulas Tubelis had 20 points and 11 rebounds, Justin Kier added 13 points and No. 2 Arizona pulled away late to beat Colorado 82-70 in the Pac-12 Tournament semifinals. Arizona played without point guard Kerr Kriisa, who sprained his right ankle in the closing seconds

HENDERSON, Nev. — Jadon Jones hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer, Colin Slater had a career-high 30 points and Long Beach State edged past UC Santa Barbara 67-64 in the semifinals of the Big West Conference tournament. Miles Norris led the Gauchos with 15 points and seven rebounds.

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada is backing a bid to boost entrepreneurship and improve access to funding for small business and startup accelerators in two of its largest cities. Gov. Steve Sisolak announced the effort this week with Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman and Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve. The programs are dubbed Gener8tor. They’re partnerships

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A local casino company with several other Las Vegas-area properties has marked the start of a $750 million project to build a 200-room hotel tower and casino in a growing residential and commercial neighborhood southwest of the city. Red Rock Resorts employees and executives held a ceremony Friday at the site

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer The Las Vegas Raiders have signed star defensive end Maxx Crosby to a four-year extension worth about $95 million in the first major personnel move made by the new regime of coach Josh McDaniels and general manager Dave Ziegler. The Raiders locked up Crosby before he entered the

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities reported a third day of disruptions Friday at one Las Vegas high school — a day after 11 people, including an adult, were arrested on misdemeanor charges and two days after a lockdown prompted by an unproved report of a gun on campus. Clark County School District Police Lt. Bryan

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Human remains found buried in a shallow grave in rural Nevada last year have been identified as those of a California man reported missing by his family in 2020. Officials said the Washoe County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the remains as those of 26-year-old Jered Stefansky of Redding. The remains

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The board of Renown Health has fired Dr. Tony Slonim as president and CEO of the northern Nevada health care network, ending his tenure that began in 2014. A Renown statement released Thursday said the board determined that Renown “required new leadership” following an investigation of unspecified concerns presented to the

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Boogie Ellis scored 17 points and No. 21 Southern California overcame a rash of turnovers to hold off Washington 65-61 in the Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinals. The third-seeded Trojans had trouble stopping Terrell Brown Jr. in the first half and struggled with turnovers all night, allowing

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Chad Baker and reserve Adam Seiko scored 11 points apiece to propel San Diego State to a 53-46 victory over Fresno State in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Conference tournament. Trey Pulliam added 10 points for the third-seeded Aztecs (22-7). Orlando Robinson had 25 points and 11 rebounds for the

PARADISE, Nev. (AP) — Mahki Morris had a career-high 22 points to spark Abilene Christian to a 76-62 victory over Stephen F. Austin in the quarterfinals of the Western Athletic Conference tournament. Morris hit 8 of 10 shots from the floor for the sixth-seeded Wildcats (21-9). Gavin Kensmil had 15 points and seven rebounds for

PARADISE, Nev. (AP) — Holland Woods had 24 points to guide Grand Canyon to a 71-66 victory over Sam Houston in the quarterfinals of the Western Athletic Conference tournament. Jovan Blacksher Jr. added 13 points for the fourth-seeded Antelopes (23-7), while Chance McMillian scored 12. Savion Flagg had 20 points to pace the fifth-seeded Bearkats

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 23 points, Jules Bernard added 19 and No. 13 UCLA knocked off Washington State 75-65 in the Pac-12 tournament quarterfinals. The second-seeded Bruins got off to a slow start offensively, but shut down the Cougars until they could find a rhythm.