Sean DeFrank
Associate Editor
Contact: 868-4553 • Email
A Southern Nevada resident since 1974, DeFrank worked for the Las Vegas Review-Journal for more than 13 years, primarily as a sports copy editor but also covering the city of Henderson in the late ‘90s, before coming to Vegas Seven just in time for its launch. The UNLV graduate is also a U.S. Army infantry veteran, and was recalled to active duty in 1991 as part of Operation Desert Storm. He lives in Henderson with his wife, enjoys traveling and going to concerts, and loves his UNLV Rebels.
Recent Articles
Hemlock
Cheyenne Saloon, Aug. 25
August 30th, 2012
It’s nearly impossible to growl and smile at the same time, but Chad Smith came damn close to pulling it off. There was no mistaking the good time Hemlock’s founding front man/bassist was having as he engaged the crowd—tugging his dreadlocks out to each side, pounding his fist on his chest, bulging his eyes out and pogoing up and down—and the audience reciprocated with some high-energy cheer of its own.
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Rebel Time, Canada Style
August 16th, 2012
Time is on Dave Rice’s side, and he’s determined to utilize every minute of it. While most of the nation’s college basketball teams must wait until next month to begin preparing for the upcoming season, the second-year UNLV coach has been getting an early assessment of his squad before leaving Aug. 16 for its four-game exhibition tour in Canada.
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Changing Lanes
August 16th, 2012
Depending on the time of day or weather conditions, it can be difficult to determine what lane you’re in—or supposed to be in—on westbound Interstate 215 near the McCarran International Airport off-ramp. Construction within the 215 median, which will add lanes in both directions between Windmill Parkway and the 215/I-15 interchange, isn’t scheduled to be completed until December 2013, but the biggest problem is that the old lane markers between Windmill and the Airport Connector are still visible, creating an increased potential for accidents in that area.
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The Photo Atlas
Artifice Bar, Aug. 10
August 16th, 2012
With a truck accident on Interstate 70 turning the Denver-based band’s drive to Las Vegas into an 18-hour odyssey that included sleeping in a Burger King parking lot, The Photo Atlas had plenty of pent-up energy to burn. Three straight dance-punk scorchers into the foursome’s set, singer/guitarist Alan Andrews finally exhaled, “We’re very happy to be out of the van.”
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The Battle Against Perceived Reality
August 16th, 2012
No college basketball coach has ever been vilified more by the national media for perceived wrongdoing than Jerry Tarkanian when he was at UNLV, and now a post on a popular sports website has attached the “cheater” label to one of Tark’s protegés, second-year Rebel coach Dave Rice.
Read More »The Battle Against Perceived Reality
August 10th, 2012
No college basketball coach has ever been vilified more by the national media for perceived wrongdoing than Jerry Tarkanian when he was at UNLV, and now a post on a popular sports website has attached the “cheater” label to second-year Rebel coach Dave Rice.
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Bringing the Show to You
July 19th, 2012
Las Vegan Evan Savar is passionate about supporting local independent artists and musicians, and was looking for a way to help them gain more exposure. In doing so, the 22-year-old inventor and entrepreneur helped create an online platform capable of bringing performers and fans closer together all over the world.
Read More »Just Because You Can Doesn’t Mean You Should
July 19th, 2012
The Clark County Commission recently made it a misdemeanor to sell stuff out of backpacks on public sidewalks—something most law-abiding folk thought was already a no-no. This got us thinking about other things you might have thought were illegal that are actually legal. Here, as a very dubious public service, is our list.
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Aretha Franklin
The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, July 15
July 19th, 2012
That voice. Powerful and passionate, it remains one of the great forces of nature, as expansive as it is expressive. Despite health issues in recent years, the 70-year-old Queen of Soul showed why Rolling Stone named her the “greatest singer of all time,” displaying a range and command that can still send shivers down your spine.
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Creating a Killer Logo
July 12th, 2012
We’ve been Quicksilvers and Seagulls, Americans and Dustdevils. Yes, Las Vegas has had a few professional soccer teams—playing both outside and indoors—to claim as its own, although none for very long. But one thing the incoming Las Vegas Legends, an expansion team in the Professional Arena Soccer League (PASL), has that those teams lacked is a kick-ass logo.
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