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Prodigy’s Rise in Full Swing
(ESPN.com)
April 5th, 2012
Bryce Harper remains one of baseball’s brightest young stars, but we’re going to have to wait awhile for the 19-year-old Las Vegan to make his big-league debut. Read more »
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Bryce Harper focused … and learning
ESPN.com
March 29th, 2012
He's the world's most famous member of the Syracuse Chiefs now. And really, friends, that shouldn't be a shock to anybody -- not even to Bryce Harper. He's still a mesmerizing attraction. He's still a dynamic talent. He's still baseball's most intriguing teenage mutant ninja prospect. But can we introduce some facts here? Read more »
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Fighting to Keep Their Edge
NYTimes.com
March 22nd, 2012
It once seemed that casino operators could do no wrong—just open the doors and watch the money roll in. But tough times have caused a much different climate in the gaming world, and a pair of New York Times stories shine a harsh spotlight on the industry. Read more »
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Headed Off the Tracks
Economist.com
March 15th, 2012
A proposed high-speed train between Los Angeles and San Francisco seems to make a lot of sense, until you crunch the numbers. Read more »
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Coaches Answer Social Call
BeamingBohemian.com
March 8th, 2012
College athletic coaches have different ways of handling their players’ social-media activity. Read more »
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Cruising Down Memory Lane
TheSpoof.com
February 23rd, 2012
What do Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Gene Hackman and Chumlee have in common? They’re all skewered in this parody “scoop” about Cruise’s (fictional) diary being purchased by Las Vegas’ own Gold & Silver Pawn Shop. Read more »
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Degrees of Misperception
BaltimoreSun.com
February 16th, 2012
The enduring reputation of UNLV basketball during the Jerry Tarkanian era is that it was a renegade program filled with guys who were more interested in scoring points than making grades. But this 1992 Baltimore Sun story, which came on the heels of a New York Times investigation, explains Read more »
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Drying Up?
LATimes.com
February 9th, 2012
It’s always good, irritating fun to read other city’s predictions of the sky falling over Las Vegas, but in this instance, the Los Angeles Times might have the added benefit of being right. Read more »
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Just Like Old Times
NYTimes.com
January 26th, 2012
There may come a day when a story on the UNLV basketball team won’t reflect back to the glory days of the Jerry Tarkanian era. Alas, that time has not yet arrived. But it’s still nice to see The New York Times’ William C. Rhoden, who also wrote about the Rebels in the 1980s and ‘90s, give the program some positive national recognition. Read more »
