By Jim Krajewski, Reno Gazette-Journal Low numbers and a lack of experience will take Incline football out of the 2A and into independent status next season. The Highlanders forfeited three games last season, at Battle Mountain, and home games versus 2A state runner-up Yerington and 2A state champion Pershing County, because athletic and school officials thought the games were […]
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By David Porter, AP NEWARK, N.J. — Supporters of legalized sports gambling in New Jersey and several other states were dealt a no-decision of sorts Tuesday when the U.S. Supreme Court delayed a ruling on whether it will take up the states’ challenge to a federal ban. The court invited the solicitor general to file […]
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By USSA LAAX, Switzerland – Jamie Anderson (Meyers) scored a third-place podium finish at one of the most prestigious contests of the year — the LAAX Open — which served as a stop on the FIS World Cup Tour for the first time in 2017. Julia Marino (Westport, Conn.) also had a strong showing for […]
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By Sage Sauerbrey, Moonshine Ink Anyone who has spent a reasonable amount of time in the mountains can probably remember at least a few times when they made a real bonehead move and got lucky. Even though the “sidecountry” — the out of bounds area surrounding a ski resort — may give the illusion of […]
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By USSA KITZBUEHEL, Austria – Austria’s Matthias Mayer kicked off ski racing’s Super Bowl weekend and whipped the home-country crowd into a celebratory frenzy with a victory in Friday’s Audi FIS Ski World Cup super G. Travis Ganong (Squaw Valley) paced three Americans into the top 20, finishing 11th. Christof Innerhofer from Italy and Switzerland’s […]
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By Devon O’Neil, Powder Ever since the traditional ski-shop business model—buy a lot of product and hope to sell it for twice as much—ran into the e-commerce meat grinder a decade ago, it has only gotten tougher for shops to exist, never mind thrive. According to SnowSports Industries America, consumers bought nearly $1 billion […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Nearly 30 miles of river that’s been largely locked away from the public could become a jewel of Nevada’s state parks system. It’s one of two new parks included in the budget proposal by Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval, who announced the plans Tuesday in his State of the State address. Read […]
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By Brady McCombs, AP SALT LAKE CITY — Visits to U.S. national parks set a record in 2016 for the third consecutive year as landmarks such Zion, Yellowstone and Rocky Mountain experienced historic levels of popularity that brought collateral headaches stemming from overcrowded roads and trails and increasing visitor misbehavior. At many parks, visitors waited an […]
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A bear cub weighing about half its normal weight has been brought to Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care to be rehabbed. The 1-year-old animal is believed to have injured its head because it was found dazed, walking in circles round its mom near Quincy. Veterinarian Kevin Willetts could not find anything wrong the cub other than […]
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By Colton Lochhead, Las Vegas Review-Journal Less than two decades ago, e-sports consisted of a few dozen elite gamers gathering in warehouses to compete for modest-at-best prizes. There were no televised events. No live-streaming or uploading the tournaments to YouTube. And of the fanfare, there was little. But today, e-sports has climbed out of basements […]
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