Carlos Condit walked to the center of the octagon after UFC 143 with no apprehension regarding the judges’ scores he was about to hear. Condit thought he beat up Nick Diaz for 25 minutes in Saturday night’s main event and couldn’t imagine the scorecards reading any other way. They didn’t. The three judges unanimously sided with Condit — by scores of 49-46, 49-46, 48-47 — to give him a decision victory over Diaz for the UFC interim welterweight championship.

A special evening caucus organized for religious voters who observe a Saturday Sabbath was swarmed with Ron Paul voters, causing long lines, angry confrontations and cries of voter disenfranchisement.

Mitt Romney’s easy victory in Nevada’s Republican presidential caucuses might, in the long run, be less important than the fact that a surprising number of Republicans who could have participated Saturday chose to stay home.

Mitt Romney cruised to an easy victory in the Nevada Republican presidential caucuses Saturday by relying on a campaign organization he spent four years building and carefully maintaining. That organization became a firewall of sorts that allowed him to fend off a series of threats from Republican rivals who surged in popularity, including picking up victories in early states, but had no similar turnout machine to fallback on in Nevada.

A 21-year-old Las Vegas man is in the hospital after his motorcycle ran into a Jeep Saturday, Feb. 4, at West Robindale Road and South Jones Boulevard, according to a report from Metro Police.

Quintrell Thomas’ season-high 15 points in Saturday’s 68-66 loss at Wyoming was just the most obvious example of the nice run he’s been putting together recently. Against the Cowboys, Thomas, a junior forward, scored a team-high 15 points on 5-of-6 shooting, including 5-for-6 at the free-throw line in 19 minutes. In the final seconds, he also corralled an offensive rebound and kicked it out to Mike Moser for a last-second attempt to tie the game.

The judges sided with Carlos Condit. In a main event that will be long-debated in the mixed martial arts world, Condit eked out a unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 48-47) over Nick Diaz at UFC 143. As many as four of the five rounds in the interim welterweight championship bout had no clear victor.

Anthony Marshall had the game in his hands, charging toward the rim in the final seconds. Marshall’s shot went too hard off the backboard and sophomore forward Mike Moser’s attempt from the opposite wing sailed long off the rim as Wyoming held on for a 68-66 victory in front of 7,179 fans, a portion of whom stormed the court afterward.

A pedestrian was seriously injured Friday night after she was hit by a car near South Cabana Drive north of East Austin Court. Police are asking for help identifying the woman.

Mitt Romney will win the Nevada GOP caucuses, the Las Vegas Sun projects. Even with incomplete statewide results, official figures from just over 40 percent of precincts, as well as exit polling and caucus results observed by Sun reporters, give Romney an insurmountable lead in Nevada and another victory as his bid for the Republican nomination continues to gather momentum.

Metro Police say a single-vehicle rollover crash killed a 30-year-old Las Vegas man Friday night near Nellis Air Force Base at the 11000 block of U.S. Highway 91.

How social media is telling the story of the Nevada GOP caucus.

LARAMIE, Wyo. — UNLV ran out of late-game magic on the road, missing two shot attempts for either a tie or the win and fell to Wyoming 68-66.

Less than a month ago, Laura Kaeppeler only dreamed that she’d one day get to see the Super Bowl in person. Then here on the Strip, the ...

Bookmakers have a request for those planning to back the Patriots in Sunday’s Super Bowl — come out, come out, wherever you are. Sports books are certain that many Patriots bettors are out there, but they’ve played hide-and-seek over the last two weeks with an emphasis on the hiding.

Chris Swanson was fouled hard on an aggressive drive the rim in the third quarter Friday night, being knocked to the floor and landing with a loud thud several in the gymnasium could hear. The Valley High point guard was in clear pain underneath the basket, needing a minute to regain his strength before finishing the Vikings’ home against rival Las Vegas High. The 5-foot-9, 135-pound Swanson could have easily avoided contact the rest of the night.

In their Wednesday op-ed, “Romney’s ideas are wrong for Nevada,” Harry Reid, Bob Miller and Richard Bryan attempt to pin Nevada’s high unemployment and record foreclosures on Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

As the Republican presidential nomination process moves on to the states of Nevada and Colorado, a new topic has arisen in a race that has already seen many twists and turns — public lands.

On Friday night, Sharron Angle made her first public appearance on behalf of Rick Santorum since officially endorsing him for president, headlining a solo rally at Santorum’s headquarters.

Christian Bato ambles up to a blue plastic bin sitting atop a wooden table — a makeshift lectern — sets his timer, takes a deep breath and starts reading from his laptop. Words shoot out from the 20-year-old college senior’s pursed lips at a rapid-fire rate.