Los Angeles Clippers player Blake Griffin is facing a misdemeanor battery charge in Las Vegas, court documents show.
Basketball
A Michigan freshman who survived two plane crashes that killed his parents and siblings scored the first point of his college career in the Wolverines’ 86-43 exhibition victory Monday night over Wayne State University.
UNLV used a 29-6 run over a 7:21 span in the first half to take a commanding 43-24 lead as the Lady Rebels defeated Dixie State 100-67 in the team’s lone exhibition game Monday at Cox Pavilion.
Senior guard Norman Powell led UCLA to a lopsided win in a closed scrimmage Saturday, teaching UNLV’s freshmen a lesson in the process.
A basketball rivalry could be re-emerging on the West Coast, due mostly to Steve Alford being in his second season at UCLA.
With at least a 4-inch height advantage over the tallest player on the opposing team, UNLV sophomore Chris Wood could have been expected to dominate, and the 6-foot-11-inch forward did exactly that.
What the Rebels encountered Wednesday — a 100-65 victory against an outfit named Florida National before a heavily inflated announced gathering of 10,253 at the Thomas & Mack Center — was an exhibition is every sense of the word.
A self-described “mama’s boy,” Jordan Cornish is no pushover for anyone else. He is a product of inner-city New Orleans, where the streets imprinted a mean streak in his personality.
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Kevin Martin was fined $15,000 on Monday for making an obscene gesture during the 106-105 loss to the Chicago Bulls.
Lauren Hill, freshman forward for Division III Mount St. Joseph’s made an uncontested left-handed layup for the opening basket of Sunday’s 66-55 victory over Hiram College.
Indiana University sophomore forward Devin Davis is improving after being struck by a teammate’s car and suffering a head injury, the school said Sunday.
On a UNLV basketball team with five true freshmen, Chris Wood qualifies as a veteran. He is definitely playing the part of a more experienced leader on the floor, in contrast to last season.
UNLV’s recruiting class, ranked among the nation’s top five in college basketball, started with Dwayne Morgan. The 6-foot-8-inch forward from Baltimore committed in March 2013, when he had no idea who would follow.
Kentucky was the runaway No. 1 in The Associated Press preseason Top 25 released Friday, becoming the fourth program to earn the honor in consecutive seasons.
The groundbreaking for Jackie Robinson’s $1.4 billion arena and hotel project on the Strip on Wednesday fueled talk that the National Basketball Association will have a team in Las Vegas one day.
