With Courtney Force having joined sister Ashley in retirement during the offseason, Brittany Force is the only daughter of 16-time Funny Car champion and NHRA legend John Force still racing.
Ron Kantowski
Sports columnist
Email: rkantowski@reviewjournal.com
Phone: (702) 383-0352
Ron Kantowski is a sports columnist and covers auto racing for the Review-Journal. He has won multiple writing awards and in 2016 was named Nevada Sportswriter of the Year. Prior to beginning a long career in Las Vegas sports journalism, Kantowski attended Western New Mexico University in Silver City, N.M., where he played for the baseball team. He is a native of Whiting, Ind.
Will Las Vegas baseball fans evolve on the Aviators’ much maligned logo? Baseball people in El Paso say it could happen.
New UNLV basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger’s up-tempo style and family values will be missed by those who cut hair and trim sideburns in Brookings, South Dakota.
Bryan Harper is mostly known for his sublime handlebar mustache and for being Bryce Harper’s older brother. The shadow cast by both was significant.
The College of Southern Nevada and Salt Lake Community College will put 25- and 22-game winning streaks on the line in a four-game junior college baseball showdown this weekend.
Las Vegas Motor Speedway received a more coveted spot for its spring race and had its fall race moved back two weeks, as NASCAR released its 2020 schedule Tuesday.
Las Vegas Lights FC were defeated 3-1 by Portland Timbers 2 in a United Soccer League game during which the local side allowed an outrageous bicycle kick by Portland’s Dairon Asprilla in the 74th minute.
The manic success of the NHL’s Golden Knights and the impending arrival of the NFL’s Raiders notwithstanding, Bill Laimbeer believes Las Vegas still is primarily a basketball town.
A 12-run, eighth-inning rally in a February game in Phoenix ignited a powder keg under the College of Southern Nevada baseball team which has was 21 games in a row.
Former UNLV assistant coach Todd Simon has guided Southern Utah to just its second postseason appearance in 31 years as an NCAA Division I member.
Kyle Busch earned his 200th NASCAR victory Sunday, tying the Las Vegan with Richard Petty atop the all-time list. But the victory totals of the two drivers are apples and oranges for auto racing fans.
Former UNLV soccer star Simon Keith, one of the world’s longest surviving heart transplant recipients, underwent a second heart transplant Sunday and was recuperating at a San Diego hospital.
After going 10-22 in his first season and 15-18 in his second, Lew Hill guided the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley to 19 wins in 2018-19.
Chicago State has made little progress in the WAC Tournament in three years, but at least it still plays hard.
It has been three years since UNLV threw basketball coach Dave Rice under the bus. Now a top assistant at Pac-12 champion Washington, he refuses to do the same to his alma mater.
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