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Ron Kantowski

Sports columnist

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.

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New minor league extra inning rule catches 51s off guard

The 51s and El Paso Chihuahuas were tied 5-5 after nine innings, setting the stage for implementation of a new minor league baseball rule in which a runner is placed on second base to begin an extra inning. The 51s’ runner immediately got picked off.

Golden Knights help prove NHL hockey can thrive in the desert

It has become cliche to classify events so preposterous as to defy logic as “perfect storms.” But how else would one describe the Vegas Golden Knights qualifying for Lord Stanley’s playoffs and winning their division in their inaugural season?