Lawyers for the University of Nevada, Reno are asking the state's board of regents to authorize a lawsuit against architects they blame for a botched renovation project that left the school's football stadium in violation of the Americans with Disability Act. The university says in a formal request scheduled to be considered by the board on Friday that it will cost $3.8 million to redesign and repair a series of deficiencies, including wheelchair decks where disabled fans' views are obstructed.
Officials have raised the budget to $1.9 billion for the 65,000-seat Las Vegas Stadium being built for the NFL's relocated Raiders and UNLV football.
Humboldt County’s Mary Agnes Boni and Skip Durand both qualified and competed in their first National Senior Olympic Games in Albuquerque, N.M., that were held June 14-25. The top three finishers in each state competition earned the right to compete at nationals, with the top eight national winners in each event getting a ribbon.
Giovani Sapien took a trip across the pond to Klagenfurt, Austria, last month to play soccer in the United World Games that were put on by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The 15 year-old incoming Lowry High School sophomore was a part of the 40 Nations and 800 teams that competed in 15 different sports. Sapien was recommended for the team by an anonymous coach for his efforts in the past year and he made the trip with his mother and sister in all of their first trips to Europe.
The small border-town of McDermitt, Nevada, celebrated the 106th year of traditional working ranch rodeo. This annual event was held during the day on July 4-5. The evening of the Fourth included youth and adult street races and live music from, High Desert Habit, at the Say When Restaurant and Casino.
The Ladies Golf Club held the Nassau Golf Tournament at the Winnemucca Municipal Golf Course on Tuesday.
Thirty-one junior golfers hit the links last Wednesday at the Winnemucca Municipal Golf Course on another beautiful Humboldt County morning to work on their strokes in the Herzog Family Tournament.
First-year University of Nevada head coach Steve Alford has completed the Wolf Pack’s non-nonconference schedule for the 2019-20 season. The Pack will play six non-conference home games at Lawlor Events Center and 15 in total at home including the nine Mountain West games that were announced earlier. Game times and the television broadcast schedule will be released when available.
The Winnemucca Event Center held the 18th Annual Summer Cutting on July 12-14 with hundreds of cowhands competing to win thousands of dollars in prizes and/or tack.
Jimmy Garoppolo is going to summer school before starting training camp with the San Francisco 49ers. Garoppolo is spending part of his down time between the end of minicamp and the start of training camp on July 27 working in Southern California with quarterback guru Tom House. House is a former major league pitcher and pitching coach perhaps most famous for catching Hank Aaron's record-breaking 715th career homer in the Atlanta Braves bullpen in 1974. But in recent years, House has run a quarterback academy in Huntington Beach called 3DQB where he helps passers refine their throwing mechanics.
Tony Romo completed a wire-to-wire victory Sunday in the American Century Championship for his second straight victory in the celebrity tournament at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course.
The Winnemucca Regional Raceway (WRR) hosted Hobby Stock, Mini Mod, Dwarf, Pure Stock and IMCA competition again last Friday with a good crowd in attendance to watch the action.
Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving gave the Brooklyn Nets two big victories in one night. “They hit the Mega Millions and the Powerball,” former NBA star Charles Oakley said. In the first hours of free agency, the Nets added two of the best players available to a young roster that made the playoffs, giving them hope of not only contention for an NBA title, but to be the biggest basketball team in New York. The Nets have gone after both before and gotten neither.
Lowry High School was the site of a week of basketball training held by the LHS team of head girls varsity basketball coach Melanie Thurmond, assistant varsity coach Dwayne Thurmond, head JV coach Lynnsey Johnson and the 2019-20 LHS girls varsity basketball team. With five different age groups and experience levels the kids were given detailed information that was relevant to their particular skill set. Second-year LHS head coach Thurmond was the organizer of the camps.
Adam Scott already has spent seven days at Royal Portrush, three of them with Darren Clarke, and the advice was invaluable to the end. They stood off the 18th green Sunday as Scott listened intently to a British Open champion whose game was forged on these links.