Updated: 8:00 PM UNLV scored the first five runs of the game and never looked back in defeating Nevada 15-1 in the final home game of the season for the Wolf Pack. The Rebels won all three games of the weekend Mountain West series at Peccole Park.

Posted: 4:27 PM The Chronicle of Higher Education has released its annual ranking of what public college presidents make.

Posted: 1:28 PM The trainer of Normandy Invasion says his fourth-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby will miss the Preakness and get ready for a summer campaign that includes the Travers Stakes in August.

Posted: 10:28 PM Roy Hibbert had 24 points and 12 rebounds and Paul George had 14 points, eight rebounds and eight assist to lead the Pacers past New York 82-71 Saturday night in Game of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Posted: 10:26 PM The Reno Aces were on the losing end of a pitchers’ duel for the second-straight night on Saturday, in a 4-1 loss to the Iowa Cubs at Aces Ballpark.

Posted: 6:54 PM Marc Gasol scored 20 points and hit two free throws with 1:03 left to put Memphis ahead to stay, and the Grizzlies held off the Oklahoma City Thunder 87-81 Saturday to take a 2-1 lead in this Western Conference semifinal.

Posted: 6:52 PM Swedish rookie David Lingmerth emerged from the storm clouds to take the lead Saturday in The Players Championship.

Posted: 6:49 PM Madison Bumgarner struck out a season-high 11 over seven innings, Gregor Blanco entered in the fifth as a pinch hitter and drove in four runs, and the San Francisco Giants routed the Atlanta Braves 10-1 Saturday.

Posted: 6:47 PM Two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning from Boise State dropped the University of Nevada softball team on Saturday, as the Wolf Pack fell 7-6 to the Broncos in the final game of the regular season.

Posted: 6:45 PM The University of Nevada baseball team committed a season-high five errors and coupled that with several wasted opportunities on offense in a 5-1 loss to UNLV at Peccole Park on Saturday afternoon. The Wolf Pack stranded a season-high 15 runners.

Posted: 11:31 AM The head of the America's Cup planning effort says he expects sailing's most prestigious event to go forward after the death of a sailor on a training run in the San Francisco Bay.

Posted: 10:49 PM Dustin Penner scored the tiebreaking goal in the final second of the second period, and the Los Angeles Kings advanced to the second round with a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues in Game 6 on Friday night.

Posted: 10:31 PM Tony Parker scored 25 of his 32 points in a sizzling first half, Tim Duncan added 23 points and 10 rebounds and the San Antonio Spurs quieted the hot-shooting Golden State Warriors in a 102-92 victory Friday night to take a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference semifinals.

Updated: 10:53 PM Tampa Bay Alex Cobb has struck out 13 in 4 2-3 innings Friday night, becoming the first pitcher in major league history to fan that many batters and fail to make it through the fifth inning.

Posted: 8:48 PM Mike Ribeiro scored 9:24 into overtime, and the Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 2-1 Friday night to regain the momentum -- and the lead -- in their first-round playoff series.

Posted: 8:46 PM Henrik Zetterberg had his second goal 1:04 into overtime, lifting the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-3 win over the Anaheim Ducks in Game 6 on Friday night to extend their first-round series.

Posted: 8:36 PM LeBron James came on strong down the stretch to finish with 25 points, Chris Bosh added 20 points and 19 rebounds, and the Miami Heat followed up the most lopsided playoff win in franchise history with a 104-94 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Friday night to take a 2-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Posted: 6:44 PM Kyle Busch took the lead from Joey Logano 18 laps from the end to win his fifth Nationwide race this season and second in three years at Darlington Raceway on Friday night.

Posted: 6:41 PM Trailing 3-1 with two outs in the top of the seventh inning, Karley Hopkins singled to left to tie the game at three - and a five-run outburst in the eighth sealed the win - allowing the University of Nevada softball team to beat the Boise State Broncos 8-5 on Friday.

Posted: 6:33 PM Chicago Bulls center Nazr Mohammed was ejected from Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Miami Heat on Friday night after shoving LeBron James to the court.

Posted: 5:32 PM Major League Baseball suspended umpire Fieldin Culbreth for two games because he was in charge of the crew that allowed Astros manager Bo Porter to improperly switch relievers in the middle of an inning.

Posted: 5:29 PM Matt Hagan raced to the No. 1 qualifying position in Funny Car for the first time since November 2011 on Friday at the rain-delayed Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway.

Posted: 5:28 PM Oklahoma sophomore quarterback Kendal Thompson was arrested in Norman for public intoxication and refusing to obey a police officer's orders.

Posted: 4:44 PM Sergio Garcia had one of those stretches where it felt like every putt was going to drop. He needed every one of them Friday for a 7-under 65 to match his best score on the TPC Sawgrass and take a one-shot lead over Tiger Woods among early starters at The Players Championship.

Updated: 4:51 PM Chris Hansen has increased his total valuation of the Sacramento Kings from $550 million to $625 million in another attempt to sway NBA owners to allow him to buy the franchise and move it to Seattle.