Brian Hilderbrand

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They have overcome: Athletes with disabilities from the Clark County School District have earned the right to compete with the best of their peers nationwide and — in Beijing — worldwide; Tuesday, May 6, 2008; Three local teenagers will represent Nevada on national and international stages this summer with an assist from a first-year Clark County School District after-school program for physically challenged students.
Take Five: UNLV golf: Thursday, April 24, 2008; It is safe to say the UNLV men’s golf team has been the school’s most successful athletics program during the past two decades.
The not-so-friendly conﬁnes: Cashman Field, built in 1983, is the third-oldest Triple-A park, and lacks player amenities and adequate ticket booths; Tuesday, April 22, 2008; For years, Las Vegas 51s President Don Logan has been telling anyone who will listen that the local Triple-A baseball team is in need of a new stadium, one with player amenities and more ticket booths.
UNLV Spring Game: Friday, April 18, 2008; Spring games can be big business in college football. At Nebraska, ticket brokers are getting $95 for Saturday’s sold-out Red-White spring game at 81,000-seat Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. That’s for a general-admission ticket with a face value of $8.
Rod Fuller on the Strip: Friday, April 11, 2008; Rod Fuller loves racing at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway — and not just because it’s the site of his most recent NHRA Top Fuel victory.
Racing through heartache: NHRA driver mourns the deaths of his two sons as he pursues a championship dedicated to them; Wednesday, April 9, 2008; Tragedy, or the threat of it, has been a part of Doug Herbert’s life for the past two decades. But nothing could prepare Herbert for the tragedy that struck his family on the morning of Jan. 26, when his two sons died instantly in a car accident.
Going with the passing flow: Receivers might prefer to work with one QB, but three vying to be starter; Saturday, April 5, 2008; Ryan Wolfe has caught passes from four starting quarterbacks in his two years at UNLV and says he would love to know what it’s like to develop a working relationship with one quarterback.
Year’s worth of ’Toons will delight Smith fans: Saturday, April 5, 2008; From the time he strapped himself into a NASCAR-style stock car at the Richard Petty Driving Experience and took a few laps around the Las Vegas Motor Speedway oval, Sun editorial cartoonist Mike Smith knew he was born to race.
Desert race’s resurrection deemed by all a success: Amateur group stages trouble-free Mint 400; Wednesday, April 2, 2008; Despite almost four decades of experience putting on desert races and over a year of planning by Southern Nevada Off-Road Enthusiasts, there were some in the desert racing ranks who doubted the all-volunteer group could pull off a resurrection of the Mint 400.
With the right promotion, everyone wins: Monday, March 31, 2008; Fireworks displays and bobblehead doll giveaways will come and go, but the Great Easter Egg Hunt of 1993 will go down in the annals of memorable local sports promotions.