Sam Morris

Story Archive

In sync and under water: Wednesday, July 18, 2012; I didn’t notice this photo until the second time I went through my take from a recent synchronized swimming competition.
Crowd surfing the Warped Tour: Wednesday, June 27, 2012; Surfing to the stage like projectiles being hurled at a castle.
EDC's 'seriously happy people' prove infectious: Wednesday, June 13, 2012; Don't leave your earplugs in the car.
UNLV graduate flies across stage to retrieve diploma: Wednesday, May 16, 2012; The university commemorated its first class of entertainment engineering graduates with quite the highlight.
On the other side of the camera: Wednesday, May 2, 2012; Black goggles, black gloves, way too many hot dogs.
A rockabilly touch-up: Wednesday, April 11, 2012; Photos of things on the periphery of an event can be just as telling, or certainly as interesting, as photos of the event itself.
Photos: Remembering snowstorms in Las Vegas offers retreat from the heat: Friday, Aug. 26, 2011; This week’s record-high temperatures might make some Las Vegans consider moving to colder climes where snow is more common than 110-degree heat waves. But Las Vegas does get the cold stuff from time to time.
My Pop Rocks: Thursday, June 17, 2010; In honor of Fathers’ Day, some local-music dads stopped by the Weekly offices with their biggest fans.
Sam Morris - The photography compulsion: A collection of our favorite photos that didn't run this year; Monday, Dec. 21, 2009; I wouldn’t say taking photos is a compulsion, but sometimes it does seems as if I can’t help myself. Even though a photo may never be displayed anywhere other than my computer, if I see something that catches my eye, I have to shoot it.
Housekeeper finds two dead in apparent murder-suicide: Monday, Sept. 14, 2009; Metro Police said a housekeeper found two people in their mid-20s dead this afternoon in an apparent murder-suicide in the south Las Vegas Valley. The shooting likely happened late Friday or early Saturday, police said. Police Sgt. William Scott said a woman was found shot to death on a couch downstairs, then a man was found dead upstairs.
Joy Prom: Dancing the night away: Wednesday, May 20, 2009; It was a Vegas-style, first-class evening for 250 mentally and developmentally disabled Nevadans on May 8 at Joy Prom.
Sights Unseen: Our favorite pictures that didn't run this year; Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009; Opposites attract. Sometimes, in going over a year’s work, one finds unexpected relationships between seemingly opposite photographs.
Convention security tight, but polite: Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008; ST. PAUL, Minn. — Threatened by hotel security with eviction if I shot (photos) or interviewed anyone else in the hotel.
Getting down, for tradition: Saturday, April 26, 2008; “It’s a tradition. We’re supporting the team and adding enthusiasm.”
Look, watch, learn — batter up!: Friday, March 28, 2008; “You can observe a lot by just watching,” Yankees legend — and master of the malaprop — Yogi Berra once said. And what holds true in the majors is equally true at other levels of the game.
Baseball on the brain: Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008; Sorry, Tennyson, but in the United States, a young man's thoughts turn to baseball in spring.
They hear no evil, but hustle to spot it: Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008; Scream all you want, sports fans, but you’re not going to get to the officials. At least not Emma Major-Hassinger.
They warmed to soccer, soccer players: Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008; A playoff should be enough reason for someone to attend a sporting event.
But in high school, there may be something else that helps get a guy to stand around for a couple hours in near-freezing weather.
Surprise: Clinton carrying Paris Las Vegas, 2 to 1: Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008
Pint-sized ambassador: Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008; Flitting among the stacks of gastronomic fare usually found in concession stands, Ashley offers, “We have pizza, nachos, hot dogs, candy and chips. Lots of people like nachos, but I like ice cream the best.”
The Elko numbers: Friday, Jan. 18, 2008
SIGHT UNSEEN: Our favorite photos that didn't run this year: Sunday, Dec. 23, 2007; These photographic orphans are some that I have taken on other assignments but were never meant to be published. Sometimes an image presents itself and I shoot it. I look at the preview on the back of the camera and maybe pull it up full-size on my laptop later.
For Love of the Game: Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2007; In flip-flops instead of cleats, with a jersey instead of shoulder pads hanging off his shoulders, Moapa Valley junior Ben Paul does all he can do from a wheelchair as his team pulls away from Virgin Valley in the 3A championship game.
Tropicana at 50: Sunday, April 1, 2007; To escape Cuba in 1961 after spending months in a concentration camp, Jose Dominguez signed over his plantation and all his belongings to Fidel Castro's Communist government.
FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME: Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007; A basketball makes an unmistakable sound when bounced on asphalt. It's a high-pitched, echoing "ting." And on a weekday night at VoTech High School, that sound is followed by one akin to a muffled gong as a basketball fails to hit its mark and caroms off the metal backboard. First the "ting," then the "gong." And again, and again.
FOR LOVE OF THE GAME: Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2006; Nothing cuts through the echoing din of a gymnasium quite like the shout of a parent with a kid in the game.
FOR LOVE OF THE GAME: Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2006; Green Valley High varsity bowler Christina Conti gets high-fives from her teammates after picking up her fourth consecutive strike in a match against Silverado.
FOR LOVE OF THE GAME: Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2006; An eerie silence pervades in the locker room. Save for the occasional cough or the rasping of Velcro nervously being opened and closed, the defending champion Las Vegas Wildcats wrap themselves in thoughts of the battle to come.
FOR LOVE OF THE GAME: Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2006; At the speed with which most people read a comic book, Rancho wrestler Nick Jevons flips through his advanced calculus text. He occasionally looks up to see how his fellow wrestlers are progressing or when coach Gabe Gledhill repeatedly barks a command.
FOR LOVE OF THE GAME: Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2006; Back in September, Bishop Gorman soccer coach Nick Arbelaez said, "We intend to win for him this season. I think, ultimately, that's what will happen." When the Gaels won the state championship on Saturday, the tearful coach embraced his father, Victor. "This is all for you, Dad. We did it all for you."
Winning isn't the only thing: Friday, Oct. 27, 2006; There are the rare few who know the feeling of winning a race, of coming in first. An equal number know the feeling of coming in last. Dead last.