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RENO, Nev. (AP) - Coach Brian Polian's first recruiting class at Nevada is heavy on defense, including four speedy defensive backs and a star linebacker who is the nephew of future NFL Hall of Fame...

Brian Polian has high hopes for his first Nevada Wolf Pack football recruiting class."We're bringing together a dynamic group of young men," the rookie head coach said recently. "I can't wait to ta...

ZEPHYR COVE - The way Whittell head coach Tom Esposito sees it, 28 turnovers and 12 fouls equals 40 free points. Those free points added up to 48-24 loss as the girls took on Incline at Whittell...

The Heavenly Ski and Snowboard Foundation will host the Eric Nageotte-Lowe Memorial Fundraiser to celebrate the life of former South Lake Tahoe resident and Heavenly Freestyle Team member, Eric Nageotte-Lowe this Saturday, Jan. 26, from 5pm to 8pm at the Himmel Haus, 2819 Saddle Rd. across from Heavenly Mountain’s California base area.

“While Eric was a great skier,” said his coach Jere Crawford, “he was an even better person.”

This past week Northern Nevada lost a football Icon, Coach Ken Dalton of the McQueen Lancers, to his battle against cancer at the age of 65. In 1982, I was a freshman at South Tahoe High. I remembe...

The Nevada Wolf Pack is in serious jeopardy of falling off the football cliff.The wheels are coming off the Wolf Pack bus. Actually, the wheels came off last Friday when head coach Chris Ault annou...

A series of strong winter storms will arrive in three waves and when it is over, anywhere from 2 to 5 feet of snow will have dropped above Lake Tahoe, at ski resorts, on highways and throughout much of the Sierra in time for Christmas.

A Winter Storm Warning issued by the National Weather Service is in effect through Monday morning for Lake Tahoe and the Sierra as a strong series of systems moves into the region.

Periods of light to moderate snow will begin Friday and intensive early Saturday morning with moderate to heavy snow Saturday through Sunday night.

Practice was supposed to be finished by now, but the girls kept playing long after the clock hit pack-up time. Head coach Mike Neiger isn't that mean. The girls had asked to run practice longer,...

The South Tahoe seventh grade boys basketball team ground out an 18-16 win against Carson Valley at home Thursday. "It was unbelievable," head coach Tim Parsons said. "My little guys came in there ...

Halfway through the Vikings' football season, it was no mystery that John Cefalu was going to throw the ball. Every coach, every player and every spectator knew what was coming. Still, no team c...

Holding off Incline takes a full tank off gas, and by the time the boys hit overtime they were running on empty. "Everybody was just tired," head coach Royal Good said. "I think after how the ga...

YERINGTON, Nev. - Facing Yerington is never easy. To make matters worse, the Warriors went into Friday's game missing a top running back and their assistant coach.Despite the setbacks, Whittell ...

There will be a fundraiser for the Leonard family this Saturday, Sept. 22, from noon to 3 pm at the Flight Deck restaurant at Lake Tahoe Airport, South Lake Tahoe. Requested donation is $10. There will be drawings and a silent auction.
All proceeds will go to the family to help them meet expenses.

LONDON - Mexico coach Luis Fernando Tena thinks his team will need an "almost perfect" game to pull off an upset against Brazil in the men's Olympic football final on Saturday.Tena loudly praised t...

LONDON (AP) - Olympic officials demanded a deeper investigation into the badminton fixing scandal Thursday as China's coach took the blame for a match being thrown at the London Games and a player ...

LONDON (AP) - Coach Mike Krzyzewski says the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team has to always perform at its best, no matter the opponent.He says there's no such thing as an off night.The Americans...

The Tahoe Derby Dames hosted another exciting double header on Saturday, July 21 at Bijou Park.
The first bout featured Tahoe's Green Team up against The North Bay Bruisers from Sonoma County. Although the Tahoe Green Team battled through the Bruisers' great defensive plays and scoring jammers, it wasn’t enough as the Bruisers won with a final score of 213 to 79.

This year will be the first time Mike Smith, head coach of the Atlanta Falcons, and Skip Holtz, head football coach for the University of South Florida, will take part in the American Century Ch...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The Lake Tahoe Unified School District board approved math teacher and assistant football coach Doug Russell for the athletic director position at South Tahoe High Sch...

Lake Tahoe’s only women’s flat track roller derby team, Tahoe Derby Dames, hosted the Port City Roller Girls from Stockton, Calif., on Saturday, June 16 at Bijou Community Park to a roaring crowd of old and new fans. TDD hosted a double header with Port City playing each other’s A and B teams.

Coach Gil Llewellyn, and some of his top staff of World-renowned Advantage Basketball Camps, rated as one of the top camps in the country by Sports Illustrated for Kids, is returning to the Kahle Community Center in Stateline.

The 13th Annual “Near Death Experience” will take place at Kirkwood Mountain Resort from June 7-10, 2012. Known as the premier camp to prepare riders for the Death Ride, the grueling 129-mile bike tour of the California Alps on July 14, 2012, Kirkwood’s Near Death Experience Bike Camp is designed to take riders to the next level.

With the American Century Championship at Lake Tahoe South around the corner, you can now enter for a chance to play a round with a celebrity at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course as part of the July 17-22 festivities.

Winners will be picked July 1 by Edgwood Tahoe. The Grand Prize winner will receive two player spots in the Tuesday Celeb-Am on July 17, a Player Gift Bag for both players and accommodations at a South Lake Tahoe resort and casino property, Monday, July 16 and Tuesday, July 17.