Bryan Manoukian is no stranger to baseball in Carson City.
RENO — The most significant figure in the history of Nevada Wolf Pack sports is no longer associated with the university.Head football coach Chris Ault
RENO --Malik Story knew his teammates needed him Friday night.
The Carson boys basketball team defeated LaMirada, Calif., 49-43, on Friday at the Under Armour Holiday Classic in San Diego.No other information was available
With New Year’s Day only days away, let’s take a look back at some of the highlights of the 2012 racing season.
The Carson High wrestling team advanced five wrestlers to today’s day 2 of the Sierra Nevada Classic at the Reno Livestock Events Center.
Sports fodder for a Friday morning
The Carson JV boys basketball team dropped a 46-40 decision to Spanish Springs at the State Farm Holiday Classic on Wednesday
Keith Fuetsch wants to get in one last jab at his friend Austin Morgan.
DENVER (AP) - From Peyton Manning overcoming four neck surgeries to Adrian Peterson's rebound from a shredded knee to Chuck Pagano's fight with leukemia, this has been the Year of the Comeback in the NFL.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Jason Avant raises his hands to the sky after every reception in celebration for much more than catching a ball.
When you become a senior in high school, two things can happen. You will maintain the same drive or dedication that got you through the first three years in and out of the classroom, or you get complacent and experience a case of senioritis.
School: Carson High School Sport: Basketball
The Associated Press recently announced that Notre Dame's Brian Kelly was its pick for coach of the year
Cole McCarthy finished second at the Las Vegas Holiday Classic,
RENO - Don't for even a moment think that Jerry Evans is happy about losing his starting job.
Kyle Sharp, Cole McCarthy, Jordan Luhrs and Brady Rivera all went 3-0 to advance through the quarterfinals of the Las Vegas Holiday Classic on Friday.
As I write this, the weatherman is predicting as much as six inches of snow on the valley floor over the weekend.
Baby steps. It's what teams take when a new coach comes in and installs a new offense. Improvement has come in tiny increments for the Carson Senators under first-year head coach Nathan Tolbert.
If Carson High can play the rest of the season like it did in the second quarter Thursday, the Senators will be one tough team to beat the rest of the season.
Sports fodder for a Friday morning . .
SOUTH BEND, Ind.
RENTON, Wash. (AP) - It's not hard to get Pete Carroll talking. Getting him to speak about the postseason is another matter.
RENO -Carson High's wrestling team extended its Sierra League winning streak to 24 straight Wednesday night, but it wasn't easy.
Sixty-nine members of the Carson Tigersharks team participated in the Candy Cane Chiller in Minden over the weekend.
RENO - Carson let two first-half double-digit leads slip away much to the chagrin of coach Nathan Tolbert.
RENO - When high-scoring Rafe King got into foul trouble again in the first half, the situation didn't look great for the Carson Senators.
Name Javier Torres Carson High, Senior Wrestling/Football
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - In charge nearly the entire way, Duke Williams and Nevada let the New Mexico Bowl spin out of control at the end.
RENO - The Nevada Wolf Pack basketball team learned a very valuable lesson Saturday afternoon.
It was a disappointing end to what turned out to be a mediocre season for the Nevada football team.
RENO - And then there was one.
Sports fodder for a Friday morning . .
Stefphon Jefferson admits he has heard of Arizona Wildcats running back Ka'Deem Carey.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - Colin Kaepernick and the San Francisco 49ers are looking forward to matching up with Tom Brady and the prolific offense of the New England Patriots on Sunday night.
DAYTON - Incline rolled to a 10-point first-quarter lead en route to a 53-40 win over Dayton in a nonleague girls basketball game Wednesday night.
The annual Reno Tournament of Champions is billed as the "Toughest Tournament in the United States", and with good reason.
After the Douglas and Galena boys basketball teams matched each other punch-for-punch through most of three quarters, it was the Grizzlies who pieced together the first extended run of the ball game midway through the second half.
RENO - Christmas came early for the Nevada Wolf Pack Tuesday night.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - San Francisco cornerback Tarell Brown turned off the Monday Night Football game as soon as Tom Brady and the Patriots jumped out to a big lead.
It was a big weekend for the Carson Middle School boys basketball teams, as both the seventh and eighth-graders walked away with Tah-Neva championships.
David Carter is hoping history repeats itself.
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Juan Manuel Marquez knocked Manny Pacquiao out cold with a vicious right hand at the end of the sixth round Saturday night, putting a ferocious end to the fourth fight between the two boxers.
SEATTLE (AP) - Deonte Burton scored 29 points and had a career-high six steals to help Nevada beat Washington 76-73 on Saturday night.
IRVING, Texas (AP) - Police charged Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Josh Brent with intoxication manslaughter Saturday after he flipped his car in a pre-dawn accident that killed teammate Jerry Brown.
NEW YORK (AP) — Johnny Football just got himself a way cooler nickname:
It's getting harder and harder to put on a high school basketball tournament these days.
SACRAMENTO — Carson High’s
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The fact they're much bigger than when they first met eight years ago is undeniable.
For the second straight night, seniors Rafe King and Matt Nolan stepped up when the Carson Senators needed them the most.
GARDNERVILLE — A certain pattern is beginning to develop for the Douglas High girls basketball team.Suffer through a rocky start
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - After enduring one of the toughest weeks of his life and career, Raiders coach Dennis Allen's return to the Oakland Coliseum ended with another painful memory.
Matt Nolan and Rafe King are arguably the best 1-2 backcourt combo in the Sierra League this year
RENO - Carson High's girls basketball team used a big second quarter to pound Summerville 69-36 in a first-round game at the Winter Classic at Reno High School.
Sports fodder for a Friday morning . .
Everybody in Northern Nevada knows how big the Carson-Douglas rivalry is. Well, it appears the entire state knows what a big deal it is.
RENO - The Carson High wrestling team is 60 percent along toward achieving its goal of winning a fifth consecutive Sierra League wrestling title.
Matt Williams is coming home.
ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) - Grady Allen, the father of Oakland Raiders coach Dennis Allen and a former NFL linebacker, has died. He was 66.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The fast-moving Boston Red Sox made their second splashy move of the winter meetings, agreeing Tuesday to a $39 million, three-year contract with free-agent outfielder Shane Victorino.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Second baseman Marco Scutaro is staying in San Francisco after agreeing to a $20 million, three-year contract with the Giants late Tuesday.
Carson High's girls basketball team certainly won't get any style points for its win over Galena, but after losing its opener by 47 points, the Senators could care less.
Carson High's strategy against Galena was obvious from the outset - control the ball and keep the game in the 40s.
After starting the game extremely cold from the floor,
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - It began like any other Saturday for the Kansas City Chiefs during the NFL season, their general manager and coach at work early to put final touches on this weekend's gameplan. Then they got a call to hurry to the parking lot.
When Jason Santos convened his first practice of the year at Dayton High, he didn't see a lot of familiar faces.
I'm so sick of the Johnny Manziel for Heisman talk that I could literally puke.
WINNEMUCCA — Tyson Terlink knocked down a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to give Virgin Valley a 50-48 win over Carson in the final day of the Lowry Tournament Saturday morning.
It was a bittersweet day for the Carson High wrestling team at its Capitol City Duals Tournament.
RENO - Duke Williams summed up the Nevada Wolf Pack football team's season perfectly.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Brian Wilson and his overgrown black beard might be headed out of the Bay Area.
CANTON, OHIO (AP) - First-time candidates John Lynch, Michael Strahan and Jonathan Ogden were among 27 semifinalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame's 2013 class announced Friday.
RENO - David Carter isn't very happy with his Nevada Wolf Pack basketball team right now.
WINNEMUCCA - Lowry, the defending NIAA 1A state champion, dropped Carson from the ranks of the unbeaten with a 57-44 victory Friday night in the second day of the Winnemucca Tournament at the Winnemucca Events Center.
Another racing season has come to an end, and race fans will have to wait until January when Speedweek kicks off with the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona. In the meantime, here's a quick review of the 2012 racing season and a salute to all the champions.
