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March 2014

March 2014

  • We catch up with Wranglers boss Billy Johnson on a day when he’s acutely suspended between past and future, between old and new. This morning, former Chicago White Sox skipper Jim Fregosi died.
  • What’s not to like about inhaling nicotine vapor instead of smoke? Plenty. But as some states move to regulate the vape craze, Nevada is a bit slow on the uptake “I used to smoke about a pack a day,” says Laura Stephens.
  • Kinder, gentler football.A temperate February Sunday in Green Valley.
  • New water chief John Entsminger on lakes, lawns and how he plans to keep the taps flowing in Southern Nevada (hint: It’s not all about the rural pipeline plan anymore)What do you get for $260,000 a year? We get John Entsminger, the new general manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority. For his part, Entsminger gets a big, fat dehydration headache: A region of 2.
  • What does fantasy football and Dungeons and Dragons have in common? About the same as squash and cricket. Find that sweet spot while grokking Andrew and Scott's venn diagrams.
  • We take clean, convenient water for granted. For example, I’m writing this in the shower I’ve been taking for the last two hours! But that’s not the case for millions of people around the globe.
  • Until fairly recently, I was an enthusiastic runner. Not fast or graceful, mind you (my style was sorta this methodical, low-impact creep like a ninja dad in sweatpants), but certainly enthusiastic.
  • Keep an eye on these promising young athletes as they score big, break records — and make their hometown proud BaseballErick FeddeUNLV Junior Baseball Starting PitcherErick Fedde began laying the foundation for his eminent role as UNLV’s Friday night starter years ago — in family games of Candy Land. Intensely driven to win even as a kid, Erick would devilishly pre-arrange the stack of cards so his game piece would leap across the board, ensuring victory.
  • Go take a walk, run or ride on these seven civic trails — right in your own neighborhoodSure, nature beckons — but we’re often too busy to heed the call. A weekend camping trip? A leisurely daylong hike? They’re wonderful — when our crowded calendars allow it.
  • In a hyperpartisan age and a tough Congressional district, coming up with actual ideas can be fraught with peril.Joe Heck frustrates Democrats.