We could talk about how Russian President Vladimir Putin has murdered many journalists and political opponents, and question how anyone, let alone the President of the United States, could not see him as the despicable despot that he is. We could point out how Putin has ordered the poisoning of Russian people living in England. We could talk about how
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Rarely, if ever, has there been a successful, championship-level NHL team built largely through free agency. Even before the NHL instituted a salary cap, drafting and developing players was still the surefire way to build into a contender. As the Vegas Golden Knights head into their first offseason and the start of free agency looms, many in the team’s fan
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I have had a full-time job as a sports writer since I was 19 years old and still in college. I have always loved my job and enjoyed going to work. My second love is technology, specifically, Apple products. I loved Apple so much that when an Apple store opened in Las Vegas, I got a part-time job there. I did
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Every time I meet someone and they find out for the first time what I do for a living, they invariably say, “Oh, that’s neat. It must be fun.” And it is. I love being a sports writer and never have wanted to do anything else. But it makes it hard to be a sports fan. For one, we’re working
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The impact that Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, who died at the hand of an assassin’s bullet 50 years ago today, had on the world generally and the United States in particular can be easily witnessed by viewing the enormous amounts of people who came out to pay their respects as the train carrying his body brought him to his final
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Modest success by the Las Vegas Thunder in the 1990s convinced some NHL hockey could work in Las Vegas.
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Here are the most important developments which led the Vegas Golden Knights to the Stanley Cup Finals in their first year of existence.
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Some say the NHL favored the Vegas Golden Knights in expansion, but the facts don’t bear that out.
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On a Friday afternoon in the middle of April in 2007, I received a phone call from Nick Khan, whom I had a few months earlier hired to be my agent. Khan is now with Creative Artists Agency and is one of the most powerful media agents in the business. He was working his way up in the media representation
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By Howard Stutz Special guest contributor My home office contains a small shrine to the Los Angeles Kings. Photos of me with Kings’ legends Luc Robitaille, Anze Kopitar, and Dave Taylor are displayed along with signed hockey cards from Jim Fox and Butch Goring. There are Robitaille and Fox bobbleheads, and other memorabilia. Two Stanley Cup Champion caps, from 2012
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