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It has been a plan in the works for months and Monday the National Hockey League made it official — they are bringing NHL Outdoors at Lake Tahoe to Edgewood Tahoe Feb. 20-21, 2021.

Nevada Raider Nation, Carson City Chapter is hosting a game watch Monday, Sept 21 at 5:15 p.m. as the Las Vegas Raiders take on the New Orleans Saints. This is the first home game for the Las Vegas Raiders at their new Allegiant Stadium.

Join Nevada Raider Nation, Carson City Chapter for the Las Vegas Raiders opening game of the 2020-2021 NFL season at Jimmy G's, 301 N. Carson St., Sunday, Sept. 13.

Christian-Hindu-Buddhist-Jewish-Native American religious leaders of Northern Nevada are appealing to Washington Redskins football team owner Dan Snyder and National Football League (NFL) to change the team’s name, as many considered it as a hurtful reminder of the historical maltreatment of Native Americans.

In a collective effort reflecting America’s drive for a return from COVID-19, the American Century Championship will bring golf, celebrity and community service together for the 31st time July 8-12 on the shores of Lake Tahoe.

DAE&Co., the brainchild of Diana Evans, a professional marketer with more than 30 years in the business, is now offering a full range of marketing services to clients across the West.

The boutique virtual agency brings together a team of experts to create fully integrated campaigns that are effective through the full marketing cycle, from engagement to sale. (https://www.daeandcompany.com/)

After 14 combined seasons as the voice of the Tucson Sidewinders and Reno Aces, Ryan Radtke announced that he will not be returning to the booth at Greater Nevada Field.

Everyone has a disability of some kind, but most learn how to cope with or overcome it; however, not everyone with a disability is aware enough to recognize whether or not they even have a physical challenge. These individuals have a severe and profound physical and neurological disability, cannot care for themselves, need full-time assistance, and are some of the kindest human beings in the world, many of whom are students in the Carson City School District and at CHS. Each year, students in the CHS Comprehensive Life Skills program make crafts to sell at the annual CHS Craft Fair and give as gifts.

While in a wistful mood of late, I've been listening to the music of Miss Dinah Washington, who was on her seventh husband when she died of an overdose of alcohol and weight reduction pills at age 39, so young.

Dinah had a soft as cotton, tough as leather sound of someone who had seen more in her 39 years than you or I will ever see.

Pop music superstar Justin Timberlake just amped up the celebrity wattage at the American Century Championship, expanding the field of luminaries for the 30th annual golf tournament at Lake Tahoe, July 9-14.

A record-breaking winter, a full lake and a packed calendar beckons visitors to the Sierra as Tahoe South heats up with summer events including its famed fireworks show, a celebrity golf tournament, star-studded headline concerts and more.

ALAMEDA, Calif. — What had been threatened since the first week of the season became reality Tuesday when the City of Oakland announced it has filed a federal lawsuit against the Raiders and the NFL.

The suit, which was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, puts into question where the Raiders will play in 2019, the season before their planned move to Las Vegas.

The Associated Students of Western Nevada (ASWN) began welcoming back its student body for Fall 2018 on Thursday, Aug. 30 with a barbecue introducing new Western Nevada College President, Dr. Vincent Solis.

If 80 percent of success in life is just showing, up as iconic filmmaker Woody Allen famously once said, then Ryan Salerno has it made in spades.

Retired from the Cowboys, Romo, 38, now works as an NFL analyst for CBS Sports — when he’s not tearing up the links. Last weekend, he won the Racine Tri-Course Amateur Championship by nine strokes. That’s on his home turf, but Tahoe has become comfy as well.

To do that, he will have to dethrone former big league pitcher Mark Mulder, who is favored at 8-5 odds to take the ACC trophy — a mission he has accomplished for the last three years.

GARDNERVILLE — The 8th annual charity golf tournament weekend “For the Kids” hosted by Mike Tice, former head coach of the Minnesota Vikings and more recently offensive line coach for the Oakland Raiders, will take place June 15-17.

Ron is boycotting the National Football League, but for reasons you’ll soon learn, James is still very much interested. So, this column is James’s full responsibility.

Let’s take a look back at a coaching decision by a future Hall of Fame NFL coach.
Back in 1991, this man was hired for his first head coaching position. He was hired to lead a franchise with a rich history and tradition of winning. The team had been as far as the AFC championship game three times in the previous six years, losing all three times to the same opponent.

It’s play-off Sunday and we are all picking the teams that we want to cheer for in the big game. You can watch the Jaguars battle the Patriots, then the Eagles attack the Vikings. You have one last chance to commune with the monks of India. There is a workshop at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Coincidentally the classic sci-fi movie, Alien, is playing at Galaxy Theater the same times. Get a glimpse inside the historic Wungnema house at the east end of Mills Park during the afternoon’s Open House.

Ready, set, crawl. The Brew Crew’s monthly pub crawl kicks off from the Laxalt Plaza next to the Nugget and includes up several downtown area taverns and restaurants. If your new year’s resolution includes volunteering, the Muscle Powered Trash Mob is a quick, but mighty, helping hand. Learn about the future of the Stewart Indian School Historic Site during an encore lecture at the Nevada State Museum. Flashback to Beatle-mania at the Brewery Arts Center or karaoke at Battleborn Social are just some of your nightlife options.

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Mike Tice, offensive line coach for the Oakland Raiders football team brought his A-game to his 7th annual charity golf tournament weekend in June featuring the entire Raiders coaching staff, including head coach Jack Del Rio and a spate of former NFL players from around the country. The event doubled its take this year, including a match from Carson Valley Inn owner, Mike Pegram to over $300,000.

Many of our readers have probably not heard of Warrick Dunn, former running back for Florida State University and the National Football League’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Atlanta Falcons.

Dunn had a great college career, winning a national championship with the Seminoles in 1993. He followed his college success with a very good twelve-year career in the NFL. He made the Pro Bowl three times, although his successes were overshadowed by the likes of Shaun Alexander, Adrian Peterson, and Corey Dillon.

For the third consecutive year, multi-talented actor and musician Justin Timberlake will join superstar athletes and entertainers at the American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe this summer. The highly-decorated performer is an avid golfer who plays to a 4-handicap and is renowned in the sport for his philanthropic endeavors.

Tickets are available for a Aug. 18, 2017 VIP Celebrity Dinner the night before the Aug. 19 Carl Howell Memorial Music Festival in Carson City.

The special VIP evening dinner at Empire Ranch Golf Course, is for people to meet and mingle with the celebrities, athletes and musicians who will be in Carson City to honor fallen Carson City Sheriff’s Deputy Carl Howell, said organizer Don Alexander, who formed the nonprofit The Last Respond Fund, to raise money for the Howell family.

Newly-retired Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo will attempt to win his first American Century Championship golf tournament this summer, returning to the celebrity field for the first time since 2012.

Charles Woodson, Travis Kelce, Doug Pederson, Mike Zimmer and Adam Thielen will make up the NFL contingent of first time competitors at the annual American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe this summer, organizers announced Wednesday.

Las Vegas Raiders jerseys will soon be on sale. The NFL owners approved the relocation of the Oakland Raiders to Las Vegas in a 31-1 vote on Monday, culminating more than a year of efforts to lure the team to Sin City.

As this storm system moves in, it makes it difficult for list-makers, such as myself. I cannot predict which of these events will be affected or cancelled because of the snow. The show must go on for the kids of Youth Theater Carson City. ‘The Lion King, Jr.’ is in its final weekend of performances.

CARSON CITY — A public financing plan for a $1.9 billion NFL stadium in Las Vegas cleared its first legislative hurdle Tuesday night with 16 senators voting for the deal and five against it.

CARSON CITY — It’s game day in the state capital. Lawmakers are gathering Monday for a special legislative session to consider raising taxes to build an NFL-ready stadium, expand and renovate the Las Vegas Convention Center and bolster police presence in the Las Vegas resort corridor.

I wandered over to Firkin and Fox on Sunday morning expecting the back bar to be a quiet place where I could watch some football.