MEAD FOR SPEED: Donald Campbell breaks his own water-speed record on Lake Mead, Nov. 16, 1955
Think of him as the ultimate do-it-yourself-er: There’s no one else’s record to break? Then just break your own. And so British land/water speed racer …
TIGER’S ROAR: Woods claims first PGA Tour win in Las Vegas, Oct. 6, 1996
You can trace the rocket ride of Tiger Woods’ storied professional career to a launching pad at TPC Summerlin where Woods emerged victorious for his first PGA Tour win at the Las Vegas Invitational (now the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open).
VICTORY IN VEGAS: UFC 33 at Mandalay Bay Events Center, Sept. 28, 2001
Seventeen years ago this month … History declares that this one started it. And could have ended it — at least in Las Vegas. Though …