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Seven Questions for Chris Ault
The former UNR football coach on Colin Kaepernick’s success, a possible move to the NFL and why he really doesn’t hate UNLV
January 31st, 2013
Chris Ault was already a College Football Hall of Famer when he returned to the sideline in 2004 for his third head-coaching stint at his alma mater, the University of Nevada, Reno. But his biggest contribution to the game was still ahead of him. Read more »
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Seven Questions for Tom Breitling
The Golden Nugget’s former co-owner on his foray into online poker, Steve Wynn’s secret to success and how an $8 sandwich helped make him a multimillionaire
January 24th, 2013
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Seven Questions for Richard Bryan
Nevada’s former governor and U.S. senator on political dysfunction, the benefits of the Electoral College and his affinity for cupcakes
January 17th, 2013
Richard Bryan was twice elected as both Nevada governor (1983-89) and a U.S. senator (1989-2001), but throughout a near-hourlong conversation, the 75-year-old Democrat is as cordial and down-home as your grandfather. With a contentious election season in the rear-view mirror—and an inauguration in D.C. and a legislative session in Carson City around the corner—we thought it an ideal time to catch up with the statesman and take his pulse on the current goings-on in his old world. Read more »
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Seven Questions for Taylor Makakoa
Our cover model on the true meaning of beauty, working alongside her husband, and why chocolate and cardio don’t mix
January 10th, 2013
When it came time to select a cover model for this year’s Health & Beauty issue, all eyes turned to Taylor Makakoa—and not just for the obvious reason. Oh, sure, the statuesque 5-foot-10 Hawaiian—whose credits include a steamy photo spread in the April 2011 issue of Maxim—has the beauty angle covered. But she’s much more than just the proverbial pretty face who supplements her modeling career—which began at age 12—with a night job as the onstage assistant for Mirage headliner Terry Fator (who also happens to be her husband). Read more »
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Shelley Duffy
The Disneyland employee-turned-Las Vegas psychic on our city’s superior energy, channeling Liberace and why Californians should brace for the Big One
January 3rd, 2013
In 2010, Shelley Duffy left the Happiest Place on Earth to come, well, to a happier place. The third-generation Californian worked the attractions at Disneyland for 24 years, but was drawn to Las Vegas by its energy (and a few relatives). Duffy is a psychic, a medium and an animal communicator. She contends those sixth-sense abilities run in her family, but she's the only one who's developed them. "All of us are psychic to some degree," says Duffy, who studied at the Learning Light Foundation in Anaheim and did her first reading in 1997. "It's like any other sense—some of us have better eyesight and hearing." And, she says, some of us can communicate with spirits and read auras, "but you have to develop them. You have to learn to meditate to quiet your mind." Read more »
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J.T. the Brick
The sports-talk host on life as a stockbroker, his exasperation with the BCS and why Lance Armstrong should come clean now
December 20th, 2012
It’s five minutes into his drive-time “Power Hour” show on KBAD 920-AM, and already J.T. the Brick is sparring with his co-host about the topic du jour: Should San Francisco 49ers starting quarterback Alex Smith have lost his job to second-year backup Colin Kaepernick? It’s this kind of energy and passion that helped the New York native morph from John Tournour, the full-time Merrill Lynch stockbroker and part-time radio caller, to J.T. the Brick, the popular local and national radio host. Read more »
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Jacob Snow
Henderson’s city manager on why parks are important, dealing with the gridlock on South Eastern Avenue and how a high-speed train could fuel economic development
December 13th, 2012
Jacob Snow is not big on small talk. In fact, everything about his top-floor office at Henderson City Hall—from the painstakingly placed décor to his well-polished cuff links—screams, “Let’s get down to business.” Perhaps that’s one of the reasons why the City of Henderson hired Snow as city manager in March, plucking him from the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada, the organization he helmed for 13 years. Read more »
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Kunzer-Murphy: New Stadium Bowl's Biggest Need
The Maaco Bowl Las Vegas’ former director on resigning her post, the downside of a college football playoff system and the challenges of working in a man’s world
December 6th, 2012
Few people have experienced the breadth of college athletics like Tina Kunzer-Murphy. The Las Vegas native and Valley High School alum played tennis and volleyball at UNLV, coached the university’s women’s tennis team, directed its cheerleading program and worked in administrative capacities within the athletic program, including the Rebel Football Foundation and the Women’s Sports Foundation. In 1999, she was hired to run ESPN’s regional office at UNLV, and the following year was named executive director of the Las Vegas Bowl, only the second woman in the nation to fill such a post. Read more »
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Voice of the Rebels Preaches Patience
UNLV basketball’s play-by-play voice on going from lawyer to broadcaster, calling Single-A baseball games and his one-word plea to Rebel fans
November 29th, 2012
Jon Sandler’s path to the radio booth didn’t exactly follow the usual formula. While in the midst of a lucrative career as an attorney with a big Silicon Valley corporate law firm in the late 1980s—and with his 30th birthday rapidly approaching—Sandler had one of those “What am I doing with my life?” epiphanies. Read more »
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Charles Ressler
The First Friday advocate on the importance of giving, acting on Broadway and how the arts community can pave the way to economic diversification
November 22nd, 2012
Tony Hsieh associate Charles Ressler believes the burgeoning arts community at the city’s core is the main piston that will power economic redevelopment in Las Vegas. Which is why Ressler recently joined the First Friday Foundation, the charitable arm of the monthly downtown festival that aims to support and advance local artists. Read more »
