Lucas: What Happens In Vegas

Posted Nov 26, 2007

Alex Stepheson doesn't much seem like the Vegas type. Vegas is loud, Vegas is flashy, and Vegas absolutely requires you to notice. This is Vegas: before Saturday night's championship game of the Las Vegas Invitational, a Marilyn Monroe impersonator sang the national anthem. And this is Vegas: after the game, a pink stretch Hummer with zebra-print seats pulled up outside offering rides--"Anywhere in Vegas, anywhere you want to go!"--for $10 apiece. (Tar Heel Blue)

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