There's ice in the American desert -- Las Vegas will be the home of a National Hockey League expansion team next October. The naming of the team on Tuesday will be a new stage in the campaign by casino capital -- long shunned by American sports leagues -- against fears that any links to gambling could taint the sense of fairness and integrity of results. "I never believed there was a taboo about Las Vegas," said the city's mayor, Carolyn G. Goodman.
