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By Arnie Leshin  Interesting, now fallen off to No. 13 in the top 20 polls, if Alabama just happens to drop Saturday’s college football game to visiting No. 15 Mississippi, it will no doubt be unranked for the first time since 2007.   The Crimson Tide is favored by seven, …

By Arnie Leshin  The second-seeded New York Liberty claimed its initial playoff berth in the Women’s National Basketball Association by turning back 7th-seeded Washington, 90-85, in overtime of the best two-of-three series Tuesday, and next takes on the 3rd-seeded Connecticut Sun in the best three-of-five semifinals.    New York is …

By Arnie leshin A grand total of 42 college division 1 football teams are currently undefeated, all with 3-0 overall records, but this Saturday has a dozen of these teams meeting up in the middle of the pack.    The weekend does have two unbeaten teams that open the schedule …

By Arnie Leshin  For the first-ever time, the New York Liberty WNBA franchise has made it past the opening round and into the playoff semifinals as league Most Valuable Player Brianna Stewart paved the way with her masterful all-around game Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden.    The 6-foot-6 Stewart, …

At the September 12, 2023, Santa Fe County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) meeting, Commissioner Camilla Bustamante, (D-3) introduced aproclamation recognizing September 15 to October 15th as National Hispanic Heritage month. The proclamation celebrates the contributions, histories, and cultures of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean …

By Arnie Leshin  With the stretch run winding down, the Albuquerque Isotopes hung among the frontrunners with back-to-back wins over El Paso in the Triple A Pacific Baseball League.   On Saturday, Albuquerque turned back visiting El Paso, the franchise of the San Diego Padres, 6-4, and on Sunday, it …

By Arnie Leshin  It was quite a comeback, one of historic measures, as the New York Giants, after getting shut out by the Dallas Cowboys in their opener, came from a record 21-point deficit Sunday afternoon to get past Arizona in Glendale, 31-28, before a disappointed crowd of 62,080.    …

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today the USDA Forest Service is investing more than $1 billion in nearly 400 grant awards nationwide to increase access to trees and the social, health, and economic benefits they provide. Of the total funding, the Forest Service awarded over $42 million dollars to …

Santa Fe National Forest officials will hold a community meeting to discuss the upcoming Golondrino Prescribed Fire on Tuesday, Sept. 19 at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Regina Fire Department located at 923 HWY 96 in Regina. Fire managers will be present to discuss the prescribed …

NORTHEAST CATCHES OF THE WEEK Hopewell Lake: Henry Webb (above), age 5, of Rio Rancho caught and released his first brook trout from a kayak using a Tenkara rod and a Pheasant-tail Nymph fly on Sept. 3. Rio Grande: Justin Estrada (above, left) of Las Vegas caught and released a …