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By Arnie Leshin  With a promise to his mother Mary that if he signed on to play in the National Basketball Association, freshman Carmen Anthony led Syracuse University to its first and only national championship in 2003. It was an epic journey for him. He hoisted the NCAA trophy and …

By Arnie Leshin  Move over, Miami Heat, you’ve got company.    But not on the basketball court of the National Basketball Association, for its on the ice where the National Hockey League’s Florida Panthers are the eighth-seed and up 2-0 on the 3rd-seeded Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference.   …

By Arnie Leshin  The Miami Heat has been there before, has already hoisted three National Basketball Association championship trophies, but never, ever as an eighth seed.   But, of all the 3-0 series leads in NBA history, this one might be the one most unexpected — the well-coached one of …

By Arnie Leshin  California was hopeful of pulling off a major upset, but instead the PAC-12 Bears were just another statistic belonging to top-ranked Oklahoma in its 5-inning 16-3 mercy-rule success in the Norman Regional    It was the third straight win in the region for the once-beaten (54-1) Sooners …

By Arnie Leshin  That’s back-to-back defeats, a crushing blow to nationally ranked, a record 12-championship UCLA.    The latest, Friday’s 3-2 setback against visiting Grand Canyon in round one of the NCAA National Division 1 Women’s Softball Tournament ended the Bruins season at 52-8.   It came shortly after UCLA …

By Arnie Leshin  It’s true, Pat Riley has breakfast almost daily with Erik Spoelstra.    It’s the way the 8th-seeded Miami Heat do things. For Spoelstra, it’s his 17th season as head coach. He was proceeded by Riley, who left the New York Knicks as head coach to take the …

By Arnie Leshin  I looked like the kind of game the championship-minus top seed Denver Nuggets were capable of. They were hitting from outside, the visiting 7th-seeded Los Angeles were falling shot. Before the usual sell-out crowd at Ball Arena, it appeared safely in the hands of the home side. …

The Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) reminds visitors to the Cuba Ranger District that Forest Road (FR) 69 is closed to all motorized vehicles, including motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), from May 15 to July 1 to protect elk cows during the calving season. The seasonal road closure provides suitable …

By Arnie Leshin  In the Eastern Conference final of the National Basketball Association, the word is that no way will the 8th-seeded Miami Heat defeat the Boston Celtics.   No response from Miami’s Erik Spoelstra, probably the league’s best coach, but those that got the word out probably forget that …