For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7 Fear, worry and anxiety are all weapons of Satan to keep us from experiencing the full life that God has for us. These emotions can overwhelm us and keep …
Read More »The UCONN men take care of business
By Arnie Leshin It’s record streak of 14 Final Fours wiped out in Saturday’s stunning Elight Eight setback to Ohio State, the Connecticut women left the NCAA March Madness in the hands of its men’s team. And what Danny Hurley’s 4th-seeded Huskies did was turn a close game into a …
Read More »LONE MEN’S MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE WINNER
By Arnie Leshin Leave it to San Diego State, the long-time frontrunner in the men’s Mountain West Conference. While its fellow conference members have lost 14 straight postseason tournament games, it was the Aztecs who ended the long 11-game draught with the lone NCAA tournament victory. From there, …
Read More »Unusual March Madness drop in the men’s first eight
By Arnie Leshin Don’t get too overwhelmed over this, it doesn’t happy very often, but in the 2023 men’s basketball March Madness it dropped into our laps as the top eight ranked teams fell out of the hunt. It’s not exactly new, but you can guess it occurs when …
Read More »Softball wins Thursday afternoon
By Arnie Leshin The young St. Michael’s softball team turned Thursday afternoon‘s Moriarty Invitational against Socorro into no contest in three-inning mercy-rule time via a 20-5 rout in the opening round. Freshman Arianna Rivera took care of the pitching, although she did walk a dozen batters but backed it …
Read More »NCAA men’s basketball Sweet 16 games played Thursday and Friday
By Arnie Leshin It’s Sweet 16 time in the March Madness NCAA men’s basketball tournament. Four games are on the Thursday schedule, with No. 4 Tennessee facing No. 9 FAU, and No. 3 Kansas State taking on No. 7 Michigan State in the East, and in the West it’s …
Read More »SOUTHEASTERN DIVISION II NCAA TOURNAMENT SEMIFINALS
By Arnie Leshin Not everything comes easy, as undefeated Nova Southeastern’s men’s basketball team found out in getting past pesky Cal State Bernardino in Thursday’s late afternoon semifinals of the NCAA Division I tournament. Not much attendance — they counted 587 — at the Ford Center in Evansville, Ind., …
Read More »RTD BLUE BUS INSTALLS NEW AIR PURIFICATION SYSTEMS TO REDUCE VIRUS CONCENTRATION
The North Central RTD (“Blue Bus”) has installed new air purification systems across 56 buses to improve air quality and reduce exposure to harmful viruses, bacteria, mold, pollen and various types of dust. The Blue Buses previously had air filtration systems but have since been updated to add an additional …
Read More »National Invitational Basketball Tournament
By Arnie Leshin Wednesday night‘s two quarterfinals games will decide the semifinals field for the 69th annual National Invitational Men’s Basketball Tournament that will be played at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, It’s a switch in sites after the oldest of all hoops postseason tournaments had previously played at …
Read More »AT 70, RICK PITINO MOVES ALONG TO ST. JCOACH OHN’S
By Arnie Leshin Rick Pitino is really wearing the years. Now, after head coaching college basketball at six different schools and pausing to coach some in the National Basketball Association, he’s taking over the reigns at good old St. John’s, which is a long way from its National Invitational …
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