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The soaring hot New York Knicks and fading Brooklyn Nets hit the road for National Basketball Association games tonight, but they are going in opposite directions.   While the Nets, who last won a championship back with thej red, white and blue ABA ball back in the late 70s, decided to …

Catches of the week Berrendo Creek: Valerie Wyatt of Roswell caught a 22-inch largemouth bass using a red-and-black Senko worm Feb. 24. Eagle Nest Lake: Josh Harris and Stephen Pattinson of Santa Fe caught 30 perch, with the largest being 12 inches long, using green-and-yellow tungsten jigs in 40 feet of …

By Arnie Leshin  Once again, there’s seven colleges, men and women, with teams among the top 25.   About the same schools are up there — UCLA, Indiana, Arizona, Texas, Gonzaga, UConn, Maryland.    UCLA has the No. 4 men and No. 19 women; Indiana No. 15 men and No. …

By Arnie Leshin  BOYS: CLASS 5A — 1. Volcano Vista versus 16 Capital. 2. Sandia versus 15 Rio Grande. 3. Los Lunas versus 14 Las Cruces. 4. West Mesa versus 13 Santa Fe High. 5. Organ Mountain versus 12 Hobbs. 6. Carlsbad versus 11 Las Cruces. 7. Cleveland versus 10 Eldorado. 8. Rio Rancho versus 9 …

By Arnie Leshin  MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE  MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL   STANDINGS and SCHEDULES:                                         W-L      Overall      San Diego State          14-3       23-6 Boise State  …

By Arnie Leshin  It was a full house, capacity crowd of 18,812 Monday night at the Meca of venues Madison Square Garden, which continues to send a message that these New York Knicks are for real.   And these fans that have waited a long time for this, watched the …

By Arnie Leshin  I go way, way back when it comes to Bob Hurley, Jr., like when I was covering sports for the Hudson Dispatch in the Garden State and he was a 7th-grader and calling in scores for his father’s super St. Anthony boy’s basketball team in Jersey City. …

By Arnie Leshin  With only hapless Xavier to play tonight at home in Storrs, the UConn women’s basketball team has lucked out among the top four seeds in the national rankings.    In what has been a topsy-turvy wind-up, even top-ranked, undefeated South Carolina (29-0) had back-to-back struggles in topping unranked …

By Arnie Leshin  What Ira Harge, Jr. started, his former assistant coach Arthur Gonzales had handled very well as the Pecos boys basketball team continues to roll along in District 6-2A.   Saturday night‘s 75-59 win over visiting Texico before the usual large turnout at the Louis G. Memorial court …

By Arnie Leshin  This time it was really the butler who did it, took the basketball to beyond the 3-point line and beat the final buzzer before a disappointed packed crowd at the Pit Saturday night.    Rack it up as the winner for 6-foot-2 junior Lamont Butler, his last …