By NM Parks Due to recent significant rainfall in Guadalupe County, Santa Rosa Lake State Park will open the boat ramp effective Saturday, August 7th. “We’re glad that boaters and anglers once again have access to the lake by boat,” stated Stefan Conkle, Park Manager. “Our goal is to ensure …
Read More »Once again, it’s a baton exchange mishap that slowed the United States’ men’s 4 x 100 relay
By Arnie Leshin Bungling a baton transfer is nothing new for United States sprint relay teams, and it came back to haunt them again and fail to qualify them for the final of the men’s 4 x 100-meter stick-pass. The baton failure slowed down the foursome as they finished in …
Read More »Ryan Crouser on course in the shot put as he not only broke the Olympic record once, but four times
By Arnie Leshin Just follow the heavy shot put and be rewarded by a statement from the United States’ Ryan Crouser. In June, he gave track and field fans a glimpse of what to expect at these 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics. It was the Olympic trials for the event, and …
Read More »No more race walking event planed by the summer Olympic committee
By Arnie Leshin For the brave few aficionados hooked on the race, the 50-kilometer walk on Friday morning will be bittersweet. It will be the final version of the race at the summer Olympics. It is walking into the sunset and will not return for the Paris Games in 2004. …
Read More »The United States men’s national basketball team handed Spain a 95-81 whooping
By Arnie Leshin Don’t say I told you so, because I didn’t. I was just sizing up the fate of the United States men’s basketball team before it again faced familiar foe Spain in Tuesday’s quarterfinals of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics played at Saitama Super Arena. I was looking …
Read More »It’s the first time for baseball in the summer Olympics and the United States has made it to the Wednesday semifinals
By Arnie Leshin It’s the first time for baseball in the summer Olympics and the United States has made it to the Wednesday semifinals against the Dominican Republic, with the other semis paring host Japan with South Korea. The Americans have won their first two starts, as has Japan. South …
Read More »New Mexico fishing report
By NM Game and Fish Catches of the week Bluewater Lake: Adrian Toscano of Los Lunas caught a 40-inch tiger muskie using a spoon July 25. Elephant Butte Lake: Zoe Anderson-Amaro, age 8, of Silver City caught a 2-pound largemouth bass using a topwater lure Aug. 2. Logan Reed, age 11, …
Read More »The proud United States women’s soccer team will be playing again
By Arnie Leshin The United States women’s soccer team learned something new at these 2002 Tokyo Summer Olympics. You can’t carry off gold medals forever. And after surprising losing 1-0 to Canada in Monday’s semifinals, they can now wind up with bronze around their necks or nothing at all. It …
Read More »United States men’s national basketball team appears in full gear
By Arnie Leshin Kevin Durant, the 6-foot-10 bundle of versatility, is heating up and the United States men’s national basketball team is no longer struggling to maintain its position as the No. 1 team in the planet. Prior to his present run, the Brooklyn Nets combination of point guard and …
Read More »United States Caeleb Dressel setting a world record in the men’s 100-meter butterfly and Katie Ledecky adding three more gold medals for the women
By Arnie Leshin Indoors and outdoors, fast times came in both the swimming and track at Saturday’s 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics. In the pool, it dwindled down to the final day when Caelab Dressel of the United States picked up his fifth overall gold medal with a world record time …
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