By Arnie Leshin Reasons why Southern California was only a 2 and one-point favorite came into evidence when it crumpled and stumbled and its dreams died in the desert while Utah just pushed forward on both ends of the ball to dominate this PAC 12 football championship game and knock …
Read More »HALL OF FAMER GAYLORD PERRY PASSES AWAY
By Arnie Leshin Gaylord Perry left behind many unforgettable memories from his long years as a Major League pitcher. At age 84, he passed away Thursday morning at his home in Gaffney, S.C. There were no further details, although a statement from the Perry family said he passed away peacefully …
Read More »ST. JOHN’S MEN’S BASKETBALL
By Arnie Leshin Not much has changed at St. John’s University in Middle Village Queens, one of the five New York boroughs. It is still on Utopia Drive on its own private campus of approximately 1,000 acres in a relatively residency area. It is still athletically a Division I four-year school. It …
Read More »Fishing Report
Catches of the week Rio Chama: Christopher Ortega and Peter Ortega of Albuquerque caught and released several trout up to 18 inches long using streamer and nymph flies below Abiquiu Lake Nov. 24. Tingley Beach: Jason Jaramillo caught and released a 20-inch rainbow trout using a black streamer fly in …
Read More »TORONTO RAPTORS
By Arnie Leshin At New Mexico State University, it was a whole new world for Pascal Siakam. He had arrived from his native land of Cameroon as a total stranger, his English was fair, his friends were new, but he sure could play the global game of basketball. Greg Heirar …
Read More »WOMEN’S TOP THREE SOUTH CAROLINA, STANFORD AND UCONN
By Arnie Leshin South Carolina and Stanford and who? Maybe the polls are mad at Geno Auriemma, record-setting genius with 11 NCAA women’s basketball championships. But with yet another outstanding lineup despite the injury absence of star All-America Paige Bueckers, not bad for these Huskes and their faithful. Not bad …
Read More »No bowl game this time for University of Miami
By Arnie Leshin The University of Miami in South Florida has always had a quality football program, and at 5-6 against visiting Pittsburgh Saturday, it needed a sixth win to qualify for another bowl. But the Panthers had better ideas, rolling past the Hurricanes, 42-16, to earn their own bowl …
Read More »HERSHAL WALKER
By Arnie Leshin They were a wild three years for the pro football New Jersey Generals. No. 1, after an uphill battle for a lease in the United States Football League, at then Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, and owned by young 37-year-old real estate dynamite Donald J. Trump, they …
Read More »NM HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS RESULTS
By Arnie Leshin Wake-up call for the Academy of Technology and The Classics boys basketball team that just doesn’t believe in calling in its results. But at least the ACTAC girls let their results be known, with a Saturday 46-23 non-district romp over visiting Mora that put their record at …
Read More »Ruidoso came to play Saturday afternoon and outclassed St. Michael’s
By Arnie Leshin It was two decades ago, a sunny Saturday afternoon at St. Michael’s Christian Brothers Athletic Complex. It was the semifinals of the then-state 4A playoffs. It was a back-and-forth tussle now in the fourth overtime as the sun continued to fade into the sunset. “We had spoken …
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