By Arnie Leshin Auburn was not having fun, its baseball team hadn’t won a College World Series game since 1997, it was in the midst of the 2022 Elite Eight in Omaha, Neb., and was need of a win. It had lost once in the double-elimination tournament and once more …
Read More »Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon Fires
By SFNF The high probability of heavy rainfall on Tuesday and Wednesday will likely lead to flash floods and debris flows in fire scarred areas, drainages, identified flood zones, and even normally dry washes. Roads, bridges, and culverts may be damaged or destroyed by major floods and debris flows. The …
Read More »Oklahoma is a win away from it gaining the best-of-three NCAA Baseball Division 1
By Arnie Leshin Thrills! Chills! Spills! That’s the Oklahoma baseball team, not exactly your routine by-the-book bunch on the baseball diamond. At the 2020 NCAA Division I World Series, it is marching through one bag at a time while generally playing with fast forward button pushed. True, these Sooners come …
Read More »I always refer to the National Hockey League as a super sport
By Arnie Leshin It was 1982 and the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey was getting another tenant to join the New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association. The arena first named for the former state governor was situated next to Giants Stadium where the National Football League Giants …
Read More »Happy Father’s Day!
The righteous who walks in his integrity— blessed are his children after him! Proverbs 20:7 This verse is talking about Leading a Godly life! Set an example for your family by putting God First. Wether we know it or not, those little hands and feet are always behind us paying …
Read More »Funny bounces in Omaha
By Arnie Leshin Go figure, it’s the Elite Eight vying for the 2022 NCAA Division I Baseball World Series championship and the four unseeded teams remaining have the advantage over the four seeds that are left. This is very rare, but how it has shaped up since Friday’s first pitch …
Read More »Indescribable, but told as it was
By Arnie Leshin Tom Montoya wasn’t going to San Antonio to high-five Sue Bird. He was going to the Longhorn City to check in with me and Ron Drake and knowledgeable hometown basketball fan Dominic at the Omni Hotel and drive our rent-a-car to the Alamodome. There we would see this …
Read More »Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon Fires
By SFNF Yesterday, the fire displayed active behavior on the west side, creating growth across the Pecos River and to the north-northwest. This activity led to an increase of smoke in the North Zone of the fire area. Forecast higher humidity and lower temperatures have improved the fire outlook today …
Read More »No Mississippi State on hand to defend its NCAA Division I baseball championship
By Arnie Leshin Gimme an M, gimmie an I, gimmie an S, gimmie an S, gimmie an I, gimmie a P, gimmie a P, gimmie an I, and you’ve got Mississippi, same state as Southern Mississippi and Mississippi State. Last year it was the Rebels carrying off the NCAA …
Read More »SFNF Offices Closed Monday in Observance of Juneteenth
By SFNF All Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) offices will be closed on Monday, June 20, 2022, in observance of the Juneteenth federal holiday. Last year, legislation passed by Congress and signed by President Biden established Juneteenth as a federal holiday to commemorate the day in 1865 when Union soldiers …
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