By NM game and fish Catches of the week Chama River: Brooklynn and Zoey, both age 8, of Espanola caught a 19-inch cutbow below Abiquiu Lake using a Trout Magnet Jan.13. Alyssa Aldaz, age 7, and Destiny Aldaz, age 8, of Albuquerque caught several brown trout, approximatly 18-inches each, below …
Read More »Arizona has thrown in the towel via fall sports
By Arnie Leshin Despite chants from the Houston Astrodome fans in Bad News Bears of “Let them play” working, in New Mexico athletic activities, it’s still at a standstill. What was once thought to be fall sports of football, volleyball and cross country in play, it didn’t happen, with these sports …
Read More »Down went the top-ranked, undefeated Stanford women’s basketball team
By Arnie Leshin Now there are four remaining women’s Division I college basketball teams and a new No. 1 in the national polls after visiting top-ranked Stanford was stunned 77-72 in overtime at Colorado Sunday. The last two years, the Cardinal survived two close calls with the PAC12 rival Buffaloes, …
Read More »Gods encouraging word of the day
“How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings.” Psalm 36:7 There is room for all of us beneath the protective wings of the Lord. God will never disappoint us. God will never disappear. Our Lord Jesus Christ did …
Read More »Kansas City Chiefs called on back-up Chad Henne and he responded with big plays in the final minutes
By Arnie Leshin Can the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs win without their elite quarterback Patrick Mahomes? Sure they can, just send in rarely used back-up Chad Henne after Mahomes left the game on a big hit that sent him to the locker room with a possible concussion. And …
Read More »It was no doubt a Saturday of surprises
by Arnie Leshin Blame the coronavirus pandemic, as 21 of the top-ranked women’s college basketball team did not play on Saturday. As for the men, 11 games were either postponed or cancelled. But who do you blame the multiple Saturday upsets on? On the men’s side, everything went well for …
Read More »What a perfect day to rest!
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 Are you busier than you should be in life? God calls us to meet other’s needs but not at the expense of ourselves or our relationship with Him. When you are tired, weary, …
Read More »One more game to go
By Arnie Leshin To the Green Bay Packers and its long-time starting quarterback Aaron Rodgers, it’s old hat. To the Buffalo Bills and their long-time draught, it’s been a long haul, as both came out of Saturday’s division playoffs with one more game to go in quest of the National …
Read More »SAYLOR ROFFENBARGER NEW UCONN WOMEN’S FRESHMAN
By Arnie Leshin Her senior high school basketball year cancelled because of COVID-19, 6-foot-2 guard-wing Saylor Roffenbarger out of Middletown High in Maryland, an honor student, decided to graduate in June and move on to college women’s basketball, which becomes an early gift for Geno Auriemma’s University of Connecticut’s undefeated, 4th …
Read More »Will there be surprises or will it be a weekend of all four home teams emerging victorious
By Arnie Leshin It will be home, sweet home this weekend in the division round of the National Football League playoffs. But it won’t be the same in these times of thecoronavirus pandemic. Protocol calls for restrictions, and for the four home teams the stands will not be filled with …
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