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By Arnie Leshin  January 1st, 2000, the 66th annual Orange Bowl at Pro Player Stadium in northern Miami and the New York Yankees were reportedly interested in a University of Michigan sophomore third baseman Drew Henson. Sounded like a good story, a prime time college football game before a full …

By SFNF Ever wonder what it takes to become a snow ranger? Fourth and fifth graders can sign up for an interactive two-day Junior Snow Ranger Program at Aspen Vista on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) to learn more about conservation, winter safety and shared stewardship of public lands. …

By Arnie Leshin  Surprise, well kind of, as the 2A Pecos basketball boys hit the road for 3A Raton Tuesday night and handed the District 2 leaders a 72-54 setback in non-district play. It brought the Panthers’ overall record to 13-6 and dropped the Tigers to 12-4. At Tierra Encantada …

By Arnie Leshin  With their basketball gymnasium being renovated, the Capital girls basketball team welcomed the visitors from Albuquerque Manzano elsewhere Tuesday night and turned in a tight 41-39 District 5-5A victory. It was a close game throughout, with Manzano up 7-6 after one quarter, 18-14 at the intermission, and …

By NM Game and Fish Catches of the week Bear Canyon Lake: Joseph Uresti of Silver City caught a 16.5-inch rainbow trout using mixed PowerBaits Jan. 29. Eagle Nest Lake: Stephen Pattinson of Santa Fe caught a 17-inch kokanee salmon using a small tungsten ice jig Jan. 28. Liciano Brashear, …

By Arnie Leshin  There was only one way that the Los Angeles Rams would play the 2022 Super Bowl at its home field in Inglewood on Feb. 13. You got it, they would finally have to defeat state-rival, National Conference rival San Francisco, for the 6th-seeded 49ers had been a …

By Arnie Leshin  Long time St. Michael’s assistant boys basketball coach Gerard Garcia said the Horsemen players “were down” after learning of head coach Dave Rodriguez’ absence in a closed door meeting Saturday morning. , Their scheduled Friday night home game against District 2-3A opponent Robertson had been rescheduled for …

By Arnie Leshin  My oh my, that’s the young and hungry Cincinnati Bengals finally heading to the big stage, the Super Bowl Feb. 13, and will, as has been the case, take what they can get. The National Football League’s AFC champion after a leniently drought, nothing else matters as …

By Arnie Leshin  It’s a great feeling to wish Santa Fe’s own Gene Hackman a happy 92nd birthday. He’s been a resident of the City Different for more than two decades. He spent six decades as an actor. I first met him at the Washington Avenue main library in 2001, the …

By Arnie Leshin  It was back on Jan. 6 when chances of the San Francisco 49ers defeating the state-rival Los Angeles Rams for a sixth-straight time were dim. The Rams, on their sparkling-new SoFi Stadium field, were up 17-0, and looked completely in charge. But the Niners hung around until …