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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. …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

By Arnie Leshin  The Carson, Cibola and Santa Fe National Forests and Kiowa National Grasslands have released the final decision notice on a proposal to restore riparian, wetland and aquatic ecosystems in Northern New Mexico. The signed decision opens the door to begin implementing multiple projects to improve aquatic and …

By Arnie Leshin  Tough to keep up. While the 2020 TokyoSummer Olympics is playing before mostly empty stands and other pandemic protocol restrictions, sports news looks to be here, there and everywhere. Take the founder of pinstripes, the New York Yankees. They are still making moves despite being well behind …

By Arnie Leshin  Khris Middleton, Jrue Holiday and Devin Booker flew together to Tokyo Friday, just days after their Milwaukee Bucks and Phoenix Suns played in the hard-fought National Basketball Association finals. But that’s behind them now. Middleton and Holiday of the Bucks and Booker of the Suns have other …