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By Arnie Leshin  I’ve known very little about Cooper Kupp and plenty about tennis legend Billie Jean King. It was the 78-year-old King on bad knees strolling to midfield at sparkling-new SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., to toss up the opening coin Sunday for Super Bowl LVI. It was a …

By NM Game and Fish he Department of Game and Fish is seeking public comments on proposed revisions to the bighorn sheep, javelina and pronghorn rules. For bighorn sheep, the Department is seeking input on several management considerations across the state including: opening the Jemez population to ram hunting; separating …

By Arnie Leshin  Former Miami Dolphins’ head football coach Brian Flores has every right to file lawsuits, but they can be put on hold so as not to put a damper on Super Bowl LVI Sunday. It has nothing to do with the National Football League’s big prize itself that …

By Arnie Leshin  It was a double dip Tuesday night for the Capital basketball teams, the girls losing at home to Albuquerque High in District 5-5A and the boys at the Bulldogs in Albuquerque. But Santa Fe High settled for a split in the same district, its boys falling to …

By NM Game and Fish  Catches of the week Eagle Nest Lake: Kristina Gonzales of Nambe caught a 22-inch, 4-pound rainbow trout using PowerBait Feb. 5. Elephant Butte Lake: Tasha Rasmussen of Albuquerque caught a 7-pound blue catfish using cut bait Feb. 6. Pecos River: Ever Barraza of Bernalillo caught …

Getting to the Super Bowl isn’t easy, as the Detroit Lions, Jacksonville Jaguars, Miami Dolphins, Houston Texas, and New York Giants and Jets, among others, can attest. But the Cincinnati Bengals found a way by drafting well, assembling a young group of players, finally winning their American Football Conference championship, …

TUESDAY, February 8th BOYS BASKETBALL — Albuquerque High at Capital, 7 p.m.                                    St. Michael’s at Santa Fe Prep, 7 p.m.                           …

 By Arnie Leshin Over there, all the way over there in Beijing’s Winter Olympics, the United States women’s hockey team is sending a message across the ice, “Bring on Canada.” Yes, the two long-rivals meet up again in Group A of the 11-team pack, both are undefeated, the red, white …

By Arnie Leshin  Despite missing the Paige that contains each and every key ingredient, the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team just rolls along as was the case in Sunday morning‘s 75-56 shellacking of visiting 7th-ranked Tennessee. Paige is 5-foot-11 sophomore two-way guard Paige Bueckers, the All-America phenom who comes …

By Arnie Leshin  The St. Michael’s boys are not on a roll, but playing much better since last week’s big comeback win over visiting Robertson, and Friday night the Horsemen came away with a 56-46 District 2-3A up at Raton in what was the Tigers’ first district loss in four …