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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 …

“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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

By Family Policy Alliance On Wednesday, January 6th, Congress certified Joe Biden’s election to the US Presidency. Naturally, this raises the question: What will the Biden administration look like? To be sure, the next four years promise to be much like the Obama years. However, the national mood is much …

“Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.” Isaiah 40:30-31 If you’re feeling …

By NM State Parks The Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department’s State Parks Division encourages all New Mexicans to provide input on the 2021-2026 Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP). The SCORP is being developed with the thoughtful input of local, state, and federal agencies, outdoor recreation businesses, non-profits, and …

By Arnie Leshin  It was the year 1995 and I was covering high school sports for the Miami Herald. Broward County was my beat in the Sunshine State, where prep school football was nationally recognized as one of the finest in the land. Cardinal Gibbons High School in Fort Lauderdale, just …

By SFNF Favorable conditions today allowed fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest to proceed with the previously announced Pacheco Canyon prescribed pile burn on the Española Ranger District today. The 106-acre pile burn is part of the larger Pacheco Canyon Forest Resiliency Project, a 2,042-acre forest restoration project that …