By Arnie Leshin It’s a busy Labor Day weekend on the college football menu. Starting with four Friday night games, a heavy schedule on Saturday, a trio on Sunday, and even a tilt on Monday night, it’s time to kick off. Friday offers Michigan favored by 14 and …
Read More »VENUS WILLIAMS GOES DOWN AGAIN ON TENNIS COURT
By Arnie Leshin You have to wonder how long Venus Williams is going to take to the tennis courts? Her return at age 43 with a bum knee has not done her well and she has suffered with a lack of energy, with Tuesday’s 6-1, 6-1, blow out on …
Read More »New HSFF High School Fellowship program for juniors & seniors
Historic Santa Fe Foundation (HSFF) is excited to announce a fellowship for high school juniors and seniors. The HSFF High School Fellowship was established for the purpose of encouraging local high school upperclassmen to engage with Santa Fe’s history and present-day preservation efforts and provides Fellows the opportunity to examine …
Read More »Fishing Report
NORTHEAST NORTHEAST CATCHES OF THE WEEK Eagle Nest Lake: Linda Williams of Las Cruces caught a 23-inch rainbow trout using a nightcrawler worm on Aug. 22. Rio Grande: Seth Hardy of Red River caught and released a 23-inch brown trout using a homemade white streamer fly near Questa on Aug. …
Read More »HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS WEEKLY SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY — GIRLS SOCCER: Capital at Robertson, 4 p.m. VOLLEYBALL: Albuquerque Sandia Prep at St. Michael’s, 6 p.m. THURSDAY — FOOTBALL: Laguna-Acoma at Santa Fe Indian School, 7 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER: Los Alamos at St. Michael’s, 4 p.m. Santa Fe Indian School at Taos, 4 p.m. VOLLEYBALL: …
Read More »Seven Springs Kids’ Pond Reopens to Fishing
Seven Springs Kids’ Pond Reopens to Fishing. The Kids’ Pond at Seven Springs Hatchery, located four miles north of Fenton Lake State Park in Sandoval County, has reopened to fishing. The pond was closed on Aug. 21 because of firefighting efforts surrounding the McKinney Fire. The fire has been contained and …
Read More »BOYS LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL WORLD SERIES
By Arnie Leshin An unexpected celebration lasted until Louis Lappe stepped to the plate. Lappe, a 12-year-old standing 6-foot-1, and his United States West Region champions from El Segundo, California, had total command of Sunday’s 75th annual boys Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa. Their lead was …
Read More »LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL WORLD SERIES
By Arnie Leshin History — 75th game played at Williamsport, Pa. Double elimination. Notes — Eleven one-run games, seven shutouts, two by Chinese Taipei. Most runs in game, Nevada 13. Game 1: Panama 4, Czech Republic 0 Game 2: Rhode Island 3, Nevada 1 Game 3: Japan 1, Cuba …
Read More »BILLIE JEAN KING
By Arnie Leshin Let’s make the first serve here the 50th anniversary of Billie Jean King’s magical ace. It was she who fought to make the 1973 United States Tennis Association the first sporting event to offer equal prize money to female and male competitors. Now I see where King …
Read More »Philippines get to play host to the upcoming World Cup
By Arnie Leshin If you followed your history, he didn’t bring a basketball but five-star United States army general Douglas McArthur did return to the Philippines during World War II. Besides, there weren’t any basketballs or other sports back there in those days, but considering about some 100 million …
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