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By Arnie Leshin  The young St. Michael’s softball team turned Thursday afternoon‘s Moriarty Invitational against Socorro into no contest in three-inning mercy-rule time via a 20-5 rout in the opening round.   Freshman Arianna Rivera took care of the pitching, although she did walk a dozen batters but backed it …

By Arnie Leshin  It’s Sweet 16 time in the March Madness NCAA men’s basketball tournament.   Four games are on the Thursday schedule, with No. 4 Tennessee facing No. 9 FAU, and No. 3 Kansas State taking on No. 7 Michigan State in the East, and in the West it’s …

By Arnie Leshin  Not everything comes easy, as undefeated Nova Southeastern’s  men’s basketball team found out in getting past pesky Cal State Bernardino in Thursday’s late afternoon semifinals of the NCAA Division I tournament.   Not much attendance — they counted 587 — at the Ford Center in Evansville, Ind., …

The North Central RTD (“Blue Bus”) has installed new air purification systems across 56 buses to improve air quality and reduce exposure to harmful viruses, bacteria, mold, pollen and various types of dust. The Blue Buses previously had air filtration systems but have since been updated to add an additional …

By Arnie Leshin  Wednesday night‘s two quarterfinals games will decide the semifinals field for the 69th annual National Invitational Men’s Basketball Tournament that will be played at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas,   It’s a switch in sites after the oldest of all hoops postseason tournaments had previously played at …

By Arnie Leshin  Rick Pitino is really wearing the years.    Now, after head coaching college basketball at six different schools and pausing to coach some in the National Basketball Association, he’s taking over the reigns at good old St. John’s, which is a long way from its National Invitational …

March 22 at 5 p.m. — Deadline to apply for draw licenses for Barbary sheep, bighorn sheep, deer, elk, ibex, javelina, pronghorn and oryx. Deadline to submit late 2022–2023 harvest reports for deer, elk, pronghorn and turkey; an $8 late fee will apply. Failure to report for these species by this date will …

By Arnie Leshin It was a worry-some start that turned into a resounding domination when the United States piled it on to Cuba’s long-awaited visit to Miami via Sunday’s 14-2 semifinals of the World Baseball Classic.    Next stop for the USA is against the winner of today’s Mexico versus …

Arnie Leshin  I remember we used to call it “Fairleigh Ridiculous”. It hung out in the Garden State North Central area of Teaneck. Not much of a threat in most everyday sports, FDU was always good academically.   Now it has made history as the second 16th-seeded school in 152 …

By Arnie Leshin  Down, down, down, it continued, sinking prior to the current March Madness 68-team NCAA basketball tournament, it never let up.    This speaks of the men’s teams in the Mountain West Conference.    It started off with a no-no as No. 11 Nevada, which barely made it …