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By Arnie Leshin  Frank Robinson should be remembered as an elite Hall of Fame baseball player and a dedicated manager.   He should be remembered as the only player to be named Most Valuable Player in both the National and American Leagues, as one of the few to join the …

By Arnie Leshin  Everybody makes mistakes, but not many occur off the basketball court.   Such was the case in the daily newspaper’s local hoop roundup Friday. The headline read, “Lady Horsemen turn back the Ravens,” except St. Michael’s girls didn’t even play Thursday, never appeared in the story, and …

By Arnie Leshin  The recent six-way tie of boy’s basketball in District 5-5A has been sliced in half.   As they head down the stretch, Santa Fe High, Albuquerque Manzano and Albuquerque High are all at 3-2. Wednesday night, the Demons (16-5) rolled over visiting Albuquerque Rio Grande (6-12) 89-65, …

By Arnie Leshin  Nineteen 69 was an eventful year, ranking on top of the all-time list.   Where do we start? There was the Man on the Moon, Woodstock, the Mets, the Jets, the Manson murder trail, the first women jockey to ride in a race, the Vietnam War, Hurricane …

WEDNESDAY,   Feb. 6 BOYS BASKETBALL == Capital at Albuquerque Manzano, 7 p.m.                                       Albuquerque Rio Grande at Santa Fe High, 7 p.m.                   …

By Arnie Leshin  The ride to new district rival Clayton Saturday made for an enjoyable return trip as the Pecos girls and boys swept the doubleheader in their new District 7-2A.   The Panther girls came on first and handed the Yellow Jackets a resounding 76-41 setback to arrive at …

By Arnie Leshin  The Capital High boys needed to nail down a win, and by handing visiting rival Santa Fe High Thursday night a 72-58 setback, they also created a five-way tie in District 5-5A.   Five schools in this district and they all stand at 2-2. The next stop …

By Arnie Leshin  The Santa Fe Indian School girls will have no problem being in the field for the 3A state basketball tournament, and they continue to impress after visiting St. Michael’s Wednesday night and carrying off a 50-31 District 2-3A victory from Perez-Shelley gymnasium.   The Braves are now …

THURSDAY:   Jan. 31 GIRLS BASKETBALL ==  Santa Rosa at Pecos, 5:30 p.m. (DH)                                                      Los Alamos at Espanola, 7 p.m.         …

By Arnie Leshin  The first official Super Bowl in 1971 adopted what the four NFL versus AFL championships thought was a break, one in which the two finalists would have an extra week off before the super game.   Once, only once, has the game been played one week after …