Tim Tebow to the Mets in September? Not with a broken bone in his hand that required surgery today and no doubt ended his baseball season Almost the worst that could happen for the 30-year-old former All-America football star who hadn’t played baseball since his All-State junior year in …
Read More »Leshin’s take on UNM’s decision to eliminate sports programs
Decision made: University of New Mexico eliminates its men’s soccer program, its coed ski team, its women’s diving team, beach volleyball, and soccer coach Jeremy Fishbein is outraged Fishbein’s team is the hardest hit, for it made the Final Four twice and was a respected top 25 national program By …
Read More »Patricia Chavez named girls head basketball coach at SFIS
Patricia Chavez promoted to head coach of the Santa Fe Indian School girl’s basketball program after serving two years as Braves assistant coach Chavez has coached various sports since graduating from Gallup High School in 1981 By ARNIE LESHIN, Santa Fe Today Patricia Chavez was in the right place at the right time. …
Read More »Can the surprising NBA Philadelphia 76ers bring the City of Brotherly Love another championship
Can the surprising NBA Philadelphia 76ers bring the City of Brotherly Love another championship to join the NFL Eagles and NCAA Villanova? Sixers enter playoffs as third seed in the East, get home court advantage in first round, and now Philly fans will be hooping it up for yet another title, so stay …
Read More »Weekly Highschool Sports Schedule
TUESDAY: Baseball – Santa Fe High at Kirtland Central (DH) 1/5 p.m, Robertson at St. Michael’s, 3 p.m. McCurdy at Santa Fe Indian School (DH) 1/5 p.m. Taos at Pojoaque, 4 p.m. Pecos at Santa Rosa, 4 p.m. West Las Vegas at Raton (DH) 1/5 p.m. Softball – Robertson at …
Read More »St. Michael’s, Santa Fe High gain today’s Jim Pierce Memorial baseball tournament semifinals
St. Michael’s, Santa Fe High gain today’s Jim Pierce Memorial baseball tournament semifinals, while the Lady Horsemen open with a setback in the Roseanne Noedel Memorial softball tourneyFavored Bernalillo teams advance in both semis, with four games at each St. Michael’s field By Arnie Leshin Cell phones must have been a …
Read More »Top seeded boys Bernalillo in 4A and Espanola Valley in 5A lose in finals
Top seeded boys Bernalillo in 4A and Espanola Valley in 5A lose in finals, the Spartans to defending champions Albuquerque Hope Christian, the Sundevils to 3rd seeded Belen Fort Sumner-House wins girls and boys 2A championships By Arnie Leshin Another state basketball tournament brought the usual victories and tears, but for 2A Fort Sumner it …
Read More »Pojoaque’s girls finally won on Tuesday to gain the Thursday semifinals against Moriarty
In a fourth meeting with District 2-4A champion Robertson, Pojoaque’s girls finally won on Tuesday to gain the Thursday semifinals against Moriarty at the Dreamstyle Arena at UNM But Pecos, Santa Fe Indian, Espanola and West Las Vegas were eliminated in the quarterfinals By Arnie Leshin It just wasn’t a good day …
Read More »West Las Vegas girls win in Friday’s first round of the state basketball tournament
West Las Vegas girls the only visiting team to win in Friday’s first round of the state basketball tournament, ending the season for the defending state 4A champion Albuquerque Hope Christian The 8th seeded Dons in today’s semifinals against No. 1 seed Portales, while 6th seed Santa Fe Indian School takes …
Read More »Weekly High School Sports Schedule
MONDAY: Baseball – Santa Fe Prep at Santa Fe Indian School, 5 p.m. Softball — St. Michael’s at Capital, 4 p.m. TUESDAY: Baseball – Bernalillo at St. Michael’s, 3 p.m. Softball – Espanola Valley at Santa Fe High, 3 p.m. Taos at Albuquerque Sandia Prep, (DH) 3/5 p.m. WEDNESDAY: Baseball …
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