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Nike ad depicts 'everything's OK in Tigerland

The Tiger Woods fallout has been long and arduous.
Pundits and sponsors turned their backs on him, and Brit Hume, in his wisdom, begged the embattled golfer to find Jesus.
Now Tiger’s zombie father is getting in on it. In a Nike ad released this week, the disembodied voice of Earl Woods, Tiger’s dead dad, asks his son what he’s learned from his mistakes. APR 8

Lackluster All-Star game needs spice

Well, the plodding ratings orgy known as the Super Bowl is over. Thankfully, there’s another absurdly over-marketed and borderline exploitive sporting event right around the corner. FEB 8

It's Manning's world, we're just living in it

Last weekend, Peyton Manning won a game while losing — and it was terrifying. It happened late in the first half, with the Colts down 17-6 to the New York Jets. JAN 29

Era of Iverson, McGrady obsolete in modern NBA

Superstars’ demand for the ball render them unimportant, making a rough transition into post-prime abyss If you’ve been paying attention to NBA All-Star voting, you might have noticed a bizarre trend. Alongside mainstays like LeBron James and Kobe Bryant, two legends on the outs are getting quite a bit of electoral attention from basketball fans. Allen Iverson and Tracy McGrady are once-in-a-lifetime talents — one an undersized offensive psychopath who never met a man he couldn’t score on, the other a stat-sheet stuffer who once put up 13 points in 35 seconds. There’s just one problem: A.I. JAN 20

Vikings' postseason run in Favre's uncertain hands

So, I was wrong about Brett Favre. Grossly, painfully wrong. I thought the aging gunslinger would drag an otherwise innocent Vikings team into the bowels of disappointment — exactly where he left the New York Jets last season. JAN 11

Lack of competition makes rivalry no fun

Despite all the hoarse voices, painted faces and vague threats of violence, it’s about time we all admitted something: Basketball-wise, the Rio Grande Rivalry just isn’t what it used to be. Look no further than Saturday night, when the UNM men’s basketball team dominated the Aggies at The Pit. The 75-58 rout was the Lobos’ seventh straight home victory over NMSU, the longest mark for any UNM squad since the Lobos won 10 straight home contests from 1941-51.
And the disparity is unlikely to change. DEC 6

NBA age rule waste of time and talent

You may have heard of Brandon Jennings. He was a standout high school point guard from Compton, Calif., averaging more than 30 points and seven assists his senior year and winning a truckload of awards along the way. Then came the time for a new rite of passage for prodigious young ballplayers: Picking a college at which to waste a year before entering the NBA. NOV 30

Tim Tebow, America’s sweetheart

Tim Tebow is a remarkably detestable football player. There’s the endless media fawning, the squeaky-clean image, the dumbfounding Heisman acceptance speech and, of course, the God complex. Tebow, the bruising, gee-golly face of college football, is the ambassador from a world of early bedtimes and rubber wristbands. SEP 27

Lobos historically reliable running game tripped up

Through thick and thin — and mostly thin — the Lobo football team has been able to count on one thing: the running game. From Don Perkins to Don Woods, from Winslow Oliver to Rodney Ferguson, almost every era of UNM football has had a marquee back to carry the team. So, when this year’s Lobo squad averages 38 yards on the ground and a dismal 1.6 yards per carry over its first two games, there’s some cause for concern among the UNM faithful. Even head coach Mike Locksley, who perhaps got spoiled by the dominant Rashard Mendenhall during his tenure at Illinois, is struggling to find a remedy. “With this same style of offense (at Florida and Illinois) we led the SEC and the Big 10 in rushing,” Locksley said. SEP 13

Speedy Vick leaves Favre behind

Last week, the Earth rattled, rivers ran red and ESPN’s Ed Werder briefly caught fire.
The Minnesota Vikings signed Brett Favre. The Internet promptly imploded under the weight of heavy-handed sports journalism. AUG 28

I learned it all from a rookie

Watching the MLB All-Star Game is tough. Trust me. I tried. Last week's exhibition of American League dominance was, somehow, less interesting than ones prior. Manny Ramirez was absent, Ryan Howard choked, and Josh Hamilton just isn't as exciting when he's not addicted to drugs. SEP 15

Simple Sanford deserves break

Political sex scandals are just about all the same. Man cheats on wife. Man gets caught. Man makes tight-lipped statement at a news conference, suffocated with awkwardness. Wife looks jaded and dead inside. Kids probably take up drugs shortly afterward. It's routine stuff, and we're left to file the adulterers away as pigheaded fellows who assumed their power excused them from the rules - of governance and of matrimony. SEP 15

NBA overtime a statistical wonder

Lately, it takes me three hours to watch a 48-minute NBA game. In this year's postseason, we saw 10 overtime periods, with one game in the Bulls-Celtics series going to triple-OT. Compare that to the playoffs in baseball and football, and it appears that, in basketball, games are far more likely to end regulation in a tie than in other sports. SEP 15

Kobe Bryant the last bastion of interesting

There will be no LeBron James in the NBA Finals. No puppets, no chalk, no oddly protruding right mandible. In his place is the Orlando Magic, a team that has a star in Dwight Howard, but whose success relies mostly on unsexy things like defense and Hedo Turkoglu. SEP 15

"W." blends Bushisms, truth into bland flick

Oliver Stone once told us that gay anti-communists killed JFK and that Jim Morrison was more than a cretin with a beard. Now he takes on President Bush with "W.," half of which is a boozy, half-cocked oedipal drama and the rest of which is an episode of "The West Wing" written by an eighth grader. SEP 15

Breaking down the caucus

Political ads are popping up all over TV and radio, and the lawns of some Albuquerque homes are littered with campaign signs. That can mean only one thing: It's election season again. And New Mexico is in a position to pick the next Democratic candidate. Polls open Feb. SEP 15

Daily Lobo spotlight

Ghostface Killah Member, Wu-Tang Clan SEP 15

Daily Lobo chats with...

The Daily Lobo sat down with Christopher Butler, professor of political science, to discuss the Iraqi government's move to ban Blackwater USA, a U.S. security firm accused of fatally shooting eight Iraqi civilians following a car bomb attack in Baghdad. SEP 15

Bankroll battle between Kanye West and 50 Cent is a nail in hip-hop's coffin

Kanye West outsold 50 Cent the week of Sept. 11, and thus concludes the great hip-hop swindle. SEP 15

Wu-Tang Clan delights concertgoers in Santa Fe

I used to hate on crotchety old music fans who swore by their dusty LPs from yesteryear and railed against anything the pizza-faced mall rats were feeling. That is, until I became one. SEP 15

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