Flintco, the contractor for The Pit’s $60 million renovation, replaced seven rows of bleachers Monday. The bleachers collapsed in UNM’s student section during Saturday’s game between UNM and BYU.
The UNM rugby team is going national — or trying to, anyway. With some help from Coaches Sports Grill, rugby team members are having a fundraiser tonight at the UNM-area sports bar. Alex Melad, three-year UNM rugby team member, said the team has never had local help. “It’s great because in the past no one has really ever supported us,” he said.
Cody Ross had a November that he will never forget. Ross, who is from Portales, N.M., and a graduate of Carlsbad High School is a Major League Baseball player who won the 2010 World Series with the San Francisco Giants. Ross said winning the Fall Classic was bigger than life to him. “It’s surreal,” he said. Ross was honored by UNM and head Lobo baseball coach Ray Birmingham on Friday night at a UNM-sponsored banquet to celebrate Ross’s achievements at Ladera Golf Course.
For the UNM track and field team, this weekend’s meet was the equivalent of a college-prep test, and the Lobos already look to be in top shape.
Revenge is sweet for the UNM men’s tennis team — especially when it comes against its biggest rival. After dropping a disappointing 4-3 decision to rival New Mexico State last season, the Lobos rebounded for a 5-2 win Saturday at the Linda Estes Tennis Complex. Head coach Alan Dils said his team waited a year for vindication. “We didn’t like losing in Las Cruces last year,” he said.
In Section 21 of The Pit, three BYU fans showed up with a sign that read, “You Got Jimmered.” Unfortunately for the Cougars and their fans, BYU got “Snelled” on Saturday.
Jimmer Fredette. It’s a name worth about 30 points. After ending a three-game losing skid with a 71-46 victory over TCU on Wednesday at The Pit, the UNM men’s basketball team will now face off with No.
Whatever Ray Birmingham is, it can be argued that he’s not just a baseball coach. Maybe a bit of heavy-handed hyperbole, Birmingham is more a dreamer and a creator.
Lose and stay in last place, or win and try to reverse early misfortune. That was the UNM men’s basketball team’s proposition on Wednesday at The Pit.
The UNM women’s basketball team has been in a funk lately. Plagued by another poor shooting performance, the Lobos dropped their fifth straight game, a 59-51 decision to UNLV on Saturday at The Pit.
I didn’t have to listen to the post-game radio call-in show with Scott Stiegler on 770 KKOB after the UNM men’s basketball team lost to UNLV on Saturday. I already could paraphrase what was going to be said about the Lobos dropping a heartbreaking loss to the Runnin’ Rebels, 63-62, in Las Vegas: It’s now time to give up on the season. Those 2009-10 bandwagoners along for the 30-5 joyride have abandoned ship this season. Fans that claim the Duke City is a “basketball town” have given up on the best act in the city.
Nearly a month after a downtown brawl at a local nightclub, UNM football player Joe Harris, 21, and former wide receiver Bryant Williams, 22, were charged Dec.
Ruth Senior is finding her pace, even though it’s 100 miles per hour slower than it used to be. Growing up in Norwich, England, she ran a lot at an early age, but only to keep in shape for a different sport.
Hey, Jay Cutler: Turn that frown upside down. You’re playing in the NFC Championship Game! Many might hate Jay Cutler for being, well, a jerk. Dubbed a cry baby in Denver when Josh McDaniels was hired, Cutler got his way and was part of a three-team trade two years ago and found himself in the Windy City. We know the story.
The UNM women’s basketball team continues to knock on that Mountain West Conference door for that first league win. The problem is no one is answering.
For the UNM women’s basketball team, this season has been uneasy and maybe a little nauseating. The Lobos have lost seven of their past eight games and are 0-3 in the Mountain West Conference.
Next stop for the UNM men’s basketball team: Utah. After losing 87-77 to No. 6 San Diego State, the Lobos head on a two-game road trip that starts Wednesday.
Perhaps it’s worth mentioning that against great teams and the big boys of the conference, the UNM men’s basketball team is simply mediocre.
Talk to San Diego State head coach Steve Fisher, and he’ll tell you that the sixth-ranked Aztecs’ most instrumental player on the floor is quickly turning into their most valuable.
If only for Staten Island’s own Raymond Larsen, the New York Jets must win the Super Bowl. Larsen, a 46-year-old Jets fan celebrated New York’s victory over the No.
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