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Where’s the love? Fans lack faith

Ryan Tomari | January 24

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.

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From racecars to running shoes

Cesar Davila | January 20

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.

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Hopes rest in crybaby Cutler

Ryan Tomari | January 20

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.

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Utes bring hoops, Swoops

Ryan Tomari | January 19

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.

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MWC hopes rest with Utah

Ryan Tomari | January 19

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.

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Good start to a new year

Cesar Davila | January 18

It was a tuneup of sorts for the UNM track and field team to start the new year. The Lobos compiled 27 top-three finishes during Saturday’s Lobo Open, the first of five events held at the Albuquerque Convention Center that will ready UNM for the Mountain West Conference Championships.

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SDSU maintains win streak against Lobos

Shaun Griswold | January 15

The nation’s longest winning streak survived The Pit as San Diego State defeated the UNM men’s basketball team 87-77, its 19th consecutive win this season. The Lobos (13-5, 1-2 MWC) held a seven point lead early in the game but could not keep up when the No.

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McDonald on fire in win over CSU

Shaun Griswold | January 13

Another fire alarm delayed a home game at the $60 million University Arena, but Phillip McDonald was the only thing on fire at The Pit tonight.  The Lobo junior came off the bench to lead the UNM men’s basketball team to a 68-61 win over Mountain West conference foe Colorado State University on Wednesday night.  The Lobos (13-4, 1-1) faced criticism from head coach Steve Alford about lackadaisical play during their recent loss at Wyoming.

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Pupils of the court keep an eye on finals

Shaun Griswold | January 10

Back in mid-December, after a blowout win at home against Longwood, head coach Steve Alford said, “We now go the better part of the month with the only class being basketball.” Now basketball school is over, and the UNM men’s basketball team passed.

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Cowboys shoot from the hip to end streak

Ryan Tomari | January 10

It’s not exactly how the UNM men’s basketball team wanted to start conference season. The Lobos saw Wyoming’s Paco Cruz sink an eight-foot floater over Lobo big man Alex Kirk’s head, and the Cowboys pulled out an 67-66 win in Laramie, Wyo.

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Wyoming shoots baskets, not blanks

Nathan Farmer | January 10

It was simple: Wyoming had a much better offensive performance than the UNM women’s basketball team at The Pit on Saturday. An early Lobo lead vaporized, and the Cowgirls outshot and outplayed the Lobos in a 63-53 win. “We had poor shooting,” head coach Don Flanagan said.

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Stanford QB forgoes fame for brains

Ryan Tomari | January 10

To quote one of my close friends, “It’s stupid.” That was his opinion of Andrew Luck forgoing $50 million in NFL money and staying for his junior season at Stanford. Agree to disagree. I love Luck’s move. In a statement released a couple of days after his season ended, Luck said, “I am committed to earning my degree and am on track to accomplish this at the completion of the spring quarter of 2012.” I don’t want to sound like a broken record, but with the state of college football — from the BCS being a disastrous system to the Cam Newton dilemma at Auburn to even Luck’s head coach Jim Harbaugh rushing toward the NFL — I was happy to see Luck stay at Stanford. I don’t want to make my case that Mr. Luck going back to school is good for college football. What’s good for college football is the game itself. I once wrote a piece before the 2009 World Series that the MLB needed the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees to meet up in the Fall Classic.

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NM Bowl Running Diary

Isaac Avilucea | December 18

So much for that riveting regional affair between BYU and UTEP. Turns out, this year’s New Mexico Bowl installment was a dud compared to last year’s overtime shootout between Wyoming and Fresno State.

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BYU Romps NM Bowl

Ryan Tomari | December 18

Not much has changed at University Stadium on Saturday: A visiting team jumped out to an early lead and never took its foot off the gas pedal. BYU and its swarming defense jumped all over UTEP early in the fifth annual New Mexico Bowl en route to a 52-24 victory. “I was really impressed with the fast start of our team,” BYU head coach Bronco Mendenhall said.

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