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NFL player’s son lands on roster
Ryan Tomari | February 14Almost a week after National Signing Day, head coach Mike Locksley continues to pluck up recruits.
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Second-half surge was great, but too late
Ryan Tomari | February 14Snapped. The UNM men’s basketball team’s four-game conference winning streak was halted Saturday in Fort Collins, Colorado. The Lobos, plagued by a poor first-half shooting performance, fell to the Rams 68-62 for the first time in head coach Steve Alford’s UNM career. Alford, who was 7-0 against the Rams, said UNM is just going through a phase where it simply can’t hit shots.
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Freshmen ‘eager’ for NMSU
Brandon Call | February 11The UNM women’s tennis team doesn’t want to relive its last trip to New Mexico State. For the third time in school history, the Lobos dropped a 6-1 decision to the Aggies last year in Las Cruces. “To say that we are eager for this matchup is an understatement,” head coach Roy Cañada said.
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Slow Pokes can’t mount furious finish
Shaun Griswold | February 10After seeing its coach fired with enthusiasm, Wyoming entered the Pit fired with enthusiasm. Without head coach Heath Schroyer, who was dismissed early in the week, the one-conference-win Cowboys gave the UNM men’s basketball team all it could handle.
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No rust or rest before Wyoming
Ryan Tomari | February 8Wyoming isn’t the UNM men’s basketball team’s biggest rival. Far from it. But after losing to the Cowboys on a last-second shot in Laramie, Wyo., the Lobos are treating Wyoming’s visit tonight at The Pit as an opportunity for retribution. Senior point guard Dairese Gary said he hasn’t forgotten about the Cowboys’ Francisco Cruz turn-around shot. “They sent us home with a real nasty taste,” he said about the Pokes pulling off a 67-66 stunner.
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Wins all around in 13-hour rout
Brandon Call | February 7Thirteen was the number for the UNM men’s and women’s tennis teams. It’s the number of hours the Lobos spent on court in four matches Saturday at the Linda Estes Tennis Complex.
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An All-American Englishman
Cesar Davila | February 7Even though he has a sense of humor about it, Rory Fraser doesn’t like to talk about what happened in his first-ever relay. “I came in dead last,” said Fraser, who was 12 years old at the time.
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SUCCESS SOUNDS LIKE BROKEN RECORDS
Ryan Tomari | February 7The New Mexico Classic should’ve been renamed the York Classic on Saturday. Richard York, a sophomore on the UNM track and field team, broke the Lobo heptathlon record at the Albuquerque Convention Center.
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Locals gear up for Super Bowl
Ryan Tomari | February 3Albuquerque fans are in a huge uproar for the 45th edition of the Super Bowl, arguably the biggest game of the year. Two of the oldest and most successful NFL organizations, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers, will tussle for the right to hold the Vince Lombardi Trophy on Sunday. In Albuquerque and around UNM, Packers and Steelers’ fans are gearing up to cheer for their team and hopefully see it walk away victorious.
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Unseating Favre will be Packers’ crowning achievement
Isaac Avilucea | February 3Imagine the rapturous vindication Ted Thompson will experience when he comes to find that his Lambeau leap of faith will end with him holding the NFL’s Holy Grail. With a win in Super Bowl XLV, the Ted Thompson transformation will have come full circle.
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Tough outing, terrific outcome
Brandon Call | February 3It was far from pretty for the UNM women’s basketball team, but a gorgeous result nonetheless. In a battle of Mountain West Conference cellar dwellers, the Lobos clawed their way back from a nine-point, second-half deficit to defeat Air Force 64-59 on Wednesday at The Pit. “Air Force is a much-improved team,” head coach Don Flanagan said.
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Locks nabs 21 recruits
Ryan Tomari | February 3UNM head football coach Mike Locksley was smiling like a child on Christmas morning. But Wednesday was the second best day of the year for the 40-year-old, whose birthday just so happens to fall on Christmas day: It was National Signing Day, and Locksley announced the addition of 21 players to this year’s signing class, headlined by five signees from Maryland. Locksley said his coaching staff played a significant role in bringing the recruits to UNM. “I’ve said many times,” Locksley said.
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Fishbein brings capable scorers
Ryan Tomari | February 3The UNM men’s soccer team looks to score goals. Oddly enough, it’s something the Lobos couldn’t do in 2010 and head coach Jeremy Fishbein wants that to change. Stocking up on firepower, the Lobos on Wednesday signed seven recruits, all straight out of high school. Fishbein said he couldn’t ask for a better recruiting class. “We’ve got two great local kids, two international and three kids from in the region,” he said.
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Bleachers replaced after collapse
Ryan Tomari | February 2Flintco, 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.
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Eyes on the national prize
Ryan Tomari | February 2The 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.
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For Ross, home base is here
Ryan Tomari | January 31Cody 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.
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A step in the right direction
Tyler Johnson | January 31For 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.
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Aggies get served in ABQ
Brandon Call | January 31Revenge 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.
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BYU Goes Belly-up
Ryan Tomari | January 31In 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.
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Brace for scoring menace
Ryan Tomari | January 27Jimmer 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.
