The only possible explanation for Lobo pitcher Samantha Gatson’s “it’s not that bad” attitude is she’s being tutored by the University’s famous eternal optimist, Mike Locksley. Or she got hit in the head by a line drive. No matter how many times the UNM softball team was reminded how grisly its play was against No.
The UNM baseball team’s pitching staff has given head coach Ray Birmingham fits all season. The Lobos’ pitching was so bad last week, Birmingham is lucky the stress didn’t give him a nervous breakdown. But thanks to right-handed pitcher Bobby Mares’ terrific performance on Sunday, Birmingham can relax. The Lobos won 12-7 on Friday and 8-5 on Saturday against San Diego State.
Axed. The UNM men’s tennis team swiftly dispatched Northern Arizona 7-0 on Sunday at the Linda Estes Tennis Center. The Lobos, 5-7 overall, relinquished a combined five games to the Lumberjacks (8-6) during doubles play.
David Reaves has been called Dan Reeves, but don’t jumble the two. Reaves is not to be confused with the famous NFL head coach, who led the Denver Broncos to three Super Bowl appearances in the 1980s and the Atlanta Falcons to the big game in the 1998 season. There should be no mix-up about who David Reaves is. He coaches and molds the minds of UNM football players who play the most pressure-ridden position: quarterback.
Strip away a court, a ball and an arbitrary scoring system. Athletes are left with only one thing — raw competition.
The more Steve Alford talked, the more apparent it was how inane the sensational speculation is about his possible departure to fill a coaching vacancy elsewhere.
If giving speeches and making plans won football games, Mike Locksley would be undefeated as a head coach. The man who calls himself “Coach Locks” moved forward to Phase II of his proclaimed “renovation project.” But everyone knows how Phase I went. In 2009, Locksley encountered several off-the-field distractions, hampering the results of a year that included a 1-11 season.
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Dear Darington Hobson, What’s all this speculation I hear about you considering leaving school for the NBA?
The Utah and UNM baseball teams exchanged rallies on Sunday like people exchange phone numbers with each other. But in a series finale that needed extra innings on Sunday, the Utes got the last call over the Lobos, with a 9-8 win at Isotopes Stadium, taking two of three games from the Lobos over the weekend. “It was very hard to stomach,” said UNM head baseball coach Ray Birmingham.
SAN JOSE, Calif. — As he sat there, hands folded in the locker room, a pained expression on his face, Dairese Gary recounted the agony he felt when the UNM men’s basketball team’s magic-carpet-ride season was expiring before his eyes.
SAN JOSE, Calif. — In an Iditarod-style basketball game, the Husky outran the Lobo. The languishing Lobos watched their Sweet 16 hopes dissipate, as No.
There’s no question Darington Hobson is a performer. He’s also a master when it comes to histrionics, evidenced by his exaggerated tendency to peacock inside The Pit.
*Men’s basketball vs. Washington 2 p.m MT. on CBS* SAN JOSE, Calif. — It’s like one of those unfortunate war stories — two men obliged with the task of taking out their best friend, in the name of confounding patriotism. War has no sentimental boundaries.
Men’s basketball vs. Washington Saturday on CBS SAN JOSE, Calif. — A.J. Hardeman’s jersey number about said it all — double zero. Not that Will Brown did much better.
Today’s game will settle New Mexico and Montana’s war of words SAN JOSE, Calif. — The battle of the court jesters has already begun. Entertaining as New Mexico’s Darington Hobson and Montana’s Anthony Johnson have been on the hardwood, they made for better-than-advertised entertainment away from it at Wednesday’s media session at the HP Pavilion. NCAA March Madness maniacs can only hope the two will make for great television tonight, when the third-seeded Lobos battle No.
The Lobos look to make a lengthy postseason run in the NCAA Tournament after enjoying unparalled regular-season success. This time around, the UNM men’s basketball team doesn’t have endure March Sadness. No, it’s official.
Where in the world is Kawhi Leonard — in San Diego? As in San Diego State. Not California. Not Southern California.
Mario Trujillo Daily Lobo LAS VEGAS — The San Diego State women’s basketball team had been here before.
LAS VEGAS It wasn’t exactly the greatest Mountain West Conference basketball game ever played between San Diego State and UNLV, but the Aztecs didn’t care, nor should they.
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Billy White’s performance in the first half of the Mountain West Conference semi-finals looks like his typical stat sheet. Ten points per game, five rebounds, a couple of assists and, if he was lucky, a 3-pointer. But on Friday, the Aztecs luminary forward had a performance like the bright lights on the Las Vegas Strip. Even better, White’s career-best basketball recital came while he was hobbled by injury. Against UNM in San Diego on Jan.
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