The UNM volleyball team pulled off back-to-back come-from-behind victories on Saturday at Johnson Gym to capture the championship of the MCM Elegante Lobo Classic. After topping Delaware 25-20, 25-13, 25-21 Friday night in their season opener, the Lobos rallied from a 2-1 set deficit to edge Portland State on Saturday afternoon.
The UNM football team’s running backs are playing a game of musical chairs — all four are dashing for the starting seat. Surprisingly, freshman Demond Dennis created a buzz during fall training camp and might be the clear-cut favorite to take the field Sept. 5 in the Lobos’ season-opener against Texas A&M.
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.
The UNM women’s soccer team is nearing its first major challenge of the season, and fans will soon find out how the Lobos handle playing on the road. Today, UNM kicks off a four-game road trip.
No doubt the UNM football team’s linebacking corps is deep, but the jury is still out on whether they’re all game-ready. They’ve had to adapt to a switch from a 3-3-5 defensive scheme to defensive coordinator Doug Mallory’s 4-3 defense, linebackers coach Toby Neinas said. And how many players the Lobos will rotate at linebacker remains to be seen, Neinas said.
Mike Locksley wants to know what good it does him to clue us in on who’s going to be the UNM football team’s starting quarterback this season. How’s this? Once you officially announce who’s going to be the starting quarterback, Coach, you don’t have to hear any more questions about it. Here we are, 10 days before the Lobos’ Sept.
There’s something about Quintell Solomon’s hands that is unlike those of most other college receivers.
At times it looked like the UNM women’s soccer team was playing a pick-up game on Johnson Field… But it’s what head coach Kit Vela expected out of a season opener.
The UNM volleyball team debuted its 2009 roster Saturday during the annual Cherry-Silver and Alumni exhibition matches.
Purgatory doesn’t exist for Michael Vick. In the eyes of PETA, there’s no place for him to be cleansed, “purged” of his transgressions — he belongs in one place.
Trails of dust particles swirl in the air, kicked up by the fury of their feet. Divots and indentations mark where they made their cuts.
George Barlow, the UNM football team’s cornerbacks coach, will have to perform some dentistry work on the Lobos’ secondary. He’ll have to fill some cavities.
Realistically, in a season dubbed a “rebuilding year” by pundits, how many games does the UNM football team expect to win?
I can’t entirely blame Isaiah Rusher for his shortcomings. That would be too easy. On Wednesday, basketball head coach Steve Alford announced that Rusher was dismissed from the team.
As a child, Nick Geyer was given a slew of sporting options. On his sixth birthday, Geyer’s father, David, gave him a baseball glove, a hockey stick, a tennis racket, a basketball and a golf club.
It’s become one of the most-often repeated football aphorisms: “Offense wins games, but defense wins championships.”
At first it sounded like a tacky, made-for-TV testimonial, a way to solicit more players from the UNM football team to join in the yoga sessions held twice a week inside the Indoor Practice Facility.
I can't entirely blame Isaiah Rusher for his shortcomings. That would be too easy. On Wednesday, basketball head coach Steve Alford announced that Rusher was dismissed from the team. "Isaiah needed to go home to Houston and take care of some personal issues," Alford said.
It's become one of the most-often repeated football aphorisms: "Offense wins games, but defense wins championships." But how many championships did the UNM football team win in Rocky Long's defense-oriented program? While UNM ranked 45th in total defense last year, the Lobos were bottom dwellers when it came to offense.
Realistically, in a season dubbed a "rebuilding year" by pundits, how many games does the UNM football team expect to win? "Our goal is to win one game every week and then count them up at the end," head coach Mike Locksley said. "I'll leave the prognosticating up to you guys.
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