Jeremy Johnson probably couldn't ask for a better opportunity to close out his UNM cross country career. Johnson will take on the best the nation has to offer Monday when he competes in the NCAA Cross Country Championships in Terre Haute, Ind.
After he was hired in March, Steve Alford said he wanted to turn the UNM men's basketball team into a national force. And even though he has high goals for the Lobos, the process begins with baby steps, Alford said.
A seventh straight NCAA appearance: the ultimate goal for the UNM women's basketball team this season. The Lobos finished the 2006 season at 24-9 and made it to the first round of the NCAA tournament. As the winningest coach in UNM history, head coach Don Flanagan hopes to continue the streak this year. With two exhibition games and three regular-season contests under the team's belt, Flanagan has an idea of what the Lobos need to work on for the rest of the season.
If there is a glaring weakness heading into the 2007-08 UNM men's basketball season, it's the lack of depth and experience in the post. And even though the Lobos recruited a couple of players with potential to fill the gap, chances are it will take some time to develop that talent.
Six months ago, Dionne Marsh could barely walk or get out of bed. But this month, the senior is leading the UNM women's basketball team into its 2007-08 season.
Men's soccer The UNM men's soccer team trounced San Jose State 5-1 on Sunday as the Lobos celebrated Senior Day at the UNM Soccer Complex. "We didn't start off that hot," head coach Jeremy Fishbein said. "The guys came out a little tight and put pressure on themselves because of Senior Day. But once ...
After a disappointing season for the UNM men's basketball team, fans are hoping the Lobos can make a fast turnaround in 2007. UNM finished last season 15-17 overall, one of only two losing Lobo seasons in the past 24 years.
Some called it an ugly victory. But when Lobo kicker John Sullivan's winning field goal sailed through the uprights to give UNM a 26-23 win over Colorado State on Saturday, head coach Rocky Long saw it as picture-perfect.
The UNM women's basketball team wasn't always the dominant squad it is today. In 1995, Don Flanagan inherited a struggling Lobo program that was 14-96 in the four previous seasons.
Cross country After the best conference finish the UNM cross country team has seen in 19 years, the Lobos will try and build upon that in the NCAA Mountain Regional Championships. At the Mountain West Conference Championships in Albuquerque, senior Jeremy Johnson made his last hometown race a memorable ...
After slipping up at UNLV last week, the UNM men's soccer team has a little more work to do in order to win its fourth straight conference championship. Despite that loss, however, the Lobos still have a chance at that goal beginning with the final two home games of the season this weekend.
With the start of a new NBA season, there are a few things that come to mind. Is the Eastern Conference finally seeing a power shift heading its way? And also, please God, don't put the Spurs in another Finals.
Former UNM men's basketball player Danny Granger was named the NBA's Eastern Conference Player of the Week. Granger helped the Indiana Pacers to a 3-0 start by averaging 22.7 points, 8.7 rebounds and 1.7 steals.
The UNM football team will have to pick itself up after its most crushing defeat of the season Saturday. Entering that 37-0 thrashing at the hands of TCU, the Lobos were off to a 6-2 start and were one of the hottest teams in the Mountain West Conference.
It's basketball season already, and I don't know if I'm prepared to take on the grueling season ahead of us. Luckily, there are a few major subplots that will help the NBA steal some headlines from the NFL in the next few months. Here are a few of the questions I have as the NBA season gets underway.
The NBA started last week without too much fanfare. Ho-hum. As I was sifting through my seemingly endless sea of e-mails from major sporting affiliations, something caught my eye.
The UNM volleyball team lost two matches this weekend, dropping the Lobos to sixth place in Mountain West Conference standings. An error-plagued UNM lost to BYU 28-30, 26-30 and 22-30 on Friday. It then fell to Utah 28-30, 30-25, 24-30, and 24-30 on Saturday at Johnson Gym.
The UNM women's basketball team concluded its exhibition schedule Sunday with a 98-66 win over Eastern New Mexico at The Pit. Head coach Don Flanagan said the Lobos were outworked by the Zias despite the 33-point margin of victory.
UNM head basketball coach Steve Alford may have looked at it as just another practice, but there was little he could complain about after his team's 94-50 thrashing of Eastern New Mexico on Friday at The Pit. The Lobos played well in all phases of the game, and Alford said he was happy with each player's performance.
It was a tale of two teams for the UNM women's basketball team Thursday. The Lobos fell to the Chinese National Team 67-61 at The Pit. The loss ends an 18-game winning streak by UNM in exhibition games. "We were two different teams out there," head coach Don Flanagan said.
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