Maja Kovacek will get one last opportunity to play with her teammates before her career at UNM comes to an end. The senior All-American tennis player said she was surprised to find out the No. 46 Lobos were selected to play at the NCAA Championships, which begin May 12.
A family of athletes and a lifetime of competitive sports helped lead Whitney Johnson to UNM to become the best pole vaulter in school history.
After the NCAA Championships, I thought it would be years before I saw the same amount of blood, sweat and tears pour out onto a basketball court.
Give the head coach of UNM's club lacrosse team three to five years, and the team will be playing for a national championship.
New Mexico football fans will no longer have to travel long distances to watch a college bowl game. Gov. Bill Richardson announced Monday at a news conference that the state will partner with ESPN to launch the first New Mexico Bowl. The first bowl game hosted in New Mexico will be held at University Stadium on Dec. 23, at 2:30 p.m.
The fact that NBA Commissioner David Stern did not suspend Reggie Evans of the Denver Nuggets after his crotch-grabbing fiasco is very disturbing to me.
Finally, after a 438-game regular season, the NBA Playoffs are here. Being that I don't have cable, I'd like to declare a hex upon all the money-grubbing executives who put the playoffs on channels I have to pay for.
The UNM baseball team is on a five-game losing streak after falling 8-2 to No. 5 Oregon State on Sunday in Corvallis, Ore.
Anthony Fairbanks' decision to attend UNM after being a high school All-American meant that he would not receive a full scholarship.
The UNM men's tennis team's season came to an end at the Mountain West Conference Championships Thursday after the team fell to Brigham Young University 4-2 in San Diego.
Terrance Pennington became the second Lobo taken in the 2006 NFL Draft when he was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the seventh round.
Sophomore Whitney Johnson soared to a height of 13-00 3/4 to set a UNM women's pole vault record on Saturday. Johnson became the first UNM woman to clear 13 feet at the Don Kirby Memorial Invitational at the Great Friends of UNM Track Stadium.
Jay Choi led the UNM men's golf team to its fourth consecutive Mountain West Conference Championship on Saturday in Bend, Ore., winning the individual title in the process.
The UNM women's tennis team fell to No. 1-seed Texas Christian University in the semifinals of the Mountain West Conference Championships, losing 4-1 Friday in San Diego.
Hank Baskett hasn't been watching ESPN, reading the online mock drafts, or paying attention to any other news about this weekend's NFL Draft.
Ryan Cook's biggest football moment could come this weekend. After being a standout center for the UNM football team, Cook is preparing for Saturday's NFL Draft. Mel Kiper Jr. has Cook ranked as the fourth-highest center in the 2006 NFL Draft.
The University of Maryland signed ex-Lobo Bambale Osby to a scholarship Thursday. As a freshman, Osby played in 31 of 33 games for the UNM men's basketball team during the 2004-2005 season. It was the same season the Lobos won the Mountain West Conference Tournament and made their first NCAA Tournament appearance in six years.
Derek Mackel is one of 14 seniors on the UNM track and field team who will have their final opportunity to perform in front of a home crowd.
Zach Arnett might have had a few reasons to wait until Sunday to hit his first home run. Maybe it took the true freshman a few months to transition from playing as a linebacker on the UNM football team to hitting a baseball.
Brandon Moss doesn't have any trouble remembering how blissful college soccer was now that he's a professional. If the ex-UNM men's soccer player made a mistake playing for the Lobos, it was no big deal, Moss said. As captain he led the Lobos to the NCAA National Championships.
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