by Michael Beniash Daily Lobo College football kicks into full swing this upcoming weekend as alumni, students and football fans begin to feel the vibe of the opening kick, the ambitious dreams of a perfect season, the culmination of school spirit, the thrill of thousands of screaming fans and yes, the tailgate parties.
Art Haynes had been a basketball player most of his life. Basketball is what lead him to Ellsworth Community College in Iowa. Then he walked onto the football team. Two years later, Haynes has a scholarship at UNM. Haynes has proved to be a natural athlete, as he had only one year of experience in each sport prior to college.
UNM football possesses one of the biggest and most talented offensive lines in the nation. The starting five offensive linemen, tabbed "The Hitmen," by teammates are all returning lettermen from a unit that lead UNM to a spot in last year's Las Vegas Bowl.
The Lobo football team begins its season Saturday against Texas State-San Marcos with high expectations after earning a Las Vegas Bowl birth and finishing second in the Mountain West Conference last year. However head coach Rocky Long is not expecting the Bobcats to be a walk-over.
Junior Josh Bazinet has traveled a long road to get to where he is. Bazinet, a construction management and Spanish double major, will make the first start of his career at the wolf safety position Saturday against Texas State-San Marcos at University Stadium.
The 2003 Lobo football team is potentially the best in the history of UNM. Head coach Rocky Long said he hasn't coached a team of this potential since his last season with the UCLA Bruins in 1997. "The last year I was at UCLA we ended up third in the country," Long said.
Knight Ridder/Tribune FORT WORTH, Texas -The 2003 college football season begins this week, and this season's team of destiny will be determined in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 4. The season began Saturday with two games - California at Kansas State in the Black Coaches Association Classic, and Division I-AA Grambling State at San Jose State in the Martin Luther King Literacy Classic.
by Derek Davis Daily Lobo The predictions are out, the expectations are set and the season is ready to begin for the UNM women's soccer team. The Lobos will begin their campaign against Texas Tech in Lubbock this Friday, followed by a Sunday afternoon date in Norman, Okla.
Next month five of the University's finest athletes will be inducted into the UNM Athletic Hall of Honor. Many of the men and women have not been recognized as Lobos in 40 years. "It's a great honor to finally be recognized for what I did," said Mike Prokopiak, kicker on the memorable 1952 football team.
Staff Report Just because nearly four years have passed since Dave Bliss coached at UNM doesn't necessarily mean that the University is exempt from the NCAA's current investigation. The investigation, while still focusing on the unethical practices Bliss was involved in at Baylor, is widening to look into the possibility of similar occurrences at the other universities Bliss coached at.
by Allison Woodward Daily Lobo Out of the gym and onto the court, the UNM volleyball team is ready for action. Saturday the Lobos held their first scrimmage of the season, in the annual Cherry/ Silver match at Johnson Center. In front of an audience of family, friends and peers, the Lobos proved they are ready to play hardball, even against each other.
by Aaron Salas Daily Lobo UNM outside hitter Anna Reines does not know the meaning of the term "off-season." Instead of taking the summer off, Reines traveled to the Czech Republic to play among the best in the world representing New Mexico on the USA Select Team.
Knight Ridder/Tribune ATLANTA - The Atlanta Falcons' worst fears came true Saturday night. Quarterback Michael Vick, the team's most dominant player and a likely MVP candidate, fractured the fibula in his right leg in the first quarter of the Falcons' preseason game with Baltimore.
by Derek Davis Daily Lobo The Zero Tolerance Foul Language Rule will not affect college soccer fields this season. The proposed rule called for the use of red cards to mediate bad language on the soccer pitch. In early August the Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet voted against the proposal.
by Matt Hemmendinger Daily Lobo The UNM men's soccer team is striving to equal last year's unprecedented success. "We would like to do everything we did last year and then improve from there," head coach Jeremy Fishbein said. Everything includes repeating as Mountain Pacific Sports Federation regular and post-season champions as well as going to the second round of the NCAA tournament.
With each passing hot summer day, football fans across Albuquerque inch closer and closer to the highly anticipated UNM home opener on Aug. 30. But before everyone starts rolling their barbecues and coolers into the University Stadium parking lot, the Lobos must work out all the off-season kinks in preseason practice.
The UNM volleyball team is looking forward to a fresh start this fall. The Lobos are undergoing a complete makeover this season under second-year head coach Kelley Sliva McKee with a roster featuring only four players from last season. UNM finished the 2002 season with a 10-21 record.
Assocoated Press WACO, Texas (AP) - Gunshot wounds to the head are what killed Baylor University basketball player Patrick Dennehy, according to a preliminary autopsy report released Wednesday. Dennehy's official cause of death is homicide, the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences in Dallas said in its report.
UNM basketball icon Jordan Adams will complete her first season in the WNBA in the fall - however her career in professional basketball has just begun and is expanding at an enormous rate. Adams signed a contract in late April with the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx season opener was on May 24 against the Sacramento Monarchs.
Michael Letzig was an electrifying, though sometimes erratic, player during his first three years at UNM - then he made an attitude adjustment. The 22-year-old, Richmond, Mo. native was as well known for his hot scoring - he holds the all-time 54-hole record at UNM (17-under-par 199 in 2001) - as he was for his hot temper.
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