Retired Albuquerque Journal sports writer (but still on the job three days a week). Proud native of the 505.
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Rick Wright retweeted
Hudson Mayes emerging for UNM as Lobos head into Game 3 Tuesday night in the Pit abqjournal.com/sports/hudson… via @ABQJournal
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#Broncos win their 16th straight one-score regular-season game to set an NFL record. Players talk about it.
"It’s an unbelievable skill to have ... To do that 16 times in a row is pretty sweet,'' said tackle Mike McGlinchey.
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Rick Wright retweeted
Some of our @ABQJournal coverage of Saturday's UNM Lobos men's basketball game vs. Northern Arizona:
• Gamer: abqjournal.com/sports/lobos-…
• Postgame video: youtube.com/watch?v=NdHJmIsF…
• Emptying the Notebook: abqjournal.com/sports/emptyi…
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Albuquerque’s Abraham Perez stayed unbeaten, while Jose Luis Sanchez earned a win over Josh Torres. abqjournal.com/sports/perez-…
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OK, I'll ask again.
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Landed at 3:25 am MT on return from West Point! @AF_Football defeats Army, 24-21, to win record 22nd Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy! Mission accomplished! 7-2 overall and back to @MountainWest play!
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Did quarterback Toa Fa'avae play his best game for the Lobos against Nevada? abqjournal.com/sports/reider…
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Included in today's ETN, where Jake Hall's first two game scoring total ranks in the past 50 seasons of Lobos basketball for a Lobo in the first two games of a season.
Lots more of this stuff in the article: abqjournal.com/sports/emptyi…
Emptying the Notebook: Lobo hoops wants in on turnover dominance football team is enjoying
Plus stat/trend updates of note on Jake Hall, Chris Howell, double digit steals, a look around the Mountain (West) and more... abqjournal.com/sports/emptyi… via @ABQJournal
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The Aggies rallied before halftime, but Gonzaga pulled away behind 61% shooting in Spokane. abqjournal.com/sports/new-me…
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Watching The Holy War will always remind me of the 2003 BYU-Utah game...a Cougars victory would have given New Mexico the Mountain West title (Lobos handed Utah is only MW loss under Urban Meyer earlier that year)... Agonizingly close.
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Eldorado beats Albuquerque High and sets up a rivalry showdown with La Cueva in the Class 6A quarterfinals. abqjournal.com/sports/no-clo…
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It's two at the top, and then the rest in my mind for my G6 Top 6.
Boise still in the driver's seat based on committee's rankings and on pretty much every computer metric, but UNM isn't fading. In fact, the D only seems to put up better numbers each week. (graphic fixed)
Will never forget his “Ihurtadog” columns on the Iditarod — without question helping to reduce dog mistreatment, too often resulting in deaths.
Sad news, yes. Great guy, holdover from the days when boxing had an actual press box. As Pete Hamill would say, feels like they’re shooting at our regiment. RIP, Jon.
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Big loss for NM State Aggies....
Guard Gabe Warren reportedly tore his ACL in the Aggies’ 73-66 victory over Western New Mexico on Tuesday night at the Pan American Center. Warren will miss the remainder of the season.
(Photo courtesy @NMStateAggies)
#AggieUp | #TeamFamilyBelieve | @nmsu | @NMStateMBB
Rick Wright retweeted
With my physical setback yesterday our David Klovach is handling all the girls state soccer today, and I am filled with guilt about this. Dave has done so much to have my back while I’ve been hospitalized. He’s gone way way above and beyond the call. I owe him big time.
RIP.
This is sad, sad news. Saw so much of Jon for years in #boxing and spent many nights together on the road back when. Last spent time together in Louisville for Ali's funeral. On that trip, Jon almost stepped on what looked to be a beautiful, dead, Monarch butterfly while walking with a group of friends. He picked the butterfly up and it quivered. He said, "fly Ali, fly". The butterfly flew out of his hand. Lost touch over the last few years, but never forgot that moment and those times. Rest in peace, my old friend. Fly upward.
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Rick Wright retweeted
FAU wins 60-29, just days after I confidently said New Mexico would have to worry about being passed by UTSA in the race for the G6 playoff bid.
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