Featured Sports – Albuquerque Journal

Featured Sports – Albuquerque Journal

Past, present Lobo golfers are in U.S. Open field

UNM golfer Bastien Amat makes his major debut on Thursday at the U.S. Open in Los Angeles. Former Lobo Victor Perez of France is set to make his fourth straight U.S. Open appearance.

Published: Wednesday, June 14th, 2023 at 9:14PM
Updated: Wednesday, June 14th, 2023 at 9:15PM

Local golf: This is what makes Puerto del Sol the place to be after sundown

Go back to the 1960s. Los Altos' executive nine-hole course was fitted with a set of lights to accommodate night play. Around the end of the 1970s, those lights found a new home at Puerto for a nighttime driving range. So, a city golf tradition was born.

Wednesday, June 14th, 2023 at 9:13PM

Local golf notes: Prep stars are among NM qualifiers for Junior PGA Championship

Grady Cox of Rio Communities and Vari Mariscal of Deming have qualified for the upcoming boys Junior PGA Championship in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Rylee Salome of Los Lunas and Olivia Zamarripa were the two girls' qualifiers from the event.

Wednesday, June 14th, 2023 at 8:53PM

Sports Speak Up! On the wild Canadian Open finish, and Alex Bregman

NICK TAYLOR was celebrating one of the great moments in golf history after draining a remarkable 72-foot putt and becoming the first Canadian to win his country's golf championship in...

Wednesday, June 14th, 2023 at 8:45PM

UNM football adds linebacker from California junior college; magazine honors nine Lobo players

East Los Angeles College transfer linebacker Kamron Robinson, listed at 6-foot-2, 215 pounds, announced his intention to transfer to New Mexico on Monday via Twitter.

Tuesday, June 13th, 2023 at 6:06PM

United names former MLS assistant Quill as new head coach

Eric Quill officially stepped into the fire with New Mexico United on Tuesday. A 45-year-old with an extensive soccer background, Quill was introduced as United's new head coach at the...

Tuesday, June 13th, 2023 at 12:56PM

Lobos wrap up NCAA track and field meet with 15 All-America honors

(NCAA championship track and field results) AUSTIN, Texas – Twelve New Mexico athletes earned a total of 15 USTFCCCA All-America honors over the weekend at the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Track &...

Saturday, June 10th, 2023 at 11:59PM

For this Isotope slugger, Mondays are for the fish

Aaron Schunk spends six days a week locked into his professional baseball career. His escape is one day a week going fishing.

Published: Saturday, June 10th, 2023 at 11:12PM
Updated: Saturday, June 10th, 2023 at 11:15PM

United falls to Tampa Bay in interim coach Hemmi's debut

New Mexico United came out firing in its first match under interim coach Masaki Hemmi on Saturday night. The opposing team was a bit more accurate. Despite being outshot and...

Saturday, June 10th, 2023 at 10:30PM

Sports Speak Up! Opinions on United's next coach, the World Series and poor Jacob deGrom

THE TEXAS RANGERS have learned the hard way the folly of spending $185 million dollars on a pitcher with a glass arm. Jake deGrom ('deGlass') has been overrated his entire...

Saturday, June 10th, 2023 at 5:59PM

TITLE IX: Landmark federal law changed landscape of sports

Title IX paved an unexpected career path for coaching icon Flanagan

Don Flanagan made Eldorado girls, Lobo women big winners

Title IX, The Coach: Ciccarello got girls track up and running

It's a fact that Norma Sims, Manzano High School's athletic director from 1975-89, hired Jim…

Title IX: The Athlete - Olivia Jones fulfills hopes, dreams

The year was 1972, and 10-year-old Olivia Jones was growing tall, strong and well coordinated.…

Title IX: NCAA report shows stark gap in funding for women

The number of women competing at the highest level of college athletics continues to rise…

Title IX: Landmark federal law has changed landscape of sports

When Title IX was signed into law 50 years ago, sex-based discrimination in federally funded…

Rick Wright: MMA guru Jackson gets it about Title IX

What does one of the world's most recognized mixed martial arts coaches think of the…

Editorial: Title IX is the maker of dreams

Even after passage of Title IX in 1972, it wasn't easy. There were gross inequities…

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Local golf: This is what makes Puerto del Sol the place to be after sundown

Past, present Lobo golfers are in U.S. Open field

Local golf notes: Prep stars are among NM qualifiers for Junior PGA Championship