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Governor Bill Richardson and First Lady Barbara Richardson will be on hand in Las Vegas to cheer on the University of New Mexico Lobos as they take on the San Diego State Aztecs tonight in the semifinals of the Mountain West Conference men’s basketball tournament. The Lobos, the number one seed in the tournament, are [...]

The University of New Mexico men’s basketball team is having what is arguably its best year ever, and today is the final day of the regular season for the Lobos, when they play Texas Christian University at The Pit. And 1st Congressional District Representative, and Lobos fan, Martin Heinrich honored the 25-3 Lobos basketball team [...]

Members of the state Senate gloated today after Friday’s 43-42 victory in the House vs. Senate basketball game. The win broke a streak of nine straight victories by the House. The game, held in the St. Michael’s High School gym in Santa Fe, benefited the University of New Mexico Cancer Center.

Tonight, the House and Senate and will adjourn early– but not to go home. The lawmakers will instead take to the court to play a basketball for charity and bragging rights.

Conan O’Brien and NBC went through a nasty separation in recent weeks, and in O’Brien’s second-to-last show, a New Mexico race horse that won the Kentucky Derby was brought into the fray. Or was it?
O’Brien claimed that the Tonight Show bought Mine That Bird (which was watching “restricted NFL Super Bowl footage”) for a skit [...]

The Pit (officially University Arena, but who calls it that?) is one of the top sporting venues in the country. The end of the 1983 NCAA Men’s Basketball title game is considered one of the greatest of all time, and you can see the video of Jim Valvano running around the floor of The Pit [...]