Hollymania! This past Sunday I attended the parade and rally held for Holly Holm downtown at Civic Plaza, and I all I can say about the turnout of fans there to celebrate the new UFC Bantamweight Champion is WOW! I knew this would be well attended, and thought I had given myself enough time…… MORE
The Gildan New Mexico Bowl is Saturday December 19th at University Stadium. IT’s the 10th Annual game and Features New Mexico taking on Arizona. Tickets are available at the UNM thicket office at the Pit or by calling 925-Lobo. Listen to The Sports Bar all next week for your chance to win tickets. … MORE
Regular season story lines in sports not named the National Football League don’t really catch on with a lot of people. However the defending NBA champions are doing something very noteworthy. After a 131-123 win at Indiana the Golden State Warriors are 23-0. The 1972 Lakers won 33 in a row as they hold the…… MORE
I scribe this entry with absolutely no misconception of impartiality. I am biased. As the executive director of the Gildan New Mexico Bowl, I have a slanted view on this subject….but my view is the right one and has become increasingly more popular over the last few years. The 10th annual installment of our State’s…… MORE
I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate UNM Lobo head football coach Bob Davie, his staff, and his players for finishing off the 2015 regular season with a record of 7-5, en route to a bowl since 2007, absolutely tremendous! Watching this team in the 2014 season, there was quite a bit to…… MORE
The four team college football playoff has changed things at the top. The bowl system is still rolling along. The 10th annual Gildan New Mexico Bowl is December 19th. We won’t know until Sunday but one can assume the New Mexico Lobos will be one of the teams in the game. Some people cannot stand…… MORE
Can I spend a minute giving props to Lobo Football? Sure I can, and I hope the rest of this town does too. This just concluded regular season, which saw the UNM football team go 7-5 and tie for second place in their division was sensational. When you put into perspective where they have been…… MORE
Return of the King of Smack First and foremost I have to send a HUGE Congratulations to Holly “The Preachers Daughter” Holm for her absolutely outstanding victory over Rhonda Rousey, Saturday night in UFC 193 from Melbourne, Australia. Unbelievable, thank you Holly on behalf of all of New Mexico! You know there are more…… MORE
Tomorrow is the big day! That’s when we bring Jim Rome back to town. Rome will do his show from our studios tomorrow. Then, we’ll have a huge party out at Sandia Resort and Casino. The party starts at 2 o’clock. Doors open up at 1pm and the tailgate party in the lobby starts at…… MORE
It happened, one of the best weekends in New Mexico sports history. Saturday night will be talked about forever. A champion and a rare win on The Blue. The world was consumed with Ronda Rousey and rightfully so. She dominated in the octagon, had a good personality out of it and wanted to finish her…… MORE
