James Barron on Sports
Are you ready for some (girls) football?!
Sam Gordon started a girls football league in Utah that became a hit. Now she wants to add girls football to the prep sports scene in her state.
Roundhouse Roundup
Uneasy on the Plaza
I’ve known Roque Garcia since several years before he started cooking his carnitas on the Plaza in the mid-1980s. He’s a good-hearted, good-na…
Roundhouse Roundup
A nation that lacks a consoler-in-chief
Presidents Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush and Barack Obama knew that an important, if unwritten, part of the job is being comforter-in-chief in times of national distress. Events in the past week show the current president does not.
Roundhouse Roundup
Reality shows about cops fall short
Dropping Live PD probably won’t have a major effect on law enforcement in Santa Fe.
Roundhouse Roundup
In New Mexico, the scandals never stop
The names of the corrupt New Mexico officials who help fuel the effort to establish a state ethics commission — a roll call that includes Mich…
Roundhouse Roundup
Zorro Ranch: Where cattle actually roamed
In the spring of 2006, politically connected convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was under investigation by the state of New Mexico for cer…
Ringside Seat
Parking case rides a runaway legal train
Stanford Weinstein said he was innocent and filed a protest. Then he accused city bureaucracy of being tone-deaf, sustaining the ticket even though it had no evidence against him.
Ringside Seat
In this election scrum, the cream might not rise
So many candidates are entering the race for Congress in New Mexico’s 3rd District that they’re deadening public interest.
Notes from the North
St. Michael’s soccer players lend hand at New Mexico United game
The St. Michael’s boys and girls teams were ball shaggers, and Horsemen head boys coach Mike Feldewert played a role in getting the teams on the field.
One surefire way exists to determine if a New Mexico legislator is in hiding: Check his or her requests for travel expenses.
Sports commentary
Lobos walk-on, a former St. Michael’s football standout, takes new path
On Saturday morning, Xavier Vigil had seen enough. He told friends and family that he was walking away from the Lobos on the eve of what would have been his redshirt sophomore season.
