Tuesday, September 23, 2008 Krebs Speaks Volumes By Ed Johnson Assistant Sports Editor           In a span of three questions, in an interview some 600 miles away, an encounter that lasted about four minutes, Paul Krebs came face to face with Lobo football, 2008.         It wasn't so much the questions ...
full story 09/22/08

Sunday, August 10, 2008 Minister of Defense By Ed Johnson Assistant Sports Editor           Editor's note: Each Sunday for the next four weeks, the Journal staff will feature who we believe are the top 10 in a particular category to advance the NFL season. Next: wide receivers.         The minister ...
full story 08/09/08

... -4A last year, and Los Lunas Valencia, another new school. Valencia's Jaguars, who will be playing their first year of varsity ball, are coached by Ed Johnson, the Pintos' former athletic director.     Valencia was 6-3 in 2007 against junior-varsity competition, according to the New Mexico Activities ...
full story 07/31/08

Friday, May 2, 2008 Game of Chance By Ed Johnson Assistant Sports Editor     Bruce Dunmore won't be anywhere near the Twin Spires on Saturday.     When "My Old Kentucky Home" is played, he will be in his Albuquerque home, watching on TV a colt he sold for almost nothing, from a stallion he didn't particularly ...
full story 05/01/08

full story 04/30/08

Friday, April 04, 2008 MEN'S BASKETBALL '83 Game Was for the Ages By Ed Johnson/ Assistant Sports Editor       COMMENTARY: I remember nothing of the noise that evening. I don't remember who I sat next to, or where I went afterward.     Of course I remember the "pass" and the dunk, and the ...
full story 04/07/08

Sunday, December 23, 2007 Few Fans Stay Around - Will Rocky? By Ed Johnson Of the Journal     When Rocky Long accepted the New Mexico Bowl trophy on a cold Saturday evening, there were only a smattering of the 30,233 fans left.     "Rocky! Rocky!"     And so it was left to his players, who had ...
full story 12/22/07

Saturday, March 24, 2007 From Day 1, the No. 1 Pick By Ed Johnson Assistant Sports Editor     The recruitment of Stephen Todd Alford ended on a rainy Friday afternoon when he walked into the University of New Mexico student union building, a Midwestern boy just learning the nuances of the Southwest ...
full story 03/24/07

Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Track: UNM's Henry Brothers Step Aside By Ed Johnson Assistant Sports Editor     It's not the end of a vision, exactly. It's more like the handing of the baton, of letting someone else carry the idea through.     Matt Henry is resigning as head track and cross country coach ...
full story 02/19/07

Friday, January 19, 2007 KRQE, Comcast Try to Reach Hi-Def Deal By Ed Johnson Assistant Sports Editor     Super Bowl Sunday is fast approaching and four NFL teams are laboring with that goal in mind.     But Feb. 4 marks another deadline of sorts. It involves Super Bowl parties, TV executives and the ...
full story 01/19/07