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1. Albuquerque Journal newspaper stories 1. ABQJOURNAL TOPIC: By Ed Johnson full story 2. ABQJOURNAL SPORTS: If Not the New Mexico Bowl, What Are the Alternatives? Monday, December 22, 2008 If Not the New Mexico Bowl, What Are the Alternatives? By Ed Johnson Assistant Sports Editor           ANALYSIS: Albuquerque is made of high desert and mountain. It has a river running through it that is parched dry at times, a wind that occasionally shakes its slim trees ... full story 3. ABQJOURNAL SPORTS: Locksley Has Major Recruiting Job Ahead Tuesday, December 09, 2008 Locksley Has Major Recruiting Job Ahead By Ed Johnson Assistant Sports Editor        When the word arrived that Mike Locksley had been named head football coach at the University of New Mexico, the first written response at ABQjournal.com was succinct:     "Who the hell is ... full story 4. ABQJOURNAL SPORTS: Long Farewell: N.M. Grad Lived for Lobo Football, as a Coach and a Player Tuesday, November 18, 2008 Long Farewell: N.M. Grad Lived for Lobo Football, as a Coach and a Player By Ed Johnson Assistant Sports Editor        Rocky Long came home on an icy day 11 years ago.     Amid falling snowflakes, there was a sense of relief around the University of New Mexico campus. A Lobo ... full story 5. ABQJOURNAL SPORTS: Krebs Speaks Volumes 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 6. ABQJOURNAL SPORTS/SPEAK: Offensive Line Improvement a Must for the Lobos Tuesday, September 02, 2008 Offensive Line Improvement a Must for the Lobos By Ed Johnson Assistant Sports Editor           The boos came as quickly as the rains had left. Such is the uneasy state between Lobo Nation and its football team.         A badly shanked punt, just minutes into a fresh season ... full story 7. ABQJOURNAL SPORTS: Minister of Defense 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 8. Mountain View TelegraphMOUNTAIN/SPORTS: 'We're Hungry for It' ... -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 9. ABQjournal Sports: Game of Chance 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 10. ABQJOURNAL TOPIC: By Ed Johnson full story Page 1 2 3 NEXT   last