Wednesday, October 15, 2008 Penalties Deserve Special Review By Rick Wright Of the Journal       After further review, why not review penalties, too?        If that review provides indisputable evidence that no penalty was committed, why not overturn the call?        Wait, please - don't stop ...
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008 So Much for Redshirt Idea By Rick Wright Journal Staff Writer       OK, all you Lobos who are redshirting the 2008 season, take a step forward.        Not so fast, Tate Smith.        You too, A.J. Butler.        Get back in line, Anthony Hooks.        Desperate times? Well ...
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Sunday, October 12, 2008 Galetti Making Progress By Rick Wright Of the Journal           Scott Galetti would much rather tell the story than be the story.         "You're not gonna write about me again, are you?" he's asked me a couple of times since I did so on Aug. 31, the morning after his ...
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Sunday, October 12, 2008 Boo Birds Won't Irk Holm Unless They Affect Fight By Rick Wright Journal Staff Writer           The last time someone said "boo" to Holly Holm, it probably was a 12-year-old kid dressed in a ghost costume on a long-ago Halloween.         Count on that changing Friday night ...
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Friday, October 10, 2008 Long's Luncheons: Fascinating Fare By Rick Wright Of the Journal       In 1997, Detroit Free Press sports columnist Mitch Albom struck literary gold with a book entitled “Tuesdays With Morrie.”        “Tuesdays with Rocky” probably isn't book ...
full story 10/09/08

Thursday, October 09, 2008 Zamora Gets Star Struck By Rick Wright Journal Staff Writer       Doesn't every star need a Star Center?        Doesn't every Star Center need a star?        Albuquerque's Juan Romero has promoted several professional boxing cards at Sky City Casino, four of which ...
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Wednesday, October 08, 2008 Cougars Have Been Passing Through New Mexico for Decades By Rick Wright Of the Journal       RICK WRIGHT COLUMN: Back in 1956, a guy named Carroll passed the New Mexico Lobos silly.        More than a half-century later, Brigham Young University is still taking it to the ...
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Wednesday, October 08, 2008 UNM 'O' Has To Stay on Field By Rick Wright Journal Staff Writer        Three and out. To a football offensive unit, those three words are misery.     To a defensive unit, they're poetry.     On Saturday, when the New Mexico Lobos play ninth-ranked Brigham Young in ...
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Wednesday, October 08, 2008 UNM 'O' Has To Stay on Field By Rick Wright Journal Staff Writer        Three and out. To a football offensive unit, those three words are misery.     To a defensive unit, they're poetry.     On Saturday, when the New Mexico Lobos play ninth-ranked Brigham Young in ...
full story 10/07/08

Sunday, October 05, 2008 Beauty Is A Victory By Rick Wright Of the Journal           Repeat after me: there's no such thing as an ugly victory ... there's no such thing as an ugly victory ... there's no such thing ...         Well, OK; maybe there is, depending on one's point of view ...
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