Albuquerque Journal newspaper stories
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ABQjournal speak: Sports Speak Up!
... did infact block Prentice's shot, however a Utah player grabbed the loose ball, and Jamal Smith fouled that Utah player, after the free throws, JR Giddens took the ball up court and attempeted the LAST shot of the game as time expired. The real funny part is I think that the Journal printed your email ...
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ABQjournal speak: Sports Speak Up!!
Saturday, March 22, 2008 Sports Speak Up!! By * IN HIS ARTICLE ON Friday, Mark Smith Mentioned that Lobo Senior J.R. Giddens was the player that attempted and missed the last shots of the last two games of the season. Yes this is true in the first round loss to Cal, But in the first round MWC tourney ...
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ABQjournal Sports: Close But No Cigar
... in March - 3s, foul shots or just jumpers - they would be dancing. Or at least still playing somewhere. But they didn't. And when senior J.R. Giddens' 18-foot jumper bounced off the back of iron at the final horn on Wednesday at Cal, it was a symbolic close to a stretch run gone sour. The ...
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ABQjournal Sports: Giddens Finally Got With Program
Friday, March 21, 2008 Giddens Finally Got With Program By Rick Wright Of the Journal Justin Ray, we hardly knew ye. When J.R. Giddens' last-second 18-footer rimmed out Wednesday night in Berkeley, Calif., it brought a sudden end to one of the most spectacular careers in Lobo basketball history ...
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ABQjournal Sports: Cal Puts UNM to Bed
... 's kind of been our Achilles' heel all season." The Lobos were just 9-for-20 from the line (45.5 percent) - just 4-of-13 excluding senior J.R. Giddens. For UNM, the game was its second one-and-done experience in less than a week, and came in hauntingly familiar fashion. Giddens again had ...
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ABQjournal Sports: Cal Puts UNM to Bed
... 's kind of been our Achilles' heel all season." The Lobos were just 9-for-20 from the line (45.5 percent) - just 4-of-13 excluding senior J.R. Giddens. For UNM, the game was its second one-and-done experience in less than a week, and came in hauntingly familiar fashion. Giddens again had ...
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ABQjournal Sports: Lobos Aim to Restart Engines
... seniors, we've got to go about it right and get some wins for them," Gary says. And first-year coach Lobo Steve Alford says those seniors - J.R. Giddens, Darren Prentice and Jamaal Smith - may be the ones who determine how many more games they have left. "I talked to the seniors," Alford ...
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ABQjournal Sports: NIT: Cal Eager to Host The Lobos
... them to the NIT title in 1999 and to the NIT quarterfinals in 2000. "We're always looking for the opportunity to play basketball," UNM senior J.R. Giddens said of heading west. "California will be another good game to go play ... I have the utmost respect for this tournament. We're blessed to be ...
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