Author Archives: Van Tate

ASK SPORTS: Friday August 29, 2008

First of all, thanks for sending in your questions. We are delighted that you took time out of your day to give us a look. Keep the questions coming! It is always good to get a variety of questions from the viewers. You keep us going. We wanted to do a mailbag to include viewers. [...]

Women’s city golf championship needs a makeover

     It was three rounds of golf without anyone breaking par.  Despite that the winner, Morgan Grantham, beat the field by a whopping 19 strokes.  Grantham’s former lobo teammate, Alexandra Phelps, won by 23 strokes the previous year but, that was before the course was extended.  Maybe the extension of the course was a bad [...]

Holly…she’s a star

     Holly Holm spent part of her Thursday looking for a dress.  The world boxing champion didn’t want any kind of dress but, something classy enough for the big time.  Holm is ready for her close-up.  She has been nominated for an ESPN Espy award.  Holm is the only female in the category of best [...]

Sports and July 4th

     The 4th of July is fast approaching.  Our nation will celebrate Independence and break bread.  That means there will be sports to watch and food to grill.  Hot dogs get plenty of play on July 4th.  There is the national hot dog eating contest leading the way.  The event sponsored by Nathans has become [...]

Time to Shine J.R. Giddens

     We already know what he can do on a basketball court.  J.R. Giddens has spent the last few months showing NBA scouts his very talented skill set.  It should all payoff during Thursday’s NBA draft.  Giddens is projected by some to be a late first round or early second round draft pick.  In a [...]

Tapia’s last stand

Maybe it’s time for five time world champion Johnny Tapia to move to the next phase of his career.  Tapia would be an awesome trainer.  His knowledge of the fight game is second to none.  Young boxing hopefuls would flock to his gym.  Some would do it to get instruction from a boxer who has [...]

NCAA Hoops and more sports

     Many brackets have been busted as the NCAA men’s and women’s tournaments continue.  It looks like North Carolina could be on their way to a championship among the men.  The women’s side seem more open with Tennessee and Connecticutt sure to have a say in the end.  Baseball has started for the majors.  The [...]

More Tournament talk

    The Lobo men’s basketball team went one and done in the NIT tournament but not without a fight.  A close road loss at California bodes well for the future.  It seems like the Lobos have become a tough road team.  It will be interesting to see how they will do with the ninth best [...]

March Madness

     Go ahead and fill out that bracket.  March Madness has arrived and only the Lobo women’s basketball team will take part in the dance while the Lobo men are left out.  What a shame.  A team with 24 wins is left at home will other teams that didn’t even reach 20 wins will play [...]

unm women to ncaa…men to nit

     The Lobo men’s basketball team found out Sunday that they will be playing at California in round one of the NIT Wednesday.  The game has a 9 p-m start and will be televised on ESPN.  The Lobos wanted to go to the NCAA tournament.  The team was visibly upset after finding out they were [...]