http://blogs.abqtrib.com/albq/carlton/ en-us jcarlton@abqtrib.com 2006-06-30T09:28:45-07:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://blogs.abqtrib.com/albq/carlton/archives/040264.html Somone asked me the other day if I remembered what my first story was at The Trib. I do. On the same day, I had a high school soccer gamer and a feature on Daniel Santiago, whose Phoenix Suns were... 40264@http://blogs.abqtrib.com/albq/carlton/ 2006-06-30T09:28:45-07:00 http://blogs.abqtrib.com/albq/carlton/archives/040097.html Ritchie McKay owes some anonymous cabbie a healthy tip. The hack who picked up UNM recruit Taylor Rohde and his father, Monty, from the airport today made an immediate impression on the 6-foot-8 power forward. ("I'm 6-8 and a half,"... 40097@http://blogs.abqtrib.com/albq/carlton/ 2006-06-28T19:21:04-07:00 http://blogs.abqtrib.com/albq/carlton/archives/040020.html Senior forward Kellen Walter broke his left leg, an injury that will keep him off the court for about eight to 10 weeks. It happened Friday when he was posting up Tony Danridge. Walter told me he initially thought he... 40020@http://blogs.abqtrib.com/albq/carlton/ 2006-06-28T10:13:30-07:00 http://blogs.abqtrib.com/albq/carlton/archives/039878.html In non-World Cup years, my four favorite sports days of the year are the first four of the NCAA Tournament. (I'm not counting the ridiculous play-in game, by the way.) Typically, I head over to Spectator's up in the Heights,... 39878@http://blogs.abqtrib.com/albq/carlton/ 2006-06-26T21:56:12-07:00 http://blogs.abqtrib.com/albq/carlton/archives/039655.html Ever see "Coming to America," when Eddie Murphy's character thinks he has been invited to a party only to find out he is expected to be a cocktail waiter? That's how I felt today, when I showed up at the... 39655@http://blogs.abqtrib.com/albq/carlton/ 2006-06-23T21:12:28-07:00 http://blogs.abqtrib.com/albq/carlton/archives/039591.html I've got a Nostradamus-type feeling that I'll get a chance to meet Mickey McConnell and see some of the Elite Camp guys tonight. Look for a story tomorrow in The Trib.... 39591@http://blogs.abqtrib.com/albq/carlton/ 2006-06-23T17:09:12-07:00 http://blogs.abqtrib.com/albq/carlton/archives/039357.html Ritchie McKay plans to keep things pretty low key Friday regarding his elite camp for top prospects. The UNM coach doesn't want to tip anyone off to his recruiting targets, nor give opposing coaches fodder that he is breaking rules... 39357@http://blogs.abqtrib.com/albq/carlton/ 2006-06-21T17:50:57-07:00 http://blogs.abqtrib.com/albq/carlton/archives/038776.html Close readers of Lobo Hoops Extra know that my time at The Trib is almost over. I thought some of you might appreciate this little nugget. The wife and I recently closed on our Albuquerque home. She is already in... 38776@http://blogs.abqtrib.com/albq/carlton/ 2006-06-15T17:40:51-07:00 http://blogs.abqtrib.com/albq/carlton/archives/038531.html The Lobos typically don't make a splash on national TV, but that could change this season -- if the schedule falls just so. Texas Tech coach Bob Knight has 869 career wins. He is seven wins behind Kentucky's Adolph Rupp... 38531@http://blogs.abqtrib.com/albq/carlton/ 2006-06-14T08:26:15-07:00 http://blogs.abqtrib.com/albq/carlton/archives/038450.html The Trib had already reported on all of these games except for Colorado, which was the surprise UNM coach Ritchie McKay kept hinting at over the last few days. He and CU coach Ricardo Patton know one another from Ritchie's... 38450@http://blogs.abqtrib.com/albq/carlton/ 2006-06-13T14:53:55-07:00 http://blogs.abqtrib.com/albq/carlton/archives/038441.html The full nonconference schedule will come out later today. Check in here on the blog for full details.... 38441@http://blogs.abqtrib.com/albq/carlton/ 2006-06-13T13:20:07-07:00 http://blogs.abqtrib.com/albq/carlton/archives/037989.html Penn State transfer Aaron Johnson is big, strong, tough and amazingly quotable -- especially by recent standards. I interviewed him earlier this week about his two-week trip to the Dominican Republic last month with Score International, a missionary group that... 37989@http://blogs.abqtrib.com/albq/carlton/ 2006-06-09T11:42:40-07:00 http://blogs.abqtrib.com/albq/carlton/archives/037780.html This is not another cupcake, even though it will probably go down just as soft as the others. The Lobos will open their 2006-07 season with Abilene Christian, a Division II school in the Lone Star Conference. The Wildcats went... 37780@http://blogs.abqtrib.com/albq/carlton/ 2006-06-07T14:18:38-07:00 http://blogs.abqtrib.com/albq/carlton/archives/037138.html Rudy Davalos' last day as athletics director was yesterday, and new AD Paul Krebs begins his job today. Trib know-it-all Iliana Limon has a story about Rudy that you can read here. Also be sure to check out a special... 37138@http://blogs.abqtrib.com/albq/carlton/ 2006-06-01T13:44:14-07:00 http://blogs.abqtrib.com/albq/carlton/archives/037109.html I reeceived an e-mail from an ESPN spokeswoman about my Jimmy V story. She wrote that it is premature to discuss moving the Jimmy V Classic to Albuquerque in 2008. She also wrote that "it has been discussed to to... 37109@http://blogs.abqtrib.com/albq/carlton/ 2006-06-01T11:46:03-07:00