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Lobos are fast, and they're smart too.
The other night, I sat at a table and realized that for the most part, a lot of them were fairly anti-sports. FIFA was on over the bar, and I was the only one watching. So I turned the conversation over to The Lobos, and how excited I was about the new season.
But then one of them said, "It's all so exploitative."
And I just thought WTF. It's a presumption that carries a lot of stereotypes about the people around them. "I disagree," I said, trying really hard not to exact a bop on his nose.
Anyone playing college sports anyone is breathing in rare air. And anyone in Div I is running at the top. Believe me, these 245 excel at sport, and balance competition weekly, and an academic load. They're not exploited, they're masters! I'm sure these student-athletes will get that college degree, lead and be very successful.

"Samuel won the national championship in the men’s 5,000 and 10,000 meter outdoor races. He also won the 5,000-meter indoor race."

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"The awards capped off a year in which the Lobo Marketing Team helped lead the entire Mountain West in total attendance across all sports.

The marketing department picked up three Gold Awards for Affinity Group Marketing, Year-Over-Year Revenue Increase, and Game Day Promotion, and the group also picked up a Silver Award for Fundraising Campaign.

The Year-Over-Year Revenue Increase was aided by Lobo Football’s attendance increase as the team led the country in percentage increase, with attendance increasing 57.1% from 2024 to 2025 under Jason Eck. "

"Thomas is coming to the Lobos from the University of Cincinnati, where he served for four years as Associate A.D., Major and Principal Gifts. With the Bearcats, he served on the Director of Athletics’ executive team, providing counsel on strategic planning, leadership, academic support, fundraising, and financial management. Thomas oversaw and managed a portfolio of 48 major gift prospects, helping secure $15 million for athletics, and he served in key roles on UC’s $100 million “Day One Ready” campaign and on UC’s $134 million Indoor Practice Facility and Performance Center."

"On the women’s side, Jepngetich picks up the women’s outdoor athlete of the year honor after taking home the 2026 NCAA title in the 5,000-meter race at Hayward Field this month.

The sophomore from Uasin Gishu County, Kenya, clocked a time of 15:13.01 to win the 5,000m in Eugene, marking a career-best time and the No. 3 time in Mountain West history. She gave the Lobos their second consecutive national title in the event after teammate Pamela Kosgei won the Conference’s first 5,000m national title last June."

Despite billions of dollars in facility investment by the film studios, the state has lagged behind in workforce development that can sustain the numbers a fully functioning studio system needs. "The arithmetic does not work. Albuquerque is building a production market that requires roughly twice the workforce it currently has, and the professionals it needs most are already employed on existing productions with no reason to move."

"The effect is a zero-sum labor environment. When one major production locks up the most experienced electricians and grips, competing productions do not face a harder search. They face an impossible one. The New Mexico Film Office publicly confirmed, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter in April 2024, that it declined three major streaming series with budgets exceeding $50 million each in Q2 2024 because key departments could not be crewed. The lost direct spending from those three projects alone was approximately $150 million."

Despite having excellent reviews, the costs of production (a show with a lot of F/X) and viewership numbers not where they wanted them, Netflix has cancelled Season 2. (Read article for full story).

Seat add-ons take the fun out of just traveling somewhere on the cheap. If you're traveling solo (or if you don't mind sitting apart) before deciding whether or not to upgrade your Basic airfare, double check the layover time if itʻs a connecting flight. If thereʻs less than 45 minutes, consider upgrading. If you have over an hour, donʻt.
Provided all the flights run on time youʻll probably be okay. The only time I upgrade is if thereʻs a short layover, and I donʻt want to be stuck in the back of the plane waiting for everyone to deplane. Other than that, I just go with the flow. (The best airport is LGB, where they embark and deplane from the front and the back).