Editing New Mexico (section)

===Sports===
[[File:Santa Ana Star Center.jpg|thumb|The [[Santa Ana Star Center]]]]
No major league professional sports teams are based in New Mexico, but the [[Albuquerque Isotopes]] are the [[Pacific Coast League]] baseball affiliate of the [[MLB]] [[Colorado Rockies]]. The state hosts several baseball teams of the [[Pecos League]]: the [[Roswell Invaders]], [[Ruidoso Osos]], [[Santa Fe Fuego]] and the [[White Sands Pupfish (baseball)|White Sands Pupfish]]. The [[Duke City Gladiators]] of the [[Indoor Football League]] (IFL) plays their home games at [[Tingley Coliseum]] in Albuquerque; the city also hosts two soccer teams: [[New Mexico United]], which began playing in the [[United States soccer league system|second tier]] [[USL Championship]] in 2019, and the associated [[New Mexico United U23]], which plays in the fourth tier [[USL League Two]].

Collegiate athletics are the center of [[spectator sport]]s in New Mexico, namely the rivalry between various teams of the [[New Mexico Lobos|University of New Mexico Lobos]] and the [[New Mexico State Aggies]].<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|entry=New Mexico – The arts|entry-url=https://www.britannica.com/place/New-Mexico|access-date=2021-08-11|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|language=en|archive-date=October 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012085307/https://www.britannica.com/place/New-Mexico|url-status=live}}</ref> The intense competition between the two teams is often referred to as the "[[Rio Grande Rivalry]]" or the "Battle of [[Interstate 25 in New Mexico|I-25]]" (in reference to both campuses being located along that highway). [[NMSU]] also has a rivalry with the [[University of Texas at El Paso]] called "[[The Battle of I-10]]". The winner of the NMSU-UTEP football game receives the [[Silver Spade]] trophy.

Olympic gold medalist [[Tom Jager]], an advocate of controversial [[high-altitude training]] for swimming, has conducted training camps in Albuquerque at 5,312 feet (1,619{{spaces}}m) and [[Los Alamos, New Mexico|Los Alamos]] at 7,320 feet (2,231{{spaces}}m).<ref>(10-15-08) [http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/articles/swimtechnique/articles/200001-01st_art.asp "High Hopes: Altitude Training for Swimmers"], by Michael Scott, SwimmingWorldMagazine.com Magazine Archives. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060703013341/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/articles/swimtechnique/articles/200001-01st_art.asp|date=July 3, 2006}}.</ref>

New Mexico is a major hub for various [[shooting sports]], mainly concentrated in the [[NRA Whittington Center]] in Raton, which is largest and most comprehensive competitive shooting range and training facility in the U.S.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/03/sports/othersports/03outdoors.html |title=The N.R.A. Whittington Center Shooting Range in New Mexico Caters to All in the Middle of Nowhere |last=[[Associated Press]] |newspaper=The New York Times |date=May 2, 2009 |access-date=October 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013065247/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/03/sports/othersports/03outdoors.html |archive-date=October 13, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>