text: To showcase the recent storm and conditions of the mountains here in New Mexico, the Tourism Department has released a New Mexico True Series video that highlights the deep powder and includes an interview with Rhoda Blake, who founded the Taos Ski Valley with her husband, Ernie, in the mid-1950s. Video: http://bit.ly/deepsouthnm
  “This video showcases that New Mexico is truly a skier’s and snowboarder’s haven. We have some of the best terrain and snow conditions in the country right now,” Latham said.
  
  Thankfully, mercifully, it’s at an end. The first 60 loss team in franchise history. Misguided from the start — management spent too much of the summer pretending competitiveness was a legitimate possibility — things fell apart rapidly and (fortunately for them) completely enough that math thinks the Lakers will keep their draft pick. In a season this bad, it’s hard to draw too many lessons. In Mamba parlance, it’s one to flush. But, if you’ll pardon the imagery, that doesn’t mean there aren’t a few useful nuggets swirling around the bowl.
  Here are five definitive lessons we learned about the Lakers this year that matter going forward (skipping Jordan Clarkson, because we covered all the implications of his emergence last week).
  
  As Phil Jackson continues his media tour to promote his new book, Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success, we’re learning more and more about the situation at the beginning of the season when the Lakers looked beyond Jackson and hired Mike D’Antoni as the team’s next head coach.
  In an interview on The Dan Patrick Show on Tuesday morning, Patrick asked Jackson to clarify some of the events that took place.
  PJ: I would say yes to the answer and the question. It was proposed to me without any hesitation. They wanted to hear me out and I wanted to hear them out.
  DP: What happened 11th hour? Do you know all the details behind the scenes? They were waiting for your answer? Is that fair?