Danny Sports Wednesday 9/16

cushion to their first place lead in the al west after taking first last night… let’s go to arlington … the story of this game was the long ball… dallas kuechle is up for the al cy young award… but the rangers don’t care… mike napoli… smacks it like it’s talking back… a 3 run shot! rangers open it up early… they’re not done… rougned odor… odor! two run shot… it’s 6- nothing in the first … bottom third… prince fielder… this is sparta! monster shot for fielder… he hit 2 on the night …the rangers hit 5 home runs as a team and they smoke the astros… 14-3 your final score … the utep basketball team has it’s first wave of nationally televised games announced… here’s what the miners are looking at… 1/9 at uab 1/31 at la tech 2/6 vs western kentucky 2/20 vs la tech 2/25 at old dominion the season opener is november 14th against loyola… we’re coming up on the latest edition of the i-10 rivalry between utep and nmsu… utep has some questions heading the game… they’re already 0-2 and now they have to play the rest of the season without aaron jones… coach kugler has said he needs guys to step up… he can preach all he wants… but is the team buying in? “they’re responding great they’re out there working and i think we’ve got capable guys. jeremiah laufasa, treyvon hughes, darren laufasa. we moved la dowell over there. i’ve seen la dowell in competition at running back so i think we’ve got several capable guys who can carry the football. it’s going to have to be a running back by team approach.” nmsu enters the game having not won a game in over a calender year… the 12 game losing streak the aggies are currently on was started by the miners last year… that game was at the sun bowl… but the aggies are home this time and there’s no aaron jones and after what we saw against georgia state … the aggies look to be getting closer… “we haven’t won a game sinc this time last year. we’re on a twelve game losing streak and the chance to change that against a rival team like utep, who’s beaten us the last few years, is good for us.” kickoff is at 6 on saturday… the biggest fight of jennifer han’s career is now just 3 days away… han will fight helen joseph for the ibf world featherweight title… the two fighters had their stare down earlier today… they’ve been waiting for this fight for over a year… we thought we would see it in april and it didn’t happen because of joseph’s issues getting a visa… han is ready to get claim the world title… “i’m ready for the big fight. the worst part is the waiting part. i’m just ready to go. it’s been a long time but it’s finally here. a few more days and we’re done.” again, this is the first time a fighter from el paso will have a chance to get a world title in el paso … this is history at the don… let’s go support her… she trains in las cruces … so, everyone from the borderland… let’s